Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-03
Reds REMAINS
REACH NENIIYORk
Armored British Cruiser
Natal Anchors Off
Grants Tomb.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
United States Naval Vessels Escort
Ship From Ambrose Channel up the
Hudson River.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
United States Naval Vessels Escort

New York, Jan. 3.-A driving rain
storm with high northeasterly WINS
and smother of fog that enshrouded
the coast and made navigation of
small craft. let alone armored cruisers
and dreadnaught types of battleships,
extremely difficult, marked the home
coming of the body of Whitelaw
| Reid, late ambassador to the court
of St. James today.
The big armored cruiser, Natal.
pride of the channel cruiser division.
ard set aside by King George to bring
the body home as tribute of respect
to the American people, lead the pro-
cession down the coast and in past the
Ambrose Channel lightship, up past
quarantine On slowly to the naval an
chorage in the North River. below
Grants tomb.
Flying at half-mast from her flag
staff was the red-barred Union jack
of England and at her main truck was
big American flag. Astern in pen
tagonial formation came the battle
ships Florida and North Dakota, and
the Destroyers Roe, Drayton, Mccall
and Pauldin. Down past the Fire Is
land Light the squadron steamed at
quarter speed and when off the Am
brose channel light was finally COM
PEELED to come to a complete stop.
Here, at the suggestion of Rear Ad-
miral Fisk port pilot was taken on
board by the British warship. This
was to aid in bringing the big sharp
nosed mass of steel safely through
the crowded waters of the East river,
AS soon as the mist lifted temporari-
iy the squadron started in through the
channel, difficult task on a clear day
but doubly hard today with the fog SO
dense that the shore signals could be
picked up only at intervals. The run
to quarantine was made at a snalls
pace without mishap and then the Jog
dropped again and anchors were Left
90 and the squadron waited again for
the haze to lift.
No salutes were fired owing to the
soIemnity of the occasion, it being the
intention of Admiral Fisk to wait
until the up1river anchorage was
reached before burning any powder
The plans provided for taking the
body of the dead ambassador from the
temporary mortuary arranged on the
| vessel at l:45 this afternoon and lodg-
ing it in a launch to be taken ashore.
As the body was swung over the side
the batteries of the Natal and FLORIDA
broke out alternately with 10 guns,
the ambassadorial salute.
The body was to be taken ashore
and escorted by a marine squad 20
the Cathedral of Saint John the d.
vine at Amsterdam avenue and llZth
street.
Marines from the North Dakota FUR
nished the guard of honor and elsht
petty officers from the warship acted
as pail bearers. A special guard OF ~
marines fully equipped, were detailed
to act as the guard in the cathedral
until the funeral tomorrow.
President Taft, accompanied by Sec
rseary of State Knox, other cabinet
officers, Ambassador James Bryce,
and members of the diplomatic corps
from Washington will attend the fun
eral. The Duke of Connaught, Cover
nor General of Canada will be repre-
sented by his military aide, Colonel
Lowther. The funeral will be IN
charge of Bishop Greer aided by the
rectors of the cathedral and after the
service there the body will be es-
corted to the Grand Central Station
by a detail of the regular army troops,
marines and sailors from the battle
ships.
Congressional chasing of William, G