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Government House) was placed on a Gun Carriage, the
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General Officer Commanding, Commodore, Colonel St. John,
R.E., Colonel Bedford, C.M.G., R.A.M.C.
., Captain Nicholas,
R.N., Captain Farquhar, R.N., Rear-Admiral Kawashima,
Commanding the Japanese Squadron, the Commanders of the
Austrian and Portuguese Cruisers and the Commander of the
French unboat, acting with German Naval Officers 23
Pall bearers. 70 German Sailors to whom I had granted per-
-mission to carry arns ashore, together with 450 British
Blue-jackets and 100 Marines (armed) and a detachment of
Austrian and 100 Japanese (both unarmed) formed the escort.
I followed the Gun-carriage myself as one of the principal
mourners and the route from the German Consulate to the
Naval Docks (where the embarkation was to take place)
a distance of about 1 mile was lined by 1,700 British and
Indian Troops. The cortege marched in slow time with the
band of the British Regiment to the Cathedral which the
Bishop had placed at the disposal of the Lutheran Pestor
who hold a funeral service in German. There was a large
congregation. The coffin which had been carried to the
steps of the nave, was again placed on the carriage drawn
by British Blue-jackets. Arriving at the Docks it was
transferred to the German River Gunboat Tsingtau and the
last