Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-13

Special Indiana Legion prize for the best
gun squad in the Indiana Legion, SIS. The
sections competing for this prize will drill
after those taking part in the free-for-al
| competition. McAllister Battery, Butler,
Ind; Porter Light Artillery, Michigan City,
Ind. ;-Asbury Battery, Greencaste, Ind. Terre
Haute Light Artillery. Cavalry drill will
routine OF camp.
Sunday, the 81 of July, will be devoted TO
| usual camp routine-guard mounting and
religious services.
On Monday, besides the usual camp rou-
| tine, company exercise and practice drills
will be held at such hours as may be desig-
| mated by the mmanding officer In the
evening there will be prize drill open only
| to infantry companies of the Indiana Legion.
First prize, $3.50; second prize, $3.50; third
| prize, $50.
THE GREAT PRIZE FOR INFANTRY DRILL.
Monday will be the great prize day. Gree
| for all; :" commencing at ii M; open to all
| infantry companies of the United States
| First prize, $500; second prize, $1,000.
The entries comprise the best drilled mill
| tia organizations in the United States, and
the competitive drills will be the grandest
| military exhibition ever Witnessed in the
| country. That the reward may be undispu-
| tably fair, the judges have been selected
| from officers of the United States army,
graduates of West Point, selected from
States which have ne representatives, in the
| contest.
The following companies have entered:
Porter Rifles, Nashville; Chickssaw
Guards, Memphis; Company K, First Regi-
ment National Guards, St. Louis; Crescent
Rifles, New Orleans; Quapaw Guards, Little
| Rock; Porter Guards, Memphis. Born
Zouaves, St. Louis; Luchy Zouaves, Chicago;
Yorktown Battalion, four companies; Louis
lana Riaes, New Orleans; Folger Corps, Ge-
neva, N. Y; McKeen Cadets, Terra Haute,
Ind; Paris Light Infantry, Paris, ILL.,; Com
pany E, Asbury Cadets, Greencastle, Ind;
Sherman Guards, Frankfort, Ind; Logan
Grays, Logansport, Ind; Hall Guards,
Greenville, O.; Company E, Fifth Regiment
Illinois National Guards, Taylorville, ILL.,;
Arcola Guards, Arcola; indianapolis Light
Infantry; Kalamazoo Light Guards, Kala-
mazoo, Mich.
Each company entering shall consist OF
three commissioned officers, and not less
than twenty four men, in addition to the
guides, and must drill in conformity to
Upton's Reused Infantry Tactics. Captains of
companies must certify that the men taking
part in the drill are bona fde members Of
their respective companies. Each company
will be allowed forty five misutes for drill,
counting from the commencement of the first
movement on the programme. The captain
OF competing mpanies, before marching on
the grounds, viii be furnished with
schedule Of the movements TO be executed.
Celebrity and precision in forming the COM
pany shall be the first portion of the drill to
be considered; next in order, the manual Of
arms in open and closed ranks, with and
without the numbers, and the firing without
cartridges), both in single and double ranks,
followed by the additional movements en-
braced in the programme. Skirmish drill
and bayonet exercise will not be required,
but companies executing more movements
than ordered on the programme shall receive
due credit, but all movements must be in ac-
cordance with Upton's Tactics.
On Friday the competitive drills will be
continued, and the comm anderies of Indian
apolis and Louisville will give an exhibition
drill.
On Saturday the competitive drills will be
completed, followed by the award of the
prizes by Governor A. G. Porter, tn break
ing up OF camp, and the grand review by
Governor A. G. Porter and staff.
Brigadier-General James r. CarnahaD, of
the Indiana militia. will be in command of
the camp, the line of which will be estab-
lished under the direction of Major ]. A.
Smith, United States engineer, who has been
detailed by the secretary of war as inspector
of camp, and Lieutenant Colonel james r.
Ross, inspector-generalo of the Indiana Legion.
The tents will be pitched by the quarter
masters department prior to the arrival of
the troops.