The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-23
LONDON PREPARES
FOR CORONATION
Parks And Open Squares of London
Have Taken on Appearance of
Armed Camps.

London, June 20-Londons parks
and open squares have already taken
on the appearance of armed camps in
preparation for the accommodation OF
the 10000 troops who are to line the
streets during the Royal professions
on June % and %. In Hyde Park,
Wormwood Scrubs, Regents Park.
Battersea Park, Kensington Gardens,
canvas cities consisting of long
straight lines of white tents have been
erected by advance parties of soldiers
from the various regiments. At Hamp-
ton Court the Indian contingents are
to take up their quarters, for they have
to be kept separate from the British
regiments and their food prepared by
their own cooks owing to religious rea-
sons which forbid the touching of
their rations by any but those Of the
same faith.
Six regiments of cavalry have their
headquarters at Wormwood Scrubs.
beside number of batteries of horse
and field artillery. At Regents Park.
there are to be six infantry brlgades
each of three battalions. In Kensing-
ton Gardens, there will be an infantry
brigade and a large number of units
belonging to the artillery, engineers.
army service corps, army medical
corps, veterinary corps, ordinance
corps, pay corps, and the north and
south Irish horse corps, with the
Channel Islands militia. In Battersea
Park, two regular infantry brigades
are to encamp: in Hyde Park three
regular infantry brigades; at the Duke
of York's military school the colonial
contingents are to be housed; at Chel-
sea hospital the cadets and Canadian
mounted police; at the old general
post office in the city, there will be /
large number of units of the horse
field and garrison artillery and of en-
at the recruiting barracks in |
DID Scotland Yard and at the st.
Georges barracks there are to be |
squads of military cadets from the
Academy at Woolwich and the College |
1t Sandhnrst, while the members of |
HE veteran reserve will be quartered |
n the elementary school buildings be-
onging to the London county council. |
Some idea of the enormous amounts
IF food required fir the rations of this
arge body of troops may be gathered |
rom the quantities of the various ar
icles of diet ordered for the two DAYS. /
These comprise so tons of potatoes.
20 tons of cooked meats, sausages.
'orned beef, etc, 10 tons of butter. 20
ons of onions, six tons of jam, three
ons of dried vegetables, two tons of
ca. These comestibles are divided in
o convenient small packages and serv-
ID out to the 160 regimental messes
md canteents, where they are reap
'ortioned to the occupants of the tents.
which each contain 10 men.
The days rations for each man con-
lists of: Breakfast: pint of tea, four
'unces of butter, one-quarter pound of
old meat, and one-half pound bread.
dinner: three-quarters pound new po-
atoes, one pound fresh meat, one-half
'ound bread, dry vegetables, onions,
lour, salt, pepper. mustard. and one
int beer or ginger beer. Tea: half
'ound bread. one ounce butter, pint
f tea, quarter-pound jam. or canned
neat or sardines.
No fewer than 1900 men are spe-
tally engaged to cater for the sol
iers an dto serve in their eanteents, |,
There the troops will be able to pur-
hase everything they may desire at
heap rates. II