The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

who gave three hearty cheers for the
NeWs and Courier. An appropriate but
feeble response was made by it's repre-
sentative, who complimentcd the boys
on the splendid show, and wished a
long life and continued prosperity to
the military Dude Factory"
A MAGNIFICENT DRILL.
1t was shortly after IL O'Clock when
the picked company Of the Citadel Ca
diets entered the drill ground under
command of Capt. Walker. Their colors
were PLACED on the grand stand in charge
of Miss Virginia Fraser, sponsor, and
her maids of honor, Miss Bissell, Of
Charleston, and the Misses Hayward, Of
Savannah, all of whom, wore the colors
Of he Cadets, a splendid sltin streamer
Of dove color and white, with a pelmetto
tree and the letters rs. C. M. A." worked
in silk on each streamer. The an
nouncement that the Cadets were to
give an exhibition drill drew thousands
to the scene, and the grand stand was
crowded with ladies. A large delcga-
ton of Charlestonians also arrived on
the special Centennial train in time to
witness the drill.
The three United States army officers
who were acting as Judges were con-
spicuous by their absence. In their
stead a special board Of officers, consist
ing Of Col. Olmstcad, commandant Of
Camp Washington; Capt. Branch, of the
Savannah Cadets the captain Of the
Montgomery Greys Capt. Roemer, OF
the Busch Zouaves +; DR.. Borcheim, of
the Gate City Guards. of Atlanta Capt.
Lyman Hall and Lieut.. p. +. Muzyck,
OF the Citadel Academy, were on the
ground, and conducted the inspection
and witnessed the drill. The inspection
of the arms was conducted by Capt.
Roemcr, Of the Zouaves, who, it is need
less to say, found 10 occasion to use
Zounve discipline.
Our boys received q perfect ovation,
and they well deserved it. There was
but one opinion on the subject, and this
was voiced by the officers. who Witness
ed 1t. and who after it was over told
Capt. Walker hat it was the most per
feet drill that hau ever bern anywhere.
The cvolutionS were the same aS those
gone through i'll the iirst-class infantry
drill, with the addition OF several morY
difficult movclnen The manual was
done with u perfect cadence. and both
that anu the marching were error
less.
The only error noted during the en-
tire drill was the issuing Of a prelna-
ture order by the captain. The order
was to Commence firing before the
preparatory order Of 'ieudy" had been
issued. The boys, however, stood fast,
and the captain, with a coolnes and
presence Of mind that did him infinite
credit, quickly recovered himself and
soon got his men in hand again. The
firing with blank cartridges was superb.
The volleys being delivered as from u
single gun.
1t was altogether us splendid drill as
was ever seen, and the Carolinians who
are here naturally feel proud Of these
military dudcs," who, according to tho
Tillman idea, live on canary bird wings
and are tit for nothing. a veteran mill
tia officer, OF n Of the crack compa-
Mes in camp, came up to the Cadets
camp after the company had been dis.
missed and said 1--we peer soldering
for nineteen years now andSI never saw
anything like that drill before. You
are an honor to your State boys, ! don't
care what State you come from"
The exercises ot the camp concluded
this morning with u drill vi the Bush
ZouavcS. This afternoon there was
another grand military demonstration in
this city, Tue occasion being the unvuil-
inS OF the bronZeS OH tho Grevnc monu-
ment. All the city volunteers, as we'll
as the soldics in camp, participated in
the parade, in which the Citadel Cadets
occupied the post OF honor ON the right
Of the line. The Grafton was delivered
by Col. q. C. Jones, Of Alabama. Tx
II resident Davis occupied a seat on the
stand, and was Of course, enthusiastical-
ly called for. He delivered a short ad-
dress, in which he exhibited more emo
ton than have yet seen him show
since his arrival i'll this city.
This gathering, he said was mganih-
cient, as it expressed the sympathy Of
the people Of Savannah with the Cen
tennial event. The two occasions, that
Of the Chatham Artillery Centennial
and the hOnoring Of the memory OF Gen.
Greene, were most happily blended.
The colonies Of Rhode Island and Geor-
gia stood side by side ind battled, for
independence and State sovereignty in
1776. and it was in that great crisis of
our history that Rhode Island gave her
son, Nathaniel Greene. to Georgia, to de-
fend the common principles for which
the colonies were battling with the
mother country. Those principles were
State sovereignty and constitutional
liberty. They lived then, they live
now and they shall live forever. 1t is
here that, INN. ediately after the late
war, Georgia seemed for a time to have
lost her birthright. But she regained
freedom at length, and with Rhode
Island to. day stands side by side in de-