The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-07-03


ern and was announced 10y three or four
tremendous blasts on a big fish horn.
Several hundred persons dined. First
the military, consisting of a company
of infantry, 1870 men, and a com
pany OF cavalry, 70 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 revered at that day, who
had been escorted to the tavera by the
! bugler, the hfer and the drummer while
1 playing national airs. Next to the
clergymen were several revolutionary
veterans, white-haired and feeble aud
the militia officers. Each of these hon
| ored guests could, IL he chose, drink a
| glass Of wine; but the privates 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 first
class New England dinner. After the
soldiers had eaten, most of the visitors
from the surrounding country drneu 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 a 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 a sham fight which took
place on Il 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 II
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, hero of
the war of 1912, commanded one com.
pany, and the officer acting as the other
captain was Lieut., Wainwright.
The uniform of cavalryman consist
ed of a red broadcloth 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 bearslSin and a red feather
on the side. The cap of an officer was
similar except that upon it was gilded
helmet, support for long feather that
dropped over the front of the cap. The
feather was red with white tip in
front. The cavalry equipment consisted
of yellow sword-belt extending over
right shoulder and holding the scabbard
of u 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 a leather stock.
The men in their gay uniforms pre-
sented a brilliant appearance, and in
the opinion of the spectators who lined
the sides of the green they were the
finest soldiers in the world.
The sham ngnJ consisted or a series
of simple maneuvers by which each
platoon in the opposite companies, be-
ginning with the two front plntoons,
, advanced and fired, wheeled back, took
its place behind the other platoons, and
moved forward until again in turn it
was at the front, when it fired again.
These maneuvers 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
twenty-four rounds of ammunition were
exhausted and the slower moving COM
pany was defeated.
The quicker moving company was
, commanded by Lieut. Wainwright, who
was seated on spirited horse and
whose waving plume above the gilded
helmet could ever be seen in the thickest
Of the fray. The gallant officer was in
! cited to do his best by the knowledge
, that the eyes of the fair Amanda were
upon him. She and her mother stood
/ In prominent position. They waved
= their handlSerchiefs at the young sol
/ dier and their faces were filed with Joy
as they saw him lead his men to certain
! victory, although the paterfamilias,
Deacon Hepburn himself, was in Captain
+ Perkins company and was enraged be-
, cause the detested young Wainwright
was carrying off the laurels of the oc-
, casion. But fortunately the deacon
? was nearsighted and knew not that his
{ wife and daughter beheld his humilia
s tion with pleasure and that Amanda
? was flirting with her lover and was be
Z sto wing upon him her most bewitching
= smiles before and after the combat.
4 Crestfallen and weary, the deacoI
G wended his way at six p. m. to The
h home Of his cousin, Joshua Whipple
/. with whom he hoped to hold sensible
r converse and forget his troubles. Blu