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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