Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-20
THE EVENING STAR.


THE EVENING STAR.
The Baltimore Sehaetzenfest.
Yesterday was the opening day OF the an
nuai festival OF the Baltimore Schuetzen Asso.
citation at their extensive park on the Belair
road. The Sun says Nearly the entire Ger.
man population appropriated the day a. A
holiday, while thousands, male and female,
gave the anair more or less attention. The
grand opening procession was. of course, the
chief feature of the day. and at an early hon r,
on all the avenues leading TO Broad way where
me Iihe efmea, were seen large numbers of
people moving toward the locality from
the festival
The procession was announced to leave the
bowef end OF Broadway al o O'Clock, but in
eonse sequence OF delay in the arrival OF the
quests from Washn gton It did not move until
TWO hours later. About 10 o'clock the Wash
nRton SchuetZen Association which came mp
by train suring The morning, u m bering about
one hundred,) reached Broadway Hall, in
charge OF The comm ittee of reception, headed
by lie chairman, Mr.. StaRff and were met by
the Baltimore Association in full force. The
nail vas finely decorated with the American
and German flags. On the arrival OF the
more Schuetzen were drawn up in line, and as
the former entered the hall they were received
with hearty demonstrations.
As soon as oroer could be restored, Major
BIumenberg. Hauptman OF the Baltimore
SchuetZen Geschellchaft, welcomed the visi-
tors in q neat speech, which was responded
10 Ey CuhEles hiOludu, PRESIDENT OF the
Washington Verein, after which the visitors
pAf:ook OF well spreak breakfast. prepared
by Mr.. Herbert, OF north Gay street, at the IN
stance of the Baltim ore association The re-.
past over. the visitors were escorted to the
open baroucnes, IN which they had reached
the hall from the Camden depot, and the line
cfmarch, at Ii O'Clock, was taken up in the
following order:
Squadron of mounted police, under com.
mand of Captain John Mitchell; OF the central
police station, aided by Lieutenant George Y.
q af nnlf 10
mounted Schuetzen; cavalry company under
Captain Otto Kaatz with tall mounted band;
Drum corps, with drum major in full dress,
followed by Prot Bosses band; Messrs. O.
Hunckel and VIM. Behr, marshals in. chief.
with elk adjutants and two buglers: the exec.
nsive committee OF the Schustzen In four.
consisting Of black. red and gold: the present
king Of the Schuetzen, Mr.. John U. Hesse, ia a
four horse barouche, with mounted guard of
honor; Winters band; the target markers, in
blue caps, red shirts and white pants;
mounted section of SehuetZen, with banners.
six.horse car, represen ting q gigantic bon.
auet-the centre of each flower showing the
face OF little girl; four-horse barouches bear.
ing the guests of the SchuetZen from New
York, Philadelphia, Washington, Lancaster
and other cities: section ofmounted Schuet-
zen; Walkers band; six horse car represent
ing the coat-of-arms of Maryland; the Twelfth
United States Infantry Band from Washing
ton, led by Professor Dausch; barouches with
guests; section OF mounted SchuetZeB; drum
corps and band, the king target bearers, on
foot, each bearing the target which won the
king prize In preceding years; the new colors
OF Prussia, or Northern Germany, consisting
OF black, white, and red, borne between Amer
lean nags; the former kings OF Schuetzen in
oaFon ehes, Inc line closing with a section of
One of the most noticeable features of the
procession was the elegant State cavalry com.
pany, commanded by Captain Otto Kaatz.
formed under the lew militia law. The com.
pany wore the regulation uniform. and the
equipments OF the regular United States cav.
airy, and although only few months in ex.
1stence, their movements and training reflect.
ed no little credit on Captain Kaatz and his
Heutenants, Messrs. kessler and Sheet and
Orderly Sergeant Bsrowick.
As the head of the procession reached the
Schuetzen Park, a gun was fired, the gates
were thrown open, and the line passed in The
nrst thing in order was the ann ual dinner pre-
pared by Capt Heidrick, in fine style, which
was heartily partaken of by those who for
nearly seven hours had been exposed to the
rays OF scorching sun. The march appeared
to have exhausted the entire company, and al
though the attendance was quite large bnt
few were then in a condition to enter into the
amusements offered Many preferred lying
IN the aade, whilst on all sides the consump.
inmens.. But soon the sharp crack of the
rife indicated that the shooting for the prize
medals was going on: and ere lons the d;scIp,..
OF Terpsichore focked to the dancing
The creased pole was ia place, ana 20 varai
xenturesome youths succeeded in rench,na
the Top and secured their prizes The an
nounced game of base bali het vepn the Active
ano M 'nal took place during the evening,
anu resulted in favor OF the lattar. The at
tempt to initiate the mammoth balloon proved
q failure in conseQ uence Of want OF sniff
'cient gas. Certain fixtures were up for rope
walking by Frof. Leslie. but the more impor.
tant adjuncts, the rope and the performers,
were not seen from some cause or other
The grounds last evening were beautifully
illuminated with hundreds Of Chinese IAN
terms and varegated lamps, making the scene
rich ia the extreme. whilst the Gro wd in atten-
dance was very large. The festivities were
kept up until a late hour, some of the visitors,
IN fact, encamping in the park.
The am nsements o-day, it is expected will
20 on more smoothly, and large attendance
is anticipated. During last evening the wards
OF medals for prize shooting were made as fol-
lows:
Medals for Shooting-1, Mr.. hummer: 2, Mr.
Lansbnrgh, Washington; 8, Mr.. Pitrof; 4, MT
Matthei; S, Mr.. Abner, Washington; 6, Mr..
Foote; 7, MI. Requardt; g. Mr. Beyer, Wash.
inRton; Q, Mr.. Muth; 10, Mr. Frank.
Prizes for Bowling-1, Mr.. An German, Wash.
ington, coffee service; 2, Mr.. Voght, Washing
ION, china service; 3, Mr.. H. Will, Washing.
ton, plated " alter pitcher; 4, Mr.. ]. II. v Heins
plate menage; S, MT. Ochm. silk umbrella; G.
IL. al