Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-14
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
Prizes 10 be offered at the National Drill
and Encampment In May.
THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMRNT.

THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMRNT.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.-The citizens
of Washington having subscribed guar
tee fund OF 500, 900 to insure the payment
Of prizes and expenditures for the ma
tional drill and encampment, the execu-
tive committee now gives notice that such
drill and encampment will begin in Wash
ington on May 23, 1887, and Will end on
Decoration day, May 80. Entries will be
open to regularly organized volunteer
militia of the United States for competl-
ton as regiments, battalions or companies
in infantry, artillery, cavalry and 70 AVE
tactics, and also to regularly organized
corps Of cadets from military or univer-
sity schools. The prizes off red the com
petitors aggregate $26, 500, of which $l0,-
500 will be distributed among the best
Ave companies OF infantry as follows:
First prize, $5000; second, $2500; third,
$500; fourth, $1,000; fifth, $500. The
objects of this national Grill are: First,
as an incentive to the advancement Of
proficiency in the science OF arms of the
citizen soldiery of the Union through
| emulation and friendly competition ON
the common ground of our national capt.
tol, and second, the marching of repre-
| sentative men comprised the volunteer
organizations and the fraternal associa-
lions IF camp life where they may better
appreciate each other and learn mutual
reliance should the national reserves
be called to stand shoulder TO shoulder in
defense Of our common country. The
commanders Of regiments, battalions and
companies OF all arms are invited to cor
respond with the committee. 7. G.. De-
Leon is managing secretary.
SENATOR EUsTIs' BILL.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Eus-
tbs to-day introduced bill directing the
secretary OF the treasury to pay to the re-
spective owners OF lands, houses and ten
ements in the states lately in Instruction
the sums OF money received from leases
or occupation Of such property by the
agency OF the United States and paid into
the treasury under provisions of the act
of July 2, 1884.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 The president
to-day nominated Louis X. Church of
Dakota governor of d. kota
Thomas Il Benedict OF New York to be
public printer
! Daoney I'll. M4ury Of Virginia to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentary to the republic OF Colombia.
To be United States att rneys; Daniel
N Lockwood of Nrw York, for the north
ern district of New York; George A
Allen OF Pennsy wanna, for the western
district of Pennsylvania; William B. Bur.
nett OF OniO, for the southern district of
Ohio; Gustavus Van Hoorebeck of Illl-
nois, for the southern district of Illinois;
John t. Carey Of California, for the north
ern district OF California.
To be United States marshals: M, /,
Lamar of Georgia, for the southern dis.
trct OF Georgia; I. B. Yancy of Tennes.
see, for the western district of Tennes-
see.
VIM. L. Maginnis OF Ohio to be chief
Justice OF tue supreme court of Wyoming
territory.
VIM G. Langford of Washington terri
tory TO be associate justice of the su-
preme court of Washington territory.
Joseph II. Wagner OF Tennessee men.
sion agent at Knoxville.
A. Williams of Kansas to be a mem
Der OF the Utah commission.
George w. Julian of Indiana to be sur
Veyor general OF New Mexico
=, w Irish OF Iowa surveyor general
OF Nevada.
Robert W. Ross OF Illinois recorder of
the general land office.
large number of other recess an
pointnents was sent in, Including con
suls, registers Of land offices, receivers
OF public money and Indian agents.
GARLAND's MOTHER i'll.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l3.--The attorney
general will be unable to attend the
funeral OF his brother, on account of the
illness OF his mrother, Mrs. Hubbard,
winch Is OF such character as to re.
quire MS presence in Washington.