The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-22
BRILLIANT DISPLAY MADE BY THE ESCORT
OF SOLDIERS AND MOBILES.
Salvos of Guns Fired and the Changing of Many
Bells to Announce the Arrival of the
Car and Czarina

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, May 21.-The great
triumphal entry OF the Emperor and EN-
press into Moscow occurred to-day. Until
to-day the Emperor has not officially been
In the city. In order TO see the imposing
spectacle thousands of anxious sightseers
thronged the streets all last night and
early secured places of vantage.
Indeed at 8 o'clock it was difficult to
move about. The roadway along the line
OF the route had been thickly covered with
sand and the wretched pavement buried
some inches deep. Every class of costume
was visible among the crowds, and any
one skilled in the characteristics of Rus
sian peasantry could have readily indi-
Gated from what part OF the empire the
different groups of spectators had come so
varied were their dresses.
The street was gay with the trappings
on the Venetian masts which bore shields
on which were alternately inscribed the
arms of the Russian provinces and the
monograms of the Emperor and Empress
No traffic was allowed on the line of pro-
cession after o'clock this morning ana at
an early hour troops were marched TO
thickly line both sides of the roadway
over the entire route.
spectators of every rank and class who
lined tie routes and filed the tribunes,
pavilions, platforms and balconies sat or
stood in their places waiting for the
great event of the day, while the stolid
soldiers, after clearing the roadway. kept
the masses in their places,
AL , 80 o'clock the cannon doomed, fol-
lowed BY eight other shots. This was the
signal for every bell IN Moscow to peal
forth and in an instant, led off by the
bells OF the War tower in the Kremiin. ari
indescrioable iangle of the hundreds of
bells in this much belled city broke upon
the ear.
The Emperor had left the palace and the
procession had started. 1t was probably
the most gorgeous scene that Moscow had
ever beheld.
The cortege was headed by three squad
rons of Circassians and Don Cossacks in
brilliant scarlet uniforms. At their head
rode on black horse, Prince Dolgomki,
grand master of the ceremonies, in full
uniform, followed by his escort and
mounted drummers and trumpeters of the
Horse Guards.
The Cossacks were followed by field
marshal leading squadron of the Cars
Hussars OF the guard, one company each
of the guard regiments of Pavlovsk, then
q squadron of dragons in dark green, fol-
lowed by grenadiers with ancient helmets,
engineers and chasseurs. After them came
squadrons of household troops, the stand
ards of the various provinces of the en-
pire, banners of the army and navy, trade
guilds, huntsmen, court and official digni-
tarles in gorgeous costumes.
Then, preceded by the Imperial Grand
Marshal, Count PahIen, and two squadrons
OF cuirassiers, with eagle-crested helmets,
the Emperor himself appeared. dressed in
the full generals uniform of the Preoba-
jansky Regirne ent of the Guards.
The Emperor, who looked very well,
constantly bowed his salutations to the
cheering multitude, who, upon the first
sight OF his Majesty, raised shout pecu-
liar to the Russian, which is prolonged