The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-02
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Few people suspect what elal orato
arrangements have 10 be made when
lueen Victoria goes on journey. 10
eep he's secure from harm within her
wn residences requires no little alert.
less, but when the Queen travels from
london to Balmoral-a distance Of about
80 miles, which takes nineteen hours 10
hundreds Of men, railway en-
'loyes policemen, and other officials
ave to be told of for special duty; and
cores OF trains carrying passengers or
relght are delayed IN their progress.
hpl u,. u rnt 81 - IN, ~ r p, r
neys bristle with soldiers: aud, during
the King Of Spain's late voyl & to Ester.
madura, one heard ct wuu., ,eg.n,nts
being modified TO form curdous along
the passage OF the royal train; eve: NJ.
neNl, wnvn he goes from Paris to j.,
'eat at Mont SOUS Naudfey is remind, Il
Il his greatness and its dangers hy Q
achmcHts Ot mounted gemdarmes, ~
" seuiries with fixed hayonets in every
station. In England, there isnotLiug 4
III this the Queen has no military
guard or escort, and yet all the measures
for her protection are admirably mi
complete, A pilot engi precedes e
rui al tam hA tWvlVV n,.vs, ,..d iur had
an hour before it p,ssvs AL traffic on
10Th tracks along its ruute is suspended.
There is NO resumption ~ the traffic at
he different stations until Il quarter Of
,n hour nj or the Queens own tram has
gone by them, and during this time,
danger signals areeXh,bited at all these
stations. Moreover, every grad. eros
ing has is gates locked and guarded the
switches have all been safely locked and
men are posted along the lines To SEQ
that by no chance any human being or
animal strays on them. In the royal
train itself there are two look out men
besides the ordinary guard. One OF
them stands on the engine aud faces tho
GEAR Of the train TO watch for signals
from any Of tho windows; the other is
stationed in the guard van and keeps
his eve on the track behind the tram.
An electric apparatus connects all the
carriages WITH tue engine and guards
van, and three telegraph operators
travel in one OF the compartments wi,h
appliances for rep iring the wires on the
road If, in the event of an acrid, MT
these wires should be found dam. & d.
Finally, director ui the NurthWestrrn
company goes with the train, and is sup.
posed to have charge Of tia necessary
precaution for ii anything went wrong
il would be desirable that an Official
should he on the spot with powers to is
sue orders to all railway servants in the
name Of the company. No cspricious or
unso able fee ing on the Queens part die
ates the arrangements made to secure
full privacy during her travels. When
she Is in good health, ii Is necessary that
\ 10 should travel in such way thttio
i ! roads be made on the time Which she
'leyotes to business There is not lady
in her domini0ns 80 constantly occupied
as she and she can only transact pub
lie and private affairs to her satisfaction
by never allowing Yesterdays business
10 overlap today's. Every morning
while Parliament sits, and twice week
at other times, she receives a report on
the general state Of affairs from the
Prime Minister who writes in the third
person MIR Gladstone presents his duty
TO your Majesty, etc, aud these reports
,re always answered. Dispatch boxes
1re brought into the Queens train at
III the stopping stations while she trav-
els and she dictates letters to one Of her
ladies rs the train huTries her along
'hese missiycs being afterward handed
for registry and copying to the private
secretary Modern Age.