Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-29
O'DonneII Bennett Describes
Stately Ceremonial Follow
ing TdumphaI Entry of Ger
mans Into Russian Town,
MILES OF BAY0NETS
MAKE IMPOSING SCENE
ResDIendent Pageanty of War
GorgeouSIy UnfoIded Against
Background of DeSoIation
and Misery,
1nr IAMEs opoNNELL BENNETN

fRv JAMES O'DONNELL BIcNNETT)
downright 1915; BY The Chicago Tribune)
Noyo Georgieysk. Aug 20 (by Mili-
tary Courier to Warsaw and Berlinl
some Tribune readers may remember
that last autumn the writer had the
good fortune to be able to give them
detailed picture of the German em-
peror al church with his troops. Luck
stavs with me, and | can now give YOU
4 description of the emperor on the
battlefield
AT church he was grave, intent. mo-
tionless on the victorious field OF
Novo Georgicvsk he was buoyant,
active. ioyial and simple. He stood
leaning slightly on an old-fashioned,
curved handled cane of bright yellow
wood { a cane that may have cost as
much as so, and he spoke 20 the sol
diers with the simple heartiness of a
brother in arms
Statclicst of CcrcmOnials.
In the last year | have seen many
a bitter sight and many splendid
one but this afternoon brought TO me
a view of what is at once the statclt-
est and most austere of ceremonials-
that of the kaiser parade-and the
setting for it was enormous ir its eX-
tent ana overwhelming in its pictorial
value.
Some master of ceremonies with a
genius for setting the stage must have
selected the location for the ceremo-
MES Of this heroic day The resplend-
ent pageantry Of war was untOlded
,f fri hf
lul desolatiOn
There we're seen the glare from the
exploding powder vaults i'm the ord
nance depot Of the fortress of Novo
Ge0rgicvsk and the smoke Of the
burning villages shimmered and rolled
against a sky that was heavy with
rain clouds
The troops that the emperor was to
greet and thank were massed on one
Of the grandest stretches Of the great
Warsaw plain For leagues around
the ground was treeless and swept
in soft undulations toward the dark
distant lines of forest and ravine. A
broad highway, along which thous-
ands Of Russian prisoners were
marching, skirted the scene of the
kaiser parade.
Miles or Bay0netS.
A little after 1 o'clock the mouse
colored lines came streaming up to
the summit Of the plain from the
woods and formed lines that made
miles Of long vistas of bayOnets and
shrouded helmets, and behind them
were squadrons of hussars.
Throughout the formation the wall
ing Of bugles drifted from forest to
forest from village TO village and
irom fort TO fort The horses of the
uhlans responded to that wailing with
eestatic neighing, and the long hoarse
cries Of command blended with the
bugle notes.
A hOrsenmn dashed from the center
of the field to the highway and spoke
some words there, and instantly the
clamor Of soldiers who were dragging
the captured Russian cannon out Of
the mire with eight-horse teams was
stilled
silence absolutely churChlike be-
gan to envelop the plain, and the only
sound was the swapping of the pen
hdnts In the summer breeze The men
talked in whispers, not because an i'm
pelial ceremony was shaping but be-
cause the vastness and beauty Of the
picture made loquacity an imperti-
nence.
But there were moments i'm the slow
eo-ordinating Of certain gigantic de-
tails Of the picture that compelled
whispered admiration of even the
men who hate themselves for utter
lhg banalities in the face of a big
proposition.
New Formation Begins
Inere was "A cry of command then
9 seuitling Of many feet that was
hardly more than soft brushing
sound. II rose 10 rustic ana be-
came "a trampling, then a great rum
nle and a roar.
10 made the plain tremblc as bat
"ilon after battalion swung them
selves into new formations. aud be-
nold, vast hollow square lined with
rank upon rank of gray had ia
'Wlnkling been formed.
Ihe swiftness and precision OF the
movement and the effect created by
,he acres and acres of bayonets brist-
ing against the sodden sky was stag
s'rlng Men whispered more to
themselves than to one another ana
Win pause at every syllable of the
words. 'Donnerwetter, list es NIGHT
Wunderschoen."
~ was like having one Of Adoiph
NJ enzel's glorious Frederick the Great
plethres touched to life and then step
Pihg into the middle of H.
Lines Become Rigid
The dark gray lines became rigid
"A man clad in gray stood I'm the mid
ule OF the hollow square The ground
aroend him was strewn with cart
Ildses. belts and such like discarded
Equipment Before him was the roll
ing smoke Of Novo Georglevsk. behind
nun the afternoon sun showed pale
'hIQugh the west clouds.
10 his left rose the parapet of Fort
10. I6, letter A, Of the outer works Of
eoAa Georgievsk Notifications. its
~" hike interior strewn with Rus
s,ah cannon. To his right was Fort
70 l6, letter p. Of this chain Of de-
iehses. In front Of him was an inter
mediate fort that was taken by storm
the day before yesterday. Its para