St. Paul daily globe., 1886-02-20
lfter Fine Drilling the North Star TObOg-
gan Club is Awarded the
Prize.
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Observing Washington's Birth
day Next Monday.
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and Gossip of Prominent
Northwesterners.
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--Knights of Pythias--Gen-
eraI otes.
WON BY THE NORTH STARS.
The Prize i'm the Drill of the TObog
gan Clubs.

The Prize i'm the Dritl Oh the AoOos
gan Clubs.
The competitive prize drill for toboggan
clubs took place last evening in carnival
hall in the presence Of large. assemblagt
of spectators. Shortly after o'clock the
Epectators began 10 enter the hall, many
appearing in uniform. Clubs which came
I'm a body were admitted without charge.
The first to enter the hall was the North
Light Toboggan club, which was followed
bv the Railroad, Little Crow, Windsor. st.
Georges. Shinall-tO, North Star and other
clubs. who took their places in the galleries.
while a band stationed on the stage dis
coursed music. Only three clubs had en-
tered as competitors for the silver cup,
which was the prize offered for the winner
of the contest. The judges were X. Z.
Munger and j. j. Durage. These gentle
men called the commanding officers or com
petins companies forward and announced
that the order in which they would drill
would be decided by lot and that each would
be allowed twenty minutes.
The first club to enter the arena was the
Shinah-to, thirty-twO men, drilled by
Lieut.. Neidhemer, who fell in at the bugle
call of the club bugler. The men were put
through a number of the simpler military
movements, marching in fOurs and eights,
wheeling, etc, also countermarching in
open order with good effect. the pecularity
of the movement. that men are marching
in opposite directions at the same time,
pleasing the spectators. The club also exc
cuted a number of snowy and fancy move
ments not strictly military but increasing
the beauty of the exhibition. Dividing
into platoons each platoon flour fOurs)
formed a star revolving about a pivotal
center. Each platoon also formed the
cross marching forward, right and left IN
that formation. All Of these movements
were remarkably well done and elected
frequent applause from the audience.
When the twenty minutes had nearly eX-
pired the company was marched across the
hall and formed fours right into line. The
men then saluted the judges, were faced
about and given the order
right FORWARD, FOURs RIGHT"
One familiar with military movements
will see that the men were mixed, those
formerly being Nos. l and 2 being now Nos.
g and 4, which had bad effect on the pre-
cisiOn with which subsequent orders were
Obeyed. The club broke ranks from this
formation. Although this did not detract
at all from the exhibition, it probably af-
fected the marking Of the company for the
prize.
The North Star club was then called out
and formed thirty-twO men under Capt.
Turner. They were marched through a
large number of military movements, keep
ing perfect step without music. They
marched by two with arms locked, then
formed fOurs, then eghts i'm the same man.
ner, and then star, revolving about their
captain as a center. They were drilled
in both single and double rank, in plat
0Ons, wheeling by company and platoons,
cOuntermarched in open order, and in many
other movements all of which were exc
cuted with a precision that would have
done credit TO any military company. The
remarkable precision with which the men
kept in step without music was very no
ticeable and this. too, while wearing moe
casins and not having even the ordinary
sound of others feet for help. The men
in the club were very carefully sized, al
though all We're nearly of the same height,
so that all their heads would have touched
taut line drawn over them, while in the
Shmah-tO club the tall men were distrib-
uted as No. | i'm each four. Every move.
ment of the club was enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
At the conclusion of the North Star
clubs drill the Judges announced that the
North Light club desired to be excused
men were absent and they had only small
number.
The officers of the two competing COM
panies were then called forward and Mr..
Munger announced that the Judges had been
much pleased with the exhibition of both
companies; that the drilling was much bet
ter than had been expected, showing that a
great deal of time had been devoted to il
that it would do credit to any military or
ganization. The judges had formed thei
opinion upon the basis of 100 points as per
fection, and Mr.. Munger stated
that the North Star club oh
tanned 81 points and the Shinah-to clul
81. the latter receiving the prize. This an
nouncement was greeted with applause ant
the Shinata-toS gave three cheers for tn
North Stars and vice versa.
Company ID under Capt Bean then CAV
one Of its exhibition drills. after whcl
those who desired to do so amused them
selves with dancing Until late hour.