The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03
1,.aud Reviews Of History.

49,, great armies OF the repuoiie. on sAeA.
ss~oumeeward march through Washington, a.
aoluss ,mr years of battle and victory. a,
YES time il may be OF interest TO refer TO
w! In:aa;,ar DISPLAYS held in past times.
T,.a - rat review. and which can scarcely
.d;Snifiet by the name. held in the Oni-
% SS,a,os Was that of November. 1893,
" NSan Washington inspected the hundred
w! VA add members OF the Independent Blues
~. : Alexandria, Va. The men went through
.ss;r evolutions to the satisfaction OF the
~ ~Sn ander.in. Chief. who issued his last
~;litary order, complimentlng them Tor
, ls'ii drill and discipline.
~" urrinv the Mexican war. there were no
..na reviews, and at its close the men
ssme home in regiments and squads, with
mt pageant of any kind.
VI nnr;np the first stage Of the late war tor
.,a Union. grand reviews were held in the
Army of the Potomac, and thousands OF
aaon'e crowded to see the display OF the
Sne army collected under Gen. Mcclellan.
flows. their banners as VET oncroWned
.;.h = single victory, how many We're
s,noro the War.wcrn veterans, VINO. COW
Nod with glory won in many hard fought
ssla shared IN the pageant o: tie present
week?
Tho New York World gives (. resume OF
ia rreat reviews Of modern European his.
NV mos, of which took place on French
eli, 1t says: -,
ga celebrated in Paris by tremendous
c.thering. where Louis NV. reviewed a
ssnndreti thousand spectators on the field
aw,he Champe de Mars. La Fayette mad
ossrue of the Garde Nationel on this occa-
s;on: but the Chalnpe dc Mars is only g.
lsyei plain. and there were few sites from
whsnee the spectacle could be seen. This
10 the first great republican review ever
held in Europe.
Nm Nav 5. 1908, thirty-fOur battalions
md seven suuadrons filed before the Em-
neror Napoleon on the field OF Merengo.
fhe Empress was drawn by twenty horses.
an a movable Throne, and the entire battle
, NJ Marengo was re.enacted, ending with a
repetition OF Napoleon's entry 70 Milan,
ihrough an irnprovised arch, so beatutiiuf
N design that it has since been construct
~ in marble. Then the whole city was
given over 10 week OF gayety. which
hooked the sublime mirage OF the Alps un-
ler which it was illustrated.
Orthe Sd OF June, 1906. Napoleon entered
tie gates OF Genoa. a fete the most splen-
aid ever witnessed ON the Mediterranean
nllowed the imposing military entry, and
The i!lumina.ions eclipsed the fabulous
Arabic and celestial entertainments. Can.
hundred solemn masses, and the port was
blockaded by floating ire-ships and lines
ofgilded lamps hung in the sky. as if from
star to star. This review was the hollow
device whereby the ancient liberty OF
Genoa was wsested away.
On November IS, 1907, the Imperial
Guard entered Paris, after the prussian
and Polish conquests, through splendid
arches, and passing in the grand court OF
the Tuileries, where hundred thousand
men could be seen at coup d0tl. Here
With the exile lions of St. Mark, had been
prepared, and the troops, in the most brill
Eant uniform, fled under it with uncover
al heads. Their standards were freshly
eilded with Gallo eagles, and their arms
and Announcements were entirely new.
When Napoleon collected his tremen-
Ious army on the border of Russia, he re-.
solved that it should pass in review be-
fore him IS j: irs. touched the eneny's
soil.
AZ one il the morning the corps OF Da-
,cns. broke up and crossed the river, and
shortly after ito advance guards took pos
nssion Of Konno. The tent of the Em.
neror was placed on an eminence three
knndYed PAGES from the bank, and as the
mn rose. he beheld the respondent mass
Lovly descending to the bridges. The
vo9,d had never seen 80 magnificent an ar
~ Cd Law before him; horse. foot, and
cannon, in the finest order ana the nignest
tate of eGuipmen: necessarily issued from
,ne f0res: and wound down the paths
which led 70 the river. The glittering of
arms. the spiendo, Of the dress, the loud
,hou.s O. the men, as they passed the I'M
peYial station inspired universal enthusi-
ssm. and seemed TO afford Il certain pre-
Ne of success. Tie burning Impotence
Of The younger couscrips; the calm assur-
anse al the veteran soldiers; the confident
s,Soy q. the younger officers; the dubious
pr,sentuae nts Of the older Generals, filled
syery hear. with thrilling emotion. No
sinister p-esen.imeu,s now were visible On
The eountenance OF the Emperor; the JOY
\ which he felt at the ro-commencement or
! war communicated universal degree OF
I animation. Two hundred thousand men,
including forty thousand horse, OF whom
twelve thousand were currassiers, armed
IN glittering steel, passed the Slvel tna.
day Ia the co Of the Emperor. Could
the eve Of rrophesy have foreseen the thin
and shattered remains Of this countless
|, host. which. q few months afterwards, we're
alone destined 70 regain tho shore OF Inc
Nieuoen. the change would have appeared
TOO dreadful for any human powers OF des-
friction to have accomplished. Inc pas
sage Of troops continued necessarily dur
ng&ne 18th and I0l0, anu tNo C0V0A1y ~
Del Murat, passing Davoust's corps TOOK
he lead in the advance. The Viceroy and
Jerome, at the head of their respective ar.
mics, crossed some days Afterwards at
HlonyAnd C,onde-the former ut the head
ofseyenty the latter of sixty-five thousand
msn-and Immediately began the advance.
On September Is, 1915, the allied armies
held grand review in Paris, subsequent
q the fnal overthrow of Napoleon. The
Bfitish review numbered sixty thousand
mon in red coats, and was held on the
great plain Of St. Denis, close by the sol.
smn Cathedral tomb of the Kings OF
France.
The Russian review was held on the
PANS OF Vertu, near Chalons, September
~ One hundred and sixty thousand men,
twenty.eight thousand of whom were cav
! Wy, With five hundred and forty cannon,
( were displayed.
IN lsl4, May 20, occurred the great re-
~. v.ew Of the Allies IN Paris, at Neuiliy and
ne bola de Roulogne. Seventy thousand
:. .Ien' with eighty-two guns, we're exhibit
~. Inc Emperor Alexander, the Empe-
.vs oa Austria, and the King Of Prussia
~ese present, as we'll a. the historian Alli-
sSa a, . VINO sissrward described it. Among