The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-18
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\ Military Fctc.

LONDON, May 81, 1874.
Between forty and fifty miles from Lon
don lies Aldershot close to Briclhury Hill
and at the head of an open tract OF coun-
try, by courtesy, called the Long Valley.
The place is not a favorite resort with tour
lists and yet for. many reasons it possesses in
attraction, in that 1t il, and has been for
years, the great military depot Of England,
and the station of the flower of English
cavalry and infantry. In addition, the sur
rounding hill country is one of the most
charming specimens Of English landscape
and consequently all royal visitors must
give one day to review of the troops.
The shah of Persia honorcd the locality
with his august presence last summer, and
yesterday the English princes accompanied
the car of Russia to the military fete.
When in Russia last winter at the time
of the royal marriage the car entertained
his foreign guests with grand display of
Russia militia to the number of 10000 in
the area in front of the winter palace
more guns, more cavalry and more infantry
than can be brought together for a review
in this country. Moreover, the English
have no why little Cossack siecds who
bound over the ground guided by wild
riders whom nothing can unhorse. The
British infantry, taking regiment by regi-
ment, are probably men of shorter stature
than most of the great coated burly fellows
who compose the Russian infantry but
any foreigner would be obliged to ac-
knowledge that for length and strength
of swing in their march, for machine-like
accuracy and harmony of movement, no
troops in the world could have done better
than did the $1,000 men whose bright uni
forms relieved the length of the drcary
Long Valley at the review of yesterday.
THE ARRIVAL
From southampton, from Portsmouth,
from Salisbury, and the many towns of
Hampshire and Wiltshire, the country gen
try and the farmers, and truly the humber
folk, drove in the early morning to, the
place where the affair was to occur There
were ladies in riding habits and gentlemen
in uniforms, men in corduroys and women
in blue skirts there were children on don
keys and urchlns on foot mutitudes of
| dogs.
Such was the motley crowd which good
naturally awaited the arrival Of the royal
train from London and in the meantime
appropriated every inch of ground over
looking the manGuvre field. The day was
hot and clouds of black dust YEARLY arose
and redeemed the face of the sun but the
concoursc were in high spirits, joked and
laughed, and drank odd green, rid yellow
| liquids at the booths to such an extent that
the vendors thereof rapidly sold out their
stock and even before the review com
menced were to be seen fastening off to
Aldershot to replcnish their exhausted
stores.
AT eleven o'clock the troops were mar
the first consisting of the Royal Horse Ar
tillery, cavalry brigade, the Royal Engin-
GERS and Guards, a Highland brigade, and
several regiments of infantry. In the sec
ond line were the field batteries of the
Royal Artillery, the engineer train and the
army service corps.
The whole panorama of woods. water,
plain, sweeping hill and pasture land, with
the foreground of glittering militia with
banners and scarlet coats, gold braid,
plumes and guns was one of unexampled
splendor. Half an hour later and field
battery gave forth the announcement that
the imperial visitor had arrived and
mounting their chargers at the station, the
emperor, the Grand Duke Alexis, the