The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-28
MILITARY BALL.

MILITARY BALL.
Though % Private AAsir Col. Turner's En-
t~rtx!nmcnt ut the Chicago Armpry Was
unique.
CHICAGO, Oct -. --Fully 10. 200 people
thronged upon the floor of the armory
OF the First infantry Thursday night in
responsc To invitations issued by Lieut.
Col. Henry l.. Turner, of that regiment
In point of numbers the event far sur
passed the notable affair at the Audi
forum and in brilliancy and success it
was fully It's equal. Col. Turner's cour-
tcsy was extended to the visiting officers
OF the national guard and regular army,
members OF the Loyal Legion, the dis
tinguished visitors now in Chicago, to
Irhe friends OF their friends. Despite
the number which attended it, however,
! tho ball vas no crush. -
II had not at first been intended to
make the affair one sof great, proper
tons but tho pressure for Invitations
and the number of distinguished visit
ors, so far surpassed the original ideas
that the ball proved m event almost as
international an affair as h official re-
lcept:on. The armory was tastefully
and deliberately decorated with flags
and the building and its interior pre-
scptcd u handsome and patriotic ap.
pearance. The ball was essentially
military in all the features and when
the festivities were at their height. the
great armory floor, covered with tho
bright costumes OF the ladies, andStte
dark blue and gold of the military
guests, presented . handsqwe appear
ancc. = ~
Col. Turner, in the full dress Uniform
OF his regiment, wasAH-sisted n receive
ing by Mrs Nelson A. Miles, Maj. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles and Mrs. A. ii. Nettle-
ton, Gen. A. u. Nettleton and Mrs. John
Il. Castleman, Col. John Il. Castleman
and Mrs Porter, ,Maj.-Gen. Henry X.
Douglas and Miss Castleman, Col G. IL
Il. Kuch and Mrs. Laird, Mr.. Schiller
Hosford and Mrs. Koch, Maj. Fred
Brackett and Mrs. HoSford.
The reception began Mt $3.50 o'clock
and lasted for two hours when the or
chestra, which had been devoting itself
to promenade music, changed To d live
lier tone and in "a few moments the hall
was filed with revolving couples, NOV
ing in time with the exquisite waltz
music of over 100. players,
Shortly before midnight the gentle
men who had been. present at the Eel.
lowship club dinner, arrived vita VicC
President Morton ut their head To the
Armory. Mr.. Morton and his friends
were met ut tho door by Lieut.. Cham
berlain and an escort Of military men
in full uniform and cdnducted to where
I x1,a Ea.t - tina uyprtVD an .ratttnr
them. A few minutes after tile arrival
Of the members of the Fellowship club
and their guests, three buglers stepped
to the front of the orchestra m,dsthe
mellow notes Of the Officers Calf' rang
through the hall. 1t met u RESPONSE
from men who had been officers Ia days
gone by and who had won their spurs
in other places than ball rooms and
dedication paradise. They were the
members Of the Loyal Legion and they
formed in n circle In the center OF the
hall. Around them gathered the ofIi-
GERS of the regular army and OF the
navy and beyond these clustered the
' mon Of the national guard. When all
/, was ready, the old gray haired mid gray
, boarded fighters Burst forth with the
words of The National Guard,"a poem
written by Col, Turner for tho occa-
sion They sang IL TO the air OF "Mary.
> land" and men who had worn the gray
t from 81 to '65 clasped hands with the
A men they had fought during four long
and bloody years, and lent their voices
in the praise and encouragement of the
8 men who must do the nations fighting
, now IT. was a beautiful scene and the
applause Of the listening thousands
,, was long and hearty.
3 After this thu dancing was resumed
n and II vas 8 o'clock and after when Col.
Turner shook hands with his hast do
|. parting guest. II was o private affair
but by its hcauty, bslliancy md sue
cess, 1t lost bst little, II anything, wher
ID compared with the other events of the