The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-28
Irish Weep At
 Bier of Collins

Continued From Page One.) daInily group were members of the army officers and members of various municipal governments and civic or ganizations.
 British Officers Present
 To the left of the Irish officials sat a group of British officers in uni form. symbolic of the mourning of British for the famous Irish soldier. The consuls of the various nations mourning of the civilians was re- Heved by the green uniforms Of the Free State army officers and the robes of officials of the Dublin Cor poration and Dublin University,
 On account of the vastness of tho crowd. admission to the church was by ticket, but as Collins himself had come from plain people the tickets had been Hberally distributed among the comoners- All the while the ser vices were under way, crowds of wo- men and bareheaded men kne1t in the streets outside murmuring pray CTS
 A procession of priests. acoIytes and the choiristers, chanting the slowly about the catafalque. Then the archbishop, robed in black, gold ana purple, celebrated the requiem mass Throughout the ceremonies stood guard by the coffin
 Alter falling in battle. Collins, with ms dying strength had whispered the request that he be buried by the Dublin Elar1s-
 Collins Sword On Caske4,
 toiloW1nE the conclusion of the church services the body was borne from the pro-cathedraI upon the shoulders Of half a dozen stalwart guardsmen- The coffin was draped with the Irish Tri-CoIor. Collins sword rested on top The body was placed upon a gun carriage, drawn by six cavalry horses and the pro cessaon started for the cemetery through crowded streets and amidst contdruous lamentations Of grief
 kneellng men and women uttered prayers and crossed themselves mani festing their devotfons and sorrow with tears. as the procession slowly Poor people, who had used their slender store of money to buy flowers, tossed their floral tributes before the gun carriage as it rolled past Following the cavalrymen, were 800 members or the clergy. including Archbishop curiey, of Baltimore. There were many priests and monks including the Ascetic F'ranciscans with their coarse brown robes and sandals. ThIrty-four division of 1 soldiers marched in the line and more than haif dozen civic and military bands played funeral dirges The firing party marched with reversed rifles.
 EscorhnE the gun carriage were army commandantS from Free State SCaH. Following tn a coffin came the favorite horse Of the late commander in chief, led by a cavalryman. Members of the cabinet and the Dau marched on foot while a aal'gle carriage bore the chief mourn e1s- Alter the carriage trudged rep resentatives of civic organizations fraterna1 orders, and trade unions A detachment of Free State infantry brought up the rear and then cana the general public. Thousands were in line, the procession being moro than a milo long,
 While the cortege was passing the provisional government offices the guard turned out. The same honor was paid while passing the barracks formerly occupied by the British army in Dublin.
 The cemetery was damned with people The services at the graveside were brief and of military character squad from the guards fired a vol icy. Comrade~ officers lowered the coffin Then buglers blew the last post.
 Collins was buried within the shadow of the tonbs of O'Connel. Par nell, Curran and Griffith