Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-03
GIVEN THE POST OF HONOR German-American Veterans at the Sedan Celebration. THE EMPEROR WAS GRACIOUS And Addressed Kindly Words to Several of
 the CTS Heroes.
 ~ THE KING ogs JRIEMBURG cHIMED IN. The sceps as One of Great splendor. dlitt Uniforms and the Brave f,s,s' of Royalty-The Celebra- /C ton in Other Cities.
THE EMPEROR WAS GRACIOUS
THE KING og.s JRTEMBURG cHIMED IN.

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 Berlin, Sept 2.-The celebration of the 1 tWenty-hfth anniversary of the fall of Sedan continued today. The sun shone brightly and the weather was perfect. Immense crowds of sight-seers thronged the streets. At o'clock this morning Emperor William reviewed the First reg
 iment of guards before the scnloss and at the conclusion of the review personally decorated the standards of the troops with oak leaves. Half an hour later his
 majesty started for the parade grounds, where he was to hold a review of the veterans of the Franco Prussian war. who had come from the United States to take part in celebrating the German victory.
 The parade of troops and veterans on | the Templehofer field was attended with | unwonted splendor. The American vet | erans were given the place of honor in | the right wing, near the Stuerhaus. The weather was very warm and a haze hung
 over the scene. At S:45 o'clock the em- | press drove to the parade ground in a | carriage drawn by four horses ridden | by postillions. The carriage was pre- l ceded by detachment of her majesty's | own body guard. The empress wore an | ivory cream colored costume and a lace bonnet and carried a sun shade of the
 same color. Her majesty's carriage was followed by one containing the imperial princess.
 At S:55 o'clock the commotion and cheering on Belle Alliance street gave the signal of the emperor's appearance and his majesty soon rode upon the ground, followed by the King of Wurtem- burg, who was attred in the red Hussar uniform. The emperor was attended by a gl1tter1ng suite of generals, princes and foreign attaches. The emperor at 1 once rode to the point where the Amer | ican veterans, about forty in number. were stationed and addressed a few words to each of them, asking in what l regiments they had served. His maj esty asked MT. Folcher to which MT. | Folcher replied
 l "YeS, your majesty am from Koenip- l gratz"
 l Hearing that another of the veterans
 was from Brandenburg, the emperor | said
 Then we are closer compatriots; un- l sere landesleute."
 To a Saxon, who had served in the 105th Saxon regiment, he said: You
 will see your hero king today'' | To MT. Reitz of Eisenrach, his majesty | said
 Your town has grown so lately that l you would hardly recognize it.'' He told MT. Enderly of Augusburg that l the products of the industry of his na- | tive town were found everywhere abroad.
 When I was in Sweden this summer" 1 said the emperor, "I found everywhere | Augusburg goods.''
 l To MT. Kalbit of Pottweit, Wurtem-
 burg, his majesty said: Your king also | is here"
 Emperor William and the king of Wur- l temburg then rode down the first line | of infantry, which was two miles long, | and back along the second line, which | was formed of cavalry, artillery and the | commissary, the entire force on review | numbering 30,000 men.
 The emperor then took his position at l the head of the parade and led his own | regiment the First Life Guards, past | the empress. When the Potsdam Red | Hussars came up the king of Wurtem- | burg galloped to the front and, placing
 | himself at their head, led them past the
 empress in a trot. The king afterward l rode to the position of the American vet
 | eranS and wished them much enjoyment
 | and prosperity in their new country.
 Amid tremendous cheers the emperor
 entered the ctiy at the head of his color | company, passing through the Frederick | strasse and Inter den Linden where | the children of the Berlin schools, num-
 bering about 91,0o0, were formed in line | awaiting the arrival of his majesty. 1 over 100, 900 persons witnessed the pro- l cession, the windows and roofs of the
 buildings along the line of march being | crowded with spectators and every avail | able space being occupied. | Cheers were heard on every side and l handkerchiefs were waved and hats | thrown into the air. The whole city was | in a holiday fervor The first brigade of l the Berlin troops again formed in line | at the arsenal and marched to the castle, | and the emperor caused them to pass 1 in review on the great square of the | Lust -Garten, with all the bands playing. | At noon, while the colors were entering | the castle, band from the lower gallery | played the march from Alden" Die | Yacht Am Rhein,' and other selections. l A great demonstration in honor of the | day was held in front of the Germania
 monument at Rudesheim yesterday. In Munich last evening 100000 persons | were crammed in the broad Ludwig | shafen in front of the Feldherrnhalle. 1 Mighty bonfires were lighted in the l square of the castle and fifty heralds in l costume sounded fanfares at various | points. Shortly after o'clock a toreh- | light procession, in which 60,000N)ersons l took part, arrived at the hall, where l many banners were displayed. Burge- l master Brunner delivered an address at l the conclusion. He called for cheers for the house of l Wittelsbach, the empire and the kaiser, | which were given with great enthusiasm. | Prince Leopold replied on behalf of the | regent He called upon all never to fof- | get that Bavaria had done great work l for German unity and to remember also l what had made the Freiheitskreige nee- | essary If the union of Germany was ever | assailed, Prince Leopold declared, the | army of Bavaria would be ready, as 1t | was in 1870, to defend the sacred posses | sions. ..,,,s. " | The procession then passed before the | prince, depositing wreaths upon the mof- l ument erected in memory of the soldiers | who perished in the war of 1870.