The morning call., 1894-06-25
WON THE TROPHY.
Captain Cooks Company
B Successful.
Pretty Concluding Features of an
Unusually Successful Week
of Field Service.

Agreesbly to expectations the company
commander most talked of al the Santa
Cruz eucampment on Friday was yester-
day afternoon announced the winner of
the Dimond cup at the Tegimental armory
of the First Infantry on Market street.
Captain Irving B. Cook was the fortunate
officer and B. the old City Guard, the sue
cessful company.
Company 3 did not win The beautiful
trophy presented to the regiment without
a struggle, in which at least a couple of
the other organizations showed themselves
powerful rivals. The cadets and Company
A found the pace of Captain Cooks COM
pany early in the fight and held out until
The last with surprising persistency. In
fact there were those who b onestlybe-
lieved that the cadets were winners and
others who fancied the best proofs of sue
cess in the very excellent showing made
by Company A.
The presentation address was delivered
by Brigadier-General Dickinson, the CON-
mander OF the Second Brigade. His re-
marks we're mainly congratuiatory to CON-
pany b, and we're concluded by the ex-
pressed desire that Captain Cooks men
might cor tinue to achieve worthy honors
and that the other companies of the regi-
ment might put forth their best efforts to
surpass Company B.
The trophy won by Captain Cooks COM
pany was presented TO the regiment about
month ago by Major-General Dimond to
stimulate the organizations of the First
Infan try to increased efficiency during the
regimental eneampment at Santa Cruz
In appearance it is a large silver goblet,
deuble-ha handled and prettily engraved.
The competition began Immediately upon
The arrival of the regiment at Camp
Dimond a little over a week ago. Two
army officers, Lieutenant McIver of the
Seventh Infantry and Lieutenant Holey
of the Fourth. were inspectors aud judges
with Captain Cunningham of the Second
California Artillery. These gentlemen
worked INCREASINGLY during the encamp-
ment, aud their presence cOntri buted
in no small degree TO the success of the af-
fair.
The First Infantry arrived in this city
yesterday afternoon, after the week Of
field service a. Santa Cruz. The last day
OF the encampment was rather uninterest-
ing. The entire time was devoted to The
breaking OF camp aud all military e@re-
monies were off with the single exception
of continuance of guard duty by The
detail of the pight before. Early in the
morning Colonel Sullivan's militiamen be-
gan the labor of striking tents. There
might have been ceremony about this, but
the danger of having Ient-poles damaged
when they are all dropped at a signal sug-
gested to the colonel the advisability of
proceeding more slowly and carefully.
The members of each company went to
work loosening guyropes and lowering
poles until In less than half an hour Camp
Dimond had disappeared as If by magic
10 the place of the little village of canvas
structures there were only confused heaps
of canvas, poles, baggage and tent-straw.
The transformation did not cease here
n hul hnn ,,d
baggage had been caTted off to The rail-
road depot, and the only Indications of a
recent encampment on the Tripe Hill field
were piles of straw which had served 10
floor the tents. The regiment itself had
disappeared and Tripe Hill again loomed
up in all its accustomed loneliness.
The departing guardsmen marched
through the streets of Santa Cruz and
great crowds gathered to testify to their
appreciation of the creditable cOnducl of
Colonel Sullivan's infantrymen. The
journey to this city was uneveutfuI.
Every one was tired with the weeks work,
and there being no chance of a longer stay
at Santa Cruz the men were anxious to
reach their homes. The officers of the
First were accompanied on the return trip
by Generals Dimond, Allen and Dickinson
and nearly all the visiting officers at
Camp Dimond. at the ferry the regiment
was honored by the willingness of General
Dickinson. Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards
and Majors Stanley, Duboce. Miles and
White TO march up Market street with the
command. These gentlemen marched side
by side with the regimentsl officers, and
TO say the least the act was highly appre-
ciated.
The Fifth Infantry. another OF the crack
regiments of the service, will arrive at
Santa Cruz on July and camp for q week
on the ground the First Infantry left