The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-01

south Hrica, China and dozens Of others,
md here and there were seen the finest and
mort hi-hly priced the world can show,
the Victoria efoaa. There were also pat-
teries Of artillery; men OF splendd pny
stone, and horses with rare action, wnion
fufty entered into the spirit and meaning OF
it ali, and over all ware heard the ncn
strains Of that music they best !oSea 60
hear, The sight was one 70 stif tne pao9o
a. only soldiers have stirred IL slnce 'ne
dawn Of time.
Is the soldiers wound out Of sight e
wait for the Queens procession on Consti'
tuition am. Il seemed like nothing SO much
as some streak Of Furnished gold lowing
between dark banks OF human oeines
gathered to witness Its passage to iana o'
light.
The empire had passed IN review, tnt
army and navy had been shown IN tnen
,psnoplied strength, the head OF II all wa
now to come, Her Majesty and the hoya
Promptly at the hour appointed by tn
Queen the Field Marshal In charge OF th'
head Of the column Of the Royal PROCESSION
was at the Wellington Statue at the aye'
Park corner to receive the signal Una. tn'
al IL O'Clock the starting gun In the Pari
was Aired and the line Of march was takel
mp. ,.o,,
nase of buckingham Palace announced I'M
coming Of Her Majesty. Queen Victorli
slowly descended the stairs, assisted py
scarlet-clad and white-turbanned lndial
attendant, She was dressed In black. wor
q black bonnet trimmed with white, and
carried white sunshade.
At the foot Of the stairway Her Majesty
paused for a minute, and touched an
electric button connected with oil the tele-
graphic systems throughout the British
Empire, and 1t flashed around the world
the message sent by the Queen to her sub
jects. 1t read:
From my heart, thank my beloved
people. May God blessthem."
Her Majesty then slowly seated herself in
her carriage, the royal trumpeters sounded
fanfare, the Princess Of Wales joined the
Queen, and then the Princess Christian Of
Schleswig- -Holstein joined the party. Both
the Prlncesses seated themselves opposite
Her Majesty, and at 11.12 the Queens coach
star.el. Two gillies in Highland costume,
wearing the tartan OF MaoD onald Of the
Isles, the so-called Crown Prince Of Scot
land, occupied the rumble.
As the Queen drove under the archway,
punctual to the second, the cannon shot OF
The royal salute was fired and announced
to the waiting millions that her Majesty
was on her way through London. The
Queen met with most enthusiastic re"~
tion, ana as soon as she emerged from the
palace gates she began bowing right and
left to the cheering Of her people.
The crowd began to show more eager In
terest In the approaching vehicles, as the
Queen approached. Eleven road landaus,
each drawn by four horses, bore the visit
ino pripceacaG and p,omen NJ the court In
the last were Empress Frederick of Ger.
many, Crown Prince Of Naples, Princess
Louise and Duke OF Csburg. Two senior
equerries rode by the carriage Of the En-
press Frederick. As the familiar faces
passed many and loud were the greetings.
The colonial escort came next, drawn
from all the colonies, the Canadians repre-
senting almost all the provinces, among
them Captain Fleming and Sergeants JOS
lin, Leblond, Hodgins, Davis King. Din:
nan CrsightoR and Bsztsslipgel. ----