The Portland daily press., 1881-02-25

The Portland Cadets gave their exhibition
drill complimentary to the Brown Light Ar
tillery, at City Hall last evening, in the pres
ence of a brilliant and fashionable audience
that packed the galleries, the settees placed
around the sides of the apartment, and every
spot where foothold could be obtained. The
hall was very prettly decorated with flags,
streamers, banners and other bunting. On the
front of the stage stood small tield-piece,
while one of the large brass nine ponders of
the Brown Light Artillery stood grim and ST.
lent in the middle of the floor Prior to the
exercises of the evening Chander's band dis
coursed excellent music.
AT $50 p. m. the military headed by Drum
Major Bean, and Chambers band, marched
into the hall in the following order:
Drum Major Bean.
Chandler's Band
Portland Cadets-Capt. Mosely.
Military Guests.
Brown Light Artillery Lieut.. Larrabee
Portland Light mi antry-Capt. Weston.
High School Cadets-Capt. Richardson.
The battalion presented a superb appear
ance. Drum Major Bean looked handsomer
than ever in his new and elegant uniferm-the
regulation state dress deliberately trimmed.
The gay banners, the varied uniforms, the
lively music and the steady marching, gave
rise to the loud applause of the spectators.
The appearance OF the Brown Light Artillery
had been looked forward to with great inter
est. Composed, as it is, of set of young men
who rarely become interested in our volunteer
militia, their joining the ranks of the citizen
sodiery is a matter of hearty congratulation
and will give fresh zest to military affairs in
the western part of the state. They are very
soldierly body and their uniform is exceeding
ly neat. 1t is suit of dark blue with scarlet
trimmings, three rows of buttons on the coat,
shoulder knots and French hats with red POM
pom and over-crossed cannon. The officers
wear red fountain pumes.
After the military had marched twice around
the hall the Cadets wheeled out of column,
opened ranks and allowed the rest of the col
umn to pass out of the hall as they saluted
them. The military guests were then escorted
to seats on the stage. Among those present
were Coz. j. Marshall Brown of the LIST Regi-
ment, Lieut.. Col. Sprague, Adjutant Swett
Surgeon Bray, Quartermaster Dow, and Ser
geant Major Chase of his staff; Lieuts LARA
bee and Mcclellan of the Artillery. Surgeon
Alden, with Sergeants Follansbee, Banks, and
Acting Sergeant Russell, Corporals ellison,
Waterhouse and Warwick and a privates;
Capt. Kendall and Orderly Sergeant Foley OF
the Biddeford Light Infantry; Captain
Richardson. Lieuts. Haight and Pennell of the
High School Cadets with fifteen men; Capt.
Weston, Lieuts. Mcdonald and Norton of the
Infantry and twenty men. and Private Cook
OF the Salem, Mass, Cadets. In the gallery,
out of uniform, were Inspector General Lynch
Of the Governors staff. and Lieut.. Lappin of
the Montgomery Guards. Lieut.. Hartnett and
twenty men Of the latter company were called
away to Bath last night to the exhibition drill
in that city
The fIst exercise of the evening consisted of
brief artillery drill by squad of eight men,
under Lieut. Mcclellan and Corporal Gibson.
The movements were executed with prompt
ness, showing that the boys had become adopts
in mounting" and "limbering," and they
were warmly applauded. Then came company
movements by the Cadets, executed in first
rate shape by the company under Capt. Nose
ly, Lieuts. Coburn and Iisley, Quartermaster
Sergeant Baker, Sergeants York, Stub, Has
eltine and Burgess. These were followed by
guard mounting and the silent drill, the first
novel and very pretty feature for company
to execute in a hall, and the the latter winning
the warmest applause for the clock-work man
ner in which it was executed.
The latter part of the evening was devoted
to the dance, and until late hour the floor
was covered with the lovers of the quadrile
and raquet. The affair was a complete success
and Capt. Mosely and his command are to be
congratulated.