The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10


Rockville has returned TO the city.
The Rice Zouaves will probably give an exhibition
drill the Sisters of Charity fair this week.
Capt James B. Curtis and viii Afford. of the l. l.
A, returned home from st Louis last Friday.
Capt Jacob Fox. of the Merchants. returned home
from St Louis, Friday. with very sore throat
The Emmett Guards win give an exhibition drill ct
the Sisters Of Charity fair the evening Of the 14th
The l. I. !. win 60 into camp At Lake Manitoba.
nea, Rochester. on the 18th of July, and remain two
weeks.
1t is understood that Doe Drspier formerly with
the /. L. A., has organized an artillery company ut
Liberty.
The Light Arterists are agsatins the advisabilisy
of purchasing the virsina avenue Rink for drill pur
poses: If this step Is not taken they will probably
lease It.
The monogram Of Company A. IS drawn on the
building. is : work Of art. Il was executed By Mr..
Frank Knots, member Of tina company.
|. The G. A. R. posts Of Anderson have invited the
the Attn Of July The boys were royalty treated there
last year and will no doubt accept
The prize money t$1, $50 to Be drilled for &C Ev-
ansville has been apportioned ~ follows Infantry
first prlze 800; second, $500 artillery. FIRST prize
s4o6 second, 5000: souave. FIRST prize, $2oo;
second, $3.50. 'i1sf
The l. L. Artillsrists have organized . frst-cass
awaiting challenges from local Mines -tesms from
some military company preferred. By common con,
sent McAllister of the battery. will act IS umpire.
The Hendricks Club Military Drum Corps consist
ing of twentyone men. cut quite dash At St Louis
last week. and covered themselves and everything else
10 their immediate vicinity with racket, nothing
else Gray was Thurman. but they beat their drums
and blew their bugles IN vain.
The first platoon of the 1. l. defeated the second
patoon last week, in game of ball. by of IS
to l. The batteries were Schinesar and Eckman,
and Brian and Sims. Another game with the same
batteries in the points will be played to-day. Schins
gar struck out nine men in i've innings.
The Light Artillery IL complaining Of the treatment
the State service. the have
entirely TO receive proper and sufficient equipments,
and were compelled to borrow a number OF articles
from the Arsenal and the Elkhart Battery in order to
get In proper shape for Nashville.
The Rockville Light Artillery viii go to New H.r
mony the Fourth of July to take part in the cele
Of Evansville--ths Evansville Light Infantry and the
Evansville RiAes-w also compete for prize. Both
of the above companies have been organized but SIX
proficiency in the tactics.
Capt. w. J. Beck. of the Gent Guards, Columbus,
was in the city during the past week, calling Capt
Kerehevsl, Of Company A. and AdiutantGener.
koontz: He visited Company As quarters and much
eli. Of Lebanon. Capt. Il +. Underwood. judge .dvo
cate Of the Third Regiment and Col S. w. Kirk Of
the Third Regiment were also in the city during the
past week.
The project Of holding an encampment here this
summer At the fair grounds 10 meeting with approval
Many members of the southern companies st Nash-
vile expressed desire to attend sncsmpmens
here again. saying that the here Eve years ago
nsh snd ssr. ram %
with any attempt at all at push and enterprise tho
thing should not Be success.
The Ross Guards (coloredl. under the command Of
Capt. James Thomas and Heuts. jacob Porter and
Chas Rogers making rapid progress In the tactics
and are drilling with interest every right Of the week
The English aIard: tho only other ooorsd company
much smaller attendance. These companies win
compete for prize to be offered by the Oddfellows
ct the fair grounds, on the 4th of July.
Lieutenant satterle of the United States army
Of the judges of the Nashville drill, says that It
the next competitive drill to which the T. L. A. enter
he will propose series of questions in tactical points
batterys dsmounSs was she quickest the judges ever
saw, and they all declare that the company perfect
| to find that more difficult and complicated pro.
gramns viii have to be introduced the next time.
