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second to none in America but also second tt
none IN Europe. Accordingly, the old system O.
tactics was lung aside, and thenceforth nothing
but p" "zouaTe" Was talked OF in Chicago unit
the gsand game commenced.
THE pE1LL ADOPTED NJ ELLSWORTH
and his men was the seyerest known to r1ode.1
soidlers. 1t combined tue elasticity Of the aero
bat With the frmness Of the warrior. The man
! nal OF arms was only child's play tc
them: They carried brick to the weigh,
or ~ pounds. Increased ounce BY ounce, in ti,ei1
| Anapsachs; could climb walls: run up trees
spring upon lamp-posts. run like deer, march
nko C;nsars Lesions, and never turn ha1r.
rof twenty-eight months they drilled like this
never forgetting the practcali while attending te
Tue ornamental md BECAME as ctliciont with the
f1i1o as they weEo formidable WITH the baYoaet.
THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION
| osial M IN 1fons OF The fremont House, July T.
1So9, when they received the a1lwaukes Cadets,
and competed With them. or course the Chica-
go boys won. and their martial bearing created
| lntense excltement and untcgned admiration.
| 1hey bought new unlforns-a pack and fancy
| SUIT eacn-aod became regular - lady y-klllers."
| :, IN the faH OF the same year, 1859, the Fair Of
me United states Agricultural Society mas bold
ored s o to colaEa t o. sas
pauy in tho Union The Ellsworths resolved to
capture the flags and redoubled ther military ex-
e't1ons. Several companies, from all parts of the
country coupetea VIII them GU Inc fairgrounds,
put a. went aown before the cat-hke "Zou-
] zous, "ho m seemed to make drill . mere amuse-
ment. Ihe President Of the Fair, whou the
ttlal vas oyer, presented Ellsworth's company
Win tue colors, os the champion military orgapi-
zatlon or America. But the ambitious and
aashang Captalh was not Satisfied with this
Vlceoty. 1hefe mad not been enough Of CON-
petition. he wanted the crack companies OF the
Last to try their hands, and, with that end in
view. proposed and organized IN excursion, or
rather,
4 FRIENDLY INVASION,
OF the Eastern States especially Of New York
and Massachusetts. Ihe project was put into
execution IN the summer Of 1860. The plize
was to be the stand of colors won by the Zouaves
Ill Chicago E!lsN ortiz Was wiling to tackle
anV company IN the world, ana said go. Tho
principal to"ns, where they vero treated With
more than pr1ncey hospitality but no company
dlrod take up the gauntlet which thay flung
down, aftor witnessing All exhibition drill,
Finally they reached
NEW YORK,
where the cou-tesies Of the city were extended
to them. 4 drill vas announced to take place in
Cisy-Hai1 Square. Hlf the military OF Manhat-
tan turned out and tho crowd was SO
enormous that tho police were obliged
to Eae their elubs freely to keep the
people back. But that exhibition beat
anything ever witnessed in thus county. Tho
Herald Tribune, aud other papers came ont With
Wnoso pages descriptive OF the scene, and OF tho
Houdraus military performance. New Yor.x vent
almost crazy. Was IT possible that this company
Of "porS-packars" coul'i beat tho ''cnr.ed dar-
Anss OF the SEVENTH No, it could not be 80
tttai must be mzde, and the gro1aI chosen WAS
West Point, while old Hardae subsequently d
Rebel GeneraD. who wAs then conmanLant Of
The place. vas to act IS nynpite. But the New
Yor1ers although wounded III their local saoit.,
did not forgot their native courtesy. Tue Seventh
chartered : steamer, and picked all it's best
men, including officers and noa-commissioned
officers, to form q company for competition
with the dreadful Zouayes. An interesting
fact connected With the event is that
Gen. Shaler--now Consulting Engineer Of our
Fus Department-was elected Captain OF this
picked comDany Which was to uphold the ban
ner OF New York in the fight for the champion
ship. No less than 81, 900 Nsw Yo,kers proceed
ed to Wes. Point to witness the drilling match.
At THAT HISTORIC PLACE,
beneath the eyes Of thousands, md in the ptes-
euce OF hundreds who vere to become famous
on many stern field, the Chicago Zouavos
hia hrnther nffirera f}ac1ared that tha ror,no nv