The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-01

Tho annual competitive drill Of tho
four companies Of cadets comprising
tho Linsly Institute battalion, for tho
colors, occurred ct tho corner OF Four
teenth aud Eofr streets yesterday alter
noon between . and 4 o'clock. As usual
this annual event attracted large
crowd OF spectators to tho scene, mado
up Of friends and parents Of tho young
soldiers. Tho con.es. was very close,
only ak points separating Captain
Caldwcll's company c whish won and
Captain Collins company A which was
tho lowest Of the quartet
Tho scene on Fourteenth at . o'clock
when Company ID marchod in from
side street to go through tho prescribed
evolutions arranged BY Lieutenant Muir,
tho military instructor at tho institute,
was quite brilliant. Probably more
than half OF the spectators were young
ladies, who are always attracted by such
spectacular exhibitions. The array OF
summer millinery was very pretty, and
formed fitting frame within which the
boys in gray battled for tho little silk
banner that represented 80 much to
them.
The interest OF the spectators CEN
tered almost exclusively on ono Of the
judges, Commander McGihen, OF tho
Chinese Imperial Navy. who had nc
cepted tho invitation OF his old frien d,
Lieutenant Muir, to act in this capacity.
ALFRED in tho white undress uniform
OF his service, the commander was
striking figure aud it could readily be
understood that. Ii Hung Chang. the
Chinese primo minister, was impressed
by the size when he made application
for commission in tho Celestial mar
inc. This interest in tho commando.
took the form OF numerous questions,
some OF which were ludicrous to an OK.
treme. Here arc q few samples: as
he an Americana" do they make
him wear a pig tail 2" GLOW many
wives has he in China? aud n hundred
and one others.
The other judges were Colonel A. a.
Franzheim. OF the governors staff, and
Major H. B. Baguley, oil the First resi.
ment, West Virginia national guard.
Captain MAYORS company D was the
fret to 60 through tho portions OF tho
manual laid down for the occasion, con-
sistlng OF marching, various formations,
etc. The boys did very well and their
admirers confidently predicted they
were the winners. Company 4, Cap
tain Collins in command, next came
upon the scene and went through the
evolusions, but as the result shows they
came of the field with the lowest per-
centace OF the four. The third compa-
ny. c. Captsin Caldwell at Its
head, was the one that has all along
been named as the most probable win
ner. The boys went through the move
ments with a precision that was re-
freshing, but when Company B, Captain
Montgomery, tho last OF tho four. had
competed, it was seen that it would be
tight race between G and B. Finally
the judges announced the standing, as
follows:
Firs.-Company C, Captain Caldwell,
SO per cent.
second-Company B, Captain Mont.
gonery, OIL per cent.
1ulIu-SoLl pauS ~ Sapb0io NAElOE,
SIS per cent.
Fourth-CompanyA, Captain Collins,
S. per cent.
After the company drill was COM
pleted the companies formed as bat
TALON, under Major Hazlest, and wen,
through a number OF evolutiou,, con-
Guiding with the formation OF hollow
square when Miss Geno Wa,erhouss
presented the captain OF the winning
company, Captain CaIdw we'll, with tho
colors. Mics Warehouse made a worry
neat and appropriate address, which
was responded 10 on behalf OF Company
Cby Captain Caldwell.
A spread at bursts ended tho affair.
The winning company's roll is as lol-
lows: G. Caldwell, ecaptain; +. r
Wheat, first lieutenant; W, Gilleland,
second lieutenant; W. Wagner, first
sergeant; J. Carter, second sergeant;
A. Fair, first corporal; B. McI.ain, tee.
ond corporal; Appenzellar. Doepkin,
0. Shad, Hildreth, Shad. Kasley, Jones,
Fair, Emsheimer, Boyd. Pinnor ssifeI,
McLain. Werdsr. Lash. NJ. Franzheim,
b. HOrE heiner Driyatea