MILITARY FUNERAL YESTERDAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 248, 17 October 1894, Page 5

MILITARY FUNERAL YESTERDAY.

The military funeral accorded to the remains of the late First-class Petty-Officer Edward Moore, of the Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteer Corps, to which we made reference in oar yesterday's issue, was one,of the largest funerals of the kind seen here for some years. There were some 300 or 400 volunteers, -sailors and Permanent Force men present in all. The firing party, belonging to deceased's old corps, was in charge of Chief Petty-Officer McKay, and Sorgeaat-Major Scully, of the Brigade office, acted as marshal of the procession. The coffin containing the reruaina was drawn on a nine-pounder Armstrong gun carriage, covered with the Union Jack, and on the coffin wai the naval cap of the deceased, and his fireman's gear, surmounted'by wreaths sent by the officers of the Auckland Naval Artillery Corps,'the various Fire Brigades, the Waitemata Rowing Club (of which deceased was a member), the City Rowing Club, and by other friends. The detachment of aeamen present from H. M.s. Royalist was under the command of the boatswain, N. Lefevre. Besides the volunteers and officers whom we mentioned yesterday, there were also preeenb in uniform, Captain Robertson (City Rifle 3), Captain • Commandant Le lioy, Lieutenants Smith and C. C. Dacre, Dr. Walker (hon. surgeon). Ab the North: Shore the funeral parade was augmented by the Permanent Artillery and the Per-1 manenjb Torpedo Corps from Forts Takapuna and Cautley, under Sergeant-Major Bush, while Lieut.-Colonei Goring, Officer Commanding the District, and Lieut. Hume and Capt. Powell joined the party of officers. Thero was a very large attendance of the deceased'a old comrades, and of all the firemen in the diatrict who could attend. Besides the Central Brigade, there were also present: The Parnell Fire Brigade (Capt. Cowan), Newmarket Fire Brigade (Supt. Holben), Newton Fire Contingent (Supt. Fenton), Eden Terrace Fire Brigade (Capt. Weir), and Mount Eden Fire Brigade (Capt. Reya). On the march to the cemetery ab O'Neills Point, North Shore, the Garrison Band played the Dead March in "Saul," "Qra ProNobis," "The Final Halt," and "The Artillery Dead March." The Rev. L. Fitzgerald read the burial service, and the; hymn "Thy Will Be Done" waa sung. The Order of Druids' burial ritual was read by Past Arch Bro; Peace, and the brethren of the Order present threw in sprays of oakleaves on the coffin. After the firing party had fired the customary three volleys the procession re-formed and returned to town. On arriving at the wharf, LieutenantCommander Little (Auckland Naval Artillery) addressed the paradG, of which he was in charge. He thanked the officers and men for the large turn-out on a work-ing-day, and for the reapecb which they had thus shown to a deceased comrade who was both a volunteer and a fireman. * His thanks were especially due to the detachment from H.M.s. Royalist, and the consideration and courtesy of this act could not but promote good feeling between the Imperial naval forces and the auxiliary colonial forces. He hoped to meet their comrades from H.M.s. RoyalisS again ab an early date, but under less mournful circumstances. The companies presenb were then marched off for dismissal at their private parades.