Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-06
KAISER'S TROOPS.
Mrs. Kotzschmar Attends a
Grand Parade at Berlin.
Splendid Body Of Men, Which Acts as
a Vast Machine.
Music in The Air" from One End Of Germany
TO Other.
Berlin, September /. 1900.

ever will be the crowned German black
eagle with wings and talons outspread
and ranged about the Kaiser and his
overwhelming army. We have this
4 moment returned from Witnessing the
/ Parade the review Of the troops by
4 the Emperor, and must give vent to
! our establishment. Twice each year in
May and September, thousands upon
! thousands Of soldiers in dress uni
| forlns pass before their rulers eye:
carriages filed with foreign amba ssa
! doris ana royalty. the brilliant varied
| coiorlng of the regiInentals, endless
| nodding plumes OF mounted cavalry
with banners and glittering helmets. all
\ formed Il picture seen nowhere but in
! Germany. 1t is matter Of opinion
whether better view is gained from
! "Droschka' or Tribune" raised seats
placed near the entrance. We chose
the latter in preference a. the chance
OF being the last Of nearly z mile IF
carriages. This year at half past
| eight the man0euve-s began. ana to
make sure that not oae Of them es-
capped as. We reached our places a feu.
moments past seven. Nationality be-
trays itself often by n word The mo-
/ men, the jovial gentleman near ue
d called 10 the "kelluer" hurrying III TO
change a coin. come back h-rc.
/ Tommy We knew his country. As
usual the "enfant terrible" was in
evidence this time directly behind us
and Monroe made life mis- .rable for
mother ana w. ann His wants were
many. and h. would not wait one mo-
mcnt. The Kaiser must feel sure
there i little danger IN his army lack
ing recruits, for the one thing in tier
many ~ which there is "A sup-raUun-
dance is children. They swarm on
every street. il seems as though in
time their number might deplete tia
royal treasury. for Emperor Wilhelm
gives prize To every family having
SIX sons. Are those actually living
men" We exclaimed. looking over the
field To what appeared like mere toy
soldiers far in the distance. Regiment
after regiment poured in from digfe.en;
directions. moving As one man. and
illing the space near us they stand
ing seemingly without breath or mo-
ton. Each company is distinguished
by its special color ~ coat and peculiar
design Of headgear. Every man is
seemingly the same height. ana there
IS not variation II hairs breath in
crease Of trousers or line Of belt Tn
individual is eliminated-the one vast
human machine merely moving
al the word Of command To each
troop Of cavalry is assigned horses or
one coior-from light gray through all
shades Of brown to black The effect
a. they charged and wheeled across
the field was marvellous. The one
funny thing on parade is the mounted
policeman. He is meant to he impas-
ing. hut is altogether too cOrpulent
The furious way in which the company
Of eight dashed back and forth placing
carriages. and at the end all pursuing
one small "teckel' from the grounds.
was inconceivably ludicrous Cries Of
The Empress" were heard on all
sides. and at full gallop she rode upon
the field at the head of her retinue.
She is a most accomplished horsewo-
man, and her white habit. broad yell
low sash. three cornered hat with
white cockade all showed her To adj
vantage. While every regiment had
its band. not a sound of music had
been heard. Suddenly it came. a
mighty blare and at one and the same
moment all played in unison. God
Save the Emperor" and before US in
Ali his glory was Wilhelm the Second.
Whatever opinion may be held con-
corning his acts and speeches. no one
can deny that on horseback the
Kaiser is every inch a striking per-
sonality. His dark blue uniform
brought out distinctly the many med
ais and orders on his breast. con-
trasting wildly with his dark orange
sash. the towering eagles on his he'll
met adding to his height. Together the
royal pair galloping to the large elm
in the center of the field followed by
carriages in which We're the Crown
Prince and his five brothers. all 80
much alike that one could easily he
substituted for the other; then came
the little Princess. and royalty without
end and the parade began. The men
seemed to fairly fly across the field.
We heard the Kaiser order one hun
dred and fourteen steps taken in
minute. The surest way We discover
ed to realize this speed is to try to %
it. Artillery ratified over the ground.
cavalry charged in countless evolu-
tions. the whole moving panorama
with its myriad coloring. its pennants.
flags and banners. with the EN-
blazoned eagles, seemed as though it
might almost equal in splendor the
historic Field of the Cloth Of Gold.
One pleasing incident was the recep-
ton accorded three representatives
from the Brooklyn Musical Nerein
which won the prize offered by the
Kaiser to German societies in America
for the best musical composition. a
royal carriage was sent to carry the
visitors to the Parade, and after con-
graduating them. the Kaiser promised
to listen to the composition-neXt
year Our last view of the pageant
was from the street corner where gen
erals, princes and princeSses passed us,
then the Empress. and last. Prince
Heinrich by his side. the Emperor.
gravely bowling to the cheering multi
tude while following. gorgeous in
| their white and scarlet uniforms. came
the kaiser's special guard, the famous
Potsdamer regiment.
One cannot be in the fatherland even
few days without realizing how
deeply the people honor their great
poets and musicians: every date con-
| nected with them being sacred. On
the anniversary of Bach's death a