Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-30

horses were dressed with piumee and blan-
kstsd with banners bearing the name Of the
ton In center field. and the ex-champions
watched the movements Of the New Albany
knights with keen interest.
Made the Fastest Time.
Capt H. NJ. Cooper gave the first COM
mand to the New Albany knights after in
spection at 1919 o'clock. and then began an
excellent drill. completed iE the shortest
time 30 far in the competitions. In fifteen
minutes after the inspection the command
started from the field The alignments were
excellent and. 80 far as outward evidences
nay go. the team should land near the top
In the final survey. There were no breaks
. To be noted, and the lame man limped not
step.
With a brass band playing Marching
Through Georgia." indianapolis Division.
No 80. OF Indiana polls. Capt H. b. Smith.
entered the field amid applause from the
grand stand After brave start Capt
Smith lost points for his command by halt
ing the men after the change step, before
stirling from quick to short STEP instead
or continuing the march through all these
movements. The rest of the evolutions
however: were done In good shape. The left
ir,nt into line was admirable and the d.
vision fronts were even and smooth
Capt- smith made an excellent impression
" ms QUICK movements and sharp COM
nands He came very near running his line
iplo the renee on one evolution, however by
endeavorinG to work from one command 10
another without halting He earned a round
OF applause by maneuvering his team
as to bring them into a deploy line on the
left field foul line chalkei out in n clear
white mark. This gave a good index for the
division to toe to. and the crowd recognized
the cleverness of the move and applautled
heartily. Even the Judges smiled In
seventeen minutes the drill was over and
Capt Smith was presented with n hand
sonle neral harp by an enthusiastic young
man. VINO ran out from the grand stand
TO the commander. handed him the tribute
ana then ran back. giving q true Hoosier
yell Of delight and cracking his heels on the
way. The Indianapolis team had put up a
sDlendid drill
Before the next team. Austin. No.
u of New Amsterdam ~ Y, took the
field. there was brief intermission while
the Judges recuperated from their labors
Inc men from New Amsterdam were under
the command of Capt. ID. +. Vunk who IL
he does not take the first prize will have
the credit Of making splendid time. In just
fourteen minutes from Inspection the COM
n,and left the field. The drill was fair
though several errors were made.
The Hastings Drill
There was loud cheering from the stands
when big-voiced Capt. A. d. Niskern. in
command Of Hastings Division. No. 10, Of
Hastings. Mich. took his men out into the
heid in division line. They were evidently
The favorites. and their performance was
awaited with eagerness.
The Hastings men went through some
extra counting off. numbering by twos and
threes. as well as fours. and they presented
splendid appearance at inspection. 1t was
12-,2 when the captain resumed command
AMI started to his work. In returning
swords one man was a trife slow. The
marching by the flank even and the
dfS'ances were well kept.
The movements Of the team were cheered
mol nrth fron
qucriej. such as. Whats the matter with
Hastings? which. with rare and curious
coincidence. brought forth the invariable
response, She's all right"
the formation of columns of twos and
files was excellent. while the right into
line from column OF fours was beyond
criticism The division was working like a
splendid machine, and individual errors
were hardly to be noted at all. The ex-
champions gave ample reason for their rep
utation and success. In pla toon wheeling
particularly the work was SUPERIOR and
when the division line was formed from
column of platoons In deep center field the
crowds. without reference to partizan feel
irgs. broke into cheers
In forming single from double rank In COL
umn of fours the last four lost distance
The left front into line movement. which
Is executed at double time. was very nearly
perfect
The division wss deployed for sword exer-
else in center field. exactly behind second
base. This part of the program was exc
cuted with remarkable precision. The
words of the captain were echoed with a
curious effect from the great sign In the
end of the field. which formed a vast sound
ing board for his voice. The only misfor-
tune of the Grill was when. at the last COM
mand of the sword manual, the end man on
the left dropped his blade. He did not
move a muscle. but stood in perfect rigid
fty while a lieutenant ran over and picked
up the sword The division went off the
field at double quick. while the spectators
RI Tha ri
occupied Il minutes
Harmony Division.
When the Hastings division moved of the
fell there was a very general scattering
from the stands. the spectators having
manly waited to witness the drill of this
famous organization. The next competitor,
Harmony Division, No. ii, of Harrington,
Conn, commanded by Capt. VIM. Wester-
man, was therefore somewhat discounted
by the brilliancy of its predecessor IN the
lists, but. nevertheless, 1t showed up we'll
and gave drill that was. in the nam, ex-
oelient. A few breaks were to be noted,
however. The captain started to face his
giving the command left face" first. He
Corrected himself, however. before much
damage was done. The right turn was
very ragged. and though the forward move
ment was continued for several PAGES the
lire was badly broken The deploy line was
not straight. and the left flank was obliged
came down to carry too soon from present
This drill lasted twenty three minutes
After this the judges retired. and an inter-
mission Of thirty minutes was ordered.
There was but enc more division to drill,
according to the program for the day. but
Chairman Clark of the citizens commit
tee on prize drills consulted early In the
day with Gen. Carnahan, and ii was de-
cided to send more divisions out to the
ball park to compete. Hence, the recess
which was taken at 1 o'clock.
The Closing Drill.
1t was ~ when the judges returned to
the field and Louisville Division, No. /, Of
Louisville. KY. Capt j. W. Reccius, took
the field.
The next ard last for the day was Yellow
Cross Division. No So. of Alliance, Ohio
Commanded by Capt Charles Shem, jr
Mounted Drill at Fort Nyer
Battalion drills were given by the first
Indiana regiment of Indianapolis and the
first battalion of the second Ohio regiment.
The Phil Sheridan Division of Syracuse.
n. Y, and the ID. ID. Burnes HuZzars of
81 Joseph, Mo-, gave mounted drills at
Fort Myer
Drill Notes.
one of the commanders asked the commit
tee Of aids this morning if he would not re-