Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-06

NNIEs/oN WI LinSly Insti-
"/'o| I 2ZI| tute, yester-
afternoon, the occasion being the
~,stitive drill of the three companies
,-ba Institute so long and happily an
mated. The cadets have been drill
f,r some time with a good natured
....rr and inaSmuch as the students
s.r. hsen remarkably punctual, and the
..-r,tors careful and painStaking, the
M. was three almost equally prof.
.o,rDanieS. The boys started off
.ba parade at o'clock, headed by
,-.rsr's band. which diScOurSed enliven-
,'-' -,r.ic throughout the drill. There
..5. large crowd of admirers gath
5 rnor the scene, and the eager
.-.'-..- with which different persons
..cbej their fayOrite companies,
..,.4 M what movement the cOnteS I
.- IN hundreds OF spectators. The
'...,.. took place on EOtf and Four
% streets. and included a variety
~ military movements, intending the
s.-.,srior of ranks, open ranks, the
...,.al marching by twOS and tours,
..'.I.. and double file, marching double
s-7, double rank, wheeling, deplOy-
Tot ..,irm, sherS, marching by TANKS,
Nv nv f0ur>, and column OF tours
,r5ocomuanies marched from the col
l.+. bYHt.nr down Fifteenth TO Chap
t-. r, Csgo.ae TO Fourteenth and up
I1,r-ear,h 90 EOf, under the command
1tTieut. BrauuerSreuther; the military
i,.-rgcror. who attired in his full dress
nayl. costume.
Company A was in charge Of Capt. I.
r Sweeney H. NJ. Strong, First Lieu
-,,,r, and VIM. Brice Second Lieuten-
.-- Company b was commanded by
C.s. r. b. Ewing: Fred Ebeling, First
Lieutenant. Hazlett FreeSe, Second
Lieutenant. Company c was in COM
msnd Of Capt. 5. H. Harper; r. II. Mes
bit. First Lieutenant; 5. p. Norton,
second Lieutenant.
At the conclusion Of the drill an open
air dress parade was given such as is
seen az West Point. The boys
Kept good step 70 the music, and they
were greeted with rounds of cheers at
intervals along the march. The drill
and parade occupied about two hours,
after which the companies adjourned TO
The armory 10 await the decision Of the
Judges, followed by a large cOncOurSe Of
friends. The judges OF the merits OF the
exercises were: CapG. Gregory Barrett,
q. 5. A.: Capt. Geo. +. Boyd, w. Va.
State Militia, and Capt. VIM. Otto, Of
North Wheeling. While they were siz-
ing up the excellence of the three com
panieS, the band played several Selec-
.0uS. The companies were so nearly
gal that il required more than the
Usual amount of time TO fix the award.
Finally Capt. Barrett, as chairman of
.le committee, appeared at the entrance
% the armOry and announced that Com
pany A had won the first prize, obtain
ing 80 so out of possible A; Company
3 the second best, securing 1919, and
Company c an even 80 out of a possible
A.. This gave the prize 10 Company A,
and ia few minutes after Miss Lena
BrauuerSreuther, daughter Of the in
Structing lieutenant, gracefully present.
ed the handsome banner TO Captain
Sweeney. Of the winning company, in
the following speech;
CAPT SWEENEY Il am pleased 10 hand
YOU this token of merit and hope you and
your company will always be first and
foremost in all you undertake. L only re-
yret that there are not two other flags for
the other companies. You have been sue
cessful in this contest and l hope you will
always look back upon this occasion as a
very bright spot in your school life. /
ia0w | shall regard it SO in mine.
Capt Sweeney responded felicitOuSly.
TIE winning company then paraded the
c.,y with the trophy. The prize for the
BEST drilled company was a handsome
banner of blue satin, on which the in
..als Il. /. c." were embroidered in
,ld. The name of the winning COM
uay viii be engraved upon silver
p4'e and riveted TO the staff, and will
Pa handed down the history of the In
tu,e
ID was a very close and exciting con-
-t aud one gentleman pleasantly re-
1,sed that the flag ought to be cut in
@ pieces and distributed, while an
r iooker-On, Mr.. Luke X. Kaiser, 4
'iuate OF West Point, spoke OF the
,deatS as unusually proficient, and
drill rs one that was very COM
ldab.e. The following is the make
-s OF the victorious company.
captain, l. b. Sweeney; ist Lieutenant,
q w. Stong; 2nd Lieutenant, W. L.
9o-ce; lSt Sergeant, C. +. Paxton; 2nd
sean, G.. w. Atkinson; lst Corporal,
w. Hoffman; Pad Corporal +. B.
sweeney 5rd Corporal, B. r. Catch.
,FnyateS Bcdilhon, BrilleS, Beuter,
oe-ier Jr Carter, Cham0ra. Etzler,
-"-1g Jr.. Catch Jr. Howell, F., Howell,
,,,.s H.. HornbroOk, Merriman, Morgan,
,i,'ii~ Naylor, Norton, Geo, Nichols,
'.'riso@, Hickey, Vance, WaterhOuse.