Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-06-07

tongues and threats, like true sol.
dies they executed the commands Of
the officers with accuracy and pre-
cision. After the drill the battalion
was marched over to the race track
(the contest being held at the Fair
Grounds, as heretofore announced)
and those who did not desire to
enter the contest fell out. Then
began the event of the afternoon.
The rivalry between the two COM
panies of the battalion was very
| strong. The contestants all drilled
splendidly and it was only after a
hard and exhaustive drill in all the
most intricate movements of the
manual of arms, as well as the most
trying field movements, that the
number of contestants were reduced
to three. These were Mr.. Lloyd,
of Company A, and Messrs. Brink
erhoff and Milligan, of Company
B. Mr.. Lloyd, who was now the
sole representative of Company A.,
| despite the fewness of his years,
drilled like a veteran and died hard.
A failure to execute one of the com.
mands properly called for his re-
tirement, the field being thus left to
Messrs. Brinkershoff and Milligan,
both of Company B. They were
splendidly drilled men and strug.
gled long and hard for the coveted
prize, Mr.. Brinkerhoff finally re-
firing on a failure to execute proper
ly the command to order arms"
Mr.. Milligan, the winner of the
medal, is a MIssourian and from
Springfield. This is his first year
in the Military Academy and his
success over cadets of two and three
| years standing is a most certain
evidence of thorough and conscien-
tious work on his part.
BUCKNER MEDAL CONTEST.
The Cadets of the M. M. A. con-
tested for the gold declamatory
medal at the Ferris Grand Opera
House last Saturday night. The
medal, which la a beatty, was Of
fered by Chas,A. Buekner, the drug
gist.
The high honor of being the fore.
most speakerin this excellent school
was conferred upon Cadet M. M.
McConaughy, Of BelIeville, Ill.
The judges of the contest were
Messrs. Jas. G. T'rimble, F. R.
Jesse and Chas. Rodgers, three OF
the most brilliant young profession
al men of the city.
THE ENTERTAINMENT.
AS the last strains of the overture
died away, that good natured and
popular educator, Capt. D. A. Me-
MILAN, appeared before the audi.
ence and in a brief speech explained
that all the exercises which would
follow were voluntary, and that the
Judges would grade on four points
First, expression of voice; End, ex'
preston of gesture; 3rd, difficult
ness of the selection. and 4th, the
personal power of the speaker te
hold the audience.
The applause which followed
Capt. McMillan's speech had scarce
ly ceased to echo throughout the
building when the first declaimer
Cadet Lingenfelter, appeared, ant
in a pathetic manner told "Th'
Old Actors Story" Mr.. Lingen
felter's stage presence was good, ant
his gestures well chosen and grace
, full.
"The Curse of Regulus," as de
, livered by Cadet Park, was splen
) did. Although Mr.. Park has al
/ ways shown great promise as a de
claimer, his work Saturday nigh
was a surprise to even his mos
ardent admirers.
. Cadet McConaughy, the WHINE
of the contest, delivered Emmett
, Vindication" in a mastery mar
l ner. Mr.. McConaughy has tn
!. combined qualities that make th
successful speaker: a deep, ric
s voice, naturalness of style, easy stag
of presence and graceful gesture;
The selection of "Emmett's Wind
0 cation" as a winning defamation
could not have been improved upol
as it is in perfect harmony with NJ
d McConaughy's style of speaking.
n As the maniac murderer, in "Tt
G Tell. Tale Heart" Cadet Carpent'
y was superb. The pangs of a gull
conscience were faithfully depiete
K in both words and action. Had
y not been that Mr.. Carpenter slight
/. forgot one portion of bis speecj
E. which was by far the most difficu
t. that was rendered during the eve
ing, he would have made formid
N BILE adversary for the winner of Il
he contest.
90 Cadet J. j. Brown. of Troy, II
ID rendered the comic selection, 'Sp,
IN tycus," a burlesque on the tin
be honored address to the gladiato