Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-06
THE GALVESTON DRILL.
Gey. Ireland Addresses the Troops md
His illusions to the Mexican
Trouble are Applanded.
The Drin opens in Good strIe by state
companies--An Exhibition Drin aud
Dress Parade.

Special 70 the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TES., Aug. 5.--Never was
an interstate drill more auspiclously
opened than was the event Of to-day
The weather was rs delightful as II IL
had been made to order, while the AZ.
tendance was gratifying in the highest
degree. transportation facilities to the
grounds were excellent, both by steamer,
train, stage line and rTivate vehicles, and
thouRh the crowd ranged 10 nearly 5000
no trouote or delay was experienced In
transit. The admirable arrangements In
every respect were carried out 10 the
minutest detail, and hence Il is that with
such beginning for an opening day.
successful ending can well be predicted.
Business began at O'Clock a. M. when
Lieutenants Steadman, Wright and
Dunning, U. s. A., convened the
captains OF the various commands
to draw for positions. Then II was
noticed that Lieut.. Cushman, the chair.
man OF the committee OF Judges, was ab-
sent, and that In his place Lieut.. stead
man OF the same command had been sub.
sttuted. inquiry revealed that some Oh.
lection had been raised to Lieut.. Cush-
mans serving, as he was an honorary
member OF the San Antonio Rifles, com.
pany entered IN the drill,
whereupon the lieutenant withdrew.
In the draw for positions
the following was the result. State com.
panies: First, Bonner Rifles OF Tyler;
second, Prairie City Guards Of weimar,
Tex; third, Texas Rifles OF Austin;
fourth, Brennan Light Guards Of Bren.
ham; 9th, Douglas Rifles Of Tyler; sixth,
Bryan Rifles of Bryan; seventh, Sealy
Rifles OF Galveston; eighth, BRENNAN
Rifles Of Brennan; ninth, Artillery Light
Guards Of Galveston; tenth, Grayson
Rifles OF sherman.
Interstate drill clkuap Rifles OF san
Antonio, Co r. Louisville legion, San AN
tonic Rifles, Montgomery Trne Blues,
Branch Guards of st. Louis and Houston
Light Guard.
The Bonner Rifles, Prairie City Guards,
Texas Rifles and Brennan Light In.
fantry were accordingly ordered TO report
for drill at . p. m, this evening, and fol-
lowing the rule TO have two of the compa-
MES entered for the state drill and two for
the interstate drill, the programme was
arranged as follows Friday, state dnll,
Douglas Rifles and Bryan Rifles; inter-
state, Belknap Rifles and Louisville lie.
glon.
Saturday, state, Sealy Rifles and Breu.
ham Rifles; Interstate, San Antonio
Rides and Montgomery True Blues
Monday, state, Artillery Light Guard
aud Grayson Ritlesi Interstate, Branch
Guards and Houston Light Guard.
These are all the companies of the
number present who will dllll The day
for the artillery drill was not decided
upon.
After the addresses OF welcome by
Hon. Seth Shepard OF Dallas to the
troops from other states, and the Hon
Gustave Cook of Houston to the stat,
troops, Gov. Ireland addressed the sol
diery, complimentlng them on their an
pearance and urging them TO do thei
best. In the course OF his remarks, In
= general way, he made frequent ellusloD
to the Mexican troubles, which every tlml
was received with vociferous applause
, He said II trouble came, that Texas woulC
} do her duty IN the fullest sense OF th'
word.
The speech can he construed into tn,
. political significance that sooner thar
} submit TO indignity TO American citizens
in Mexico, the people OF the state were
: ripe for war.
Shortly after O'Clock the Bonner
Rifles OF Tyler, Tex, marched on
the drill ground. They made an
appearance In their handsome olive green
uniforms, with white helmets ant
fountain plumes. Capt. Carl johnson
presented his company TO the judges IL
good shape, and began the drill in man
ner which indicated that he had con
ildence In himself and in his company
, In the manual by the members
the company did remarkably well
the position of the rln,
being as a rule correct and in accord
ance with tactics, without the numbers
the command was not so perfect, tn,
men appearing to be trifie nervous. OF
the whole, however, their manual wa,
above The average. II was very hot al
this time and when the company begaI
, to execute the marching 1t wa,
, evident that some Of the men were sui
fering from the heat. Their wheellngl
by tours were good, their obliquing fair
aud their double-tlme movements showed
careful attention u cadence and step Ii
the platoon evolutions the company mad,
one or two bad breaks, whici
Ignorance on the part o.
the lieutenants, who conducted them
selyes we'll Jnmes Trent, one OF the
corpoTals, tainted at about this time
thereby causing the boys TO become un
steady for a minute, but they soon rallied
and left the grounds amidst the applause
OF the large audience. II Is not known
whether Capt. johnson interpreted The
programme correctiv, but II he did 1t II
safe 10 state that his company will get .
place.
The Prairie City Guards Of Weimar
Tex, followed under command OF Capt
Alex. D, Mllroy. They made fine ap
pearance in their dark green uniforms
with white iscings, and from the very
start gave appearance OF making a line
record Their manual was fair, but un
fortunately, after me drill had been com
menced, the captain discovered that his
fOurs had been reversed before marching
on the grounds. His men had, II seems,
been trained TO drill always ia the same
position, and realizing after his company
mad made one or two very serious blum
ders 10 the platoon movements that
they could not win, he withdrew from
the contest, much TO the disappointment