The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-05

honor. They wore white dresses with TIE
waists faced with brass buttons and goo
cord. They also wore the company cap.
The drill took place at the large ocean
I House PAVILION. The gp0nsOrs and maids 81
/ honor occupied seaS 10 the band stand. Inc
drill was Of lorty-hVe minutes duration ana
each company drilled In it. own tsciics. ! ne
Z1uaves led of Capt Asrmelsiein hrst
. put his command through the man ia win
and without numbers The boys executed
/ the movements IN manner which indl-
Gated that they have p-ot1sed consid-
eratly by the daily drills Of the iass
two weeks. The immense crowd Of sPecta-
tors applaUded the young soldiers. ne
marching Of the Zouayes vas almost fsui,-
less, and their wheeling may vel Be termed
suDerb MANY Of the older n Itary men
who saw tie drill enyisd TIE lite fellows
their efficiency.
Tie novel AID attractive feature Of the
ZouaYe drill, however 8ss tie forming
d circles In circles. A. times II
looked az II things were a corn
p.ete mess. but the boys e. the
proper time stepped back % their positions
without having lost hardly en- inch y dis
lance. The movement # forming around
the officers as { protesting val aai
then marching out across tie pavilion
Ia various directions, firing on the
imaginary enemy es they vent, then com
ing 70 az sbout-facs and again marching
back % the starting point, " as magnlh-
Gently executed aud drew forth well lnerited
applause At the conclusion Of the driIithe
company marched off the pavilion and
made room for their competl,crs, tie Bar
tows.
ibis youthful infantry company put up
good drill, but nothing near equal % that Of
tho Zsusves The boys started out veil
k.rse eli ~ ~ n
second four seemed 10 rattle tee entire com
pauy, and before the members recovered
their equilibrium they Lad made
several bad breaks, which counted
heavily against them. Ia the manual taey
put up q good drill, although some we're
little slow In handling their guns. The
marching is where most Of the trouble oc-
Cured. Some Of the boys ia one movement
got out Of line altogether.
Toward the end Of the drill the Bartows
ma laged to recover Themselves, and did ex-
celent work. both 10 marching and in the
handling If their pieces. Had they done rs
well il the first part q ths drill as they did
IN the latter par, the question Of superb
ority might have been little more difficult
for the judges % decide. Ihe spectators
warmly applauded tae Bartows whenever
they made good movement, and 1t would
have bean hard matter 70 decide which
command was the iaVOrlte with the p55ple
If the noise from the applause was c1asld-
cred in the matter
The Judges Of the contest were First
Sergt. West and Second Ssrgt. Tyson Of
the Cadets, and Firsy Sergt Dixon Of the
Blues II took the judges but few min
utes 10 decide the drill. aud when they
called the Companies 10 attention every one
who had witnessed the exhibition was
satisfied that the Zouayes we're winners.
As soon as the commands were formed
facing the judges, 5ergt. West ordered
Capt Marmslsteiu 10 the front and center.
Serg1. West complimente1 the Zouaves on
the excellent drill which they had put up,
and said 1t afforded him pleasure 20 present
the prize which they had 50 we'll earned.
Three cheers were given by the Bar.ows
for their victorious competitors, and the
Iouaves returnei the compliment Capt.
MsrmeEtein then ordered his command to
present arms, and saluted their sponsors.
the Bsrto IS doing likewise, after which the
boys we're relieved Of the military restraint
and allowed 70 ENJOY Themselves hs they
saw ff. They returned 10 the city on the
$50 o'clock train.