The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-07-03

was rot "a H. c@uI%,-t,y supposed,
hidden from the young man. The lover
smiled, too, but his smile was as merry
- 1t was mischievous.
At noon dinner was served in the tav-
ern and was announced by three or four
tremendous blasts on a big fish horn.
Several hundred persons dined. First
the military, consisting of company
of infantry, 100 men, and q COM
pany of cavalry, so men, assembled
in the long banquet hall and seated
themselves at table extending
nearly the length of the room and
at side tables. At the head of the
table sat three ministers. men of their
cloth being reycred at that day, who
had been escorted to the tavern by the
bugler, the fifcr and the drummer while
playing national airs. Next to the
! clergymcn were several revolutionary
veterans. white-haired and feeble, and
the militia officers. Each of these hon
ored guests could. II he chose, drink a
glass of wine; but the priyates who sat
below them were not allowed any kind
of ardent spirits with their meal. The
oldest divine said grace, and then the
hungry men did ample justice to a first
class New England dinner. After the
soldiers had eaten, most of the visitors
from the surrounding country dined at
the same tables.
An hour later the people repaired to
the Presbyterian church-the town
house was not large enough to accom-
modate so maryland listened to bonn
bastic address delivered by a young law
yer who was great orator in his own
estimation, and to the singing of pa
triotic airs.
Next was sham fight, which took
place on broad common in the center
of the village. The soldiers were di-
vided into small companies, half of the
cavalry and half of the infantry being
in each division. Each company was
arranged in platoons, eight men in a
platoon, and behind the front platoon
were all of the other platoons. The cav
airy in each company was in the rear of
the infantry. Capt. Perkins, a hero of
the war of 1872, commanded one COM
pany, and the officer acting as the other
captain was Lieut.. Wainwright.
The uniform of cavalryman consist
ed of a red brosdcloth coat with buff
cashmere facings, gold lace trimmings
and gilt buttons, and trousers and vest
of buff cashmere. The privates wore
caps with round crowns of heavy leather
covered with bcarsllin and red feather
on the side. The cap of an officer was
similar except that upon it was n gilded
helmet. support for long feather that
dropped over the front of the cap. The
feather was rcd with white tip in
front. The cavalry equipment consisted
of yellow sword-bclt extending over
right shoulder and holding the scabbard
CT sword on the left side of the soldier,
pistols in saddle holsters and valise on
back of saddle. The cavalry officers
also wore high boots with white tops.
The infantry were dressed in blue
throughout: coat facings and trimmings
were of red and around each soldiers
neck was leather stock.
The men in their gay uniforms pre-
scented brilliant appearance, and in
the sides of the green they were the
finest soldiers in the world.
The sham fight consisted of 4 series
of simple maneuvcrS by which each
platoon in the opposite companies, be-
ginning with the two front platoons,
advanced and fred, wheeled back, took
its place behind the other platoons. and
moved forward until again in turn it
was at the front, when it fred again.
These mancuvers were repeated until |
the battle was ended. The company
whose platoons moved the quicker |
gained ground on the other company !
and gradually drove it back until the |
rounds of ammunition were |
exhausted and the slower moving COM |
pany was defeated.
The quicker moving company WIS |
by Lieut. Wainwright. who |
was seated on spirited horse and |
whose waving plume above the gilded !
helmet could ever be seen in the thiclzcst
Of the fray. The gallant officer was In !
cited to do his best b. the knowledge
that the eyes of the fair Amanda were
upon him. She and her mother stood
in prominent position. They waved
their hardl-erchicfs at the young SOL
lier and their faces were filed with Joy
Is they saw him lead his men to certain
victory, although the paterfamilias,
Deacon Hepburn himself, was inCaptain
Perkins company and was enragcd be-
,ause the detestcd young Wainwright
was carrying OFF the laurels Of the oc-
.asion. But fortunately the deacon
vas pearsichteG AID knew not that his