established in the case of the Japanese Fleet at the time of their
visit to Melbourne, and that an application to the Imperial Government to
permit the Americans to do so would doubtless receive a favourable
answer. The application was sent and approval given. I then put the
arrangements for the review in hand. I had an interview with the American
Commander-in-Chief, who informed me that he would land a contingent,
representing the fleet, of somewhere between six and seven thousand men.
Our own fleet was, of course, in Sydney Harbour at the time, and our
admiral told me that he would land somewhere over three thousand ratings.
My own troops mustered about some twelve thousand, with the typical and
favourite arm of the service in Australia, the Mounted Rifles, in full
strength.

The morning of the review arrived. Once again it was a glorious day. On
all occasions throughout my many years of command when "functions,"
reviews, or camps of training took place, "Queen's weather" had always
been my good fortune. The crowd that gathered at Centennial Park to
witness the review rivalled that which had witnessed the arrival of the
fleet. It was put down at some three hundred and fifty thousand people.
The actual number of troops on parade was over twenty-one thousand, of
which some four thousand were mounted troops. It was no easy task to
manoeuvre this number of troops on the restricted space at Centennial
Park, especially as I had arranged, much to the delight of the people,
for the mounted troops to gallop past the saluting point as a final _tour
de force_ before the last advance in review order. However, with the
assistance of an able staff and preliminary conferences with my
commanding officers, the review passed off without the slightest hitch.
Just as the presence of the Japanese sailors under arms at the review had
established a record in Melbourne, so did that of the Americans establish
one in Sydney, and, for the second time, I had the honour of commanding
armed forces of a Foreign Nation on parade on British soil.

One more incident of the review. There had been thousands of the
inhabitants of Sydney who were naturally unable to witness it but were
most anxious to see the foreign sailors. I had arranged with their naval
Commander-in-Chief that he should land at different landing-stages on the
several quays of the harbour. By this means residents in many parts of
Sydney would see them marching past their homes. The di