The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-13
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The Grand Military Review InHonor Of the
Emperor.

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The Grand Military Review inHonor Of the
Emperor.
LONDON, July 12.-The Emperor and
Empress and their suits yesterday at 8
o'clock in the afternoon left London by
rail for Wimbledon station. From that
point the route to the parade ground
was lavishly decorated with flags and
flowers, reaching in almost endless pro-
fusion from the station to the tall flag
staff near the reviewing stand. Early
in the morning the British volunteer
regiments and the regiments OF regn-
lars, detailed to assist in the parade,
began to arrive in Wimbledon from all
directions.
In accordance with instructions from
the war office, all the volunteers were
equipped in full marching order, and
the experts who watched their arrival
were unanimously of the opinion that
the men made fine muster. Thevol-
unteers were warmly cheered by the
people gathered to see them of or as
sembled at the railroad dstations in order
to accompany the troops to Wimble-
den. The weather was glorious. The
embarkation of the troops upon the
railroad trains was accomplished &C in Q
quiet, orderly, soldierly manner.
VOLUNTEERS SHOW THEIR METAL.
Many Of tho volunteer regiments, in
order to show the Emperor that they
were not such @rearrankers" as some
people supposed, preferred to march in
full heavy marching order all the way
to Wimbledon and, in not a few cases,
back again to their regimental districts,
some Of these regiments falling in for a
good twenty to twenty-five miles tramp.
Detachments Of life guards, horse
guards, dragons, lancers, hussars and
artillery arrived early in the day, aud
these picked cayalrymen were soon fol-
lowed by the regular infantrymen OF
the line, and after them came the Gren-
adler Guards, Coldstream Guards and
Scots Fussilier Guards. If these really
fine troops were well received by the
crowds which had by that time gath
cred on Wimbledon's sward, it was as
nothing to the applause with which the
gallant Highland regiments, England'H
bonnie Scots, marched to the front,
with bagpipes playing the tunes the
Highlander loves so well. BY 2:S0 all
the regulars, numbering from 5000 to
7,OOOmen, were in the positions assigned
to them, though the volunteers were
still pouring in living streams upon the
common.
PRAISE FOR THE TRADEsMEN.
Everybody admired and openly com
mented upon the excellent order and
admirable steadiness with which the
volunteers marched upon the ground,
even veteran army officers admitting
that the "Tradesmen" did very well.
The entire body Of troops was under
the command of His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, the Cammand-
er-in-C Chief OF the British army. The
volunteers numbered about 1900 men.
The infantry was divided into, two d.
visions under the command OF the Duke
of Connaught and Of Sir Evelyn Wood,
respectively.
BY this time the Emperor and his
party were drawing near the Common,
and at 4 o'clock the artillery thundered
out salvo, and the German Imperial
standard was run up on the flagstaff at
the reviewing stand, in place OF the
British standard, and almost imme-
diately afterward the Emperor OF Ger
many, accompanied by the Prince OF
Wales and staff, in brilliant uniforms,
and followed by an escort OF the Lie
Guards, dashed up to the saluting point
in gallant style.
THE MAGNIFICENT MARCH PAST.
When the echoes of the last gun Of
the salute had died away among the
distant hills, the Emperor, followed by
his staff, and by that of the Duke Of
Cambridge, proceeded to inspect the
British regulars and the volunteers.
After this inspection, which seemed to
impress the Emperor with favorable
opinion OF the soldiers equipments, the
ruler Of Germany rode back to the
saluting point. As soon us the Em-
peror was seated in front Of this point,
with the Duke of Cambridge near him,
and with their two statfs behind them,
the march past commenced and lasted
an hour and half.
Not only the Emperor, but the Ger
man military CRITICS behind him were
of the opinion that the march past was
performed in splendid style. So much
was the Emperor impressed with the
soldierly behavior OF the volunteers that
upon several occasions he addressed
complimentary remarks TO the officers
in command Of the different corps which
met with his approval, referring in warm
terms to the smartness of the mems ap-
pearance and to the precision with
which they passed the reviewing point.