Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-02
HER MAJESTYS SOLDIERY From All the Colonies With the
 Home Troops PASS IN GRAND REVIEW
At Aldershot, Where an Immense Throng Had
 Gathered.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
lee Review-Prince of Wales Wears the Uniform of the Tenth Hussars
 Americans Present.

Aldershot Camp, Eng, July 1.--The
 great jubilee review of troops took place
 today. The town of Aldershot was gaily decorated with flags and festoons of flowers. Crowds of people fiocked to-
 ward the camp from very early morning. Queen Victoria arrived at Fanboroush shortly before o'clock, and was received
 by the commander-in-chief Lord Wolse- ley, the adjutant general, Sir Redvers Butler, the quarterma ster general Sir Evylyn Wood, and a brilliant staff.
 From the station to the saluting point on Lafayette plain, three miles distant, there were gay decorations, including arches of welcome at different points. The Duke of Connaught, comma nding the
 military was in supreme command of the troops, who numbered 250,000 men, in- cluding all the colonial forces, division of cavalry, artillery and engineers and foud divisions of infantry.
 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 Hus-
 sars past the saluting point, accompsny- ing Queen Victoria, the Prime ss of Wa'es,
 the Princess Victoria, of Wa-es, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Prince and
 Princess Charles of Denmark ex-Em- | press Frederick of Germany; Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia Prince Alert
 of Prussia, Prince and Princess Christian
 of Sehleswig-Holstein, Princess Henry of Battenburg ard Princess Victoria of
 Schleswig- Holstein, the Duke of Fife the Duke and Duchess of Teck, the Duke of Ga mbridge, all the colonial prsmiers nd brilliant throng of titled spectators. Lord Wolseley, before starting for AL dershot, met Gen. Nelson on the platform n Nof fnr 1pf.o6 f-afi gagged in an animated converse ton and the American officer was conveyed to AL dershot oh 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 fol- lowed by the queen after leaving the sa-
 luting point. The heat was intense ard the crowd present was enormous.
 The,aueen was greeted with the great est enthusiasm. On arriving at the sa-
 1uting point her majesty's carriage drew up in front of those occupied by the
 Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Con
 naught. The royal party was surrounded
 by ghttering crowd or attaches and the
 members of the different royal families now In England. 3e atf8
 Prominent among the foreign officers present were General Nelson A. Miles, United States army, and Commander J..
 c. Colwell. United States navy. The
 Prince of Wales wore the uniform of his
 regiment, the Tenth. Hussars, to which
 the late Duke Clarence, his son, be-
 longed The Duke of Cambridge wore
 the uniform of field marshal and the
 Duke of York wore a 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 led their regiments past
 her. Her majesty sat still till the end
 and departed amid round of cheers.
 The United States ambassador. Col.
 John Hay and Mrs. Hay. the United
 States special envoy, Whitelaw Reid,
 were received. and J. c. Carter, second
 secretary of the United States embassy,
 and Mrs. Carter sat on a stand near the
 queen.