Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-27
THE FIRST PRIZE
Is the Competitive Drill at Nashville
Awarded 10 The Mobile Bifies.
with the
Crescent CitJs second and the Hsuston
Light Guards Third-WinDers
OF the IndiYidual Cups.

| Special to the AppealI
NASHVILLE May 26 The prizss in the
great competitive dtil were awarded TO-DAY
by Maj. Johu E. I5ernsu, Z. S. a., as fol-
lows:
INFANTRY DRILL
FirEi prize, $4,000 Mobile R lss, OF Mo-
bite, Ala
seeond prz,, $1,000, Crescent Rifles, of
New Oresps.
Thnd pFizs, 500, Tresd~ay Rifles, OF st.
Louis.
ARTILLERY DRILL.
First prizs, $500. Battery c, L3uisisua
Field Artillery.
s-copd prize, $3.50, Bluery B, Lonisisna
Field Artillery.
INDIVIDUAL CUPS
A. S. Badger, OF the Crescent & fee, of
Ne" Orlssus, took the first priz., silver cup,
for the best drilled IA n, and VIM. Rsiger Of
the Porter Guards, ef Nashville, tie second
prize cup.
Tne contest was very sharp ard incisiYs,
sEd The compelit5g5 were generally an
plasded. twenty Galested Tor thsrr e, one
dropping out OF linz about every il ss nj1.
u'es. They drilled for long iiure, and it
seemed almost impossible to turn any one
doEn, but il finally resulted as aeove. Toe
judges were Capt. TinAu, CIpt. D via, Li.u
J. Corbilt and George II. Ihompson. Toe
last named gentleman, who is from Newport,
Ky, drillsd.the squad.
THE BAND CONTEST.
Eichhsrr's band, of Louisviile, took the
$1,000 Prizs, Eud PJstleW sith's band, of ST.
Louis, the s'coad. There were no other
entries.
The Dscorsh Dram Corps, OF Decor.h,
Is, took the gold h sdsd drum sticks, il
being the only comp thor.
THE sCoREs.
The following srs he scores of the various
| competing conpanisg:
Infantry DiiH-On Of possible ten, the
Mobile K fes, Of Monte. Ala, scored 20;
Ihe CreaceEt z 6-s, OF Nv Orleans, 9 IA;
the Treadway RiAss, Of s. Louis, No. S.S6
the Houston Light Gusrds, Of Houston,
Tex, $40, and the LasIsre= Ligks Infantry,
OF Boston, Mass, g. "a
Artillery DTiH.-Out OF possible ten, Bat
terry C, Louisiana Field Artillery, scored 10;
Battery 3, Louisiana Ficii Artillery, 9l5;
b ttt.ry G, Alabama 5 Ate Artillery, S02;
Washington Lishi Artillery, Of New Orleans,
Sol; Bhros ARTILLERY, OF Nasryille, 7.0l.
NorEs
Notwithstanding the ugfAvsTsbie weather
during the first two days Of ihesweeE, the
| drill has been complete SUCCESS, pecuniarjly
and :hersiae, and The mansg,ts and people
here ars generally well satisfied with The
result.
Tie Barns Light Artillery drilled this
| morning. Ia the afternoon the individual
drill for silver cup icOk place.
The management Of the drill returned
thanks TO Gen. Bentley, Of Iowa.
The Creacsnl Rifles were presented with a
magnificent wreath from Miss spoford,
through Gen. CharlesD. Porter. The Mobile
Rifles received a similar token of appreeis-
from Miss Nina Ward and Mrs NJ. T. Hart,
of Mobile.
Gov. w. B. Bste entertained to-day Gov.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, ladies and staff;
Gov O'Neal, Of Alabama, ladies and staff;
Gen. Bentley, Of Ioas, ladies and staff; ex-
Gov. Nsili S. Brown, OF Tennessee; Adju ant.
General Cantrell, Of Tennessee; Inspector
General Thurnaa, Of Tennessee, aud wife;
Capt. A. J. McWhirter and Comptroller
A-NosAe' @oAo' fOfs o@to "eo assAotSN ~
Mssdsnes Bsrtin,tti, Dupre, Nc 4" hirtsr and
| Msstin, Misses Sllie NJ sstin, of Huntsville,
Ala, Julia Tyree, Susie Bate and Others.
The american gays oil the pyrotechnic dis.
play: "The pyrotechnic display given by
Gen. Peter Tracy at lhs Academy grounds
last night was the most varied and beautiful
of the series Of exhibitions, and the beat
ever seen in Nashville. From frat to last
the enterprise has been most creditable 10
Gen. Tracy and his competent sids, and il
is to be regretted tina. it proved not more
remunerative in financial way, for he had
gene to considerable expense 20 E.ke mis-
patrons comfortable. The attendance wac
the beat class OF citizens, and The audiences
quiet aGd orderly. II not more demonstra
tive in their manifestations of approval, il
was rot from coldaess Of the audience as
much as from The fact that most of them
we're turprissd into silence by the startling
and beautiful effects. Notwithstanding III,
crowds were not st suy tins as large as ths
which greeted Gen. TrscJ's exhibition dur
ing cur Centennial Exposition, the display
of peices was as large as il there bad beer
250,o00 people within the inclosnrs."