Before the Rally.
Thirty thousand Scouts, gathered from all parts of the earth, were reviewed in Perry Hall Park on Saturday by His Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught, before a huge gathering of spectators. The Prince, with his equerry, arrived at Snow Hill Station shortly after one o'clock. A guard of honour was drawn up on the platform, consisting of lads from the Scouts' Farm, Sussex. The Prince, who wore the undress uniform of the Scots Greys, was received by the Chief Scout. Then followed an inspection of the guard of honour, after which His Royal Highness and his equerry, escorted by the Chief Scout, drove in a motor-car to the Grand Hotel. En route, the Prince was loudly cheered by large crowds. At the Grand Hotel His Royal Highness was the guest at a luncheon party. After lunch the Prince drove to Bingley Hall, and was conducted round the Exhibition, for which he expressed high admiration. He was specially interested in the motor-car which the Scouts presented to their Chief and his wife on the occasion of their wedding, and the handsome silver cup, which was sent on the same occasion by the Scouts of America.
The Scene in the Park.
Those who were present in the park during the afternoon will not readily forget the splendid spectacle they witnessed. The morning had broken grey and forbidding, and it looked as though the review would be carried out under dripping skies. But shortly after mid-day the rain clouds melted away,
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