Las Vegas optic., 1914-11-19
DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH FIELD
MARSHAL. ENTOM5E0 IN
ST. PAUL's
INDIAN TROOPS ESCORT BODY
FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN ACCOM-.
PANIED THROUGH STREETS
BY MANY SOLDIERS
THE KING ATTENDS FUNERAL
SOLEMN MOURNING is OBSERVED
BY ARMY, NAVY AND THE
ROYAL COURT

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London. Nov. 19,-The body of
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, borne on
a gun carriage, moved slowly through
the streets of London today to its last
resting place in, st. Paurs cathedral.
The streets were lined with troops,
while hundreds of thousands OF civil
ians stood with barred heads in a cold
rain as the funeral cortege went by.
The cortege reached st. Pauls at
moon, where services were held before
a reverent throng, including King
George. The body will be inferred
alongside those Of Wellington, Nelson,
Woolsley ahd other famous Britons.
1t is recalled today that just 81
years ago the body Of the Duke Of
Wellington was inferred in st. PauI's
cathedral Lord Kitchener, secretary
Of war; Admiral Lord Charles Beeres-
ford, Lord Grenfelt, Admiral Sir E. II,
Seymour, Sir Evely Wood and other
prominent navy and army officers
followed the caisson bearing the flag
draped coffin through ethe streets
King George WAS not in the process
sion. He drove from Buckingham
palace direct to the cathedral, which
eaebea shortly before the arrival
I tlle pnesas eortege This IS the
ae Engand's king has attended
Fhe funeral stsenal hero since
Rthe burial Of Welllneton
Preceding tie eaiason was battery
Of Indian5artillery. given this place
of honor because Of Lord Roberts
lifelong devotion to the Indian troops.
His final visit to France was for the
purpose Of welcoming the Indian con-
tingents and looking after their needs.
Tall Sikhs, their turbans wound with
khaki and with the regulation Khaki
overcoats over their picturesque cos
tunes, led the white mt1les Of their
battery, anas fudIan officers. wrappsd d
in their khaki capes. paid silent trib-
ute to their departed friend
Lieutenant General Fole-Carews and
eight other officers rode beside the
caisson carrying the insignia of the
4 field marshal, while a groom walked
behind, leading the former chieftain's
horse.
It required more than an hour fol
the military escort to pass. The
! three bridges over the Thames com
nlanding the route Of march along the
Victoria embankment were massed
with crowds, but it was with grs at
difficulty that they could see the pro
cession in the avenue below because
Of the rain and heavy fog.
The pipers Of the London Scottish
guards, followed by battalion Of that
organization led the procession IN
which guards and battalions Of naval
detachments preceded the indian bat
/ terry. After the caisson came the car
riagea Of the mourners and pail bear
ers, behind a battery Of royal horse
artillery, while three battalions Q
cavalry, all in field khaki brought "
the rear
A salute Of la guns was fired a
the funeral procession left the rail
road station Traffic had been sus
pended along the route, and tn
crowds stood In absolute silence. tn
only sound as the military escor
passed along was the rythmic tread Q
infantrymen and the sound Of th
horses hoofs
Long before the time fixed for th
, funeral the vast cathedral was FILLED
The strains Of the Dead March {
I saul. accompanied by the booming
guns, announced the approach Of ii
funeral procession The gloon
aolemnity Of The cathedral was inte
ailied by the fog which drfted
\ when the great doors were openeo
admit the procession. The hIaH