The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1897, Page 2

() THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1897. TR N (1 AN ROUTE OF THE TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION WHICH ESCORTED QUEEN VICTORIA THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON, LINED BY MILLIONS centatives of the naval gun force. The Royal Horse Artillery always takes the extreme richt of line or leads the procession in all ceremonial parades, 5o they came next, in blue uniforms with scarlet facings, with busby bags of the same color and white plumes. Then followed for uearly an hour rank after rank of the flower of the British army, all mounted, for the infantry was not represented. One hardly knows which to admire most, the men or horses. First came the incomparable Life Guards regiment from the brigade of the househoid cavalry, which only leaves the country in case of war, Their record includes such memorable fights as Dettingen under George II in 1743, the Peninsular War, Waterlco and lastly, £i-Kebir in 1882 Splen- dialy they rode their jet-black horses. Behind came the King’s Dragoon Guards with a record of many bloody fields. The Queen’s Bays rode in scarlet uniforms with black vlumes waving in the gentle breeze. Then followed more dragoons from several famous regiments, but it was not until the Scots Grays rode up tbat the hitherto silent thousands were un- able 1o restramn their enthusiasm. Never was there a finer martial spec- tacle than these beautifully caparisoned gray chargers, every animal as vroud and handsome and well-trained as the man who rode him- How the crowds checred, and how indifferent and unconscions the men and horses tried to look in the face of that ovation! Never was such prodi- gality in music! Bands came not singly, but in threes, so one band of each group was always playing from end to end of the long march. There ‘was inspiration and infectious enthusiasm in every note. When the regnlar troops had passed there next came the paval end military aids-de-camp to the Queen. These includea many of the most distinguizhed officers of the two services, and as the crowd recognized favorites they warmly ap- plauded them. Lord Charles Beresford, especially, who is the pet naval officer of the kingdom, was obliged to keep uncovered most of the way acknowledging the tribute of the admiring populace. Then the pageant became more gorzeous. Foreign naval and military sttaches, giittering in manv-colored uniforms and decoratiors, went by, General Miles, Lieutenant Colwell and Colcnel Ludiow were among these, their uniforms, more modest, less gaudy than most of the otners, but no country among the great nations of the earth was more creditably repre- sented. The Queen is by courtesy of the German Emperor honorary colonel of the First Prussian Dragoon Guards, and a delegation of officers of this regiment occupied the next place in the line. Colonel von Falken- bayn, commanding this delegation, was one of the most siriking figures in the procession by reaton chiefly of the splendid great silver eagle sur- mounting his silver helmet. Although there was no mistaking his na- tionality and rank, there was no applause when he pasted through the Strand. Next in order came a deputation of officers of the imperial service troops of India, representing 10,000 native soldiers. Embassadors came next, occupying five so-called dress landaus. The vehicles had the royal arms emblazoned on the sides, the decoration occupying the whole panel. There were four occupants of each carriage, and as it was impossible for nine-tenths of the spectators to recognize them during their somewhat rapid progress, they were allowed to go by almost in silence. Eleven similar carrisges followed containing the highest court dignitaries and female members of the royal family. The faces of most of the latter were familiar to the multitude and were received most cordiaily. At length the personal escort of the sovereign arrived, and the enthu. siasm and exritement rose to & high pitch, Tnere were delegates of the colonial contingent and Life Guards, then an escort of thirty-six English and foreign princes riding in threes. From Prince Mobammed Alf of Egypt to the Duke of York there was scarcely a monarch on earth not represented in that long file of mounted men, strange in their personal contrast, unregal most of them physically, according te all ideas of royalty, and yet comprising within themselves incarnate power of human authority in all lands ruled by the accident of birth. The Indian escort of twenty native officers of cavalry regiments followed, and then came the supreme moment for which many millions had been waiting, Lord Wolscley, commander-in-chief of the British army, rode by slone, and then were seen tne cream-colored horses, famous throughout the empire, drawing the chariot in which sat the sovereign. By this time the clouds had disappeared and the sun blazed warmly and brightly upon & scene which will Jive many times sixty years in the history of the empire. The woman whose name has been given to the greatest era of buman progress satin evident sadness, receiving such tribute of adora- tion as was never vouchsafed a woman before. It was as well in one sense that she could, alas, see little or nothing of ‘that matchless recep- tion. 8he heard and felt it, and that was quits enough for one poor woman’s powers. Not for years has the Queen appeared so well. well-preserved women fifteen yers her junior seem as old as she. Sne was dressed, as always, in black, slightly relieved with white be- neath the Jace of the bodice. She carried a cream-colored parasol, the gift of Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, “Father of the House of Commons,” the only gift the Queen ever accepted from a private subject. Her Majesty was seated