The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-14
GENERAL KUn0K|
REVIEWS OUR TROOPS.
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sition. He is young. tall, Handsomely.
built, and his face is of that high-bred,
clean-cut type, which denotes the
aristocratic and noble race OF Savoy.
Secretary Sheppard nabbcd the duke
when he landed and marched off With
him. But there was an army officer
there, too, and a naval officer also.
Austrians, Belgians, Chinese and of
fctals from other powers landed one
after the other just as rapidly as the
launches could get to the liont, and
then came the stellar figure Of the day,
General Baron Tamcmato Kuroki>
The yacht Walter II. Lee conveyed
the great Japanese warrior across
Hampton Roads from Old Point With
him were AlajorGeneral Frederick
Don't Grant and Brigadcr-G General o.
f. Wood and the following of his
staff: Northumberland Kigosht,
A1ajor-Ganeral Umezawa, Colonel Ota,
Observation-Disclosures Suzulti, Major yo-
shida. Captain Saigo. who is the son
of that famous Japanese warrior and
statesman General Marquis Saigo. Cap
tain Tanuka, the official interpreter;
Captain Surgeon Tamura, Captain Pay
master 1Ioboyashi and four enlisted
men from the Japanese army; also
Major Lynch. assistant to General
Wood; Captain A. j. Bowiey and Lieu-
tenant Corbin. aid de camp to General
Grant. and three enlisted men from the
American army.
Salute to Kuroki.
No sooner had the Japanese general
stepped ashore than the Third Bat
/! tory ofEunited States Field Artillery
parked on Willoughby Boulevard
thuncered forth a salute OF seventeen
| guns. General Grant presented Cen
eral Kuroki and the other Japanese Of
hcers to Admiral Harrington, who in
. turn introduced President Tucker. and
then General Grant led General KurolI
70 carriage. The japanese were lus-
"! chcered as they We're driven to
the stand, and were continually kep;
pussy answering the salutes Of soldiers
ai.o ciVllians and bowling to the wo-
men along the line who waved hand.
kercl'efs and fans with enthusiasm
The parade was a magnificent sncr
/ tacle and the review most inpres
| siye ceremony.
For the first time in many, man,
years tho armed men Of five foreign
nations marched in martial array mo,
1 American soil
Japanese. Austrian, Brazilian. Argen
tlnian and Chilean, with their rifle,
shouldered and their bands PLAYING
passed IN pompous parade at the heat
| OF column, the remainder Of which
was made up of the pick of America,
fighting men afloat and ashore.
Stars and Stripes Only.
/ But the only flag that snapped i,
the breeze on Lee Parade was tn,
starry banner of Red, White ana Blue
1 From hundreds of flagstafrs upon tn
review stand and along the cornices o
the many buildings. tho colors Of tn
| visiting nations were prominently dis
played with those of America, but ii
the parade, only tho United state
troops marched with banners flying
and each time that grand old flag wa
.lprondly borne past the reviewin,
stand. Tho grzzled warrior of Nippon
1 would raise his hand to his vizor Il
] salute.
The Japanese We're there with TIL
! goods all the way through. They wer
/ the stars OF the day. Their officers ha
i the most prominent places in the re
/ viewing stand. and their sailors le
tho parade, There were three com
panies of those sturdy yellow men VIII
crushed Rojestvensky in the Sea o
Japan, and at their head was the ban
OF tho flagship TsulSubn. This ban
9balled things up some. too, but 1t wa
on the spot With ceremonial etiquett