The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-23

New York. June 23-The World today
publishes q London dispatch fFom Gen.
Nelson n Miles. giving his impressions
OF the great julnee pageant yesterday. as
follows. | consider-it was "a remarkably
fine display ON the part Of the military
The tIOops were as fine a set OF niea as any
soldier could wish To see The discipline
was excellent; their denieanor left moth
ing TO be desired. / confess that what
appealed TO me more than anything else
in the wonderful spectacle was the coiiec-
ton Of troops from every quarter OF The
glooe-wmte, black, every hue-all showing
great efficiency and uniformity OF instrUc-
ton in military moyeme at.
The troops belonging TO the British En-
pire which saw today would be credtable
TO any ration, a. far as Intelligence, Their
high order OF efficiency, their equipment
Observation-Disclosures nduc, were concerned.
The military repres natives from the
different nations OF the world were also
most imposing feaguIe OF tie pageant.
think aluius, every uniform worn by mill
tarv Eien throughout the world was in
cludea "a the procession.
/ should SAY that the show, at some
mart or another. must have been wit
messed by at least five million People
But the utmost good order prevailed from
the commencement of the march 10 the
close. did not notice the slightest
display of diSorderly conduct or inman-
ncrS on the part of that gigantic crowd
From start TO finish the Lolce regulations
were excpilently planned and perfectly car
ried out.
While the government OF the polite
was positive, yet their conduct was most
Creditahle ard patient. They seemed
TO he on the hest of terms with the pOpu-
lace. The police were unarmcd. l Ger
tainIy saw no weaIon of any kind used.
hut, Of course, they had large body OF
armed men TO cali upon along the route
in case of anything like a rot Their
authority was respected with intelligence,
and, | might say, with even gentlemanly
feeling on the pant of the crowd.
The celebration OF Queen Victoria 5 rec
ord reign was, in my judgment, certainly
a demon St ration Of respect, love all d deyo-
ti1n on the part Of ali these millions OF
people The good Will of all classes was
quite noteworthy. In fact, | was struck
10y the fact that the demon 81 rat!CHs were
even more enthusiastic across the Thames
ia the poorer districts than they were In
the West End. The plan Of aTrab Scments
blocked out by those in general charge was
carried through with splendid precision.
The military representatives were just IN
front Of the cavaICade OF princes preceding
the Queens carriage, and when we reached
Buckingham Palace on our return we form
cd lines. and the Queen passed Through,
Salu'ing officials on either side very pleas
antly she did not seem TO me at all ia
tgucd, and I should say she was greatly
gIatfied by the demonstration OF the day,
The colonial troops loHed very fine, in
deed. aud appear u DE a highly SeTviceable
BODY Of men. Their uniform is very well
suited f,T military services. II is of plain
color. not very diStiHguishable at a dis
lance and well ContTjved for campaigning
Their horse equipment was OF high order.
They wee. in fact, mounted on as fine a
body Of horses as I have everseen. II would
be hard 20 say which was the best corps
amid SO much that was conmendahle
l noticed particularly the quick, active
movements OF the Indian troops They
were supple as panthers. tail, slender,
sineWy, muscular, and altogether fine
specimens Of physical strength. l can
not help thinking il a great fact that
England should have been able To as
semhle such representative body Of
men from all corners Of the globe, owing
allegiance to her sway, of most diverse
races. vet loyal to her government and
her empire. I am aware that military au-
thOrities differ here as to the shOrt-Seryice
systems, which bring such young men into
service. / must say was surprised to see
how well they endured the strain of
naming in position for So many hours and
how few Of them really showed signs IF
fatigue. Many had marched into Londea
at very early hour in the morning. dis
tanCcs of several miles, and after doing
duty in the streets under a hot sun for
several hours they marched hack again
The volunteers, too, seemed an admira
bly, disciplined body of men, and | could
not help noticing that they We're largely
men OF good class, very intelligent ia
carving out their orders.
This city -I.ondon-has made profound
impression on me l think il a wonderful
thing. looking along an endless crowd in he
streets today, to see that the ma jnrity Of
strength 50 ruddy, so wen dressed, and 20
think that they all found seemingly profita-
be employment in this one city.
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