Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-21
MEMORIAL FOR
AMBASSAD0R|N
WESTMINSTER
Impressive Services Held in
Honor Of United States
Representative at British
Court Draws Crowds.
THE NOBILITY
PRESENT AT ABBEY

PRESENT AT ABBEY
Royal Heads Of Great Brit.
ain Represented in Con-
gregation Of $500; En-
basy and Consulate There.
London, Dec 2o.-The memorial
service for the late Ambassador White
law Reid, celebrated today in west
minister Abbey was an impressive
ceremony. The honor of such serv-
ice in Great Britainas most historic
cathedral has on only few occasions
been accorded to any but British sub
jects of great distinction. In the con-
gregation of $500 which assembled
this morning nearly half were Ameri-
can residents in England, including
the staff of the American embassy and
consulate general.
Royalty, the government and every
class of public life together with the
artistic and literary worlds were rep
resented.
The day was gray and gloomy one,.
typical Of London winter. All the
congregation 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 hundreds of the noted
dead.
Royalty is Represented.
Funeral marches were played while
the great congregation assembled.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, as repre-
sentative of King George and Queen
Mary; Lord Howe, representing Queen
I Mother Alexandra; the representatives
Of other royal personages; the Duke
Of Argyll. Prince Louis Of Battenberg.
the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, the
vice chancellors Of Oxford and Cam
bridge universities, Premier Asquith,
Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey,
Home Secretary Reginald McKenna,
Colonial Secretary Lewis Harcourt.
Lord President of the Council Viscou4t
Morley Indian secretary, the Marquis
Of Crewe, and president of the board
Of trade Sydney Buxton, were seated
In the front pews of the chancel.
Others present included Attorney
General Sir Rufus Isaacs, the Duke
and Duchess of Roxburghe, the
Duchess of Marlborough, the Duchess
Of Wellington, Princes Hatzfeldt, Lady
Pauncefote, Lady Stratheona and
Mount Royal. the American cavalry
commission headed by Brigadier Gen
eral Edward J. McClernand and Craig
w. Wadsworth. American secretary
Of legation at Teheran.
Son Too Late For Service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid, the
son and daughter-in-law of the late
ambassador, arrived at Plymouth this
morning. but the Crown Princess Ce-
celie docked too late to permit Of them
reaching London for the services.
Shortly after noon professional
was played on the great organ and the
archbishops of Canterbury and York
in their robs of scarlet and white.
with the Right Rev. Herbert Edward
Ryle, dean of Westminster Abbey, in
black and golden went to their places
while the choir softly chanted the
opening sentences of the burial serv-
ice
The ninetieth psalm was sung to Par
cell music. The lesson was from the
/ fifteenth chapter of the first epistle to
the Corinthians.
Afterward Wesley's anthem 'He
will Swallow Up Death in Victory"
was sung and then Dean Ryle read
mart of the burial service. ......ss
The music was sung by the abbey
choir reinforced by the choir of the
Chapel Royal, and the great organ
was played by Sir Frederick Bridge,
who had band of drums and trum-
nets to assist The sonorous roll of
\ the drums and bursts Of the trumpets
In the dead march in Saul and in
Chopin's "Marche Funebre," and their
accompaniment of the many boys
i voices in Wesley's hymn Let Saints
On Earth in Concert Sing" were un.
surpassable in solemnity and beauty.
Wreaths from President Taft and
Secretary of State Knox were dis
played in the abbey.
The mourners were John Hubert
Ward. son-in-law of the late ambassa-
4 dor, the Earl and Countess Of Granard,
Miss Breckenridge of San Francisco,
and the STATS of the United States
embassy and consulate general.
Many members of the diplomatic
corps with thcl families attended the
service