New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
ESCORT Of HONOR FOR
Mr.. REID SAILS TODAY
CIV Il. S. Warships Will Meet
British Cruiser Bearing
Body OFF Nantucket.
NAVAL GUARD FOR COFFIN
o..talions of Infantry, Sailors
and Marines to Head Line
from the Natal to
the Cathedral.

the CdLH6QIdl.
r,. limited states squadron which is To
~ British cruiser Natal. bearing the
s. Of Whitelaw Reid. American Am
.ador 10 Great Britain assembled yes
=, of Tompkinsville Staten Island,
! ..o,orv 10 steaming to sea this morn
rwo battleships. the Florida and the
y.,,h Dakota and four torpedo boat de
..ysrs the Roe. the Drayton. the Mccall
,,s paulding. comprise this squadron.
~, psar Admiral b. a. Fiske. command
- the fifth division Of the Atlantic
s.,t in command.
psar Admiral Fiske makes the florida
,.s aaaship. lie proceeded IN her To the
'.,dszyous of Tompkinsville early yester-
,.~ afternoon At about . o'clock this
-n,,,ce he will fash the order 10 up
.,cbor and away, and the six warshlps,
,s.ass by the Florida, will steam through
IS. Narrows on their mission OF honor.
ror,ain W. J. Maxwell commands the
rorsds and Captain II. E. Wilson the
. North Dakota
IN. SQUADRON will meet the Natal off
y.,ucket Iightship some time to-mor-
,y II will then accompany the Natal
| ,.es to this city. arriving off West 9sth
,,.st On Friday forenoon. As soon as the
,.okouts on the American ships sight the
y.,,, the colors will be halfmasted.
Tho Natal will drop anchor off 1O1st
.,,set in the berth occupied by the North
n.tota during the naval review last Oc-
,sosr The Florida and the North Dakota
IA the destroyers will anchor near by.
The hodv OF the Ambassador will be land
N Friday afternoon at i:i5 O'Clock.
As soon as the body is taken from tie
p,;,ish wsrship the Florida and the Da-
| to,a each will fire nineteen minute guns.
tssjnniug at signal from the FLORIDA.
c,n,ain T. NJ Potts. L. ;. n, has been
o-dsred from Washington TO attend the
l.nding and funeral ceremonies as the
,Decjal representative of the department.
During the transfer of the body OF Nj.
Rsid from the Natal To the Cathedral OF
q John the Divine company of marines
rom the North Dakota will act as IS
eort under the command of the senior
marine officer of that vessel. Eight chief
pstty officers from the Florida will act as
vanbearers and will be in charge of an
other chief petty officer.
Every officer will be in dress uniform
snd overcoat. with a mourning badge on
| he left arm and at the sword hilt. Only
ne escort will carry arms. The enlisted
men of the navy will be in dress blue.
wccoats and fat caps. while the marines
viii be i'm undress blue. with Overcoats.
| commander J. n. Sypher. L. 5. y. act
| ,ng under the orders of the captain of the
| Florida. will attend the commanding Of
scsr and the other officers of the Natal
After the service at the Cathedral the
| body Of the Ambass adOr will be taken
Ia the Grand Central Station under an
ecort composed Of one battalion OF in
fsntry. one battalion of marines and one
. Of sailors. under the command Of an army
= Ulcer
The battalion Of marines will consist Of
one company each from the Connecticut,
the Florida and the Dakota, who VIII De
unser the command Of ajOr John i.
\ Myers, L. s. NJ c. who will come from
I Washington for that purpose. The adju-
ant of this battalion viii be Lieutenant
j. C. Fegan. L. NJ. c.. Of the Florida
The North Dakota's band will provide the
music for the marine battalion, and the
Uniform will be the undress blue. with
/ Gereoats
The battalion OF bluejackets will come
\ from the Florida. the uniform for the
asnd being undress blue, with overcoats.
The battaliens of sailors and marines
sill report at the Cathedral by 1879
o'clock on Saturday morning. and the
commanding officers will report TO the
army officer commanding the escort
4 guard OF honor OF twenty marines
and an officer will be provided by the
Connecticut and will arrive al the Ca
uedra oy 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The guard will remain about the coffin
mil the funeral al ii o'clock on Satur-
tay morning, when they will join the
aafine battalion as part Of the escort
o the Grand Central Station.
The following cable messages were
mace public last night. all bearing upon
as death Of the late Ambassador.
December u. 1912.
american Pilgrims Society.
ottlsh Pilgrims Offer you heartfelt
sympathy al loss both our countries gus
Nhed by death your revered Ambassa-
%' HARRY BRITAIN,
secretary British Pilgrim Society.
Field Marshal Earl Roberts. X. G.. sent
us message % former Ambassador
ghoste
December %. 1872.
II York
20 delighted TO learn that YOU have &C
y'eo presidency OF American Pilgrims.
an nere deeply lament death of Amerl-
an Ambassador and condOle with United
ROBERTS. + NJ.
w December J. g last the American PHI
\ s1nf Society sent the following cable
"'ssase to Mrs. Whitelaw Reid:
." whitelsw Reid. Dorchester House.
London:
NY The death Of your distinguished
S.,,sad the Pilgrims Of the United
.,iasSs lose valued and cherished
BE assured Of our deep SNmpatnN'
cb,, GEORGE T. WILSON.
rnn,Sn Executive Committee. Amerl-
n rIgrims Society.
me committee OF the Union League
s' appointed by the president Of that
nahization 10 attend the funeral Of Mr.
-" VIII meet at the Cathedral Of St
an me Divine al 10 80 O'Clock Satur-
morning. The committee consists Of
~" a. Choate. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Hsce Porter. Elihu Root. George r.
uso'n A. Barton Hepburn, j. Pierpont
eah' Henry Clews, Joseph Il. Gay,
e. Gregory Charles f.. Rushmore
w Samuel W. Fairchnd.
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