The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
MAGNIFICENT Spectacle.

| car Heet and French generals and adj
mirals in gala uniforms, glittering with
] various insignia and decorations
MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.
The spectacle before the car was one
/ of the most imposing ever witnessed
Around the review ground was a deep
mass OF red and blue infantry cavalry
| and artillery. The whole line extended
| several miles, in spite of the fact that
| the troops were drawn up $50 files deep
Suddenly, at given signal, this vast
| border began to swing around, thus
| bringing the head of the line across the
| review ground and in front of the car
/ The effect was to give the impression OF
! wide stretch of landscape slowly NOV
! ing In circle. The commanler-in- chief
| Gen. Brugere, surrounded by his staff
| led the march past, with the foreign mil
1tary attaches at some distance on his
| left
Behind, in four heavy columns. march
ed whole division of infantry with
hx ed bayonets. It was an astounding
! slGht5 to see this forest of bayonets adj
! vance across the plain in a huge oblong
block The division was headed by the
Iaassed bands of all it's regiments, which
| played a popular march, the "Sombre ct
MeuS -
Gen. Brugere and his taft, reaching the
front of the dais, saluted President Lou
pet and the car and then, with the for
| eign attaches, took up a position facing
the dafs, so that the rest of the army
passed between the car and Gen Bru-
gere Gen. Andre, the minister of war.
who rode with the car to the pavilion,
sat IN the front row of the tribune on
the cars left and followed the march
past, which was almost faultless
throughout in its nachine-lfke precision,
with happy expression, evidently proud
on the spectacle he was Offering to the
car.
SALUTEB THE STANDARDS.
Each division was preceded by the regi-
mental standards which were lowered as
they passed before the dais, and each
time the ear and czarina arose. as did
President Loubet and saluted. the car
bringing his hand to the peak of his red
ana white cap and keeping it there until
the standards had passed Eight in
fantry divisions filed past and every time
the moving forest of bayonets passed
cheers rent the air
The infantry was followed by the d.
visional artillery, twenty-five guns afront.
the long, slate-gray cannon being kept in
excellent alignment
After the first four divisions of Infantry
came the cavalry, thirty-six regiments,
solid brigades of LOCO men each. with
thirty horses afront First came the
dragons, carrying lanees from which
nuttered red and white pennants They
advanced at trot, headed by trumpet
ers who executed fanfare Regiments
of hussars, in light blue uniforms, with
white facings and mounted chasseurs. In
blue TUNES, with dark trimmings. fol-
lowed
Finally came several regiments of
cuirassiers. The sun shone intermittent
iy and with curious effect on their
breast-plates, which at one moment look
ed to be mass of dark blue steel ana
the next seemed shimmering silver: Inc
brass helmets also gIittered like gold or
turned dirty yellow color, according as
the sunshine smote them or the clouds
intercepted it's days
The weather was perfect for the re-
view. 1t was cool and occasionally there
We're few drops of rain The rain fell
all night long and the dust was laid.
CAVALRY CHARGE.
The crowning feature of the review was
the charge of 10000 cavalry
The cavalry lined up twenty deem on
the further side of the review ground.
with the dragons In the center pen
nants futtering brightly from the ends
OF their lances. As the line moved for
ward to the sound of trumpets, Gen Bru-