The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

FRONT, DRESS! IT'S THE QUEEN.
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LONDON, June 17.-Next to the
queen herself and the attendant pro-
| cession of royalty, the most notable
feature Of the great display June %
will be the military.noFort y-five thou
sand men, representing the different
peoples included within the British en-
pire, will salute her1omajesty They
will be men of various, colors, but each
and all loyal British subjects, and to
call an Indian soldier loyal is almost
revelation to those familiar with the
sepCy as he was fourty years ago.
The cOmmander-in-chief and his staff
who may perhaps be included in the
personal staff of the queen, the queen
! being the titular chief of the army.
will ride in the procession A very
| important fact, however, will be the
| enormous representation of the artil-
lery. No less than twenty-five bat
teries, counting in all 108 guns, are
expected to take part. The household
cavalry will also be largely represent
| ed, and the cavalry Of the line which
will be called upon to furnish the
! guards of honor for some of the royal
visitors from across the seas will also
be extensively employed. Thus it does
not seem such a wonder after ALL when
one thinks about it, that the queens
procession will be nearly a mile and
quarter in length. Surely it should
| surpaSs in splendor and significance OF
power every royal pageant London has
| ever witnessed
| All her majesty's aides-de- have
| been summoned to attend their SOW
| ereign June %.
Colonels-The Duke of Westminster, Che
| shire Yeomanry and Queens Westminster
| Scottish; the Earl of Derby, Third Royal Ian
caster; the Earl of Home, Lanark Yeomanry;
| the Earl of Mount Edgcombe, Second V. B.
Deyonshire; the Earl of Cork, North Somer
| set Yeomanry; Earl Percy, Third Northumber-
| land Fusilers; the Earl of Haddington, 10th
ians and Berwick Yeomanry; the Earl of
March, Third Royal Sussex; Lord c. ].
Hamilton. Fifth Royal Inniskillin Fusiiers;
| Lord Sufield, Norfolk artillery; Lord Belper,
Motifs Yeomanry; Lord Blythswood, Third
| V. B. Highland L. l.; Sir r. Oglvy, Forfar
Canadian forces; W. Bell, Royal Guernsey
militia Sir ]. Godfray, Royal Jersey militia;
| H. H. Parr, NJ. S. Bell. V. C.; R. Mace Stew
art, w. ]. Thomas, Third South Wales Bor-
| derers; ]. P. Brabazon, ]. r. Sade, R. A.;
| A. G.. Hammond, V. c.; r. Cough, j. H.
| Barnard, J. H Rivett- Carnac, ]. c. Caven-
dish, Second "; B; Derbyshire; E. T. H.
! Hutton, A. Gaselle, w. Campbell, Royal Mar
! inc artillery; NJ Protheroe, BIG. D. Cooke,
| Second V. B. Royal Welsh Fusiliers; G. l.. c.
| Money, Cameron Highlanders; F. Howard,
| Rifle brigade; A. B. Crosbie, Royal marines;
| ]. G. Kelly. j. Davis, Third Royal West Sur
reg; ]. Stevenson, Ninth Lanark Rifles; F. ].
! Kempster Royal Munster Fusilers; c. G.
| Egerton and R. A. P. Clements, South Wales
| Borderers. 1t is expected that all will at
tend, who may be On Indian or other foreign
| service.
Arrangements have been made by
| the war office with the various rail-
way companies concerned for the
whole of the infantry and other mount
| ed troops, regular and militia, to be
| brought into London on%June, and to
| be de-trained by o'clockSin the morn
| ing. They will be marched off i'm
| mediately to rendezvous in Hyde park,
! the Green park, Battersea park, Chel-
| sea and wellington barracks, and 9th
er concentrating points, wheresthe men
| will be at once provided with a hot
meal after their nights journey, It
is understood that the Southwester
railway will have to carry the greatest
proportion of troops, more than II; 1000
| having to come up from -AlderShot and
| Pirbright, whilst from Portsmouth the
| number will be about $500; from the
| Sussex militia camps, $500; from Col
| chester. nearly 1000; from Dover, 1,200;
from Chatham, 2000;. and from Wool
| Wlcn, 1,IUU.
| In addition to these, the railway
companies will have to bring in the
| naval and marine contingents, the
| SandhurSt and WoolWich cadets, and
! 5 coo volunteers from various parts of
the country, besides other and smaller
military contingents. At their places
| of rendezvous the troops will be
| formed into brigades under general or
regimental officers, and will be marched
| to their stations on the route of the
| queens procession. Shortly after this
| has passed they will return to their
| railway stations for. the, return jour
| ney. It is intended to give all the SOL
diers a shilling beyond the ordinary
| days pay.
1t will be an odd sight to the Lon
doner and one equally strange to the
| foreigner accustomed to. London sights
| and crowds to see the, Indian contin-
| gent lined up on the day of the pro-
| cession. To most of us the Tommy At
| kins of the Indian empire has been the
creature of the novelist. We have I'M
| consciously associated him with men,
| cries of the Sepoy rebellion, and the
| thought Of the Indian soldier has
| Fought to mind the siege of Lucknow
| and all its attendant horrors. How
| little, then, were we prepared for the
| calm, dignified and very cleanly ap
| pearing dark-skinned men who twenty
| thousand in number, represent that adj
| junct of the British army known as the
| Imperial Service troops.
| Soldierly, every inch of them. In
most instances, their fathers and their
| fathers fathers were soldiers. There
! IS something more than simple 1nili-
| tary training in the appearance Ct
| these men. 1t is not the work of the
| drill master, indefatigable though he
may be. 1t is heredity, a far more
powerful factor. The troops viii uE-
| questiOnably from a most striking
| feature of the royal procession June q
| There will be no finer appearing body
| of men in the whole contingent that
present arms when the empress of
| India drives down the line. They are
commanded by the representatives Of
| the great native states Of India, who
| are known as the guard of honor
! They consist of the cavalry command.
erS Of the Imperial Service troops. in
most cases relatives of native princes
The arrival of these representatives in
London shows the happy solution of a
| serious problem.
Up to ten years ago the native state
armies consisted Of large bodies of ill
disciplined, badly paid, disconnected
men, some 100000 in number, a source
| of danger to their rulers and to the
imperial government Changing this
orded of things was Suehoa Herculean
| task that for years the government of
India shrank from 1T. Ficerey after
viceroy, with his adVisersj evaded the
question, and looked on sany attempt
! to reform the existing order Of things
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