The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-15
DER DRILL.
The Coltsd over Awaiting The ! lat Of
the Iudges.
Tho Llfht Guard, ,eiiiuE first In she
reals.
TIL Ialeres,las Programme for To day

Hou.toN. Nav - (sps0isl,l-ro.day wa
Ia, t,c,rU oi the Interstate dri!l, the leits
ures I'D 4 fart' 1n be.gg tha rfill Tor anu.
lew puf.r-, 40, nrse SO aud the second
S95l o., $50 coUpsaiea eat -itd' Ia tefs
A 81 Llus glu b. cry 4. New OHesus,
Eath bolt Sr.t through ihe drili "a az
es.--di us ere uabl- u.anusg, klll bat
tefIe, ~ e. aplrugid ttcurd ~ d u II tau
possb.e O. gBus pate 'h" decision oi the
Judges. betting being about even Vie 2did,
Il any, being given 10 me a.'
Iouis company. Hut little ll'
terest is manifested iU l4ls
drill however there were tlTec entries 'or
the purse 0f $1,000 glgred ins Toe
Ziuayes, the Busch snu BAin TluAyea, -
81. L1u's, "a the Richard on Zlusy1s, 1'
Indinraso.s The indianapolis company
leo oil, nos Inrr manual WAS not suoA es
10 cause ANY pltat enthusiasm, although
II wnf 'air. tines hid not give sny IalDi
touelsr iur Bt.G Zluuyes came mex,
bur /. he'd cHDmsEcsd raining qua aty
stlmaa'r nHs Us ltWHfaiE-i alter me
fret .,F ~ YgnSn1s' Inty
but a. ade comparatively o poor
shoUior glyiua tho Regulation ZouNYc
touches iu good s.yie, but put Htismpiilg
The Fgirmi-G ct.ll or any .! TIE uilhonlt
Hlgra.ru,s. hey flushed aud the Bngch
Zunys. inferred ,h1 ground IN thar hArd-
some new uaiilgms Win the rain puuang
almost ia toTreu,s, IA upio OF winch
they cGmmsucrd By giY,gg o perfect NHse.
at donble time a. once csptGnng the Gro 50
which was packed into The Grand slagd,
Their drill was a wonderful revelation
TO Texans, and the crowd Tose
upon It's feet aui remained standing
and o. plaudlpg during the entire thity
five minutes. The Buso1s went through
every movement, skifmlsh anil, uNonet
- III al ~ .
with the utmost precision, s.h1ugh tne
pouring rain rendered tho gIas5 ard
guns as slippery as glass. When
he COMPANY had flushed, tho right SUD
leil guides, GLEASON ana English, aiepped
forward ana gave fancy exhibition, which
completely par ,lyzsd tho audience. There
Is no doubt Dug tua. the Bu,oh u iySs haVe
ardsous pr,oaols ssonna. The raia
ceas.I bsf-,s Ofs pSrHde and lha'
spectacle CHS evening wss ous long 10 BE-
rememb tIej, 600 men 10 v,flsd uniforms
being in line, th,ir hSyousis giIs'oniEg in
the lisht o Il v0ndr1us sunset, the sky
having C area aud uIsl nov beng 'nrm-
ed. 4 cool Uditbpr mas sprung ~, which
will dry the ground Tor tp.moHoW's ma
noenvrss SUD guaranteeing hnt
week. The Mobile Rifles Will
drill tomorrow and the Houston Light
Guards and Tredway Riles Friday, the
Tfedways being the last cOmpauv 20 crill.
Pools sell: TIedways and Mobiles,
hot Grs,; Light Guards, third,
Columbus Guards, fourth, md
Montgomery Greys, Richardson ZDusyes
ard Washington Guards 10 the held,
the Austin Gfeys having withdraw. The
attendance was loL what was cXp,c 20,
although several thousand visitors we're
present ana moro are coming 80 on evsTy
tIeir.
Housros, May e.-Ispecial. ITO day the
contest for 'he interstate drili.prize was
closed, the Houston L'gEt Guards, Cnluui.
bus, Georgia, Guards and TrtdTay Rifles,
of 81. Louis each drilling TO day, and MAX
irE excellent records
The Houston Light Guards came first
upCu the tie!d, and rs il was home com.
many, she applause Sae deafening ana con-
tinuec, the Judges sending meeseneeTs to
the graud stand three separate times 10
demand sileuca. Tina Guards drilling var
ranted the applause, .or it WIS indeed So.
perb. Each nan III the company Is about
the same heigbth and weight, aud ths.r an
peeTance consequently Was nearly petieC'
They went through the difficult program ue
with hardly an error.
The Columbus Guards came next, and
the personel OF the company NaS perhaps
better than any company that had yet
drilled. The meu were about he same
size, ard all being cleaned shaved presented
decidedly UNIFORM app arducp. Their
drilling, both in the manual and move
meuts, we're very good, and although they
he'd not been considered as aspirants for the
purse, they mede q formidable record.
The TfeadVay RIfes, ofSt. Louis, closed
the interstnto contest. The company had
been fevor!les for the paeC Two days ana
their appearance vas eagerly looked TOR.
They made very fine showing, their new
uniforms, excluding their white bearsliin
caps, making them the handsomest COM
pany n line. They marched upon the
ground like tbs veterans they are and pass
ed through perhaps the most rigid
inspection of any company. Their hackers
had high hopes until tina manual oy num-
bers CONNECTED, when they made great
many ildiyidual errors which must have
cost Them severely, az she judges seemed 10
mark everything The manual by the
numbers was wretched, but the company
redeemed Itself as lar az possible IN the
marchinr, which vas excellent. When
they returned from the grounds, however,
tie geuerAl impression was tAat they had
besten every company except the Houston
Light Guards. Pools are selling tonight:
Light Guards first choice, and in some in.
ntances barred TredwGys, second, aud Mo-
bile Rifles ana Columbus Guards c0ntes.
for third.
TIE programme for Tomorrow Is: De
cisioDs by the judges and award OF prizssi
drill for the best drilled man for the NGyes
cup and sham battle. Most of tho com
panies leave for home tomorrow night.
''Little Joker" is the best smoking TO-
bacco.
COLORADO.