The Washington times., 1936-01-28

nation for his last journey through
his capital.
Outside the rain fell intermit
tently, splaShing the uniforms Of
the thousands Of troops and the
two million or more Of the citi
zenry gathered to pay homage to
the dead monarch.
King Edward and Queen Mary
led the members of the family and
foreign kings, queens and princes
in arriving at the ancient hall
where the King lay four days
shortly before the body was taken
away in the magnificent funeral
procession to Paddington Station
for burial at Windsor.
Big Ben from its nearby tower
doomed 10 timeS-once for each
year Of the dead Kings life-as
the long cortege of soldiers anC
royalty and statesmen wounC
northward through throngs of the
Kings rain-Soaked subjects who
had waited all night to express
their final tribute.
Just before GAS london Il
five hours ahead of Easter
S dard Time, the purple
draped coffin was borne out or
the shoulders of stalward Grena
der Guardsmen and placed or
the same gun carriage that haC
taken Victoria and Edward WI
to their graves
Crown Atop Coffin
The imperial state crown, it,
thousands of gems sparkling in
the dull gray light, the scepter
set with a two-inch diamond, the
orb, and the insignia of the
Order of the Garter were then
placed atop the coffin.
Immediately the signal to star
was given by the earl marshal
the 27-year-old Duke of Norfolk
whose task of arranging royal fu
nerals is hereditary. He walkec
alone, ahead of the gun-carriage
which was drawn by 95 blue
jackets, with 40 others acting a.
drag astern.
The wind caught the King!
standard and unfurled it, anC
Edward, the 41-year-old King, hi!
head bowed and signs of thu
| strain Of the last week visible
took up his solitary position anc
walked along behind, followed b.
his royal brothers and the othel
British and foreign mournerS.
The procession was more thar
a mile long. At the start thu
head, in st. James Street, neal
st. JameS'S Palace, received {
wireless signal from Westminster
enabling the vanguard to start a.
the same time as the coffin.
Artillery Begins Firing
simultaneously the royal artil
lery detachment in Hyde Park
also notified by police radio, be
gan firing 10 shots at one minute
intervals.
With slow and measured treaG
attachments of the twentyeigh'
regiments of which KIM George
was colonel-in-chief swung intt
Piccadilly as the gun carriage
bearing the dead King moved intc
Whitehall.
The uniforms Of the British regi
ments were hardly more variec
than those of the representative
of the armies, navieS, and ali
forces Of 81 foreign powers tina
had formed along Whitehall.
They included the Americans
Capt. A. J. Furer and Lieut.. Col
Hayes A. Kroner.Walker, VIII
walked between the French ant
German military representatives
The sky frightened as the cen
trial part of the cortege movet
through the horse guards parade
into the Mall and toward st
James. revealing the beauty O.
the flowers in a simple wreath
lying on the bier rivalling the
brilliance of the crown jewels.
The m aSsed bands of thu
guards regiments broke into Han
del'S funeral march as they
passed through Whitehall in the
shadow of the buildings where
the government functions of the
vast empire are carried out.
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The spectators found that ever
the sorrow of the occasion failec
to rob the cavalcade of it,
pageantry, as the dazzling uni
forms and glittering decoration!
of many nations blended into one
great, colorful whole, followed BY
a concourse of hundreds of high
British officials just before the
coffin.
Heads bowed and a murmurins
sigh went through the crowd al
King Georges gun carriage
passed. With a sad and pale face
King Edward followed.
Passing the Cenotaph at the
foot of Whitehall, where he has