Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-27

The German VoIunteers' Annual Prize
Contest at st. Andrews Hall Last
Night.
The annual prize drill of the German
Volunteers took place at their armo-
nv in st. Andrews Hall last
night. Notwithstanding the threatening
appearance Of the weather there was a
large attendance Of the friends OF the
corps. among them many ladies. The
seats reserved for spectators on the east
side Of the hall were completely filed, and
a large number of gentlemen occupied
the standing room beyond the circle of
chairs. The contest was one Of the most
spirited and interesting which has taken
place in the history Of the Volunteers.
Thedrill commenced at ten minutes after
O'Clock with Lieut.. Col. Peter Reilly and
Maj. John SchwarZ acting as Judges.
Thirteen men entered the contest, and
were formed in single rank, facing the
the east side of the hall and the Judges,
company commissioned officers and spec
tators. The trim and sOldierly appear
ance of the men were faVoraOly com
mented upon. The drill was begun in
the manual of arms, with Capt. John
Derst giving the commands, nrst WITHOUT
and then with the numbers, and. though
the orders were given AopANA@r NAA'
contestants were remarkably cool, prompt
and correct in executing the drill, so that
| at the end of 10 minutes the rank was I'M
broken and the audience congratulated
the men with a round Of applause. Lieut..
Kuck then called the men to attention,
when the manual was repeated both with
and without numbers, but 1t was fully
eight minutes before the first man was
drOpped out. Three minutes after a sec
nj nd nffnr q third and fourth
tired, when the squad rested. The drill
lasted one hour.
At the beginning of the second hall
hour Capt. Derst again called the men 10
attention, and fifteen minutes later the
number of contestants had dwindled to
| six-thOse remaining in the ranks being
| VIM. Erlinger, +. II. HeemsOth, John f..
Fisher, W. 81. KOenemann, John ID.
| Schroeder and COrpl. II. F. Kuck.
The opinion of the spectators was about
/ equally divided as to whom the prize
medal would fall, Messrs. Schroeder
| and r. Kuck being the tavOrites.
At the beginning of the last quarter Of
the hour Lieut.. Kuck again called the
| contestants to attention, when Erlinger
was dropped out, followed Immediately
/ after by HeemsOth who aimed his gun 10
/ the left instead of to the right
Oblique. Fisher was then ordered
out, when KOenemann misplaced his
/ thumb at the side instead of across the
] barrel. and was retired, leaving Schroeder
/ and Kuck i'm rank. Schroeder was then
! dropped on a balk in recovering, and
| Kuck was applauded as the victor Of the
/ occasion.
The company was then reformed and
| Kuck and Schroeder ordered to the front,
| when Mai. Schwarz presented Corporal
/ Kuck with the company gold medal and
| Private Schroeder with the company sill
yer medal. Corporal Kuck was the re-
/ cipient of marked attention, especially as
| his victory was the third that he has won
/ in the last four annual prize drills OF the
\ corps.
] At the conclusion OF the contest the
members of the command and their
/ guests participated in hop, which was
| continued until late hour. a superb
| supper. prepared by committee OF la
/ dies, was one of the features of the en-
/ tpTtainmpnr