Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-09
INTERSTATE DRILL.
The Kansas City Military Encampment Almost
Failure Because of Fad Man
agtmant.
Special to the Gnzette

Special to the Gazette
KANSAS CITY. NO.. June 8. The soldier bows
at Camp Holmes spent a very quite Sunday IN
day, and the excitement Of the prize drilling vos
replaced by the rest which comes to those who
d reel that they have done. well The
! desired could go where thew pIease5 srd VINO
| CITY ana surroundings. A large number tcoI,
aaTyantage Of the invitation extended by the Ey-
GGSIsioF springs company and visited thar rnsort
mere was dress parade this afternoon bnf No
urlLllng OF any kind was allowed To-morrory
cLoses the affair, and il is proper to saw tbot
there viii be many bad reports m ont ~ fs say thet
Slty az me way the visiting soldiers were treated
~ tne cltlLens. The people OF Kansas CITY will
t De ConpeIled to bear the blame for the acts Of
Two men who conceived the idea of an enceT,r
hent and refused II proffers of assistance from
cot psoPie; In fact the whole thing was
soL.en up by these men for
money making scheme, and while tbsS
! nad me names of many prominent citizens on /
the posters and letter head as a board of d.
tors, not one of these gentlemen Knew anvtbing |
aoout 1t until after the soldiers were here anS |
, rnT mork mad been done. When the first com
csc az the train to meet them, but there
was no reception and when tbev
they found one there to ASSIGN then, GROUNDS s ,
t ters: They hunted for tents and did the best
bae;,o knew how unit the managers found time
oetween the selling OF beer and peanut Teens s,s
70 70 attend to them. More companies and more
caaos ensued until there was general s.ticI. -
Companies de I wanted a 1--we w.t. Of the
lnogul, and asked to be directed to some nIaca
w mhs e they could get straw cots and hire men |
70 70 eIean place for camp. Waters treatad |
taein win the utmost indifference, and said 10 |
us assistant: Let them kick, they are 6ere |
Low, they did kick, and WIFI
such effectiveness that the citiTans
we're compelled to take obargs
s sn depose Waters and his gang The one rs
iIee1ihg feature to the whole matter lie the fact
MAJ the visiting companies will receive tbei-
IN, WI prizes as earned, and there will he No | ,
III I over the distribution. Hon Phil p
,tHiatppeH, ex-treasurer of the state has char
= tne iuhds When the thing started his mans | y
~ paced on the posters as treasurer. When =
4 "a ne i OF this he went to the MANAGERS and :
oLo them very plainly that the monev m5st ~ F
nee De forthcoming or he would stop tho vvboIe l,
1ihg. He said he would see TO il THAI tbera -.e i
Q chance for the visitors 10 be defranded spd
ie money was placed in has hsnJs A
mere 1t now Is. The chief trorbIss | Il
. me camp am long the visitors has been caused F
tne profuse promises of Waters whic5, he ;s | II
w unable TO fill. He wrote a Letter 70 tbo f
usSatlne rifles. telling them that thew vTo1Id in
.adllowed to enter the maiden class driIl no. ca
l.!nsIandlng the fact that their tent was H. Sc
asIso with numerous prize banners which tbev an
20 won on many fields. The encanlnme1t ~ ST
~ over, and the fact that it has beer 20 rvII an
Is simply evidence of what r. | M
3 nj nave been had there been the whole cit, | nj
believe. ~ Instance a. a,