The Lamar register., 1920-08-04
THE LATE GENERAL GoRGAS
Impressive Service at
st. Paul's.

Il
al William Crawford Gorgas, K.C.M.G.,
DSM, of the United States Army,
took place in st. Paul's Cathedral yes
terday at noon. In imposing military
procession the body was brought from
! the Queen Alexandra Hospital at Mill
bank, and during its progress through
the streets a salute Of l3 guns was fir
ed at minute intervals in Hyde Park
The silent respect OF the people was
not the least OF London's tributes.
Covered with the Stars and Stripes,
ON which rested single wreath of
white flowers, the coffin was borne on
one of the gun-carriages of the Royal
Horse Artillery. Six military pail
bearers accompanied it--Major- General
Sir W. G. Macpherson, Major General
A. p. Blenkinsop, Major-General Sir
G. b. StGnistreet, Colonel o. L. Rob-
inson, Colonel lnge, and Colonel j. K.
McMunn The band of the Coldstream
Guards marched first, playing solemn
music, and the escort, under the COM
mand of Brigadier-General 4. McC.
Steele, comprised the staff of the End
Guards Brigade. three squadrons Of
the End Life Guards, the 3rd Battalion
Coldstream Guards, and the LIST Bat
TALON Irish Guards. General Gorgas's
charger, led by dismounted Life
guardsman, followed the gun carriage.
By way of the Embankment, New
Bridge street, ard Ludgate-hill. the
procession reached st. Paul'E a few
minutes before ~.
| In St. Pauls Churchyard many peo
pie had gathered, and there were on
lockers at most of the surrounding
windows The crowd was very still
The strains of TIE Dead March from
Saul were all that broke the silence.
Wheeling right and letI, the mounted
Life Guards brought their horses into
line round the churchyard. The Foot
Guards divided right and left in turn,
halted in their ranks, and rested on
reversed arms. Just then the clock oil
St. Pauls chimcd l2.
| Bareheaded Crowds.
| While the coffin. before which walk
ed solitary priest. was taken from
the gun-carriage and borne up the
Cathedral steps by non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Guards, the
band continued 10 play the Dead
March. Tie barred heads Of the men
IN the crowd, and the prevailing quie-
tude, made Ahe1e moments very i'm
pressive. At the door Of st. Paul
the coffin was met by the Dean and
Cathedral clergy; and there a second
procession ranged itself. including, as
pall-bearer2, the United States Mill
tary and Naval Attgches, Sir Anthony
Bowlby president Of the Royal Col
llege OF Surgeonsl. Surgeon n-General
Sir X. II. Charles, Biigadier- General
John Einney, of tie United States Med
lical Service, Lieutenant-Colon Sir J.
X. Fowler Colonel Office, Surgeon
Rear-Admiral Sir K. Hill Director
General of the Medical Department Of
the Navy), Sir G. II. Makins tlate
president, Royal College of Surgeons),
DIR. Charles Mayo. Of Rochester, NY,
Sir Norman Moore (president. Royal
College of phys:cians), Sir II. d. Rol-
lesion (presidelt, Royal Society oil
Medicine) Professor w. j. r. Simpson
| ce-prccident, Society Of Tropical
Medicine). and NJ H. S. Welcome.
/ In the cathedral, where the band OF
the 2nd Life Guards was stationed at
the chancel steps, distinguished con
gregation had assembled, and an even
larger one of the general public. The
King was represented by Lieutenant
General Sir H. J. c. Goodwin, Direct
or General of the Army Medical Serv-
ice; Queen Alexandra, by Colonel Sir
Henry Streatfeild; the Duke of Con
naught, by Colonel Sir Edward Worth
ington. The American Ambassador
was present, with Mrs. Davis. DR.. Ad
olson represented the Government, and
the High Commissioners the Domin
ions. Officials came from the Foreign
Office, the Admiralty, the War Office,
learned societies, and the universities,
Belgium and the Serbian Red Cross
sent representatives, and another coun-