The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-21
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The Great Review in Honor of Gon,ral Msade
and Staff on the Champs de Mars-EoR tie
Canadians Expect to Make General Meade al
Anti-Fenian.
MONTREAL, G. E., September I9.-Todav all
the regular force in TINS CITY was ordered 10 nre
pare ior review, the design being to do General
meade honor for the faithful execution OF hIa
ouT,es curing the late attack upon the province.
=, lhe ground chosen Tor the review is the old
ChampS dc Mars, which, one hundred years AGO
or more, was used by the French as their parade
ground. IL Is about four hundred yards long,
py one huihored and fifty wide, and lies in the
heart OF the city, forming little plateau ON the
rear slope OF the first one OF the two cotes which,
with the hollow between them constitute the
sue Oh thelr city. There are two banks, the one
Stepping as IL were from Notre Dame street To
the Champs, and tue other from the rround Ia
Cralg street. On the tirsG bank nave been laid
steps, Wnlch can serve seats for the people
such as that OF to-day
=, At iO o'clock tue troops began to march into
theOhamps, and intwenty minutes they were all
mere. The iorce consisted of two batteries
twelve guns), breech.loaders, and three bai
tallous namely, the 23d ROYAL Welsh FusiieeIs
25th Kings Own Borderers (regiment of the
ilre), and the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade. The
neWiy arrived troops were not present. The
whole made force of about eighteen hundred
men. On reaching the ground they were
formed INTO contiguous columns of battaltons
and awaited the
ARRIVAL or GENERAL MEADE
who came on the ground a few minutes later.
He was mounted on the Brigade Major's horse,
Lut his two aids came on loot. AS the General
approached the right of the hne band after
and struck up, and when he got opposite
10 General Lindsay, that officer and his staf
saluted hlm. General Lindsay then. after a lew
words with the distinguished visitor nronosad
10 oehle the whole force before him, In slow
time. 1t was put on march. and corps after
corps passed before the General, the officers
rniVn NlNn La.
won't to do with the divisions of the Army of
the Potomac. This over, the troops denled i'm
quick time, and then in double quick, the three
bands OF the infantry being united and ntsndIno
In the centre of the Champs.
AS the TWO batteries went by him, General
meade expressed to General Lindsay his admra-
tn tion Oh their efficiency and the perfection OF
tnelr appointments. 1t was with this arm, and
the rifle battalion that he seemed 10 he. most
struck. After the deflement the 23d Regiment
was put through the bayonet exercise which
| the men performed very we'll. though, as have
| before observed, there are too many thrusts
| ana parries-more than would be used in war
| fare. With this exhibition of good drill Gene
raj Meade seemed to be well satisfied, aud at the
en- enc l Oh every movement frankly gave his praise
| OF the drll anO steadiness shown by the men,
| There were about tour thousand people unon
| the ground, and at the bayonet drill they rave
eneer and made plaudls with their hands, at
| which the men OF the 23d were grati6ed:
| After this an Armstrong gun of one of the
TWO batteries was shown General Meade, and as
he walked over 10 1t his two aids were also led
by one OF General Llndsay's staff to. examine
the gun. Every explanation was given by
General Lindsay and Colonel Pipon 1t was
worked by its gunners in the presence of the
three American officers, who looked on and
watched the gun with attention. This gup
forms the best part of British torce 1t is a
very good one, and as long as it would continue
in good order it would be very destructive tn
an enemy. The ritiIng OF the gun is fine and
to avoid injurng the grooves, rings of lead are
placed on the shell, that the part which reels
against the bore may be softer metal than I, ,elf
| This renders the ammunition expensive and not
| easily to he replaced.
After the examination of the breech-loadiper
| gun was over, General Meade returned to the
| saluting point and looked on at a number of
| manGuvres made by the force all of which
| were executed with the precision and steadlness
| that denote the soldiers OF the British army
| This over, the General left the ground appa-
| rently we'll pleased with the exercises in his
| honor.
| The weather was not all that could have been
| desired, the sky being lowering. Drops of rain
| fell at intervals 1t was also cold, and the iay
| was more like one in the end of the fall than
one in Septem ber-but at this season the weather
| seems "out of joint"
This afternoon General Meade will hold G. re-
| ception, and all those who desire to pay their
respects to him will have an occasion to, do Ed
| at the st. Lawrence Hall.
All this attention is shown to General Meade
in the hope that it will dispose hlm well towards
the Canadians, and render him anti.Fenian
General Meade intends leaving tomorrow for
| Plattsburg.-heoo York Herald.