The Indianapolis journal., 1891-07-12
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point in gallant style. the horses thunder
ing over the sward, the officers and soldiers
arms flashing and ciashing with war-llks
harmony.
REVIEWED BY THE EMPEROR.
Arriving at rhe ssluting point the En-
peror and his party drew rein and as the
Emperor saluted he was received by the
Duke of Cambridge and staff. while a royal
saIute was fired by the artillery. The En-
peror was mounted upon o magnificent
black charger and was dressed in the uni
form of field marshal of the White Cuiras-
siers. When the echoes of the last gun Of
the salute had died away among the dis
tant hills. the Emperor. followed by his
staff. and by that of the Duke OF Cam
bridge, proceeded to inspect the British
regiments and the volunteers After
this inspection, which seemed to impress
the Emperor with q favorable opinion
of the soldiers equipments. the ruler
of Germany rode back TO the saluting point.
As soon as the Emperor was seated in front
of this point. with the Duke of Cambridge
near him. and with their two stats behind
them, the march commenced and lasted an
hour and q half. Not only the Emperor
but the German 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 sol
dierly behavior of the volunteers that upon
several occasions he addressed compli-
mentary remarks to the officers in COM
his warmest approval, referring in warm
terms to the snartness ofithe mems appear
ance and to the precision with which they
passed the reviewing point.
The details of the review are as follows
The troops formed for the march past with
the cavalry brigade and the artillery on
the left of the saluting point and facing
north. the divisions of infantry facing
east Tho horse artillery and field bat
teries were in half column at halfintervals.
aud the eight brgades or infantry were
in two lines of quarter column. Shortly
after the arrival of the Emperor at the re-
viewing point the officers with the corps
took their posts in review order the massed
troops presenting . tine spectacle. As the
Emperor proceeded to lbs pect the troops, and
as the troops marched past the reviewing
point. the combined hands of the guards
play ed the German anthem.
The march was past in the following or
der: First came the Horse Artillery. by
batteries at close intervals. this corps
being, next to the Guards, probably tho
finest branch of the British military serv-
ioe. They certainly deserved the higbest
praise. They were we'll horsed. we'll
equipped. manned with the most modern
held-pieces were dressed In the smartest of
uniforms. ana their harness and chains
were polished up to the highest degree of
brightness The men rode well and carried
themselves superbly. The Horse Artillery
was followed by squadrons of cavalry.
composed of the Horse-9ua Blues mag
niticent men in dark blue uniforms.
brass helmets covered with red
plumes. steel curasses white leather
riding pants, high jack boots and gauntlets.
Then came tho Life Guards, almost, if not
quite, as fine a body of men, with red coats,
white plumed helmets. and curasses,
dragons. lancers and hussars came next
in their proper order, and they certainly
showed up brightly enough TO please any
I.nIu to- ha olvr sho L.
artillery brigades, and they were followed
in turn by the infantry in columns of COM
panies. After the entire body of troops had
marched past, the lines were reformed. the
soldiers presented arms. another royal sa-
lutte was fired. and the review was at an
end.
FEWER SOLDIERS THAN EXPECTED.
The review was highly successful in every
respect. except that the number of men as
sembled was not quite so large as had at
first been expected. The artillery used
smokeless powder in the salutes. and the
results were perfectly satisfactory. This
Is the first time that smokeless powder has
been used on SO large scale in public in
England, and the novelty aroused much in
terest. The Kaiser seemed much pleased at
the review and was very complimentary. but
he is quite q diplomatic. and it does not fol-
low that he was inwardly impressed by tho
affair. It is probable that a much more i'm
posing aud precise array of citizen soidiery
would have to be produced before the
Emperor would be prev allied upon to give up
his prejudice against the volunteer system.
He and his advisers have al ways held views
on this subject directly opposed to those of
the British war officials. There is not
German officer, nor in fact any
foreign staff officer. who attaches more
than subordinate Importance 10 England's
half-trained ana ill led militia. Mr.. STAN
<.E l.
sponsible for the failure of the review In
point of numbers. The War Office did not
defray the whole OF the expenses incurred
and consequently the review was an enor-
which took part in It. Many were un-
doubtedly deferred from coming out on this
account. The crush. overcrowding. delay
and annoyance which many thousands of
people suffered In getting away from VIM
bledon common after the review was prob
ably never equaled in the history of that
place.
The Kaiser was not so fatigued by the
long review of the volunteers but that he
could witness, respect, and. apparently,
enjoy another spectacle later in the day.
the annual turnout of the Union Fire Bri-
gades of Great Britain. This union is now
q national association and this was the
third occasion of its kind. There was q
larger turnout of men and engines than
ever before, all parts of the country being
represented. The meeting took place at the
u
spectators. The companies were inspected
by the Emperor. the Prince of Wales and
numerous other royalties The fire laddies
and their machines first passed the review
ing party in marching order, returning in
a trOt. and then passing st full gallop, as
if rushing to large fire. The Emperor, who
delights IN displays or agility and dis
oipline. expressed his qualification at the
efficiency shown by the various brIgades.
and complimented on the rapidity of their
maneuvers The imperial party dined pri-
vately at the palace. The parade wound
up with o grand display of fireworks,
after which the Emperor returned to Buck
ingham Palace.
The longer the Kaiser remains in Eng
land the greater 10 the wcnder at his energy
and activity. The English cannot come TO
the spectacle of royalty which arises before
sunrise and drives spirited horses in the
park. The Emperor has changed uniforms
on an average three times day since his
arrival in London, and Is reviewing or in
specting something every few hours. His
restlessness does not appear TO be feverish.
but rather comes from strength and ambi-
tion. The London newspapers are conpar-
ing the reception of Kaiser Wilhelm with
that accorded his father, Emperor Fred
erick. on his visit TO England. The recep-
tion of the present Kaiser is conceded to far
excel that of his father. although Frederick
was very much pleased.
GERMAN COMMENT.
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