Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-01

their white-curtained caps; the HauSsas in the
familiar zOuave costumes Of long ago, and the
Royal Niger HauSsas-men who fought at
uorin and Bida-in uniforms Of Karlzill cloth,
trousers exposing the leg and shaved heads,
were all blacks. The HauSsas, the blacklist of
the blacks, wearing the Furnished livery Of
the sun" were most enthusiastically greeted
The Military Procession.
The second procession passed the palace so
minutes after the coIonials had climbed Con-
Stitution hill 1t more than eloquently filed in
the picture of Britain's war strength; more
than magnifcently completed the carnival of
gorgeous costume and color. Scarlet and blue,
and gold, and yellow; shining Surahs, and
polished helmets plumes and tassels; furS and
gold and silver sprangled clothes; bullion en-
broideries and accoutrementS; splendid horse
trappings and more splendid trappingS
for men, sasheS and stars, crosses and medals
medals for the Crimea, Indian, Seringapatam,
the Nile, Ashanti, Afghanistan, Chritral, South
Africa, China and dozens of others, and here
and there the finest OF them all, the finest and
most highly priced the world can show, the
Victoria cross; death-dealing weapons, swords
and revolvers; carbines and cutlaSseS; batteries
of artillery; men of splendid physique, and
horses with rare action fully entered in the spirit
and meaning OF it all; the fondly-carried
colors for which these men would die, and, over
all, the rich strains of that music they best
loved to hear-the sight was one to stir the
blood as only soldiers have stirred it since the
dawn Of time But the scores OF troops and
companies were literally too numerous to men
ton except brilliant whole. 1t seemed like
nothing so much as some stream of FURNISHED
gold flowing between dark banks of human
beings gathered to witness its passage to land
of light
The Queen at Last.
The empire had passed in reciew and the head
Of it all was now to come, her majesty. The
royal procession proper was interviewer with
the crowd OF waiting dignitaries of ali sorts
First came the aides-de-camp to the queen
these being headed by the prince Of Wales and
the dukes of&ambride and Connaught and the
earl of WeyIIsS- Then followed the Iord-lieu-
tenant of London, on his gray, the duke of
Westminster. K G., in lord Heutenant's
dress The duke as followed by a glittering
cavalcade Of officers, the headquarters stan.
To them succeeded the field marshals.
Next came officers of the auxiliary forces in
attendance of II. r. H, the prince or Wales,
equerries, waiting and military
attaches, foreign naval and military attaches,
a brilliant lot of gentlemen with a glittering
array of titles, uniformed in the dresses of all
the courts OF Europe and half its crack regi-
ments and wearing all its stars. Then COM
plement from the kaiser, deputation from the
first Prussian dragon guards, Queen of
Great Britain and Irelands Own
After the Germans came the most brilliant
group of all the soldiery, the officers of the i'm
periaI cavalry troops from India, in their uni
forms, mixture of the English regular army
and native dress. brilliant to a degree, and not
to be Witnessed outside Of countries where
barbaric splendor and ingenuity in embroidery
Is the rule. Swarthy-featured fellows, sug-
gestive, in unmoved countenances, OF all the
dark mystery of the east Many also wore
massive gold earrings with enormous stones,
VIII lie some wore in addition gold ankletS ablaze
with sapphireS and emeralds.
The special ENJOYS not numbered among the
princes followed the Indians-in IL two horse
landaus from the royal mews-all painted lake
and vermillion. The royal arms were ON the
panels, royal crowns on the tops, A gorgeous
coachman repoSed on each box, clad in royal
scarlet, white knee breeches and silk stockings,
his important head bewigged with white horse
hair and crowned with a magnificent three-cor-
nered hat decked with ostrich plumeS.
The crowd now began to show more eager in
terest in the approaching vehicles-they were
nearer and nearer to the queen Five road
landaus painted like those which had Just