Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-23
The Daily 2rfss aud 9akotaiau
WNKTON DAKOTA.
Tue:day Evening, July 20, 1873
THE INDIAN TROOPS At MALTA.

Grand Review by The Duke ofCambrldge.
Correspondence of the London Standard.
Valctta, June 21.-Thc duke of Cam.
bridge has finished his inspection of the In. !
dian troops and taken wing for Naples on
board the swift steamlng Helicon. Those !
who are most inclined to speak Of tho posi-.
ton OF his royal highness as a sinccure will
hardly have the courage 10 deny that be has
worked hard during his stay at Malta. Not
q moment has been u%noccupied since his
landing. Parades. receptions, visits of cere-
mony and duty, have succeeded 10 quick a..
formation, and this at the most trying sea.
son of the year, when intermittent fever is
easily caught by those ~unaccustomed to the
roasting sunshine and unhealthy sirocco.
1t may be well to give an epitome of what
his royal highn. So has done since he came.
On Sunday night he land d, on Monday
forenoon he went round some of the forts
and camps, on Monday afternoon he in
srect d infinitely the entire force at Malta,
and entertained q large party at dinner sui.
sequently on Tuesday he presided at a re-
view Of the cavalry and field artillery on the
Marsa race ground in the morning, resum-
ed the inspection of forts and camps,
and set out a formal banquet to local nota-
OtiltASSS AAtlitaiys bdSd!s cCClcotdstlCdl, legal,
and civil, in the evening on Wednesday he
was present at a drill of the Indian infantry
on the Floriana, in the early morn, held q
levee IN the afternoon, and assisted at a
dinner in his honor in re Union Club az
terward on Thursday he visited the arch.
bishop at Cilta Veccha, drove over to the
field-sports of the garrison and expedition
ary force at Marsa, went through the
ssolemn sacrament of another formal din
ner In the evening, and left at night, escap-
ing the boredom of a sllute. All his ap-
pc 'ntments we're kept with the punctuality
of the Horse Guards CLOCK, which we
know never goes wrong. In the kilograms
and letters l have already forwarded 1 have
given you the sap of all I could see or learn
of the Indian expedition, and the dukes
opinion of it, and of Malta Ito which by
the way, he is no stranger, having been on
the island twice belore); and it only rests
with me now TO pick upthe disiecM meneJ,u
of my notebook, and in a final desultory
communication bring my I SIX to a conclu.
sion.
The words addressed by his royal high
ness to the colonies gathered in q ring, on
horseback, around him, after the first in
spection, were as follows, as nearly as pos
sible: "Gentlemen, l have made a long
journey at a trying tine for the purpose Of
this inspection, but l may tell you frankly
at once l have been amply repaid for all my
trouble and Inconvenience by what l have
seen this afternoon. l never had the op'
portunityo of looking at Indian troops before
had heard a good deal OF
them from those qualified to Judge,
and had been led to entertain a
high opinion of them, but l freely admit
tHof fGoir p,,a p ~ >,oIou orooo o-I Al.
admirable way in which they performed
every conception l had formed on the sub.
favorably Of them an. OF the garrison of
whom this excellence is due, and wish you
a good evening"" AS the Indian infantry
were filing off BY faurs, with bands playing
european music, alas y the duke rode up
to q position by the Strada Glardino, and
again very carefully took stock" of them.
AS the Bengalls passed by at a swinging
pace he frequently exclaimed, "a remark.
ably handsome set of men!" This was no
t1lattery, for, in literal truth, they are. A
pleasant smile greeted those lively, yellow
dwarfs, :hc Goorkhas, stepping by with
short rifles at the trail to a CHEEKY quick
step, with a regular pit.pit.pat, very much
recalling the gait of Italian Be1soNi ri, the
Belgian Carubineri. or the CNdsscurs Of
Bincennes. The duke was satisfied Will
them, satisfied with all, and scrupulously
saluted the colors of every regiment as they
were borne by. The Madras sappers wcrt
unusually tidy looking in their full dress
bright scarlet tunics, freshly unpacked, ant
deepening by contrast the sombre shade o
their chimney cowl turbans. Their Bomba,
brethren OF the pick and shovel had dome,
snowy coverings over their sapper caps, an,
the 26th Bombay infantry had exchange
the serviceable Markys, or mud-colored tut
bans for spotless muslin; both were yer
pretty in effect, but more suited to a picnl
than feel work. The washing bill OF tb
army that INDUCED In such luxlries woul
be no triAe. Apropos of head-gear, there
no end to the manner OF folding the turbar
The practiced officer can tell the religion
the race, and often the very birthplace, of
recruit by his mode of arranging the regul,
ton seven and a half yards of stuff roun
his skull. The officers of the Bombay ca,
airy wear pith hemlets, but those Of tt
10th Bengal lancers don the native turbal
whose sweeping elegance few devices ca
or west-of the Era bazaar at Calcutta {
the outitter's shop at Bond street,,
equal; none can excel. The European hors
man In Aslatlc garb is a model OF hYdri
chivalry-a sort of C9urde Lion in Salad
garb-a conjunction of insular strength an
the grace of the desert. Such a spectacl
as is furnished only once in a life it was
these serried rows of nine.pound guns ra
tied about as if they were toys; the billow
squadrons. with pennons floating like ''war
red crest upon their heads" the successio
of armed men on foot, tramping along wit
erect bearing, the regular lines of bayone
advancing In flashing parallels, the hani
and feet moving with pendulum cadenc
But has not the scene, or scene like to
been drawn hundreds of times before? VII
prolong detlils? Sufficient be it to say TIL
it was a pattern review, that, contrary to a.
prchcnsions, it was without jar or mistak
and that the leader before whom it ",
held-and he has as extensive an experien,
of military pageants as any man living.
was thoroughly and completely Statistic
&c came to criticise, no doubt he RENAME
to praise.