New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-17

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quiet and at. possesGiol On Tho part Of Ill
appeared 70 prevail. The mADeh past Was
opened By . squadron of the military
gendarnes, ct whose head rede the chief Of
the secret police, Who u at tie saihe time
commandent Of I'll the gendarmes Of the
sDf(rA. 9O0ut 4Dl)oWed the EUpeeoes pri
vste escort consisting a Circassians in
e! ssfi;::s s s.s::s Az ss.
msdS y Of 3eaf baftalions Of men Of such
slss - - cosntfy could produce without
the eysten- 81, Lceoscription. Division a.
tor diyisioa Of, might .say.- almost
equally 1ns men followed the Pre-
brsjensky, until al tho infantry had
passed their sovereign. Then appeared
the foot artillery. with the men eattinG On
tho guns and limbefs. Next came the
cavalry, Asaded BY . division VI four regi
ments Of euifosstess, who answer to our
life guards, end resemble them somewhat
that one squad Of the former looks % if il
could swallow mp whole regiment Of Life
Guarde or Blues. Behind the cuiraesiers
came tho light division, composed Of
hussars, lancers, mounted grenadiers and
Coesacks. The two latter corps struck me
much BY the entire absence Of noise during
their marCh. There Was NO clauking Of
swords, no noise of any kind; ono would
even hsve thought that the horses had been
taught not to champ their bite, 90 noiseless-
y did they 60 past tho salutiDg point, and
their movements ware rendered quite in
audible 1T abort distance by the impos-
ability OF hearing the footfalls of their
horees in the deep snow. With these horse.
men ended the passing OF the cavalry, and
the rear was brought up BY the horse artil-
lery. @ = 49,
It 10 impossible to deecribe tho nagpif.
cent effect pr1duced BY this review, and a.
though I believe that the Russian soldiers
Of the line .. q; =. very different u = from their
give the foEmer al the credit due 10 them,
With regard to their movements ON parade.
I say this because, from what have heard,
although their endurance 10 great in the
field, they 90 nowhere 20 much ut home,
70 to speak. % they are ON the parade
ground. II must be remembered that Rus
sis, like her neighbor. Germany, is in every
respect . military power, aaA NO betide
the officer q regiment to whom may be It
general effect Of 3 review. believe that
much time 10 spent in drilling men to acA
curaoy Of movement vhiah might far bet
ter be bestowed on moro practical objects.
am 'also Informed that the Russian line
regimbntg aRot - in1otier to the guards q
they can we'll bs; bat Only report faith.
folly what have myself seen to-dsy.,
Interesting - was this spectacle, It ended |
q scene which I regret could only see
rpm . distance. 1tappears that when the |
march past was over, the Emperor gathered |
Quad him all the mounted officers o. we'll
. his numerous peEAoual staff. From INV
taudpoint could eco the group, and all Of
sudden 1oovNn' stho officers round the
Smperor take of their helmets, etc., aud
bout have since heard that this outburst
~ csused By speech made By his ma
sstV. an told that the Emparor, addrees.
% the officers Of the gnard, expressed his
with the efficiency Of the VAR.
% feGi0ents. He added that be had found
\ his dnty - n06iliSe his Southern army.
ID. thae II unfortunately. tho occaeaon
,ould arise for , mobilizati of the guards,
Q felt suro Of their appearing in the satisfac.
nv stste in which he then saw them. His
[sjeaty then. announced the appointment
bis brother, tho Grand Duke Nicholas,
} the command Of the army of the South,
i'd spoke Of ms approaching departure
rand Duke would carry with him the sin |
re good wishes of every Russian soldier
T the welfare of tho Southern troops and
leir oommander-in-chief. can not con-
ude this letter without stating that -
on - the Emperor had flushed fpsskiug, |
ID be and his staff had dismounted, /
oked round to have last glance ct the
oops which had seen m aneuvred 30 we'll. |
y astonishment and admiration were
eat when I saw the large plain, which
1enty minutes before had been occupied
I some 35.0 900 men, entirely empty, and
ct becoming ~ white as before the tramp |
many feet has soiled its winter carpet Of