Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-20
TRIBUTES TO REID
Royalty Honors the Memory of
American Ambassador.
SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE
Archbishops Conduct the Ceremonies
in Westminster Abbey.
KING GEORGE REPRESENTED
Congregation of 1850 People, ROBBED
in Black, at the Memorial
Service.
KING GEORGE REPRESENTED

LONDON, December 2O-The memorial
| service for the late Ambassador White
law Reid, celebrated today in Westmin-
ster Abbey. was an impressive ceremony.
The honor of such service in Great
Britain's most historic cathedral has on
only few occasions been accorded to any
but British subjects of great distinction.
In the congregation of :, 800 which as
sembled this morning nearly half were
American residents in England. includ-
iLg the staff of the American embassy
and consulate general.
Royalty, the government and every
class Of public life. together with the ar
tistic and literary worlds, were repre-
sented.
typical of London winter. All the con-
gregation were dressed in the deepest
black The robes of the clergy and the
choir and the flames from the clusters of
candles before the altar were the only
spots of color against the dark stone
wall lined with tablets and busts of hun
dreds of the noted dead.
Funeral marches were played while the
great congregation assembled.
Representatives of Royalty.
Prince Arthur Of Connaught, as repre-
sentative of King George and Queen
Mary; Lord Howe, representing Queen
Mother Alexandra: the representatives OF
other royal personages. the Duke OF Ar
gyll, Prince Louis of Battenberg, the
Grand Duke Michael of Russia, the vice
chancellors Of Oxford and Cambridge uni
versities. Premier Asquith. Foreign Sec
retary Sir Edward Grey, Home Secre-
tary Reginald McKenna, Colonial Sec
retary Lewis Harcourt, Lord President of
Council Viscount Morley. Indian Secre-
tary the Marquis of Crewe and Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade Sydney Bux-
ton were seated in the front pews of the
chance1.
Others present included Attorney Cen
eral Sir Rufus Isaacs, the Duke and
Duchess of ROxburghe, the Duchess of
Marlborough. the Duchess of Wellington
Princess Hatzfeldt, Lady Pauncefote,
Lady Strathcona and Mount Royal, the
American cavalry commission. headed
by Brig. Gen. Edward j McClernand.
and Craig w. WadswOrth, American sec
retary Of legation at Teheran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid. the
son and daughter-in-law Of the late am
bassador, arrived at Plymouth this morn
ing, but the Crown Princess Cecilia
docked too late to permit them to reach
London for the service.
Shortly after noon professional was
played on the great organ. and the arch
bishops of Canterbury and York in their
robes of scarlet and white, with the Rt.
Rev. Herbert Edward Ryle, dean of
Westminster Abbey, in black and gold,
went to their places while the choir
softly chanted the opening sentences of
the burial service.
D,,r
cells music. The lesson was from the
fifteenth chapter of the first book Of the
Corinthians.
Aftcrward Wesley's anthem lie Will
Swallow Up Death in Victory was sung,
and then Dean Ryle read part of the
the abbey choir. reinforced by the choir
of the chapel royal. and the great organ
was played by Sir Frederick Bridge, who
had a band Of drums and trumpets to
assist.
President Taft Provides Wreath.
The sonorous roll of the drums and the
bursts of the trumpets in the dead march
in Saul and in Chopin's March
Funebre," and their accompaniment Of
the many boys voices in Wcsley's hymn
Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
was unsurpaSsabe In solemnity and
beauty. Wreaths from President Taft
and secretary of State Knox were dis
played i'm the abbey.
Besides the wreaths from President
Taft and Secretary Knox the only other
! wreaths i'm the abbey were those from
King George, Queen Mary and Queen
Mother Alexandra.
The mOurnerS were john Hubert
Ward. son-in-law of the late ambas-
sador; the Earl and Countess of Granard.
Miss Breckenridge of San Francisco and
the STATS of the United States emba ssy
and consulate general. Many of the
members of the diplomatic corps with
their families attended the service.
President Will Attend Funeral.
AS a final tribute to Ambassador Reid.
President Taft has expressed his inten-
ton of attending the funeral in New
York, unless something unforeseen at
present arises to prevent his going. The
President reached this decision shortly
before his departure for Panama. as
soon as he learned that the funeral
would not be held until his return.
| He expects to be in Washington again
New Year eve. and will arrange his en-
gagements in order to make the trip tC
/ New * If public business permits.
| Other distinguished officials of the
| government. among whom Mr.. Reid
numbered many friends. will probably
| attend the funeral
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