Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-19
KING N KHAKI At
!. ROBERTS FUNERAL
BRlrAIN's RULER, IN woRK.A'
DAY ATTIRE OF FIELD MAR.
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BATTLE HERO LAID AT
|. REST BESIDE WELLINGTON
First Time British Monarch Has At
tended Funeral Of . National Hero
Since Services For Hero Of Waterloo
Great Thronss Stand With Heads
Barred to Storm as cortess Passes.


Barred to Storm as cortess Passes.
London, Nov. 19.-The body of Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, borne on gun
carriage, moved slowly thru the streets
of London to its last resting place in
st. Paurs today.
The streets were lined with troops.
while hundreds OF thousands of civil
ians stood with barred heads in cold
rain as the funeral cortege went by.
The cortege reached ST. Paurs at
noon, where services were held before
a reverent throng, including King
George. The body will be inferred
alongside the bodies Of Wellington,
Nelson Wellesley and other famous
Britons.
Lord Roberts died from natural
causes last week at the headquarters
Of the British army in France. He was
50 years old. The body was returned
to England yesterday and last night 1t
lay in state at his residence at Ascot,
where brief services, attended by Lady
Roberts and her daughters. were held.
1t is recalled today that just sixty
two years ago the body Of the Duke OF
Wellington was inferred in st. PATHS.
Lord Kitchener, secretary Of war:
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Lord
Grenfeil. Admiral Sir H. Seymour, Sir
Evelyn Wood and other pominent
naval and army officers followed the
caisson bearing the flag craped coffin
thru the streets.
King George Attends Funeral.
King George was not the procession.
He drove from Buckingham palace di-
rect to the cathedral which he reached
shortly before the arrival Of the corr
tege. This is the first time England 8
king has attended the funeral sof. q
national hero since the burial of Well
ilngton.
Preceding the catsson was q battery
OF Indian artillery, given this place of
honor because of Lord Roberts life
long devotion to the Indian troops. His
final visit to France was for the pur-
pose of welcoming the Indian contin-
gent and looking after their needs. Tall
sikhs, their turbans wound with khaki
and with the regulation khaki over
coats over their picturesque costumes,
led the white mules of their battery
and Indian officers, wrapped in their
Khaki capes, paid silent tribute to their
departed friend. Lieutenant General
Pole-Carew and eight other officers
rode beside the caisson carrying the
insignia Of the field marshal while a
groom walked behind, leading the for
mer chieftains horse.
Crowds Mass Route Of Procession.
1t required more than an hour for
the military escort to pass.
The three bridges over the Thames
commanding the route of march along
the Victoria embankment were massed
with crowds but it was with great diff
ficulty that they could see the process
sion In the avenue below because of
the rain and heavy fog.
Pipers of London Scottish regiment
followed by battalion of that organi-
cation led the procession In which the
guards and battalions of naval detach-
ments preceded the Indian battery.
After the caisson came the carriages
Of the mourners and pallbearers, then
battery Of the Royal Horse Artillery,
while three battalions in field khaki
brought up the rear
Fog lntensifies SoIemnity Of Scene.
A salute Of nineteen guns was fired
as the funeral procession left the rail-
road station Traffic had been sus-
pended along the route and the crowd
stood in absolute silence. The only
sound as the military escort passed
along was the rythmic tread Of infan-
trymen and the sound of the horses
hoofs.
Long before the time fixed for the
funeral services the vast cathedral was
filled. The strains OF the dead march
fromsSaul.'' accompanied by booming
of guns. announced the approach OF
the funeral procession. The gloomy
solemnity OF the cathedral was intensi-
fled by the fog which drifted in when
the great doors were opened to admit
the procession. The black dresses OF
the women and the khaki coats Of the
army officers harmonized with the oc-
casion. A brilliant touch Of color was
afforded here and there by the robes
Of peers and the dress uniforms OF re-
tired Officers of the army and navy.
King Also Attirsd in Khaki.
King George was attired in khaki
the work-a-day uniform Of field mar
shM. as were all Of the active officers
in attendance. including Lord Kitchen.
er. The congregation comprised rep.
resentatives Of the diplomatic service
and men well known in the arts, in sci.
ence and in literature; in the learned
professions. in the church and on the
stage.
King George was met at the south
door Of the cathedral by the Bishop o,
London and the cathedral clergy and
by them conducted to seat under the
dome and near the coffin.
The sermon was extremely brief
The last act after the blessing had
beenNgive by the Archbishop Of Can.
terbufy was the last proclamation oi
the field marshars title by the king'i
master at-arms. Then followed thu
funeral march and A. the trumpeter,
Of the Royal artillery sounded ..taps'
the vast audience slowly dispersed.
AZ soon q the CONVERSATION wal
clear Of the building the general pub.
lie was admitted to view The catal,
.ss