The daily gazette., 1878-10-08
our rARIS LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
PARIS Snnt IA 1870

PARIS, Sept. 10, 1878.
Marshal Mcmahon, this afternoon. re-
viewed on the Champ de Mannuvres of
Vincennes the Fourth Corps d Armee
under the command of General Delignv.
the troops stationed in Paris, and the
Fourth Division of cavalry. The review
was completely successful, both as a
military spectacle and popular fete.
The Bois de Vincennes is not so easily
reached as the Bois de Boulogne, and the
difficulty in securing a means of convey
ance was increased proportionally. AL
though the Marshal was not to be on the
ground before two o'clock, the city was
alive in the morning with troops and ci-
VILLAINS, all bent on reaching the ground
OF the display. The roads were crowded
with pedestrians, and the river boats,
tramways, and omnibuses were unap-
Iproachable. As the day advanced pri-
vate conveyances and cabs encountered
the avenues leading to the old fort, and
cabmen openly put up to public auction,
the right to use their vehicles for the re-
turn course. Foreigners who counted on
finding conveyances on moderate terms
were left behind in groups, to the salts
faction at the Partisan artisans, who took
the wiser course of walking through the
byways starting from behind the Bastile
with their breakfasts hung in baskets on
their arms. On the route perfect order
was preserved by the ordinary police, who
were stationed all along the line to Vim
cennes. The weather was highly favor
able. In the morning thick mist hung
over the city, but this cleared away as the
dsy advanced and at noon the weather
had settled into brightness recalling the
middle of summer, with the only draw
back that clouds of dust intercepted the
passage between the fortification and the
wood. From day dawn extraordinary
ANIMATION reigned in all the villages
laround Paris where the 4th corps was
cantonned. In every little street, in every
court soldiers might be seen brushing
their coats and giving the finishing
touch to the sdbretache, while others
lwere busy preparing vegetables for the
Isoup. No sooner has hasty breakfast
been swallowed and still hastier cigar
ette consumed than the bugle sounds
the men fall into battalions, each Colonel
reviews his men, and we start for the
rendezvous of the brigade to the inspirit-
ing strains of the regimental band. The
/ Enn1n Nifaritna al ~ Alfntt Ia
headquarters of the corps d o,mee was
; established, presented an extremely pic
lturesque appearance. There was con-
. slant galloping to and fro of couriers and
aids, and the courtyard was not large
enough to contain the brilliant troops of
horsemen. Meanwhile, in the direction
of Alfortville are heard drums, fanfares
and confused musical sounds. 1t is the
brigades arriving by the Bale and Gene
va roads, and marching to the review by
! way of Charleston, while other brigades
gain the Bois through st. Mard. At halt
past twelve, General Deligney, accompa.
MED by brilliant staff, left the Ecolc
Veterinaire for the Hippodrone of Vim
lcennes.
The rush to the tribunes on the Chamr
, de ManGuvres was immense. Although
! thousands of requests for tickets were
refused, there were so many distributed
that unless one arrived on the field at the
. usual hour OF Paris breakfast he could
not secure a place. The marshal left the
Elysoe for Vincennes at one o'clock ant
arrived at the old fort at a quarter to two
He at once mounted his horse and rode
to the field of operations, followed by q
brilliant statfcomposed of general officers
and the military attaches of foreign
IPowers. Amongst the latter | observed
aior-General James Connally, military
attache to the British Embassy; Genera
/ de SEQ, representing Germany; Coun
Ignatieff, brother of the celebrated gen
eral, representing Russia; and Genera
Won Alem, of the United States. The
ltroops consisted of the 4th Army Corps
. which had just completed very success
full series of man1uvres, Of those of the
military government of Paris, and of the
4th Division of Cavalry. All unde
the superior command of the Minister o
War and presented a total OF hfty-hvt
battalions, thirty-tive batteries and sixty
two sauadrons, giving total effective Of
some $4,000 men and 10000 horses. The
Iappearance of the masses of Infantry
ariillery ,and cavalry here conspicuous or
some elevation of the ground, there just
emerging from the surrounding woods
was brilliant in the extreme. The Presi
Ident, after rapidly passing along tnt
lines, returned escorted by his staff
placed himself in front of the official
tribune, and advanced few PAGES, ac.
companied by Marshal Canrobert in full
uniform, who remained beside him dur
ling the march past, General Borel, Minis
ter of War, who held the command II
chief of all the troops under review
placed himself with his staff ots cis Of
the marshal and facing the tribune. The
march past then began. This operation
which always constitutes for the specta
tor the most attractive part of a military
lreylew, derived an additional interest to
day from the fact that everybody wa
: curious to SEQ a complete army corps OF
7 a war footing; and above all, to see how
the Young reservists of General DelignJ
' would march after a fortnight's manteuv
Tres, sham fighting, and counter march
ling. In this respect General Delgny'
Itroops NAV claim a large shareof the sue
cess of the day. After the fourth corp
! came the troops of the government o
Paris, commanded by General Aymard
1.-THE regiments of engineers and of artil
llery. The brigades of cavalry especially
1.-The cuirassiers were warmly applaudet
by the hundred thousand special ors; Inc
lreview was brought to a1splendld ter
l V,-;no,;o,, hy n bottle charge executed by