Evening star., 1914-11-18
MILITARY FUNERAL
: FOR LORD ROBERTS
Body of the Distinguished SOL
dier Arrives in England
From France.
TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY
IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Impressive Services Held at Head.
quarters of tie British Army
on tie Continent.

LONpON. November 1S.-Lord kitch-
cnor ord Curzon of EeGiestol' and
the Earle of Crewe in the house OF
lords yesterday paid tributes 10 Lord
Roberts. His achievements as SOL
dier and his character as a man s id
Lord Kitchener. will be az ab;3icg
memory. not only in nariiancnt, but
I'm the whole nation. His .asn@ Ell
forever be associated with the me-a-
orable march to Kandah&r.
Lord Curzon said The last let cT ne
received from Lord Roberts con "A in ed
Il strong plea for the defense Of tAe
family. The prayer which he i."ote
had brought the family. together in =
way that nothing else could.
Lord Roberts body arrived at fo.!Se-
stone las: evenin. f!om BouioGre. Il
will be taken to his late residence.
Englcmere, in ASCOT. arriving there To-
day. The body viii lie in state until
THURSDAY. when it viii b. taken to the
railway station on the gun carriage
which his son died trying to save at
Colenso, during the South African war.
Mausoleum of Soldiers.
\ special train will then bring the
casket TO London. Troops will escort
IL to st. Paurs The vaul; in ST. PauIs
in which the field marshal viii lie is
the niausoleum Of Great Britain's
greatest soldiers. The last soldier in
tered there was Field Marshal Lord
Wolseley, at whose funeral last March
Lord Roberts was q pallbearer.
Premier Asquith in moving a resolu
ton in the house of commons regard
ing a monument for Lord Roberts. said
the field marshaTs death had robbed
England of its Oldest and most Illus
trious soldier. man VINO had fought
his way upward step by step, unaided
by any influence except his own Skill.
Andrew Bonar Law. leader of the op-
position in the house of commons. Sec
onded the resolution for the erection Of
the monument. and the measure was
carried unanimously.
Funeral at the Front.
The official press bureau gives a
touching account of the funeral serv-
ices for Lord Roberts at the headaaar-
ters of the British army in France. THE
route of the cortege from the house
where he died to the marie, where the
funeral service was held" says the press
bureaus statement. was lined with
British and French troops. The coffin
was borne on gun carriage. 1t was
an impressive ceremony. The guards
of honor We're Indian and British
troops.
ITO the wall of Flowers O. the For
est. from the pipers. the cortege moved
slowly through double ranks OF SOL
dfers with arms reversed. General Of
fcers acted rs pallbearers. Those fol-
lowing the casket included representa-
tives of the family of Lord Roberts and
of King Albert and President Poincaire,
the Prince of Wales. Prince Arthur of
connaught and Gen. French.
The simple funeral service was con-
Quoted by Chaplain Anderson of the
British forces. At the close of the
service the British bugles rang out
removed to a motor ambulance for
conveyance to Boulogne, French
trumpeters across the square blew a
fanfare and the guns of Lord Roberts
old regiment roared out a last fare
well. A double rainbow cleaned on a
mass of dark clouds and an aeroplane
circling above, one of the aerial guards
watching and protecting the process
sion. dipped in salute"
Body Reaches England.
FOLKESTONE, via London November
IS - The body of Field Marshal Lord
Roberts. which arrived here last
night from Boulogne, was received by
a large contingent of officers from the
Shorncliffe camp. the mayor of Folke-
stone and other officials.
The waiting room of the railway sta
tion had been converted into a NOR
tuary chamber and the coffin was borne
by three n-commissioned officers. 1t
II the procession from the boat to the
railway station marched a delegation
of British, French and Indian officers
guard of honor was posted about
the coffin tonight.