The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-06
AT ALDERSHOT.
The Big Military Parade-The Troops Re.
viewed by the Dueen-American Officers
Preseut.

Present..
Aldershot Camp, England, July l.
The great jubilee review Of troops took
place today. Queens weather prevail
ed. The town Of Aldershot was gaily
decorated with flags and ~festoons of
flowers. Crowds of people focked to-
ward the camp from very early morn
ing. Queen Victoria arrived at Farm
borough shortly before 4 o'clock and
was received by the commander-in-
chief, Lord Wolseley; the adjutant
general. Sir Redvers Butler; the quar-
termaster general, Sir Evelyn Wood,
and a brilliant staff. From the rail-
road station to the saluting point on
Laffan's plain, three miles distant, the
route was gay with decorations, in
Guiding arches with notices Of welcome
at different points.
The duke Of C~onnaught, commanding
the military district, was in supreme
command of the troops. who numbered
$4,000 men, including all the colonial
forces, a division of cavalry, artillery
ard engineers and -four divisions of in
fantry.
In the march past the colonial troops
had the lead and were headed by Lord
Roberts, Of Kandahar at the head of
the Canadian police.
The prince Of Wales led the Tenth
hussars past the aluting point.
Accompanying Queen Victoria were
the princess of Wales, Prince Victoria,
Of Wales, the duke and duchess of
York, Prime and Princess Charles, of
Denmark, ex-Empress Frederick, of
Germany Prince and Princess Henry,
of Prussia: Prince Albert. of Prussia:
Prince and Princess Christian, of
Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Henry: of
B~atenburg, and Princess Victoria, of
Scheleswig-Holstein, the duke and
duchess of Fife, the duke and duchess
of Teck, the duke of Cambridge. all
the colonial premiers and a brilliant
thrOng of titled spectators.
Lord Wolseley, before starting for
Aldershot, met General Nelson A..
Miles, u. S. A, on the platform of Wa
terloo railroad station. They engaged
IN animated conversation and the
American officer was conveyed to AL
dershot on Lord Wolseley's special
train, in order to witness the review.
The firing of a royal salute closed the
ceremony.
The queen was greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm. On arriving at the
saluting point her majesty's carriage
drew up in front of those accompanied
by the prince of Wales and the duchess
- |O''Sa'i 1Ar loNdl party was
surrounded by a glittering crowd of at
tachees and the members of the diff
ferent royal families now in England.
Prominent among the foreign officers
present vas General Nelson A miles,
I. s. A. and Commander J. c.. Colwell,
I. S. N.
The prince of Wales wore the uni
form of his regiment. to which the late
duke of Clarence, his son, belonged.
The duke of Cambridge wore the uni
form of a field marshal and the duke
Of York wore a hussar uniform. The
queen seemed much interested in the
march past and smiled as the prince of
Wales, the duke of York and the duke
of Cambridge led their regiments past
her. Her majesty sat still until the end
and departed amid a roar of cheers.
The United States ambassador. Colo
mel John Hay n Mrs. Hay, the
United States special envoy. White1aw
Reid, and j. c.. Carter, second secre-
tary of the United States embassy. and
Mrs. Carter, sat on the stand near the
GJ1pan