The Washington herald., 1908-07-24

/ cess Of the Champlain demonstration at
the Official opening Of the fetes to-day
exceeded the most saaguine expectations
{ Of its promoters
7 Nothing nearly so picturesque has ever
I been seen in Canada before
The march-out Of the I2.0o0 troops.
the arrival Of Champlain under sail in
I his ship. the Don ee Dieu; the formal
opening speeches OF the Prince Of Wales.
I Vice President Fairbanks. the French ad-
{ miraI. and others. the exchange OF con-
/ gratulatory teIeErams with almost every
I seIf-governfng colony Of Britain. as well
as with King Edward. Princess Louise.
/ Premier Asquith. and others; the pro
! cession before the prince Of all the COS
TUNED pageant performers. the Sl5.ooo FIRE
/ works at night with the illumination Of
the battle ships; the conferEing Of the
several kzighthoods. and other honors.
all combined % make this a great com
binatioa day Of pageautry. knishthood,
and state and military display. one never
10 be forgotten by any who witnessed IT,
l The iavestiture of the orders Of knight
hood was made personally By the prince
al his quarters on the citadel in the pres
Ience Of a very select company.
Lord Grey Gets Grand Cross
Lord Grey was given the Grand Cross
Of the Victorian Order and his military
secretary. Col Han5ury Williams. vas
made a knight commander Of the same
order EnighJhOOd was conferred upon
Mayer Gardneau. Of quebec, and Pre-
miers Winery. of Ontario. and Egouin.
Of Quebec Sir George Drummond. Joseph
Pope Byron z Walker. and Hon A.
{ Turzeo were made companions OF the
victorian order. Col Roy and Col Sher-
wood members Of the order and Nj
Cbou-uard secretary OF national battle
fields commission. C. n G.
The parade OF the troops required two
hours 20 pass a given point All branches
OF the Canadian army had places in Il.
Tomorrow the same troops VIII be re-
viewed on the Plains OF Abraham and
VIII march past the prince
Fireworks Display Gorgeous.
The fireworks display was gorgeous be
youd description. II was made At Lewis,
opposite Quebec. so that it was plainly
visible not only all along the entire city
front. but for miles above and below II.
Il must have been seen by a quarter OF
a million people The set pieces were
elegant. some being 20 feet high. and the
framework $50 feet long
Champiala. iupersonated by Sheridd
Langelien. sailed into port at 8 O'Clock this
/ afternoon on an exact reproduction OF his
/ ship Of so years ago. II came IN under
/ Of leading Quebec yachtsmen, all COS
TUNED in early seventeenth century style.
Upon landing they entered the AbIatiOn
de Quebec, the reproduction OF the first
, building erected here by Champlain. and
: constructed on the same site. close 10
J the landing place Here they remained
! until escorted by The historic procession
20 the foot Of the Champlain monument.
: TO be reviewed by the Prince OF Wales
Ceremonies on DuGerin Terrace.
! Prior 10 their arrival. however. there
had been great GoinEs on DUherin Ter
, race. in front OF Champlain's Monument
% and in the presence Of thousands Of peo-
pie. who thronged all the approaches TO
the terrace. as well as the famous prom
enade itself. the windows and roofs Of
e the Chateau Frontenac, and all other
b. points OF vantage. All the Ilustrious
/ guests. representing other colonies and
b foreign powers. were present The mill
2 tary lined the approaches.
e The weather was superb. and every
; body seemed happy. applauding the dif-
ferent distinguished people as they arrived
p on the scene This was very noticeable
in the case Of Lord Roberts and Vice
. President Fairbanks. who fairly divided
p 2 hfs~rr~e v-rr Ia Ta~fDra THa~a urara
loud calls for speech from ''Bobs'' when
. the other speakers were through. but Of
course he did not respond
Famous Dead ImperSonated.
Brilliant as was the scene at the monu-
ment this afternoon during the State cere-
mony. there was even more color and
t picturesqUeness in the review Of the his
toric procession which followed Many of
s the characters were mounted. while others
- walked. as their prototypes did in the
70 same scenes nearly 800 years ago Over
Z 1900 courtiers. Indians, and famous men
D and women were represented in the cor
tege. including Jacques Cartier. Cham
= plain Frontenac. Wolfe. MontcaIm. Fran
: els I and his court. Henri ", Bishop
p Laval, priests and nuns, sailors, and sol
J diers-
] The prince reviewed the whole process
[ sion. which looked like some old-time
b fairy scene, sitting in his carriage at the
s corner OF the Chateau Frontenac.
When the prince and his party arrived
= at the monument the first act OF his
e royal highness was to lay a wreath OF
[ enormous lilies at the very foot Of Cham
. plains statue The delicate tribute 10
the memory OF the man who planted the
S Lilies Of France on the rock Of Quebec
q was greeted with loud cheers
:. The newly knighted mayor OF Quebec
2 in his robes OF Office, read the city's ad.
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