Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-07
Ten Thousand People Crowd the
Grounds Of Camp Magruder to
See the Drilling,
The Douglass Rifles and the Bryan
Rifles Contest for the Chief State
Prize In Good StyIes
whe BeIknaps and the Louisville Legion
Drill for the Interstate 0rhnd hH-
hibition by y. Artillery.
THE rouR DRILLS.


not oppressive, and In the shade tbe iresh
breeze from the gulf tempered the heat
so as TO make II bearable.
Only four companies drilled, two In the
state and two IN the interstate. The
drilling was much better than that OF yes
terday, although none OF the companies
which have 30 far drilled have come up to
the standard established by the crack
companies OF the National Guard at the
various encampments during the past
three years. Great things, however, are
expected from the champion Houstons
and the crack Branch Guards and San
Antonio Rifles, which are yet to drill
The drilling to-day began at 2
O'Clock. The Douglas Rifles OF Tyler,
Capt. II. j. Glrard, was the first
company TO drill. II was O'Clock when
they marched on the drill ground, and IL
was intensely hot. The company drilled
in their heavy dress uniforms Of bottle
green, with gold trimming and white
cross-belts Being only year old, this
company entered for the state prize
only. Their manual was only fair and
IN the swivel stack they were weak. In
the marching the company did not do
much better. The wheels were ragged,
tlOns by fours ordinary. As a rule the
allgnments were poor, and, taken as
whole, while the drlll was good for Il new
company, It does not stand chance Of
gaining Il prize. The sun was so hot
that lust as the company left the grounds |
Sergeants Sid s. McClendOn and James I
H. H. Grande and Private Charles |
Boon were prostrated falling la /
the ranks Just AS the company /
was being dismissed, They were at !
tended by Dr. Levy OF Battery b., who /
was yesterday appointed surgeon Of the .
camp, and resuscltated The Bryan .
Rides Of Bryan drilled next. 1t was stlll |
very hot, but this company, commanded |
by Capt S. b. Mcqueen, marched bravoly
on the grounds. Their step was good,
their appearance soldierly and the cap.
tain turned his command over TO the
judges Ia good style, They looked well
with their white pants, blue fatigue coats
aud white helmets, Capt. Mcqueen
handled them admirably, and was ably
assisted by HIS two lieutenans, who I'm
platoon movements moved aud acted with
promptnes' and snap. The manual up TO
the swivel stack was good, but In this
difficult movement they were trhe
out OF time. The loading
anu HIlNH Mtft HlhI-NluhH.
The double.time platoon movements
were far above the average, and the
manual while wheeling was excellent.
In breaking fours from right TO rear and
forming line again to the front this com.
pany did remarkably we'll. Their wheel
ings from halt were grand, and left
front into Inc was executed splendidly.
Among the movements executed almost
perfectly may be mentioned stack arms,
Hto by tlle, firing IN single and double
rank, double rank formations and double
time platoon movements. They finished
the programme In good Time and were
marched off the ground amidst the APP
plause Of the audience. Taken as a
whole their drill surpassed anything yet
seen on the grounds, and as very few II
aAy errors were charged against the
company an as no gross company errors
were noticed, II IL safe TO predict thai
they will win place,
When this eompang left the hed one
oil the members, Joe Mustachie, tainted
from the effects Of the heat. lie was
soon brought around, however, and at
last accounts was doing we'll.
The Belknap Rifles OF San Antonio, can
tered for the state and Interstate prizes,
was the next company to drill Capt. a.
b. Green commanded them and proved TO
be an efficient officer, Twenty four men
with the two guides and three officers
were In line and they made good APP |
pearance In their United States artillery |
regulation uniform, From the very start |
this company displayed careful training. |
Their manual, sa,e for few individual |
errors, was good, and their wheeling ok. |
cellent, Their drill was married some
what by the fact that one of |
the lieutonants wore handkerchief |
tied around his neck In most unsoldler- |
ly manner All wheollngs 10y fours were
excellent, lett IN line, double time was
admirably executed Fire lying down
was done well, fire by llo most perfect
Double rank formations very good.
Double rank tring splendid. Forming
single rank from double rank fair As
rule the double,tinie movements were
done in great shape. In some OF the
platoon movements the company was
tribe ragged and frequently lost distance,
but, taken as a whole, the evolutions by
patoons were considerably above the
average. IL is evident from the manner
IN which the captain handled his men and
gave his ordera that he fully understood
the programme, and IL Is safe TO say that
he came nearer drilling the same than
any % the other commanders who pre-
ceied him, lie did not make company
error that was noticeable and the
general drilling of the command
was surprise TO every one The
BelknaNs stand good show for first
prize in the state, and for place In the
Interstate,
Company II, Louisville Legion, Capt,
IL G. Grlnstead, closed the days drilling,
II was cool when they marched ON the
ground aud everything was in their
favor. Capt Gnnstead and his men,
flushed with their recent Victories,
seemed to he cool aud collected, and
great things were expected OF them by
the large audience They were entered
for the state prize, and were backed by
many good Judges as winners, They wore
their fatigue uniforms with their dress
shakoes, and made fine showing They
began the manual 10 good shape, and
went through Il by the numbers
in nrst-class style--only few IN
diyidual errors being noticeable