El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-28
200 YEARS OLD.
how Prussia Celebrated Its Birthda,

The first ceremonial began at half
past nine. and consisted in adorning
with fresh laurel the colors and stand
ards of the Garde du Corps and va
rious regiments the figs being convey
ed to the arsenal amid regimental
music.
In the courtyard of the arsenal were
assembled all the princes of the royal
house, the princes serving in the Garde
du Corps. and the princes of ruling
German houses now serving in the ar
my. They formed a gorgeous double
line at the entrance of the gateway.
The empress viewed the scene from
| the balcony outside the center window.
The kaiser arrived at ten o'clock. wear
| ing a generals long grey cloak, the
order of the Black Eagle. on orange
ribbon. being conspicuous on the out
side. After inspecting the Garde du
Corps the emperor saluted the princes
who returned the salute with marked
effect, the sun shining with dazzling
brilliancy on their orders the while.
Then General Won Bork-Polach step
ped forward. and congratulated the
kaiser in behalf of the generals and Of
ficers of the army on the occasion they
were celebrating. The generals speech
over three deafening cheers were CIV
en-. accompanied by waving of he'll
NETS. The national hymn, Hell Dir
i'm Siegerkranz." was afterwards sung.
Kaiser's Speech.
The kaiser's speech followed. His
majesty said a survey of the past two
hundred years showed that the Prus-
sian officers had always set an exam
pie of loyalty to the people. Referring
tC the navy. he pointed out that the
oIa
from his stay in the Netherlands. and
therefore. in this regard, the house of
HohenZollern was indebted to the
house of Orange. His majesty hoped
that the navy would develop. and urg-
ed the officers to go forward.
A move was then made to the glass
covered courtyard of the arsenal. and
after a march past of the companies
and banner squadrons. the colors were
taken to the castle.
The Duke of Connaught was the only
one of all the representatives of foreign
sovereigns permitted to be present dur
ing the kaiser's address. His royal
highness was only allowed as the
queens son. and had specially asked
permission to be present. With the ex-
ception of the duke. therefore, no one
heard the speech, the kaiser most en-
phatically refusing permission to stran-
gers, even though they possessed en-
trance tickets.
knights of the Black Eagle.
At mid day the kaiser. in the hall of
Knights, summoned the Knights of the
Black Eagle qualified to attend to a
chapter of the order.
Among those present were the Duke
o. Connaught, the Grand Duke Vladi-
mir of Russia, and other foreign reci-
pients. Altogether there were fifty-two
knights beside the kaiser. those invit-
ed including the German crown prince.
Prince George of Saxony. Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria, and the imperial
chancellor.
After a dead silence the ceremony
began with a deafening fanfare by sill
yer trumpets. whereupon the new
knights formed into procession. the
German crown prince leading the way
from the Red Eagle chamber to the
throne. Here the kaiser hung the Or
der round the crown princes neck.
and fervently pressing him to his heart
kissed him twice on the cheeks.
The other Knights were subsequent
ly invested. and the procession return
ed. with Count Won Buelow at the head
and the kaiser at the end.-London
Daily Express.