The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-30
COMPANY r GETS IT.
The Military Squad Drill at the Regi-
mental Armory Last Night.

mental ArmOry Last Night.
The squad drill between picked teams Of
companies A, and c, Of the Guards,
which was begun at Iybee Thursday after
noon, was concluded last night at the regi-
mental armory. Company B squad was
the only squad to drill. Lieut.. Rockwell
was squad master, aud the team was com
posed Of Private Bacon, Corporals Crane
and OConnor, and First Sergeant Gadsden.
The squad master gave the command to fall
in at $50 o'clock, and the drill began.
A good many people were present, men,
bers OF the various companies. Several
ladies we're present also, aud they watched
the amneuvers of the soldiers from the
windows of the Cadets quarters. The
judges were as strict in their ruling as they
were on the beach. The glare of the cleo
trio light often brought out the movements
OF the soldiers with Photographic distinct
ness, and their splendid efforts frequently
brought forth applause from the rivals.
The contest continued for fully an hour,
and the soldiers never lost their activity at
any time. When it was over there was
loud clapping from all quarters. The
decision, awarding Company b the first
honor, Company A squad the second honor
and Company G squad No. and squad No.
l, the third and fourth honors.
Col. Reilly, who gave out the award, told
the men composing the squads that they did
well-remarkably well. The judges, he
said, would have gone into the matter with
more hesitancy il they had known that the
companies were so evenly matched. He
said that the judges were doubtful at first
as to admitting Company b squad to the
contest in consequence Of the squad mas
ter's failure TO unsheath his sword during
the drill They concluded, however, after
some time to admit the squad, and when
they did so it put the squad into the contest
with a cleaner record than any of the
others.
Company A squad has its friends. as has
Company G, and the matter of superiority,
although settled last night, is but tempo
rary and they are disposed to have other
tests in the future. The rivalry that exists
between the companies is strong. Company
has been regarded for some time as the
crack company of the battalion, and, by the
contest. it seems to be holding its own. The
other companies, however, feel
confident that the superiority is
very Insignificant, and it is expected that
good deal of hard work will be done to fit
the men to compete with Company B.
Every effort possible will be exerted in that
direction. The military will watch the
movements of the soldiers composing the
different squads with good deal of interest.
After the squad contest was over and the
shouts of Company BIS admirers had died
away, an individual contest was inaugur-
ated, and the following men entered: T. D.
Rockwell, w. T. Hopkins, George T. Cam,
G. NJ Gadsden, W. II. Crane, A. G. Bacon,
G. R. Rembert, A. L. Alexander. E. H.
OConnor, E. r. Wood, j. f. Cam and G.
s. Orme. The men formed in line and
were drilled by Lieut.. Brooks, Col Reilly,
Adjt. Gaillard, and ex-Lieut Marcel of
the Blues. The men drilled well. They were
the picked soldiers of the various companies.
The contest was very exciting, and it lasted
for nearly an hour, when G. S. Orme was
tie only man executing the orders. He
was awarded the first prize and George T.
Cam was given second prize.
The following is the order in which the
men dropped out: Rembert first, Hopkins
second, Rockwell third, Wood fourth,
O'Connor fifth, Gadsden sixth, Crane
seventh, J. f. Cam eighth, Bacon ninth,
Alexander tenth, G. T. Cam eleventh, and
Orme twelfth.