The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-16
OUR PARIS LETTER.
PANS, Sept. 80. 1878.

4l8AElAA IAN1nbhkbt AhAC oAANi 1OO1g
reviewed on the Champ de ManGu-
vres of Yincennes the Fourth Corps
a. Armee, under the command Of
GeDersl Deligny, the troops stationed
il Paris and the Fourth Division Of
Cavalry. The review was complete
IL successful, both as a military spec
lscle and a popular (ete. The Bots
De Vincenues is not SO easily reached
as The Bois de Boulogne, and the
officially in securing a means IF con-
veyance was decreased proportionally.
Although the Marshal was not to tie
90 he ground before tgo O'clock, The
city wes alive ia the morning With
.roups and civilians, all bent on
reaching the ground of Inc display
The roads were c:owded with pedes-
uiaus, and lie river bJals, tramways
and omnibuses were unapproarbahle.
As The day advanced private convey
auces aid cabs encountered the ave.
nues leading to the cid fort, and cab
men openly put up to public auction
the right TO use their vehicles for The
return course. Foreigners who count
ed on fndiGg conveyances on moder.
ate terms were left behind in groups,
to the satisfaction of the Partisan ar
%tisans, 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 Vincennes, The weather was
highly favorable. In the morning a
thick mist hung over the city, but
this cleared away as the day advanc-
ed, and at moor the weather had set
tied into a brightness recalling the
middle Of summer, with the only
drawback that clouds Of dust inter-
cepted the passage between the forti-
ications and the wood. From day
dawn extraordinary animation reign
ed 10 all the villages around Paris,
where the 4th Corps was cautioned.
la every little street, in every court,
soldiers might be seen brushing their
coats and giving the finishing touch
to the sabre tache, while others were
busy preparing vegetables for the
soup. No one has a hasty break
fast been swallowed and a still hast
Ter cigarette consumed than the bugle
sounds, tie men fall into battalions,
each Colonel reviews his men, and
we start for the rendezvous of the
brigade, to the inspiriting strains of
the Regimentsl Band. The Ecole
V~eterinaire d. Abort, where the head
quarters of the corps d. armee was
established, presented an extremely
picturesque appearance. There was
a constant galloping to and fro of
couriers and aids, and the courty ard
was not large enough to contain the
brilliant troops of horsemen. Mean
while, in the direction of Alfortville
are heard drums, fanfares and con-
fused musical sounds. 1t is the brig
edes arriving by the Bale and Gene
va roads, and marching to the review
by way Of C~harenton, while other
brigades gain the Bots through st.
Maur
At half past twelve General Delig.
ny, accompanied by a brilliant staff,
left the Ecole Veterinaire for the
Hippodrome of V%incennes. The rush
to the tribunes on the Champ de
Marguvre was immense. Although
thousands OF requests for tickets were
refused, there were so many distribu-
ted that unless one arri we'd on the
field at the usual hour Of a Paris
breakfast he could not secure a place.
The Marshal left the Elysee for Vim
eennes at | O'Clock and arrived at the
old fort at a quarter till two. He at
once mounted bis horse, and rode to
the field Of operations, followed by a
brilliant staff composed Ct general
officers and the military attaches Of
foreign Powers.
Amongst the latter | observed Ma
jor General James Connolly, Military
Attache to the British Embassy !;
General de Leo, representing Germa-
ny Count Ignatieff, brother Of the
celebrated General. representing Rus
STA and General Won Alem, of the
United States. The troops consisted
Of the 4th Army Corps, which had
just completed q very successful SER
les Of maEGu7res, of those of the mill
tary government of Paris, and of the
Alb Division of Cavalry. All were
under the superior command Of the
Minister of War, and presented q
total of ifty-6ve battalions, thirty-fve
batteries, and sixty-two squadrons,
giving a total effective force of some
$4,000 men and 10000 horses. The
appearance of the masses of Infantry,
artillery, and cavalry here conspicu-
Gus on some elevation of the ground,
there just emerging from the sur
rounding woods was brilliant in the
extreme. The President, after rap
idly passing along the lines, returned
escorted by his staff, placed himself
in front Of the official tribune, and
advanced a few PAGES, accompanied
by Marshal Canrobert 10 full uniform,
who remained beside him during the
march part. General Borel, Minister
of War, who held the command in
chief Of all the troops under review,
placed himself with his staff uis-a uis
Of the Marshal and facing the tribune.
The march past then began. This
operation, which always constitutes
for the spectator the most attractive
part Of q military review, derived an
additional interest to-day, from the
fact that everybody was curious to
see a.complete army corps on a war
footing I; and, above all, to see how
the young reservists of General Del
igny would march after a for,night's
manGuvres, sham fighting, and coun-
+ar naaraltn. l. ~. $1,000 o. !