The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-24
COMPANY E's PRIZE DRILL.
Private Ball Gets the Company Media
The Other Prizes.

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The Other Prizes.
Thsprize drill and hop Of Company Of
| the Savannah Volunteer Guards, at the
! Catholic Library hall last night. was COM
| plete success.
The company acquitted itself in a most
creditable manner, and evinced a training
/ and discipline which was a surprise even to
| many of its friends, and which was highly
| creditable TO both officers and men.
! About 800 invited guests were present,
the ladies being largely represented, and the
/ efforts OF the crack company OF the Guards
| were witnessed with intense interest.
The drill began at o'clock.
Forty men were in line to contest for
the prizes. The splendid appearance of the
| line was subject of general comment, the
men being Of fine physique, showing up
| well in their gray uniforms and so nearly Of
| size that tho difference between the head
| and the foot of the line was scarcely per-
ceptible.
Capt. T. F. Screven was in charge Of the
| drill, with Lieuts. George NJ. Gadsden and
r. F. Burdell acting as judges. Capt.
| Screven'5 commands we're sharp and quick,
| and the judges decisions were very rigid,
| the men being thrown out on the slightest
| error.
Capt. Screven gave the men a ten min
utes' exercise in the manual, after which
the command of ''place rest" was given and
the judges compared notes.
The crowd awaited the result with great
| interest. because it was evident that num-
Der of the men would 60 down.
Attention" was called again and
the judges sent thirteen men to
the rear, amid the laughter and cheers of
the crowd: Morrison, Box, Gibbes. Saussy,
| Charlton, Fielder, Haupt. Fitzgerald, Baker,
| Poulain, Ravenel, Haskell and Walthour.
The line was then closed up, and Capt.
Screven put the men through again. Eight
men went to the rear on the second
| round as follows: Postell, Riverstow, Clay,
Mallard, Carruthers, Patterson, Rockwell
| and Montague.
| The men were given the bayonet exer-
cises and the firings in the third round, and
these quick and difficult movements ratified
a number of the best drilled, who would
have gone through easily in the
| drill room, but became nervous in
the presence of the crowd. Lamar. Par
ker, Cosens, Daffin, Crane, OConnor, But
Ter, Alexander and Woodbridge Joined their
| comrades who had gone before. This
left Rowland, Richmond. Bacon, Will
son, Ball and Bell for the
| fourth round. Lieut.. Gadsden put them
| through in every sense of the word, and
| Bacon, Richmond and Rowland went out
in succession. leaving Wilson, Bell and Ball
| to contend together as to which
prize should fall to each.
Wilson made break and went to the rear,
and Bell and Ball we're left. They were
greeted with cheers from the crowd, and the
contest for the first prize between them
| began. Both men are graduates OF the
Citadel academy of Charleston, and are
splendidly drilled, and both had
| regulations to sustain. They executed
the most difficult commands with the
regularity and evenness of clockwork,
and the two moved together like one
piece of machinery. They were fire.
| quently applauded after executing some
| difficult movement. At last Bell fumbled
| in closing his cartridge box in coming to
cease firing and was thrown out. Ball
received a regular ovation from his COM
| rades aud the crowd
After a short interval the company was
reformed and Privates Ball, Bell and Wilson
| ordered to the front. Joseph A. Cronk,
ESQ.,, former member and officer of the
company, presented the prizes in an eabo-
rate and appropriate speech, compliment
ing the winners upon their victory and
the company as a whole upon its excellent
drill.
The prizes were as follows: LIST prize, the
7. F. Screven medal and $40, 2nd prize, SIS,
3rd prize $40.
After the presentation Of the prizes by
Mr.. Cronk, Private W. F. Morrison was
ordered to the front, and was presented with
the leather medal by T. s. Morgan, ESQ.
Private Morrison accepted his prize and Mr..
Morgan's adroit compliments with due
humility.
The exercises OF the drill concluded about
10;l5 o'clock. The Harmony orchestra had
been secured for the evening and dancing
was iHdulged in until after o'clock.
Among those present at the drill were
Lieut.. Col. Garrard of the battalion, Capt.
John Reilly of Company G, Capt. William
son of Company A. Quartermaster John NJ.
Bryan and Adjt. William P. Hunter of the
battalion, and number of the
officers and members of Companies
A and G. and the other military
organizations of the city. Col John
Screven, former commander of the Guards.
and Capt. Thomas F. Screven of Company
B, were also present.
The chaperones for the evening were
Mrs. T. S. Wayne. Mrs. R. F. Burdell, Mrs.
Bacon, Mrs. John M. Bryan,
Mrs. W. P. Hunter, Mrs. T. NJ. Cunning
ham, Mrs. w. G. Woodfn. Mrs. G. W.
Tiedeman, Mrs. E. J. Thomas, Mrs. W. W.
Rogers, Mrs. l. B. Tiedeman, Mrs. A C.
Bacon, Mrs. G. A. Nicoll, Mrs. T. G. Arnold
and Mrs. w. H. Baker.
The committee in charge of the enter
taiument, and to which much credit is due
for its success, was Lieut.. George NJ. Gads.
den, Sergt. w. H. Crane, Sergt. II. H. Ba.
con. Corpl. E. H. O'Connor and Private j.
T. Rowland.
Refreshments were served during the
evening.