St. Paul daily globe., 1886-02-19
THE sPOILs OF WAR.
Capture fthe Prize Banner by Com
panY X Last Il vening.

pany ~ LasN n NenlnB.
Company ID Of st. Paul recently found
a channel for the flow of its neveI-failing
spirit of enterprise in inviting Companies l
of Minneapolis and & Of Saltwater 10 join
in competitive drill for a stand of colors.
to be presented to the victors by Company
ID. The drill was set for last evening at
the armOry and came off according to
program. Company X arrived yesterday
afternoon and gave street parade and
Company came in early last evening.
Company K has been drilling zealously for
the past two months and the boys were very
confident of winning the prize. The arm
Ory hall last evening was filed with an en-
thusiastic crowd of nearly six hundred mill
tia and spectators. Something like two
hundred of Company KS friends were over
from Saltwater. and nearly as many came
down from Minneapolis. And the friends
of the respective companies were as
rule, not less enthusiastic and
hopeful than the boys themselves.
A good many bets were made. and one of
the prettiest Saltwater girls in the crowd
if we don't get it," A good many Of the
Company ID boys were present in uniform.
performing graceful and attentive duty as
hosts. Among the large crowd of specta-
tors present were Gov. i. +. Hubbard.
Adj. Gen. c. NJ. Mccarthy. Lieut..
Col. Harrison, Assistant Surgeon
Fitzgerald and Capt. Mccall of
the Governors guards, Bismarck,
The officers of Company X were: Captain,
w. 5. Bronson; first lieutenant. /. w.
Castle; second lieutenant K. s. Davis.
Company was ofiicered by: Captain. J. ID.
OSgood; first lieutenant 4. b. kidder; sec
ond lieutenant Charles A. Heffelhnger.
The judges were Col. Charles BentZuni and
Lieuts. G. G. Tear and E. F. Glenn of the
Twenty-fifth United States infan-
try, Fort Smelling. At S:45 Com
pany L fell in.and consumed three
quarters of an hour in undergoing inspec-
tion and performing the seventy movements
required. The tendency of the audience to
enthusiastically applaud every well-exe-
cuted evolution was promptly checked by
Capt. Bean, who requested silence as a
MATTER OF JUSTICE
TO both companies. Company Z did ex-
ceptionally well. showing careful training
and would have received continuous round
of applause had the audience been free to
bestow it, but when Company X fell in and
had fairly begun its evolutions il was ap-
parent TO all that they were destined to win
the laurels. One small advantage that
Company * enjoyed was the longer pause
made by its captain between the cautionary
command and the command of execution,
giving them time to fully catch on.
At the close of the drill the Judges retired
for conference, and in the brief interval the
prize flag was brought on the floor and in
spected and admiIed by a large crowd
The flagstaff is surmOunted by a small
golden eagle and the silken colors are taste
fully trimmed with gold fringe. On the
white bars is the inscription:
First prize, st. Paul armory. February,
1856. Awarded 10 Company, First regiment,
NJ. N. c.
When the judges were ready to report the
companies drew up on the floor facing each
other and the prize was presented to Com
pany X by Capt L. ID. O'Brien of the En-
nett Light artillery, who made a graceful
speech, as gracefully responded to by Capt
| Bronson in accepting il. Gov. Hubbard
also made a brief address congratulating
both companies on their improved efficiency
and Company K on its victory. Each com
pany gave three cheers for the other and
both united in three hearty cheers for Com
| pany ID. When the presentation was over
the Saltwater boys were enthusiastically
cheered by their friends in the
audience. 1t was learned that
the markings of each of the
| judges gave the most points In favor of
Company K. so that the decision was unan-
imous. Company lost on the inspection
of arms and equipments and made more
| individual errors. Company K showed
greater precision and gave evidence of more
thorough training in company and platoon
evolutions.
After the drill the visitors partook of an
elegant lunch provided by Company ID. and
this and brief season of dancing agreeabiy
| filled the time until departure. Both COM
panies left before midnight. Company K
and its friends on a special train.