Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-08

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Some time ago ] 4ae mention OF the
bro 1lhUitV OF ,he EaIt grand interstate
drill5eiug held mour .jty Since then,
have had occasion 70 more taoroughiy de-
pict the situation OF fairs nud have come
20 "a, conclusion that Z the drill ia properly
managed, Including With is a big Indian
war-dnnce and game Of hall, 70 ciil IN
dpn0uGlT attrbct stranger from al parts
of t1e United states 20 thus CITY. The drill
held IN Houston about two wears ago
attracted near Onto fifteen thousand
strangers TO that city and did more to-
ward giving il biz boom than all the bal
auce Ji It's attempts Of advertising com.
bined, With the American people the
word military and brass button displays
generally meet a hearty encore Why, /
am unable 10 say Nevertheless il stands
fact. With the very Aattering reputa-
ton that Fort Worth now has, as being
the Chicago OF the Southwest, know Of
no better way to further advance this sem
timent Of her widc-awake spirit
Of enterprise than TO inaugu-
rate and successfully carry out
this interstate drill 1t will bring
strangers by the thousands here, esch
one VI whom will, on returning home, be
a selt-constitutod advertisement for our
city. There is no Two sides TO a question
OF this kind. BY having tails grand drill
to take place here 20 May or June. when
the farmers all have their places in good
shape for Inspection, with the green
covered earth of grasses and the beauti.
ful display OF natures flowers that spread
for miles over the magnificent rolling
prairie country all around us, again, say.
there can be but one result, ami that is il
VIII be sure 10 maze a favorable impres-
sion with the strangers and will rive
Fort Worth the biggest boom she ever
mad. Il will also start the bail rolling
to Increase the population wonderfully Ia
a very short whiic To give an idea of
what the drill at Houston did In incress
ing the population OF that city, taking
the census reports, ! find that there has
been an increase ~ nearly ten thousand
In three years ne. These are facts.
gathered from tae last census reports,
taken in that cit some few weeks ago,
have talked with few gen
tlemen N this city, aud ind
All OF ther 20 favor having
the drill, II the Indian war dance and ball
game is included An Indian ball game
Noiiu ~ great noNelty 10 everybody, as
II Is one OF the scldoms even among the
lndisns, though when played correctly II
Is very interesting. l am he'd to believe
from past observations, that the follow
ing companies could be induced to visit
our city during the drill Chickasaw
Guards, Memphis, Tenn. Porter Rlfes,
Tenn; Treadaway Rifles, ST,
Ions, Mo-; Quapaw Guards, Little Rock, |
Ark.i Busch Iouayes, ST. Louis. Mo.
MONTGOMERY Greys, Montgomery, Ala.
Mobile Rifles, Mobile. Ala. Iudianapois |
Light Infantry, Indianapolis, Indiana:
company A, Seventh regiment. Company
., Iwenty'second regiment, New York; |
Light Infantry, Washington, |
D. G.; Company A, Washington artillery.
company b, Washington artillery, New
0rleausi Batteries Is, C and ID, Kentucky
Field artillery, Continental Guards, New
Orleans, La. These, It will be noticed.
are al outside companies, then comes
our own militia, the famous Houston
light Guard, Houston Light Inisntry.
sealey Ride, Washington Guards, Gal.
'eston Light Guards, Galveston; Austin