ERROR RG P4 23.6.1999 A caption in yesterday's newspaper should have identified Lt. Col. Patrick Outerbridge as commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment and Capt. Wayne Smith as the Governor's aide-de-camp.

Several hundred people watched the Bermuda Regiment lead yesterday's Queen's Birthday parade on Front Street.

But possibly due to the late arrival of the Zenith in Hamilton Harbour this year's numbers were down from past years.

Governor Thorold Masefield led the commanding officers of the Regiment, Police and Fire Services, the captain of the visiting HMS Marlborough , Premier Jennifer Smith and dozens of local dignitaries in saluting the Queen.

The traditional ceremony featured a 21-gun salute from a Regiment cannon stationed at Albouy's Point and a rippling feu-de-joie or fire of joy to honour the head of state.

Governor Masefield led the Regiment's Lt. Col. Patrick Outerbridge, Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay, Fire chief Reginald Rawlins, and Captain Anthony Riggs in an inspection of sailors, soldiers, police and fire personnel.

A guard platoon from HMS Marlborough had pride of place to the Governor's left and led the procession down Front Street past the Cenotaph commemorating the Bermudian soldiers who gave their lives in the two World Wars.

Premier Smith was surrounded by several cabinet ministers and Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon, Mayor of Hamilton William Frith, as well as the heads of the Anglican and Roman Catholic faiths in Bermuda, Ewen Ratteray and Robert Kurtz.

Also sitting under the canopy at the Flagpole were newly announced Dame of the British Empire Lois Browne-Evans and, the Island's first Dame, Marjorie Bean.

Governor Masefield -- in dress whites, feathered hat, and sword -- was taken away by liveried attendants in a horse drawn landau carriage back to Government House for further celebrations.

A Regiment emcee noted for the crowd the significant moments as when the Union Flag was lowered and the Governor's standard -- a Union Flag with a Bermuda crest in the centre -- was raised.

The Queen's symbolic presence was marked when her standard was raised and lowered at the height of the ceremony.

The significance of this was not lost on US tourists standing on the sidelines, one of whom was heard to say: "After the revolution we lost out on this kind of thing.'' Another American, Paul Williams of Marsefield, Massachussetts, said it was a "great tribute'' to the 73-year-old Monarch.

His wife Susan added: "We just realised though that God Save the Queen is the same tune as our America the Beautiful!'' British tourists Val White and Janet Buckland said they wanted to see the parade to be patriotic, particularly after this weekend's Royal wedding of the Queen's youngest son, Edward.

"It's nice to see such tradition,'' Ms Buckland said. "We're really impressed to see a woman Premier and Opposition Leader.'' Ms White said: "We're also impressed to see the Marlborough here. It's a great juxtaposition to see the tradition of the celebration and know the ship does something so very modern with drug interdiction in the Caribbean.'' Young people from the Regiment's cadet corps and the Sea Cadets also took part in the parade and picked up spent shell casings from the feu-de-joie.

Photos by Tony Cordeiro Cuppa? : Sailors from the Royal Navy's HMS Marlborough (above) were given refreshment and a wipe down by an officer after standing for more than an hour during yesterday's Queen's Birthday celebration in Hamilton. (Below) Governor Thorold Masefield led the traditional three cheers for the Queen. Shown are Bermuda Regiment's Patrick Outerbridge, Police commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay, Reserve Police commander John More, Governor Masefield, and Aide-de-Camp Wayne Smith. Behind Mr. Masefield is Fire chief officer Reginald Rawlins.

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