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FURTHER DETAILS OF THE GREAT
HISTORICAL EVENT
The Makers of History In Line-The Most
Significant Scene Of Modern Times.

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Significant Scene Of Modern Times.
berlin IJsae 16) Correspondence London Daily
1t was not until nearly o'clock that the
| loud bicker Of drums and clashing OF brass
bands, mingled with the roar of cheering, told
| those in the vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate
| that the head of the procession must be IN the
Potsdamer place. The cheering comes nearer
and nearer, and there are the white plumes
having contributed to earlier triumphs, Is now
leading one which only old age forbade him to
help to earn. Alone the old man rides, and
the people willingly give their lungs breath.
er in cheering him. He has his staff behind,
| la the shape Of generals like himself superan-
nuated from active work, and those who from
whatever cause were not in the war. Then
follow
THE FIGHTING sTAFFs,
headed oy Blumenthal and the rest, differing
| from the preceding body in that they are In
field dress instead Of full parade uniform.
Then come the leaders who have served as
civil governors during the war-Blttenfeld,
Falkenstein, Bonin and Fabrice. Behind these,
again, ride the generals commanding the sew
eral army corps, succeeded by the men who
commanded whole armies in these days when
Germany has so many armies-the Duke OF
Mecklenburg- -Schwern, Crown Prince OF sax
ony. Field Marshal Steinmetz, and Manteuttel,
Verder, Won der Tam and Cohen, who have
also commanded armies, were not In this COM
preceding. There is little interval. and then
come the
! Bismarck, Moltke and Room. What tempes.
| tuous gust of cheering greets these. 1t Is no
| sudden sauall to die away at once, for there
| behind them, the solitary centre OF the splen-
| did picture, rides Kaiser Wilhelm himself, up
right and notwithstanding in his field uniform,
| and on his war horse, q dark bay. Behind him
ride the feld-marshals Of the royal house, the
| Crown Prince of Germany, looking every inch
| O prince and soldier. on Chestnut horse; and
| Prince Frederick Charles, heavy browed. stall
wart and square. with his firm, strong seat on
| the bright bay charger. Following these, the
central figures of the pageant come great
| beyy of princes, guests OF the Emperor, and
personal staff, glittering in varied and brilliant
| uniforms, and making q gallant show. Behind
| these come the under-otficers OF varied German
nationallties. bearing the spolls OF War-the
eagles and the colors
As he wheels under the, gate Wilhelm casts
| look back at these prizes about to pass under
a structure once despoled by the armies OF
the nation from whom his armies had taken
| them. Now for the men who took them.
| With steady tramp come laurel-croWned the
stalwart infantrymen OF the guard. suggest.
ing memories OF st. Privat, Givonne, Stains,
Pierreftte and lie Bourger. AS they look up
they see around them by the gate the blazoned
records and emblems Of their services '.Yor
Paris All the drums may rattle and the
music swell, but the mighty volume OF cheer
inc ouells the instrumental sounds. And so,
2mid hurrahing and waving of handkerchlefs
ana tile elapping of hands, the long anaconda
Of fighting men drags its length through tne
/ =, IN thrnrUh Tho. p1tp
the Emperor halted 10 receive an address OF
con iratulation from the bevy OF Berlin young
ladies. ard kissed the speaker, Miss Blaesar.
At the head OF the Linden he received an ad-
dress from the Burgomaster accompanied oy
the magistrates.
| DOWN THE LINDEN,
under the victory columns and between the
captured cannon, hnnKcd by sea OF humani-
ty rising in pillows to the tops of the houses;
paeSe an1 stanas
bronze; here. under the shadow of the rugged
old warrior, with the Relchstag rising In q
bank behind, the Kaiser wheels his horse,
princes, generals, guests and staff on either
side of him, and let's his troops march past
him. Like moving wall the men &c 60 o oy pg IN
companies. In their half squadrons the horse
men make q gallant show. From the terrace
of the Imperial Schloss royal beauty showers
| its smiles and greetings Or the conquerors.
The front Of the Emperor's palace is also
crowded With the ladies OF the German royal
and prince houses.
The sTribune, between 1t and the Opera
House, is perhaps tie most brilliant OF all,
with dgnitaries, home and foreign, the mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps, &c. The recess
of the University opposite Is one huge tribune,
in which are many Americans. On the Side
walk between the palace and the opera
House, stand ranged.the officers of the garri-
ksata ttNo~ t, fhA
posite are the members OF the Imperial Rus
sian Population, and many doctors, amou-
lance directors, civil officers connected with
the war administration, &c. AS the troops
march past some, when over the Schloss
Bridge, wheel away and are no more seen.
Others bend to the right aud take up positions
in serried files In the Lustgarten, forming
gradually three sides of o square with the yet
unveiled statue OF William III In the centre.
In front of the fighting men and the musi-
clans and the trumpeters, in three ranks on
the open face OF the square, fronting the
Schloss. stand the bearers OF the captured
trophies. The raised aud open ball OF the
museum, behind all, is full Of the medalled
veteran inyalids of the old wars, of yeomen OF
the palace, and of the royal gendarmes. The
seats on the terrace in front of the Schloss are
packed with officers Of the guards and the
garrison. Around the statue, on the steps
and close by, gradually COLLECTS dense group,
clerics, SC. And now, after less marshallnS
than might have been expected, Prince Au.
gustus, OF Wurtemberg, the commander OF
The parade, rides past
| THE STATUE OF GERAAN1A
into the Schloss, to tell his master that oil is
ready Then, the Emperor, with his suite Of
Princes, enters the square and takes up posi-
tion under an awning between the two foun-
tains. As Wilhelm comes, the troops present
arms. and the bearers OF the trophies lay them
down at the foot of the statue. There is
loud and sustained roll of drums. and as this
dies away, the cathedral choir bursts out into
a hymn. This over, the chaplain-general,
standing on the steps OF the monument, offers
up short prayer. There Is another bcker OF
the drums. and then Bismarck approaches the
Emperor, and is understood to be asking his
permission that the statue be unveiled. Will
helm makes gesture OF assent. Bismarck
waves his hand as signal. The canvas falls
from the statue, the drums roll, the trumpets
blare. the standards Of the guards are lowered
towards the statue, the troops present arms
and burst into volleys Of cheering. The air is
tull OF din, for salute OF one hundred and
one cannon is being fred, and the church bells