Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-10-18
PARIS LETTER.
From theour Regular Correspondent
Marshal McAIahon thi. -

uSE tHo COhlA1euu u Usu6ral Detgny, E13
troops stationed in Paris and the Foar.h
Division Of Cavalry. The review was cous
pletely successful, both as a military spec
tacle and popular fete. The Bois a
Vincennes is not 50 easily reached as the
BOis de BoulOnge, and the difficulty in &C.
curing a means Of conveyance vas increased
propoFtiOnally. Although the Marshal
was not to be on the. ground before I've
o'clock the city was alive in the morning
with troops and CIVILIANS al bent on reach
ing the ground Of the display. The rosds
were crowded with pedestrians, and the
river boats, tramwsys and Ibnibussss were
As the day advanced
private eonEeyances and cabs encountered
the avenues leading to the Old fort, and
eabmen openly put up to pablic auction
the right to use their vehicles Tor the re-
turn course. Foreigners who counted on
finding eonveyances on moderate terms
were left behind in groups, to the lsatisfao-
ton Of the Partisan artisans. whostook the
wiser course Of walking through he By
ways, starting from behind the Bastills
with their breakfasts hung in baskets On
their arms. On the route perfect order
was preserved by the ordinary polics who
were stationed all along the line to Vim
eennes. The weather was highly favorable.
In the morning thick mist hung oYarths
city, but this cleared away as the day ad-
yaneed and at noon the weather had sst-
tied into brightness recalling the middle
Of Summer, with the only drawback that
clouds Of dust intercepted the passage BE-
tween the Notifications and the wood.
From day dawn extraordinary animation
reigned in all the villages around Paris
where the 4th Corps was cantoned. n
every little street, in every court, soldiars
might be seen brushing their coats and
giving the finishing touch to the sabre
tache, while others we're busy preparing
vegetables for the soup. No sooner has 3
hasty breakfast been swallowed and a stin
hastier cigarette consumed than the bugls
sounds, the men fall into battaliOns, each
Colonel reviews his men, and we start for
the rendezvous Of the brigade 20 the IN
spiritlng strains Of the regimental band.
The Ecole Vitsrinaire d Abort, where the
headquarters Of the corps d armee was es-
tablished presented an extremely pictur-
esque appearance. There was a constant
galloping to and fro Of couriers and aids
and the courtyard was not large enough to
contain the brilliant troops Of horsemsn.
Meanwhile, in the direction Of AlfortviIIs
are heard drums, fanfares and confused
musical sounds. It's the brigades arriving
by the Bale and Geneva roads, and march
ing to the review by way Of Charenton,
while other brigades gain the Bois through
st. Maux. At half past twelve General
Deligny accompanied by brilliant staff,
left the Ecole Yeterinaire for the Hippo
drOme of Vincennes. The rush to the
tribunes on the.Cbamp de Maneuvers was
immense. Although thousands Of requests
for tickets were refused, there we're 50 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 Elysee for Vineennes at one O'Clock
and arrived at the old fort at a quarter to
two. He at once mounted his horse aud
rode to the field Of operations, followed By
a brilliant staff composed Of General on
eers and the military attaches Of foreign
power. Amongst the latter I observed
Msjor-General James Connolly, MilitarF
Attaehe to the British Embassy; General
De Leo, representing Germany; Count Ig-
natieff, brother Of the celebrated General
representing Russia; and General Won
Alem Of the United States. The troops
consisted Of the 4th army corps, which
had Just completed a very successful series
Of maneuvers, of those Of the military
government of Paris. and Of the 4th d.
vision Of Cavalry. an were under the E1-
perior commanded the Minister Of War,
and presented total Of fifty-fve battali0ns,
tIiirty-ave batteries and sixty-tao squad
rdns giving total effective Of some 90
600 men and 1000 horses. The appear
ance Of the masses Of infantry, artillery
and cavalry-bere conspicuous on some a.
ovation Of the ground. tAsrs Just emerging
from the surrounding woods-Fas brilliant
in the extreme. The President, after ap-
idly passing along the lines, returned as-
eorted by his star. placed himself IN tzs-a-
of the official tribune, and aivaHes3 g ieE
PAGES, accompanied BY marzta eaaro5sss
in full uniform, who remained baids.slls
during the march past. lseHEsai Bo1el
Minister of War, who he'd the sopmana n
chief of all the troops under rsFiaR.
himself with his staff Y's-a-vis 81 the aisr
shall and facing the tribune. The nal
past then began. This operation, whis
always constitutes for tbs spectator tssl
most attractive part of a military rsvisf,
derived an additional interest to-day from
the fact that everybody Was curious to Sc
a complete army corps OF q Wsr footing.
and, above all, to see how tbeyoung reserv- /
lists Of General Deligny would march after
q fortnight's maneuvers, sham fighting and
eounter-marching In this respect Gener
al Dehgny's troops may claim large shaEs
Of sbe success ofthe day. After ihsiourth
corps Hame the troops Of the governnsnt
Of Paris commanded by General Aynard.
the regiments Of engineers and Of artillery.
The brigades OF savalry especially theo CUR
assiers were Warmly applauded By the
hundred thousand spectators. The Ne
view was brought to a splenG.s q termination
1y battle charge executed BY tWes divisions
II eaYalry, formed in three lines, ossqsist-
ng respectively Of a brigade OF cuirassiei-ss.
'ne Of dragons, and another Of chasssurs
'laeed under the command Of General
It was really grand speo-
aele to see these brigades with their he'll
nets and bresstplstes glittering 10 the
sunlight, drawn up in one single line two
kilometres in length. At the word 1larohs
he whole line started at gallop, ana at
he second word Of command the sane lina
lalted sharp and unbrOken at few metres
rom the tribanes. The effect produesa
vas immense, and the "bravosn burst cot
nth renewed enthusiasm. The Marshal
vas delighted and at once eongrstulAssd
ieneral Bornemains before the whole staA.
after this grand spectacle the review vas
t end, and every one began to think Of