opposite the Princess of Wales and Princess Christian. It is said her seat was mounted on rockers, so she coald acknowledge tns plaudits of the multitudes without fatigue. ‘This helpful appliance did not limit the extent of her efforts to show the appreciation of the mighty tribute. She had been urged not to attempt to respond, but on the way to St. Paul's the ovation was too much for her, and she Many continually inclined her head, turning right and lefs, guided apparently by the volume of sonnd. The greater part of the route was covered at the rate of four miles an hour. The Prince of Wales, Duke of Connaught and Duke of Cambridge were by her side as outriders. Then followed the Royal Standard grooms and equerries. Lastofall came the Royal Irish constabulary and s squadron «f Horse Guards, The Queen's carriage reached Temple B where the Lord Mayor was waiting, precisely at noon. The Lord Mayor, on foot, with a deputation on either side, advanced to render official bomege and present the pearl sword of state. He advanced with the offi- STUPRE cial mace reversed, then lowered the point of the sword, handle to her, which she touched. When the carriage stopped the Queen seemed overcome by emotion. Some declare there were tears upon her cheeks, but as the Lord Mayor spoke a few words of congratulation her expression brightened. She spoke a few words in reply and her fice brightened into a smile. Pres- ently the procession moved on to St. Paul’s, which was reached five minutes later. As the Queen approached the cathedral the Archbishops of Canterbury and York with a number of clericals emerged from the west front and stood upon the steps. Immediately the Queen’s carriage offering the MACY. LFrom a painting by J. Fennemore, R, I Regroduced from Black and White, was drawn up the choir intoned the “Te Deum," after which the Bishop offered prayer. The Archbishop of Canterbury then pronounced the benediction, after which the choir sang the hundredth psalm. The colonials fell behind the royal procession after leaving St. Paul’s. The procession on the return marchea along Cheapside, where the shops were gaudy with red ana yellow, to the Mansion House. Here a brief stop was made, during which the Lord Mayor's wife presented a bouquet to the Queen, and here, also, her Majesty dispensed with the attendance™ of the Lord Mayor, who had accompanied her from Temple Bar. The procession continued to London bridge, across the Thames into the densely peopied southern parishes, where loyalty was more exuberant than before, especially for the colonials. The garrets near the sky, where the whole support of families is §5 a week, were all hung with little flags and flowers from the windows to the sea of upturned faces. Along the Westminster road the procession proceeded to the bridge, passed Par- liament and Whitehall through the Horse Guards’ entrance to the Mall, and entered Buckingham Palace twenty minates before programme time, While entering the gates of the palace the Queen was cheered tremende ously. She spent tle rest of the afternoon in the garden. QUEEN VICTORIA’S LOVING MESSAGE. To the Subjects in Every Part of Her Vast Empire She Wired: “From My Heart I Thank My Beloved People. May God Bless Them.” LONDON, Exa., June 22.—At an early hour in the morning and untiy far into the day congratulatory telegrams came pouring Into Buckingham Palace from every court of Europe and from the remotest parts of the empire. The Queen had a good night’s rest, rose early and breakfasted with the family, looking forward to the day’s functions with calmness and courage. The Queen, before leaving Buckingham Palace, sent the following message over a private wire to the central telegraph office, where it was dispatched {o every part of her vast empire: From my heart I thank my beloved people. May God bless them. VICTORIA. Just before leaving the palace the Queen, under direction of the.chief telegraph office, pressed & button which was the signal for the dispatch of the telegram. In two minutes the message had passed Tehoran for the East. In sixteen minutes an answer had been received from Ottawa. ‘When thie Queen returned to the palace ail the replies had been received except from Fiji, Falkland and Thursday islands. The was sent to forty-three places. COLONIALS IN THE GREAT ' PARADE. From Many Foreign Climes Came Loyal Subjects in Their Distinctive Uniforms to Join in the Jubilee Celebration. LONDON, Exc., June 22.—The reatest interest was taken in all the movements ol the colonial troops, which had already been assembled on Vic oria Embankment befors 8 4. M. The thousands who bad been there throushout the night and bought the entire stock of newspapers from carts folded the papers on the curbstones and bivoucked thereon. It was remarkable 1o see how the parade of Londoners and a portion of the 1,500,000 visitors that had chosen the cmbankment regarded even the bumblest private British soldiers from over the sea. Groups eucircled all sections of the Canadian mounted police, the picturesque feathered Australian rifles, the Zoptiches from Cyprus with dark-blue uniforms and fezz's and sashes, the active litile Dyaks of Borneo in vivid colors, the Jamailea artillery, the sturdy and brown-faced wearing scarlet and white coal-black Houssas from the Gold Coast and other quaint and uniamiliar figures l.ke the Hongkong Chinese police, e ——— the Malay States guides and the BSingapore submarine UNANIMITY OF OPINION, miners. T This unique assemblage The Consequences of a Brulse—Ad= was in line by 8:30 o’clock. Colonial Premiers, with state carriages and pow- dered footmen, the Premiers wearing cocked hats and biue and gold Lraided court uniforms, here joined the cavalcade, each statesman taking his place at the head of the troops from his col- ony. 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