Conserving the coming State encampment at Ev-
AWHILE the Cali, Of that city, has the following
not to offer fresfora prizes at the State sncamp-
ment. Their idea IL to what money it would
quire tor such prizes in obtaining different class Of
attractions such the Knights of Pythias and the
Turner's. They should not neglect however, to offer
prize for zouave companies, this branch Of tho
military alwsys takes with crowd and would be
Some Of the Light Arttllsrists are In favor Of TIE
company abandoning sctivs work standing it's
ord, and making social organization out of the
pany The boys say that there are some crack bat
teries coming to the 'front.' and it il better quit
while ahead While il IL conceded that . company
cannot always carry of first honor' it !: equally true
ton IL its members take the intended step. A mil
itary organization the company e credit to the city
of the SERVICE and IL 10 hoped that all attempts ct dis
organization viii be frowned down.
The field and staff Of the Second Regiment Indiana
Legion 1t present composed OF the following ON
GERS Nicholas r. Ruckle Indianapolis, colonies VIM.
j. Mckee. Indianapolis. eutenant-colonel Alexander
3 Helms Worthington, MAJOR r. Oliver indianapo-
his major OF the hrst battalion; Ben o. WRIGHT Lndi-
way Knightstown. assistant surgeon and captain; y.
L Silver, Fl. Wayne, surgeon and captains Harry B.
Smith, Indianapolis. first lieutenant and adjutant; T..
w. Frank Indianapolis quartsrmaster and first lieu.
tenant. Com omissions for the last three officers were
issusd BY Adjutsnt,eenerai Koonsz during the past
week. The list of the remaining regimental officers
for the First and Third Regiments 10 not Jet COM
| plers.
last Thursday evening there eight sets of tours
in line. with full atsendancs of forty three. includ
ing officers guides and leclossrs. The company has
| Of renewed prosperity. Nine new members were
taken into the company and there ten applications
to be acted on at the special meeting on Thursday
requested present themselves before the council of
administration at tie company quarters. Rooms Is
eoet EesrS sppioan before +. ssn Be- voted
and taken into the company. must 90 present him
self, and his application cannot be acted on unless
AdjutAntgsneral George W. Koontz arrived homo
from St. Louis last Friday. He left Cor Washington
| yesterday, to be absent about week. His trip 10
taken for the purpose Of expedng the sending in OF
uniforms for Indiana's militia, for which .
| rcquisition was sent to the War Department some
| time ago. He intends to use ell possible influence
with the Secretary of War; and will doubt be
cessful in getting the uniforms here by the LIST of
July or the 10th at the latest. This will give oil the
companies ample time have the uniforms made and
fitted las they win be cent here by the government in
the cloth by the time of the opening Of the Evansville
encampment, Aug. 20. The General left Cncinna ii
last evening the Chesapeake Il Ohio railroad to
Old Point Comfort and takes the steamer from there
to Washington. Before his return homo he viii also
! 20 to Richmond Va, and other places
The official score for the Austin, Tex. drill which
closed two weeks ago. s as follows The averages FOR
/ the infantry and artillery the test out of 3 900
points. The interstate prizes follows;
| Houston Light Guards, SIS 600 average. 2,916; time
| SO min Belknap Rifles. So 500. 1876; time SO
| min Sealy Rifles, 81, 600, 2,S51: time 65 min.
True Blues fourth place. PISA; time, IS min. San
/ Antonio Rifles. hfth place. q 779; time. 81 min.
Austin Grays sixth place. 432; time. SO min. The
4 time allowed by programme was only Is minutes
| Artillery contest-Washington Artillery. 81 900,
| 1910 Dallas Light Battery. $500, 2 $50. Zouavss-
Walsch Zouaves. of ST. Louis 81 ,5OO 1900; Caster
| Cadet Zouaves $3.50. 2,750 The score of the Wash.
| ington Artillery equals the best made in
the United States, which that of the J. L. A. II
| the New Orleans encampnent three years ago.
A Little Girls Question.
There h a busv little spsciman Of humanity