New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-18

10 ,ers Al soon "a MacMahOn ma ta'c"
M his position, the review began Flrst ''no 49,
Iadmrault's corps preceded by regnentol o""'o',
h Ia pair formed out Of the men OF the old corps o'
c,,t do ViIc 4, other words a regiment OF police
mon, after which came some chssscurs; aud then anna
general cheering the 5ith Regiment OF the Iine' po
known as the REGIMENT de Bitche. This regiment was
shut nm I'm the Fortress OF Mtehe In TIE 'VSs.' 49,
after the battle Of worth, and held ont against 'n0
mans until the capitulation of PARIS WV" -
were allowed TO march out with all inc hoi't''i
war From O'Clock in the afternoon uh''i o. 'nV'o
WINS ono continuous succession or troops frsV one "c
oral took mn his pace beside the Marshal TO sec Ine corps
he commanded march by, and then announcer III uuo oi
cannot say that. as military Spe'ao '"0 ~ -
messed me greatly Tho men did not march well ineo
wns a most absurd attempt TO INITIATE 'ho iio'i" '
~ marching which naturally like most attempts AT I'M
,,i,, f,iled conspicuosy. Any Of your readers VINO
re- over soon Prussan troops the march Will nc sure
10 remember that they have peculiar swing OF tho l'
arm Now this swing Of the arm when UNIFORM III
bodv of troops IL Il among the Prussans, alds greatly
20 Give that machnelke appearance to the sol
diors ON which Kaiser william is known so greatly
IN pride himself But, when each man swings his arm
independosfly Of his comrades such proceeding by no
means contributes TO the solderly appearance OF reg
meut From where Stood just in front OF NJ Thicrss
pavion could. in many cases hear the order "left,
fright" given by the serccants in their audabe, but
unsuccessful attempts 10 induce their men TO march III
batteries Of artillery; sometimes, However by The same
number Of mtraileuses
The artillery horses in very poor condition, much
poorer than those Of Prince Frederick Chaless army
after their long and rapid march from Metz to Orleans
Certainly It is not 10 be wondered at that the French
teams look bad health and feeble for they have
been shamefny neglected since their entry into Paris
The guns were mostly the obsolete Old fourpOunder muz
zleoaders which, imagine, have fred their last round
only noticed two batteries Of the new seyen-pondcr
breachlOaders yesterday. The review was concluded
when Gen. Barcies division of cavalry, accompanied
by brigade Of horseartlery, had passed. These
latter went by at o trOt, or rather they Ought
to have gone by at trot, but so badly drilled were
horses aud men that many chargers were galloping
willie the majority roted-a fact which destroyed the
appearance of the sQuadrons completely. The French
people near me- in front Of the grand stand were, how
ever, by no means SO critical Some OF my uelghoors
were frantic with delight They seemed TO be possessed
with the idea that the review great moral victory
nd promise Of physical ones 10 GOMEZ over the Prus-
slams. "AhI if Bismarck could only see" said a
man near me, chow angry he would feel and
how he would wonder at getting such
a splendid army together in so short time" Never
fear" said friend to the first speaker Bismarck has
lots Of spies here, you may be sure" and he winked
knowingly at British officer in scarlet uniform hard
by, whom he evidently took for one OF Frelerck
Charlcs's famous Red Hussars Another man told me in
would soon have Alsace and Lorraine back again. As he
spoke could not help thinking Of the last review which
! took place on the ground were standing upon.
Certainly the men who deiiled before Kaiser Wilhelm
at Longchamps in March did not look as If they would
easily be beaten. The crowd however, far as have
learned very warke When the last battery ofhorse
artillery had gone bv, MacNIabon gave his charger
touch of the spur and gaOped across to the foot OF NJ
Thiers's pavilion The Chief Of the Executive stepped
down and shook hands heartily with the Marshal Every
body pressed around, and then hats waved and loud
! cheers were given. Leaving MaeMahon Theirs
| feganed his place in the pavilion and bowed
his Acknowledgements 10 the crowd, his eyes
filed with tears as did As he turned and left TO
go to his carriage there round after round of cheer
ing which burst ont again he drove of to Versailles
al st. Among the curioses present We're the members
Of the Chinese Embassy, who watched the whole pro-
ceedngs with evident interest There were very few
people in boues present The troops did not cheer at
ALL and the people only very mildly except at the end
when Theirs and MacMahOn shook hands.