The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-04
TROOPING OF THE COLOR.
The Brilliant Pageant in Honor Of the
 O,Iaep's Birthday.

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 the Color, in honor of the birthday ot Her Gracious Majesty, was presented to the eyes of a host of people this morning on the parade-Sround or the Horse Guards. The morning could not have been more glorious CT the settlnS or the sun more befitting. A dreamy day shone in the heavens, cool breezes stirred the trees of St. James Park, still rlch Tn blossom, and the gray of the venerable buildings of the Horse Guards harmo- nized restfully with the gray of the early day. The trooping of the queens colorsls l the working out in living stitches or gigantic tapestry. The web of the ta- pestry. the background of the whole was the drab of the carefully watered pa rade ground Round this as a rich bor- der. were the double dotted lines of red and blue-the soldier and the constable, and forming a kaledoscopic fringe to | this border stood the people, ladies ln | brilliant morning dresses, radiant sun- shades, and rosy checks being onsplcu- ously in the majority. Behind this fringe again the green blossoming trees or the bedecked buildings.
 l But before the gigantic square was stitched to its full, important additions to the ranks of the spectators had been made. In the levee room over the arch way of the Horse Guards royalty began l to take their places The first to arrive, well in advance of all others indeed, was the Duke of Coburg, looking well and evidently thoroughly enjoying the fair morning and moving sight. Next came Princess Christian to join the duke, and shortly afterward lusty blare of trum-
 pets heralded the approach of the Duchess of York. She brought with her
 two bouncing boys, dressed sailor-fash-
 ion with white caps that bore in gold
 upon the band "E. M. S. Crescent"
 The royal party took their places at
 window to the right of the levee room,
 and the young princes soon focussed all eyes upon them by their evident delight
 at the features of the brilliant picture beneath them. Next came the Duchess of Connaught with Princesses Margaret and Patricia, then Princess Victoria, | Princess Charles of Denmark, and, tnal-
 ly, the Princess of Wales, looking as ra- ! diant as the morning, who at once fell to entertaining the children, answering their thousand and one questions, and
 directing their quick attention to mat
 ters likely to interest them. Every one
 could see that the children were set upon
 enjoying themselves to the full and they
 did.
 Meanwhile the working out of the liv-
 ing tapestry continued. The Coldstream Guards, stalwart and erect kept the line. Shortly before ten o'clock the band
 marched on the parade ground From the Horse Guards and away in the dl- rection of Storeys Gate the fifers slit the
 air with their shrill, strident notes, and
 the drums rolled their black sounds as
 they played upon the field the flank
 companies of the First and Third Gren-
 adler and Second Coldstream Guards
 two companies each--and one company
 of the Third Coldstream Guards. When
 these had taken up positions in columns,
 pipers of the Scots Guards swung upon
 the scene, rending the listless London air
 to tatters with their fierce Highland
 skirl and behind them two companies of
 the Scots Guards These all made bril-
 liant patches in the yet incomplete ta-
 pestry From the direction of the Duke
 of Yorks Column squadrons of the Sec
 ond Life Guards now made their entry.
 Mounted on grand chargers, the dreary
 sun fitfully glinting and shivering its
 shafts against burnished helmet and
 cuirass they marched in stately process
 sion across the ground and took up pO-
 sition to the left, and then fanfare of
 brass and rumble of drums announces
 the arrival of the Guards mounted banc
 and squadrons of the Royal regiment ol
 Horse Guards. The contrast between
 the gaudy splendor of the band and the
 blue-uniformed men on black horses tf al followed was startling and effective. , By the time the squadron had fallen , into their proper places the tapestry was
 all but complete. The picture was yet t.
 have its heart, it's high light, however . The clock struck the quarter after ten , and then was seen the parade ground < The troops presented arms, and the bril-
 liant procession sedately made it's way to the saluting point The Prince oi , Wales and the Duke of Cambridge were , in the uniform of the Grenadier Guards the Duke of Connaught in the uniform of the Scots Guards, while the Duke O York were militia uniform, Fielt , Marshal Lord Wolseley, carrying the ba 3 ton of his rank, was easily distinguished
 and Lord Suffold and General Kelly alsC - occupied positions in the procession. A , the saluting point the Prince of Wales took up his position and was received
 with a royal salute, the massed bands of the brigade playing the national anthem
 as few have been fortunate enough be I fore to hear it rendered. The royal pro 2 cession then rode slowly down the iron r of the line and then back by it's rear tC g Kronung's Marsch and the Parade @ March The prince again reaching the g saluting point, the band, pipers an( e fifers marched across the ground ir l splendid line, playing the while a slow 9 march, "Les Huguenots," and ahou Q facing when they came near the colo l they halted for moment before srikins !, un the spirited "Geburtstags' overture
 and returning to their position at tn s treasury side of the ground
 - Then came the escort for the color, Q company of the Second Coldstrean |, Guards-strapping Well-set-up men | every one of them-marching in beauti Q ful style, line drawn as with ruler, an
 feet and hands swinging in perfect ac Il cord. At the head marched Second e Lieutenant F. Longuevlle, with draw
 sword. who, when the escort halted re n turned his sword and received the colo S from the hands of sergeant who 1a g hold if secure guarded on either side b, s ., santry The band all the time playe