Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
LONDON WENT WILD
Upprecedented Enthusiasm When the
CT VS. Returned.
SCENES OF GREAT DISORDER
An Ovation That Proved Very
Trying to the Men.
BAD POLICE MAN AGEMENT
ecia1 Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON, October 80 1900.
London has surpassed herself in her wei
come to the c. l. VS. Nothing like it has
ever been seen here. The jubilee celebra-
ton o. 1891 which was bigger than its pre-
tleccsSur. could not be compared to it. Lon
doners simply went wild loose and
chucrcd. hoHled sang, fought, struggled
pushed and crushed each other for hours.
Never before has such welcome been
given to single regiment and the once
despiscd volunteers must be somewhat sur
prised to find themselves such heroes.
From one point of view the thing was
greatly uverd0ne. When one remembers
that, while the regiments record is a good
one. yet they lost only nine men in battle
and only sixty from disease and all
causes. Not many out of 1000 men!
From another view, however, London did
well to honor these men, most of them
clerks in the great city men VIII" for the
most part had never been out Of England
before. 1t is elevation of the volunteer
movement which is so essential to the vel
fare of this country, since there Is no con-
sCripticn.
They Did Their Best.
These clerks volunteered without hesita-
ton in the darkest hour of Britains con-
tlict with the Beers. when nearly every day
brought news of another defeat for British
They went out willingly and did their
best. and that is all anybody could do.
This Qualification of the volunteers will
act as an incentive to the whole country,
and on this account it is wise
A fearful lot of hGrnbaSt has been writ
ten about the affair, and today's newspa-
pcrs devote anywhere from five to fifteen
columns II it. This is how the Daily Tele
graph begins its remarks on the event:
''NpStprHJV'S
Volunteers rose high over all expectation or
record to StupenduuS climax of popular
enthusiasm which words will be inadequate
to convey to the imagination of p5Sterity.
The wonderful and overwhelming welcome
was more than the spectacle OF genera tons
or uf an age-it was a sight never before
equaIeci in London, and, if not in London,
then never in the world. The prodigous
city. whose millions would cutnum Der
tn Sc Of any two among all other vast
capitals that have existed. seemed as If for
the first time TO reveal the immea Stlra BILE
mass and power of a population whose col
iectiEe volume and resistless sway We're
like those ri a 1rmeval flood
This is what is known in London as Tel
rgraphCSe.
Bad Police management
Never was q similar event worse man.
aged by the police. A su-called religious
sentiment prevented the homecoming being
celebrated on Sunday, and compelled the
men to be cnoped up the troopship for
a whole day and night after a long and
tedious voyage The consequence was that
over ten thousand less troops were at the
disposal of the authorities to keep the line
81 march. and as a result fearful scenes of
disorder arose.
The police. moreover. did not display
their customary patience and tact Over
and over again the mounted cCnstables
hudlns the crowd pressing upon them.
seized the nearest man and threw him
bodily among the already panic-stricken
Volunteer aIh ont d,,t,-
a:so displayed a laInentable ignorance of
the manner in which a crowd in London
should be handled. Some OF them exasper-
ated the people by dropping the butts of
their rifles upon the toes of inoffensive ctti-
gems For this offcnse one volunteer was
struck to the ground by a civilian amid
the loud cheers Of the crowd.
scenes of Disorder.
| saw ugly rush at Ludga;e Circus,
not far from st. Pauls Cathedral In which
men, women and children were borne to
the ground. horse guards and foot guards
swept away. Pandemonum reigned and
the police and soldiers We're powerless for
fully half an hour.
Al Temple Bar friend tells me he saw
the Z VS. so In"bbed by the crowd,
who broke through the lines. that no move
fnent could he made. The members of the
nano held their Instruments over their
heads To avoid having them broken Off
GERS sWore round CathS and ordered their
4H' 'it people WIN theif rifles.
uIE t'h'i the march Was disSra ceful riot
and the poor fellows reached ST. Pauls
exhausted.
Finally. after a five hours march they
arrived at the place where the famous ban
Guet was arranged in their honor to find
that the hundreds waitiue. To receive tbar,
had fallen to on the food and had pe,rty
finished il. Some idea can b.. obtained of
the r"uGhr,ess of Yesterdays crowd when
il is narcd that the ambulance c,,rns tr.,,oa
over 2.uu cases. over 100 of which yera
serious and five fatal
I,;
"S LOT OF Men,
AL the men looked remarkably fit and
heir tanned Wholesome sm.bng r,ca. ,+
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