The Washington critic., 1885-07-09
THE MONTGOMERY GRAYs.
Reception TO the Famous Organization
nv the Light Infantry,


Try the Light Infantry.
The famous Montgomery Grays Of
Montgomery, Alabama, arrived here this
morning at o'clock from New York and
were met at the depot by Company A,
Washington Light Infantry, and COM
mittee of reception, with Lieutenant Ed.
s. Neumeycr at its head, and escorted to
the Light Infantry Armory, where Lieu
tenant Neumcyer had provided jolly
good breakfast, which was heartily en-
joycd. Colonel Hilary A. Herbert, Rep
rcsentative in Congress from the Mont
gomery district, was on hand to greet and
be greeted by his young constituents and
at the breakfast was placed at the head Of
the table.
The Glays came North to compete at
Philadelphia in the national prize drill,
where they were, for the third meeting,
forced by the Houston Light Guards of
Texas to take second place, and consist of
three officers and thirty-three rank and
file, as follows: Captain Miles Henry
Amenne, First Lieutenant Joseph 7.
Sahold, Second Lieutenant Charles p.
Jones, First Sergeant Marion =. Watson,
Sergeant X. i. Stout Corporals ID. f..
Williams, IT,. and Paul Sanguinctte, and
Privates Allen, Anderson (Charlesl An
derson (John), Bcalc, Burke, Booth,
Baker, Doud, Feagin Ford Holt, Jonas,
Ledyard, MoTyer, Drum, Opp Poet, Ran
dolph, Spiers, Shaw, Skaggs, Wade,
Amerine, Burch, Fraser, Graham, Hast
ton is Company A, Second Regiment
Alabama State Troops, and is accompanied
by Captain $. i. Steiner assistant surgeon;
Captain j. T. Walker, commissary, and
Captain T. j. Calhoun, quartcrmastcr Of
the regimental staff.
Captain Amcrnc who was born in
April, 1917, was formerly lieutenant.col-
onel of the Second, but resigned year
ago to command the "Grays." Although
still only a boy in years he was in the
field during the last two years of the war
with his father, Colonel j. Z. Amerine of
the Fifty-seventh Alabama. He com
pleted his education after the war at the
collegiate institution at 1uskeegee, Ala.
and entering business life, is now the
Junior member of n large wholesale
grocery house in Montgomery. He is
very slight, is only five feet five inches in
height, and has an alert movement which
shows to what the super-eXcellence of
his command is indebted.
At1l o'clock the committee on enter
t0inment procured carriages and escorted
their guests to the Soldiers Home and
various points of interest about the city,
including q call at 2 o'clock on President
Cleveland, and returned to the armory at
$3.50, when they prepared for a handsome
dinner at o'clock. The rest of the pro-
gramme will be as follows: At . clock
the Grays to be ready to form in full dress,
including the famous white bearskin
shakos of the corps, for grand exhibition
drill, which will take place at 9 p. III. in
the driving track over in the White Lot
At $50 all the baggage will be packed and
ready for shipment the men shifting to
fatigue uniform for travelling.
AT 9oclock the company will move,
escorted by the full Light Infantry battal-
ion, down Pennsylvania avenue to Ninth
street, thence to +, down to Pennsylva-
mia avenue and the Baltimore Il Poto-
mac depot whence the train leaves at
1910 p. m for the South. The whole of
the line of march will be illuminated
with fireworks by the Light Infantry and
citizens, in the manner which is so well
known to Washington people on the ar
rival or departure of our local military.
Tonight the committee promise a fine
display that will belittle others of the
kind heretofore.
In the past five years the Grays have
won five first prizes in contesting drills,
but during the past year have been defeat
ed three times by the Texas company. The
total cash value of their prizes in five
years is about $4,000.