The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-01

mands "Order arms" IN place resi-, dcau
silence awaited tho decision. The inexorablc
decision finally came and out stepped
Private ID. W. kellar,
Private II. l.. Mabry,
Private J. l.. Perrin.
TIE FIFTH ROUNp-TnE VICTORY.
And now behold the last analysis! The fl
nal tug of war There only remain standing
Sergeant J. a. Harris,
Private w. \. Lyon.
a long hard bout in which the mon moved
as one machine; the final "ordcr' given. and
then-"the battles e'er-the victory's Won
and the whole company give shout oi
praise to Sergeant Harris who bears of the
hOnOrS.
The contest from first to last was good, and
though Sergeant Harris was the lucky man,
Private Lyon was 'risht behind him. and
proved foeman In every respect, we'll wor-
thy the Scrgcant'S steel.
The Spirit shown by the entire company,
we think, was very conlrendaDle. TO buth
Private Calvert and Sergeant ilarrlS thcy
gave hearty, generous shdht of praise, un-
mixed W tn tile slightest feeling OF envy Or
dissatisfaction.
The Judges. capt Patrick OF the Grcenville
Guards, and Lieut. Aston, Of the llchlantl
Volunteers. gave crtirc satisfaction by their
fair. impartial judgment Of the drill.
After the drill came
TIE PRESENTATION OF THE PRIZES.
The officers prize, given by the privatcs
and won by First Lieutenant \. W. Smith
was presented by W. G. Benct. Esq, in neat
and happy speech. After some kind words
for the company and It's officers, Mr. Benet
argued that apart from the pie asant social
feu,urcs of such IN Organization, 1t was OF
great benefit to the continuity; nntl he
doubted the patriotism of any man who
wished to trown down the military; and for for
himself, he was glad and willing 10 give the
company all the aid and support he could
In presenting the prize, which was com
plete gentleman S dressing case, containing
t1Na
soldier Wien called into active service woule
"brush" lis enemies from the face OF the
earth that his sword would he as bright ant
keen AZ the "razOr' he held In his hand, anC
officer would never be strapped"
The medals were del vered by Gen. NJ: l..
Bonham, Jr, who made an earnest appeal for
the militia Of the State. I1c said the military
and If the Legislature would but continue the
small appropriation, he thought lie could
raise the standard all over the State; Gen
Bonham is an ex-(aptain OF the Abbevllle
Rifles and as he rose his old command greet
cd him with D round of lusty cheers
The cups for shooting were presented by
Col. II. 7. Wardlaw. The Colonel Is general ly
happy in his style, but upon this occusion he
was inimltable. He said he knew Corporal
DuPre who Is an unmarried man, could new
er support" arms as Sergeant Harris does,
who Is married man with fine boy; bnt
he hoped that when Mr.. DuPre presented"
arms to his lady love lie would not have TO
obey the command, "to the rear, march,"
In delivering the cups The Colonel thought
they may possibly "lcak" and advised speedy
test, but warned them not to "punch" too biS
n hole, as such might bring on the hic-"cups."
The Colonel brought down the house and was
most happy In his hits.
THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
This ended the pleasant evening The Abb
bevllc Rifles are In fine condition. They are
Al ornament tO the town and deserve the aid
and support of every citizen. They arc
about to order new regulation Uniform, ana
will give military hop as soon as they ar
rive. Let us support our company.
Captain MCGOWAN has every. reason TO be
proud of the conduct'of the Abbeville Rifles
last Thursday night ut the Plume Drill. Ev-
cry member 0f the company seemed TO be
perfect In the drill. and persons In the audi
cnce were unable in q majority OF instances
to discovcr the reasons which Induced Inc
committee to stand aside those who were
ruled out at the different drills. For the
benefit Of those who, like ourself, SAW 10 de-
feet in many Of those who were ruled ont, we
will say that some of tire best drilled men IL
The company, lost their positions because Of
the Grape which they wore on their left arms
In respect to the memory Of the deceased 40.
iutant General. 4, NJ. Mnnigault. 1t occurred
In this way: In coming from support arms
to 'carry arms" the hammer Of the gun III
several instances caught in the Grape, throw
ing the gun out Of poSitian. IL was for this
reason that Sergeant r. =. Link and Corporal
\. NJ. DuPre were ruled out Others were
knocked out because OF some difficulty III
getting their buy0netS in the scabbards. But
cause Of the position of their feet, at some
time in the drill. and because they allowed
their guns to bounce on the floor at "order
arms"