The Indianapolis journal., 1885-07-05
TIE FOURTH IN INDIANA.
The Celebration of the Day in Indian
apOlis and Elsewhere.
Exposition GrOunds-0bSeryanc Of
the Day at Other Places.
THE DAY IN INDIANAPOLIS.
"A Crowd of 10000 People Witness the Sham
Battle at the Fair Grounds.


Battle at the Fair Grounds.
The Fourth of July celebrated in Indian
apelis in the good old patriotic way. The day
WAS well suited to the occasion, and there was
nothing to restrain the enjoyment of it. The
people turned out in their best and brightest
clothes and the streets down about the central |
part Of the city were well crowded during
tho morning, but the center OF
attraction was the Exposition grounds, where
vast throng congregated in the afternoon. The
business houses and residences were profusely
decorated with flags, some of the displays being
quite pretty and elaborate. The Union Depot
was the scene of unusual activity during the morn
Ing. The outgoing trains carried picnic parties
IL all directions, while large crowds were brought
to she city on excursion trains from the neigh
boring towns. Il is estimated, however. that
the visitors did not exceed 5000 in number. The
Chicago Zouaves, numbering thirty five men,
arrived at O'Clock in the morning. but owing to
ths early hour they were not received with the
usual formalities. The Thompson Rifles, of
Terxe Haute, under the command of Captain
Gregory, came in over the Vandalia at 10 o'clock,
and were received at the depot by Adjutant
general Koontz and the members of the Gov
ernors military staff column was formed,
consisting of the Chicago Zouaves, the Rice
Guards, the Thompson Rifles, the Emmett
Guards and the Richardson Zouaves, and after
parading the principal streets of the city,
tho militia companies marched to the Exposi-
tion grounds, arriving there shortly before noon.
The crowd at the Exposition grounds was
very large, numbering. according to various
WAS much difficulty in getting to and from the
the grounds the means OF transporta
tion being inadequate to the demands.
There were no disturbances of any
kind, and the afternoon at the grounds
Was quite as enjoyable as could be expected
under the circumstances, and the ''eircumstan-
,:er were the unwieldy crowd, the heat. and the
dIsk
owing to the late arrival cf the troops at the
grounds The early part of the after
neon was occupied 10y the exhi-
bition drills. The Rice Guards was
ths first company to appear on the grounds.
Their evolutons we'll executed, and they
gave very pleasing drill. They were followed
by the Chicago Zouaves, who gave good exhi-
biGlon, and then came the Richar ison Zouaves,
ments, and gave very pleasing
drilt The Emmett Guards appeared on
the field for the first time since
their recent organization and acquitted them.
selves quite creditably. The Thompson Rifles,
Of Terre Haute. under the management of
Captain Gregory, went through their drill in
good style and closed the exhibition. One OF the
most pleasing featu of the drilling was the
presentation to each company of beautiful
floral emblem by the young lady sponsors.
The sponsors were, for the Chicago Zouaves,
Miss Genevieve Elliott, assisted by Misses Vir-
ginia Cooper, Carrie Cooper, Jesse Cornelius,
Kitie Cones, Matte Cones, Georgia Gordon,
Mary Wack and Adele Walck; for the
Thompson Rifles, Miss Ida Davis; for the EN-
NETT Guards Misses Maggie McGlenn Mollie
Ward and Mary Butler; for the Rice Guards,
Miss Emma A. Brown, assisted by Misses
Anna Ruschaupt, Cora Brown, Nellie Capita,
Jennie Brown, Alva Hencs, Adaj Brown,
Pearl Graham, and Ollie McCollum; for the
Richardson Zouaves. Miss Clara Sawyer,
assisted by Misses Belle Bone, Maggie Newton,
Mabel Cobb, Clara Gray Mary Collier Mamie
Collier Lizzie Mckenzie and Jesse Carpenter
The floral presentations were quite unique in
design.
The sham battle began shortly after o'clock,
and was the most interesting feature of the pro
was between the old veterans, members
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and the militia companies, including the Rich
ardson Zouaves, the Chicago Zouaves, the
Thompson Rifles, the Rice Guards, and the
Emmett Rifles. The veterans commanded
by Col. Eli r. Ritter, and the militia companies
by Col Nick Ruckle. The veterans
were supposed to be the Union
forces, fighting under the stars
and stripes while the militia were the
enemy" and had no flag. The battle was on
the space in front of the grand stand, and the
spectators were afforded good view of the move
ments of the troops. The firing of musketry
and cannon was kept up almost necessarily
for an hour and half, during which there were
charges and retreats, resulting in the defeat of
militia who were finally crowded to the fence and
compelled to surrender, the victory of the vete-
rams being announced by the music of the band
The battle was interesting exhibition of war
tactics and movements to those who had never
witnessed a war conflict and with it the pro-
gramme of the afternoon was concluded.
There was a display of fire works at the Sew
enth- street Base ball Park last night, which was
witnessed by crowd numbering between $500
and g. 900 persons. Tho night was verv favor
able to the display, which was given with good
effect and was highly satisfactory to the specta-
tors. The especially interesting features were
the pyrotechnic pieces among which were figures
of the American flag, the eagle, G.. A. r.. and
various other emblems of national patriotism.
In the intervals between the firing of the pieces
music was furnished by the When band, and
altogether it was a very pleasing nights enter
tainment, and made quite fitting climax to the
day.
The day was celebrated at the Insane Hospital
and an enjoyable time was experienced by the
inmates. DR.. Fletcher gave dance to the en-
ployes and attaches which was largely attended.
In the afternoon the patients were given
a picnic. Fourteen hundred Of the unfortunates
congregated on the grounds. where ample re-
freshments provided and a variety of
sports INDUCED in. No trouble was experienced
in managing the patients, who were quite tracta-
BILE and sportive.