Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01

twenty-nine men for proficiency in team
drill. The prizes and the winners are as
follows: First prize. 81 500. Hastings Divi-
sion, No. IL, of Hastings. Mich, Capt A. d.
Niskern; second prize, 81. 2o0 Parkersburg
Division. No. 3. of Parkersburg. W. Va,
Capt. S. b. Baker; third prize, 81, 600, John
Barr Glenn, No. 10, Of Eau Claire, Wis.,
Capt. Con. Feige: fourth prize $500, Mystic
Division. No. II, Girard. Kan. Capt. NJ #.
sion, No. 5, of New Albany, Ind, Capt.
Henry NJ. Cooper; sixth prize, $500 Yellow
Cross Division, No. So. of Alliance. Ohio,
Capt. Charles Shem; seventh prize s4Oo,
Provost Division, No. i, of Kansas City,
Mo-, Capt. James A. Reed: eigheh prize
500, Terre Haute Division, No. 3. Terre
Haute, Ind, Capt A. c. Duddleston; ninth
prize, 500, Lily Division, No. 10. OF Rad
cliffe Iowa, Capt. Thomas S. Waud; tenth
prize, Indiana Division, No. 90, Of Indian
apolis, Ind, Capt. II. B. Smith. A sir
$40. will be given to each member of the
Hastings team, in addition to the prize
money.
The Evening Star Prise.
There was Joy and woe to be noticed on
the faces of the men standing In the sitting
atmosphere of the tents when these names
had been read. Capt Niskern, the first
prize winner. stood unmoved, with folded
arms. and received the congratulations Of
His team has won first prize twice before
and Its partisans claim that IL would have
won the same honor at Kansas City two
years ago had II attended the encampment
vidual prize for the best-drilled commander.
but also the second money in the division
drill, was not to be found He had made a
bee line for the telegraph Office to wire
special to his own paper, which went to
press early in the afternoon. The West Vir-
ginians We're very happy, but they were to
be made more SO by the next announce
Ment.
There is Yet another prize to be awarded
tfis afternoon said Gen. Carnahan This
Is the stand Of colors offered by The Even
Ing Star OF this city to the regiment making
the best appearance in the parade. The
prize has been awarded by a competent
jury to the first regiment of West Virginia
Col. Posten, as the most complete regimen
tai organization on parade and in review
These colors Will be presented this after
noon"
Not Enough to Pay the Prizes.
Gen. Carnahan then announced that the
chairman of the executive committee. Mr.
Goodhart wanted to meet the commanders
Of the winning teams in the headquarters
tent Immediately after he had concluded
his reading Of the awards. This meeting
was not open to the public. Chairman Good
hart frankly told the commanders that the
short OF funds and unable to quite paw all
of the prize money. He laid before them
the rea sons why the encampment had NOT
been financially q success from a local
point of view, mentioning the high rates de-
manded by the railroads and the general
hard times. He said that the local peopIe
had not received nearly as much return as
they had anticipated. and 1t had been diff
cult to secure complete payments from all
who had pledged their support.
But, he added, the committee intend that
every cent Of the prize money should be
paid in full. The prizes amount TO a little
less than 5000, and Of this sum the COM
rlittee has on hand about $1,000 In cash
The remainder they propose to raise in the
next thirty days. There was a perfectly
frank talk and the commanders agreed
that under the circumstances the only
thing to do was for the committee to pay
all that ii could and 10 guarantee the rest
The chairman and other members of the
committee assured the commanders of their
faith I'm their own ability to raise the
money, and they said that they believed
that when the accounts of the various COM
mittees were balanced there would be really
little or no deficiency at all.