The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-02
REVIEW AT ALDERSH0T
GENERAL MILES ABOARD LORD VOL
SELEYS SPECIAL TRAIN.
WhiteIaw Reid, Ambassador Hay and Secretary
Carter Given Prominent Positions on
the Queens Stand.

Aldershot Camp, England, July l.
The great jubilee review of troops took
place to-day. Queens weather prevailed.
The town of Aldershot was gaily decor
ated with flags and festoons of flowers.
Crowds of people focked toward the
camp from very early morning. Queen
Victoria arrived at Marlborough shortly
before four o'clock and was received by
the cemmdnder in chief, Lord Wolseley;
the Adjutant General, Sir Redvers Bull
Ter; the Quartermaster General, Sir
Evelyn Wood, and brilliant staff. From
the railroad station to the saluting point
on Laffans plain, three miles distant,
the route was gay with decorations, in
Guiding arches with notices of welcome
at different points.
The Duke of Connaught commanding
the military district, was in supreme
command of the troops, who numbered
$4,000 men, including all the colonial
forces, division of cavalry, artillery
and engineers and four divisions of in
fantry.
In the march past the colonial troops
had the lead and were headed by Lord
Roberts, of Kandahar, at the head Of the
Canadian mounted police.
The Prince of Wales led the tenth
Hussars past the saluting point.
Accompanying Queen Victory was the
Princess of Wales, Prince Victoria of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York,
Prince and Princess Charles, of Den
mark, ex-Empress Frederick, of Ger
many; Prince and Princess Henry Of
Prussia, Prince Albert of Prussia, Prince
and Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein, Princess Henry of Batenburg
and Princess Victoria of Schleswig
Holstein, the Duke and Duchess Of Fife,
the Duke and Duchess of Teek, the Duke
of Cambridge, II the colonial premiers
and a brilliant throng of titled specta-
tors.
Lord Wolseley, before starting for
Aldershot met General Nelson A. Miles,
q. S. A, on the platform of Waterloo
Railroad station. They engaged in ami
mated conversation and the American
officer was conveyed to Aldershot ON
Lord Wolseley's special train, in order to
witness the review.
The march past was by squadrOns, bat
teries and double companies. The firing
of royal salute closed the ceremony.
The colonial troops lined the route
followed 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-
luting point Mer Majesty's carriage drew
up in front of those accompanied by the
Connaught. The royal party was sur
rounded by glittering crowd of at
taches and the members of the different
royal families now in England. Prom
inent among the foreign officers present
was General Nelson A. Miles, u. S. A,
and Commander J. G. Colwell, U. S. N.
The Prince of Wales wore the uniform
of his regiment, the tenth Hussars, to
which the late Duke Of Clarence, his son,
belonged. The Duke of Cambridge wore
the uniform of field marshal and the
Duke of York Hussar uniform. The
Queen seemed much interested in the
march past and smiled as the Prince of
Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke
of Cambridge lead their regiments past
her. Her Majesty sat still until the end
and departed amid a roar of cheers.
The United States Ambassador, Col.
John Hay and Mrs. Hay, the United
States special envoy, Whitelaw Reid and
J. O. Garter, second secretary of the Uni
ted States embassy and Mrs. Garter sat
on .8 us E Queeu