Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-12

by these veterans, whose children were
marching before them. and many remiIis-
cences were exchanged by the men Oh the
north and south. many of whom met LOT
the first time since the war during the past
week
The Great Review.
The movement of the troops toward the
reviewing ground began early this morn
ing. The regulars and a portion of the
militia detachment at Thoroughfare march,
ed down the pike a distance Of about
eight miles, to the scene of their final ap-
pearance as an organized corps. As stated
In The Star Saturday, there was but about
20 per cent of the militia in line. the re-
mainder of the troops having been ex-
cused for parade. Gems. Bell and Grant
both allowed all the men who desired to
remain in camp to do so. none OF them
being compelled to turn out II they did
not feel so disposed. But there was
big showing made. Fully $4,000 men passed
in line before the reviewing officers. All
the bands were In evidence, and 1t Is one
of the incidents of the review to note that
most of them. from the north and south
the reviewing party. There was but one
band that played Yankee Doodle" while
two bands and drum corps essayed On
ward Christian Soldier" There were In
all ABOUT forty DanOS IN ine TWO VI tHeH'
from the 7th and 10Th Cavalry regiments.
being mounted. The two divisions were
formed on the south of the Wheeler farm
In the field selected for the review. which
was several hundred acres in extent, the
lines being parallel to the railroad tracks.
The reviewing party consisted of Lieut.
Gen. Chaffee, reviewing officer: Secretary
Morton of the navy and Gen. Corbin AS
each division passed the commanding gen
eral fell out of line and took his stand with
the reviewing party on the right OF Gen.
Corbin. AS each brigade passed the COM
manding officer fell out and took his stand
with his staff a hundred yards to the right
of the reviewing party. None of the regf-
mental commanders fell out of line. In
addition to the reviewing party proper,
there was long line of distinguished WIS.,
itors in the rear of the party. including the
governors OF states. foreign military ex-
perts and the visiting brigaders and Of
ficers of lesser rank of the militia. Gems.
Crozier, Humphrey and Burton of the ord
nance. quartermaster generals and lnspec-
tor generals departments of the army. re-
spectively, were in line, together with
many of the officers who have acted as
umpires and official observers.
The troops were all on the field by noon
and were formed in five lines. facing north,
with the mounted troops and wagons in the
rear The first division. under General
Grant, had the right of the line Although
General Grants force was known as the
blue army during the maneuvers, there
were but three or four Of the regiments Of
his command CARRIED in blue at the review.
The great majority of the troops wore
khaki. and some of them the olive drab
At l O'Clock the signal to start was given
and General Corbin presented his corps to
Lieutenant General Chaffee. The command
Ing officer of the first division reached the
reviewing stand about 1:15, and from that
time until almost o'clock the troops were
pa ssing continuously. The alignment was
good as can be seen on Pennsylvania
avenue at the best sort of parade. and
the condition of the troops seemed to be
the best. All swung past the reviewing
officer with that ground-eating tread that
experience has taught. and there was no
falling out of line at any time during the
ceremony. feature of the review was
the wagon trains, which followed each di-
vision These were made up of the wagons
used in field service by the medical. signal
and engineer departments. The first d.
vision had a large pontoon train with all
the necessary materials for the building OF
pontoon bridges.
The Homeward Journey.
Immediately after the review the home
ward journey was started The 10Th and I'd