New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06

coiors came the pet dogs of each regiment. usu-
ally yellow, white brown griffons or shep-
herd dogs. Following each regiment were the
twelve cyclists riding their wheels The group
ing of all the bands of whole army corps
under oen leader is very effective. The united
bands of the first army corps that marched past
played the solemn stirring march of lie Sambre
ct Meuse," which came into vogue when Garnet
1.-The Organizer of Victory" sent forth the impro-
vised battalionS of citizen soldiers to the east
ern frontier The next army corps marched
past to the air of La File du Regiment"
This pleased the Car that he turned to
President Loubet and exclaimed: "Ah! What a
splendid march, and then leaning toward
General Andre Minister of War; remarked:
General, 1 wish you would send me that ar
rangement of The File du Regiment that
1 can have it played by the bands of the guard"
The Twentieth Army Corps comprising the
famous Eleventh DivisiOn-the division de
fer" composed of picked and seasoned men
CHARTERED nearest to the German frontier
marched past to the tune of lie Pere la Vic
toire." the familiar refrain of which was caught
up in the tribunes by thousands of voices and
sung during the defile. The divisions Of rifle
men in their dark sombre dress grouped to-
gether as one army corps, were headed by their
bugle bands, all playing the inspiriting "'Sidi
Brahim'
The field and horse batteries, they came by
behind their respective army corps cavalry
divisions. presented. from technical point of
view, the bouquet of the whole spectacle. In
the Judgment of Russian and other foreign of
ficers present the artillery is far ahead of any
other branc. OF the service in the French army.
and is described by a competent authority as
the most formidable artillery in the world.
There were AIS guns in al-twice as many as
Napoleon had at Waterloo. There one bat
terry of siege artillery provided with the effective
gun OF 100 millimetres calibre The other bat
teries mostly OF the 40 millimetre cali
bre-the type of gun which SO struck the at
tenton of the car during the nianPuvres that
he rode up to a lieutenant commanding sec
ton Of field battery and desired him to ex-
plain the mechanism of the piece. After this
had been done. and when the gun fired the
Gar exclaimed. Why, there is not a trace
o: recoil, 1t is wonderful, You can keep on
firing without stopping to repoint. 1t is the
best field gun | have ever seen
The French cavalry is spendidly horsed. The
strong, sturdy chargers of the cuirassers and
Dragons. with long. why legs and frames Civ
/ ing endurance and speed. are ideal
animals FOR The highly bred horses of the
chasseurs cheval and hussars seem trine
+ light and it IS doubtful If they could resist the
impact OF q charge OF heavier men. mounted
/ on heavier horses, like the cuarSer but more
bony animals of the Russian German
hussars. Considering the short term OF
military service in France the cavaIrymen
ride well. and the whole are fairly good
horsemen. Nothing could bc more picturesque
than the final charge which terminated the re-
view The four cavalry divisions OF 5000
sabres, all told. having taken up their positions
at mile distant from the tribunes, General
! Brugere, Generalissimo of the French army
! H.
given by point of the sabre and the charge be
gan. 1t was splendidly executed The 12S
squadron9, moving slowly At first increased
! speed To a swift hand gallop until within sixty
! yards of the reviewing stand. when they sud
| denly drew up at halt. officers salutinE with
| their sabres, and standard bearers lowering
| their colors in honor of the Gar G. l. r.