Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-11
7HH DRILL IS DONE.
And Now the Island City IS Turned
Over to the Tender Mercles Of
the Politicians.
1he Houston Light Guard Get on
With Interstate Honors Of Conrse,
While The Sartone Boys
Take rirst Two P-,zes IN tho state Driil
The Individual Contest Tho Sham
Battle Finale

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Special TO the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Ang. l0.-To-day
ended the great Interstate drill and to-
night the boys are marching home. By
tomorrow night the city WIN be emp,ied
OF thousands OF visitors, excepting those
on political business bent. The rlories
OF the dim will be thing Of the past.
living only In history and memory KS the
most successful affair Of Its kind ever at
tempted and accomplished as wen as the
occasion oil The largest gathering OF peo-
pie ever known in the Island CITY.
Inc attendance to-day is fairly esti-
mated at 10000 people, many OF whom
came only Tor the special occasion of the
closing daVi with its attendant pleasures
OF the individual competitive drill sham
battle, and finally the award of prizes.
First In the order OF the pro-
gramme came the individual com.
petitive drill In which there
were thirty entries, three from each com
pany actively participating in the CONNIE
tition. The drill occupied about fifteen
minutes and finally resulted, as the Of
fetal awards subsequently showed, In
a victory for Private A. Alphonz of the
Busch Zouayes as the best drilled man,
and Private Wagner of the Louisville Lee
gion as the next best drilled mau.
Then came the sham battle, which In
the matter OF tn quantity OF ammunition
expended was success. Otherwise the
battle lacked considerable in realism.
After the battle, when the smoke had
cleared away and the comhatants had
rested somewhat from their exertions,
;he companies which had entered In con.
test we're formed in line on the field and
the various captains called TO the FROM
and center, where each In turn was
) greeted by Gen. Stanley Of the United
States army, the judges, Gen John
M. Claiborne, and the members of the
, board of management Lieut.. S.W. Dun
Mug, Sixteenth infantry, L S. A., ther
read the following official awards
CAMP MAGRUDER GALVESTON, TEN.. Aug
10, 1856 To the Camp Adjutant; sm-We hay,
the honor to Inform you that, having been ap
. pointed judges In the inter, tate, ate aud in
divldu infantry contests we have determined
upoi the follow ng as the ordcf OF merit OF thu
, various competing companies;A
Interest tie companies-first, Houston Ligh
Guard, 90 per cent.
Second, Montgomery True Blues, ST. pc
} cent.
, Third San Antonio Rides, ~ por cent
Fourth, Branch Gu Ards, SO per cent
E Fifth, Louisvill Legion 7Iper cent
Sixth, BelknHp Rides, 76 per cent.
I State companies FIRST, san Antonio Ride.
81 per cent
Second, Beknap Rifles, 10 per cent.
. Third, Seay Rihes 20 per cent.
s Fourth, Bryan Rifles, 90 per cent.
Fifth, Artillery Light Guard GO per cent
Sixth, Texas Rides, % per cent
Seven h, Dough-, Rilee, 90 per cent
Eighth, Bonner ailes, 30 per cent
Ninth Brennan Rlnesi 30 per cent.
l. Tenth, Brennan light ,,uRrd, "a per cent.
l. The Prairie ity Guards and Grayson Rifle
! withdrawn
2 Winners OF Individual drill Fret, Prlyats 4
i Aluhonz, Busch Zouaves
A Sec nd, Private Wagner, Louisyille Legion
. S'"'@d rHssI4r. 'utenant lxteenth Infantry,
= $, W. DuNHING,
a First Lieutenant sixteenth Infantry
h w. X. WRIGHT,
Second Lieut. nant Sixteenth Infantry.
Judgo
After the reading Capt. Relchardt O
the Houston Light Guard was called fro1
the ranks and, in an appropriate speech
, Gen. Stanley declared the Houston Llgh
Guard the winner Of the first prize in III,
Interstate drill, whereupon Col. A. NJ
shannon, president Of the board of man
ayers, handed him a check for tn,
amount Of winnings, $4,000
Capt. Bibb OF the Montgomery True
Blues next came TO the front aud wa,
handed check for $500, the seconC
prize, Gen Ltanley remar6iDg that tn,
captain had very fine company.
Capt. Badger OF the San Antonio Rifles
on receiving his check for $500, the thirc
prize, was pleasantly encouraged by Gen
Stanley TO perseyere.
"0niy honorable mention for you, cap
tain, said Gen. Stanley to Capt. Sinclair
OF the Branch Guards, as he came up
'but then In this instance II Is something
/ distinctive, as attribute to the excellence
OF yourself and your company"
To Capt, Grimstead # the Louisville
Legion Gen. Stanley said their position
was not an unworthy one In such test
Capt. Green Of the BelkDap Rifles was
wished better luck next time. In award
ing the first and second prizes To the San
Antonio Rifles, winners for state compa.
niles, Gen. Stanley again congratulated
Captains Badger and Green. TO Capt
Boyd of the Sealy Rifles, winners of the
third prize, Gen Stanley was particularly
social, saying: "Captain, you have fine
company, audit Is DONG well. Keep II
up"
Capt Mcqueen Of the Bryan Rifles was
congratulated by the general ON his place
in the drlll, their FIRST, while TO Capt.
| iNiSAiANN - hhN 0HlNNFhph hlhllAttN lAEut
Guard the general said he was glad to
see him, even If he only captured the last
prize The maximum In the infantry
drill was 100
Next IN order came the reading OF the
decision OF the judges OF the artillery
drill, MS follows. As the boyrd of
judges appointed 10 determine the rela-
tive merits Of the competing batteries of
artillery, we submit the following report;
Taking three rs maximum, the per-
centage of the batteries drilling is as fol.
lows Washington Artillery, Now Or
leans, 2 "a; Louisiana Field Artillery,
New Orleans, 2.s7; Crawford Battery,
Dallas, 2 So.
The Galyest IN Artillery Withdrew before
finishing the programme, owing 10 sew
eral men being prostrated by heat. We
recommend them In the following order;
Washington Artillery, Louisiana Field
artillery, Battery Crawford. We recon-
mend also the gunner OF Washington
ARTILLERY, Corporal FEED kOrnbeck, as the