The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
TO GREET ROYAL VISITORS.
Arrangements for the Duke Of
York's Canadian Reception.

Great Activity Among the Dominion
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the old Capt.
! tai, To BE the First stopping Place.
] The Programme of Festivities.
| MONTREAL Sept. 1.-THE approach
| ing visit OF the Duke and Duchess of
4 Cornwall and York promises To- rank as
! ono of Tho most memorable events in the
! history OF the Dominion From an parts
/ OF Can0dI preparations are i'm active
! progress To- give "A fitting reception Do
minion and provincial authorities. mill
| tary. municipal. and citizens orE3uiza-
tious have been busily engaged FOR some
time past Fosfectiug plans Tor The enter
! tainment and amusement Of the royal Wis
! itorS during their progress through the
| country and AN have now almost com
! p!et,d their TASK. and it is generally CON
J ccted that the reception will be truly
royal one, worthy alike OF the recipients
and of the premier colony OF the British
| Empire
! Quebec, the ancient capital. VIII be the
| nrSt stopping place OF the royal party i'm
! Canada. The royal yacht Ophir and her
two consorts Will ne escorted UP the ST
! Lawrence by a feet Of British warships
! including the powerful cruisers Diadem
and Nlobe which viii proceed from Eng
| land for the purpose. and the Crescent
frosperinc. Psyche PaIlas. and other
vessels OF the North American squadron
a French mau-of-war viii also be at QUE
bee as a mark of international caurtesv.
while United States war vessel is also
! expected.
The Dominion fshery-protection steam
ors Acadia, Mimic. La Cauadienne. and
/ Contest viii also Join tine fleet in big
naval review that Will take place before
the landing of the royal party. The AGA
! Ola viii be the flagship OF the Governor
! General, and as soon as the Ophir is sight
! ed the latter. accompanied 10y Sir Wilfrid
| Laurier and brilliant suite VIII board
| the royal yacht and give the official well
| come
The official landing Of the Duke and
! Duchess VIII take place al noon on Sep
| TENDER 10. royal salutes Of tweuty-one
/ guns from the Citadel, and the fleet an
/ nounciEg the event. A procession will
Immediately he formed to convey the royal
party TO the Legislative buildings. where
addresses viii be presented. after which
the Duke and Duchess viii proceed in
procession 20 the Citadel. where they will
DE entertained as the guests of the Gov
ernor General during their stay in Quebec.
| At Four in the afternoon "a visit will Poe
made To- Laval University where the
| Duke viii receive the degree % IL. d.
and ia the evening the party viii partake
of official dinner in the Citadel Aft
er the dinner the royal party will repair
20 the Kings bastion 10 view the iilumi-
nations Of the city and surrounding coUu-
! try, and to listen to an op,n-air concert
TO be given on Duferin Terrace. $50 feet
/ above the river, by "a choir Of 100 picked
| voices. and four bands of music. on Sep
TENDER n there viii be "a military and ma
val review ou the historic Plains OF Abra-
! ham. over 800 volunteers from Quebec
| and Montreal taking part. together with
/ over 1000 bluejackets from the war yes
| sells
! The party VIII leave Quebec on the
morning Of September Is by the Canadian
! Pacific Railway for Montreal The train
| conveying the royal party Is timed a
reach Place Viger Station. = ontreal. at
p. m. on September Is. when tn Duke
! and Duchess and suite will at once pro-
| coed TO Viger Square. where addresses
will be presented. and the party viii be
/ formally welcomed to the city, after
/ which the Duke will pres MT medals and
/ decorations TO the South African veterans
/ resident I'm Montreal The Duke viii Doe
! greeted on his arrival by some 5.ur0 school
ichiIdr-a who viii welcome him with pa
/ triUtiC airs. while feature that Will at
tract much attention Will be- living flag
/ This Will be formed by about 100 bows,
who VIII be- maSsed on platform raised
| four feet in the front and seven IN the
rear. The boys viii be dressed. some in
red some N white and some In blue, and
they viii be- ranged uD 10 form the ColpTs
OF the Union Jack. When the royal visit
0rs pass the boys making up the flag will
| sing the national anthem After the ctre-
mUny in Niger Square the royal process
! sion viii proceed through the principal
| streets 10 the residence of Lord Sirath-
coma and Mount ROYAL. which has been
specially fitted up for their occupancy dug
ing their stay in Montreal
The adjoining residence is being con-
| 7-oDt-T MIN I or1 =rrqrnrDua-e nv "a rgrrf-
| dor leading from one conservatory 10 the
other. and the transition is being so skill
fully carried out that II VIII b, imppSSi-
| BILE 10 detect that the two residences were
| not built together as one In the evening
| the royal party will hold a reception IN
/ the city Hail which will be a brilliant
! affair. and afford some Of the Montreal
I city fathers an opportunity OF airing their
| Windsor uniforms. which they have spe-
cIally ordered for the occasion The WD-
| men. however. are somewhat di=app0iut-
| Dd at having To appear DO Half-muuTuiuE
! costumes. such as black. white. lilac. etc
| During the evening there VIII Toe brilliant
| displays of fireworks on the mountain
! and AZ LafDutaiue Park. while the city
! Will up UIofusely Illuminated ON Sept-m-
Der 10 his Royal Highness viii receive the
/ degree 81 LID from MctiiN University.
I and open the medical building. after
) which d. VIII pay yisitSto the ROYAL Vic
! turil Hospital and the Villa Maria con-
/ vent There VIII bG tprchIEht process
| sion. general illumination. and fireworks
I i'm the evening. the party leaving for OF
tawa the following morning
he party viii reach Ottawa al ll-f-
! September 20 and "a programme very SINH
lar TO those mapped out for Quebec and
. ! Montreal has been arranged.