Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-02
THE JUBILEE REVIEW
SPLENDID MILITARY sPECTACln
At ALDERsHoT.
TROOPS NUMBER $4,000 MEI
The Empress-Queen Enjoys IL An
Very Much-Amerfca's Representa-
tives Prominent Among the Cu~saA
of the Occasion.

ALDERSHOr CAMP. ENG, July L.
The great jubilee review Of troops took
place to-day. Queens weather prevailed,
The town OF Aldershot was gayly deco
rated with flags and festoons OF flowers.
Crowds of people fiocked toward the caxnu
from very early morning. Queen Vlctcrls
arrived at Marlborough shortly before .
o'clock, and was received by the COM
mander-in-chief, Lord Wolseley, .he I'd.
jutant-general. Sir Redvers Butler; the
quartermaster-genera Sir Evelyn Wood.
and q brilliant stan. From the railroad
station TO the saluting point on Laffan'o
plain. three miles distant. the route was
gay with decorations. including arches
with notices OF welcome at difersnt
points.
The Duke OF Connaught, commanding
the military district. was in supreme com.
mand of the troops, who numbered S,00N
men, including all the Colonial forces. Q
division Of cavalry, artillery. and engis
neers, and four divisions OF infantry.
In the march past the Colonial troops
had the lead, and were headed by Lord
Roberts, of Kandahar. at tho head OF the
Canadian mounted police.
The Prince OF Wales led tho Tenth
Hussars past the saluting point.
Accompanying Queen Victoria were the
Princess of Wales. the Princess Victoria
of Wales, the Duke and Duchess OF
York. Prince and Princess Charles Of
Denmark. ex-Empress Frederick Of Ger
many. Prince and Princess Henry oe
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and Princess Christian OF Schleswig.
Holsten. Princess Henry OF Battenburg.
and Princess Victoria OF Schleswigs
Holstein. the Duke and Duchess Of Fifo.
the Duke and Duchess OF Teck. the
Duke OF Cambridge. all the Colonial pre-
miers and brilliant throng Of titled
spectators.
GENERAL MILES.
Lord Wolseley. before starting for Ale
dershot, met General Nelson A. Miles,
United States army, on the platform OF
Waterloo railroad station They en-
gagged In animated conversation. and tho
American officer was conveyed TO Alder
shot on Lord Wolscley's special train, In
order to witness the review.
The march past was by squadrons bait
teries. and double companies The firiDy
of a royal salute closed the ceremony
The Colonial troops lined the route. fol-
lowed by the Queen. after leaving the
saluting point. The heat was intense,
and the crowd present was enormous.
The Queen was greeted with the great
est enthusiasm. on arriving at the sa-
lutins point her Majesty's carriage drew
up in front OF those occupied by tho
Prince of Wales and the Duchess OF Con-
naught. The Royal party was surrounded
by glitterng crowd OF attaches.
and the members OF the different Royal
families now I'm England. Prominent
among the foreign officers present was
General Nelson A. Miles. United States
army. and Commander j. G. Colwcl,
United states navy
The Prince of Wales wore the uniform
o. his regiment. the Tenth Hussars, to
which the late Duke OF Clarence, his son.
belonged The Duke OF Cambridge wore
the uniform of a field marshal. and the
Duke OF York wore the uniform OF the
Hussars. The Queen seemed much In
terested i'm 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 Am
bassador. Colonel John Hay, and Mrs.
Hay: the United States Special Envoy.
Whitelaw Reid, and j. c. Carter. Second
Secretary OF the United States Embassy.
and Mrs Carter, sat on the stand near
the Queen