Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-18
Capt. Domer Turned Two Pages Of
His. Program at Once.
A NUMBER OF MOVEMENTS OMITTED
Arrival of General SchofieId at
Memphis.
WARM WELCOME GIVEN

| ted States, have drilled in the great Mem
| phis interstate contest and there Is not
| now a mortal in this vicinity. including the
Washington contingent, who places the
| team above fourth place in the race for
| the Galveston cup and 5000 in cash.
Until the announcement of the judges,
Tuesday next, the erstwhile champions will
| be very nervous and not nearly so confident
of success as heretofore. At o'clock yes
| terday afternoon the immense grand stand
at Montgomery Park was densely crowded,
the open seats were filled to sardine in
| tensity and hundreds of persons and scores
of carriages stood about the field. The
fact that the champions would drill had
been widely heralded and the attendance
| was almost double that of the day before,
when the local companies drilled.
few minutes before the drills the sun,
which had been persistently endeavoring to
get the best of the clouds all morning, was
successful, and the result was an ideal
afternoon for drilling.
The Morton Cadets.
To the High School Cadets March" the
Morton Cadets took the field for their
third inspection and drill. The boys halted
before a veritable mountain of faces. but
were calm and collected. The drill of the
youngsters appeared perfect from the
grand stand, but seemed just a slight de-
gree below the standard of the exhibition
in class B Wednesday Capt. Shilling saved
eight minutes fop> extra movements, and
LETT the field as the band played Dixie. and
| the thousands of spectators applauded en-
thus'astlcally: The company was presented
with a huge basket Of flowers by the Con-
federate Veterans
The Fencibles.
Attired in new white duck trousers, new
company caps and black blouses. with rifles
and accouterments in the best possible
condition, every man clean shaver and
| wearing the same pattern Of shoes, gloves
and collars, the Fencibles presented a fine
appearance as they entered the field to the
"Fencibles' March" The sponsor and maids
in dray drawn by four horses preceded
the champions. The inspection of the COM
pany was rigid to the extreme, but it could
hardly have been other than perfect. Bar
ring the inability of one man to draw his
bayonet and a few other individual errors,
the drill was the beautiful, polished exhi-
bition for which the company is famous.
Turned Too Many Pages.
At the conclusion of thirty-nine minutes
Captain Domer returned his program to
| the judges. and instantly the military ele-
ment among the audience knew that some-
thing was wrong. 1t proved to be, as it
developed later, that the commanding Off
Ger of the Fencibles in turning the pages
of his program had accidentally moved
two leaves instead of one. Thus. ten num-
bers of the program were omitted and
the company scored zero on each.
Captain Domer soon realized what had
happened and in the six minutes at his dis
pcsal for extra movements executed the
numbers as near as he could remember
called for in the page of the program
omitted.
Other Competitors.
The next company to drill was the
Thurston Rifles. Captain Scharfr's men
put up a superior drill to their exhibitions
in classes B and c, and the team is con-
sidered the dark horse in class A, as well
as class c.
The final drill of the day and also of the
encampment in the infantry class under the
Rifles. who made a snowy appearance in
full white duck uniforms and white he'll
NETS The men from Galveston drilled
prettily and won the favor of the onlookers.
but Capt. Boyds Interpretation Of the pro-
gram, as the knowing ones say, will put
the company not higher than fifth place.
Capt. Domer stated to the Fencbles that
their drill was a winner and the accident in
thing that can keep the company from
taking first prize. The excellent inspection
passed and the execution of the extra move
ments, so the company think, will overcome
the omission of the numbers referred to.
Many Of the boys are detected over the
drill. but the majority are hopeful and light
hearted, refusing TO surrender before the
announcement of the judges.
In certain movements Capt. Domer and
Capt. Shilling agreed in Interpreting the
program. differing thereon vastly from all
the other companies. Both the Fencibles
and the Mortons were photographed with
their sponsors after drills
What Omcer. Say.
By a queer coincidence Col. Peters, Col
Allen and Gen. Gordon. with whom con-
To CT
ferred in regard to the matter, all named
the companies in class A in the following
order: Chickasaw Guards first; Morton
Cadets or Thurston Rifles second; Ma
tioral Fencibles, fourth; Sealy Rifles, fifth:
Mccarthy Light Guards, sixth, and Gov
ernor,s Guard. seventh. The officers men,
toned are old drill experts and watched
the contest closely. The Fencibles and
Mcrtons do not see how the Chickasaw
Guards can possibly take a prize; while
the Chicks think the same regarding the
REMEDIES. 1t is generally accepted that the
Mortons will take either second or third
place in class A, are sure winners of class
B and that it is a toss I'D between the
Mortons and Thurstons in Class c.
Instead Of dress parade last evening the
troops Of the encampment, with their
sponsors In carriages, were reviewed by
Col. kellogg. The Iowa State Band and
the U. s. Cavalry Band were combined and
the ceremony was most pleasing to look
upon. The majority of the members of the
Washington companies accepted invitations
to attend the musical festival now in
progress in Memphis.
Gen. SchoheIds Arrival
Gen. Schofeld and staff arrived in Mem
phis at o'clock this morning, and as
they alighted from the train the salute to
the head of the army was fired. Gen.
Schofeld was escorted to his headquarters
at the Peabody Hotel by Gen. Snowden,
Gen. Kellogg, Gen. Wheeler, Gen. Gordon,
troops D and K, third United States cav
airy, two companies of United States in
fantry, company of Confederate Veter-
ans and a band. The whole town was out
to secure a glimpse of the commanding
general of Uncle Sans forces.
This is confederate day in camp. Mon
day will be given over to athletic contests,
and in the evening Gen. Schofeld is to re-
view the troops. The individual COMPETE
tive drill occurs Tuesday forenoon, the
sham battle in the afternoon of that
day, and after dress parade the anxiously
awaited award of prizes will be made The
Thurston Rifles are booked for the prize of
$500 for best disciplined company in camp,
and they deserve it. What will be the
standing of the Fencibles and Morton Ca
diets in the drill is now the chief and con-
slant subject of conversation on all sides.