Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-06-18
THE BATTALION DRILL.
The Young soidiery Made Fine Display
Then the Military RarI

nesday morning, ere luxuriant pleas.
IRE, with gladstone touch, awakened
the half-conscious sleepers, and with
Turing voice babe them behold the glo-
rious king of day already rejoicing in
the East and cleaning DER the hill
tops, whose crests we're agleam with
jewels of joy for every out-stretched
hand-that day! A day of days-one
of the few that brightens and bright
ems as time steals away.
After the excellent commencement
exercises at Whitworth college, with
its white-robed maidens who had "clos-
ed all its books and said all its les
sons" its music and essays and golden
medals that made some hearts glad
and some very sad, the next thing in
waiting was the Grand Dress Parade
and Drill of the I'd Battalion of the
Third Regiment, M. N. G., with Major
ID. Z. Porter, Jr., in command. His
staff consisted of LIST Lieut.. Jas. Rob
inson, Adjutant; F. A. Montgomery,
Serg. Major; 1st Lieut.. II. w. Marx,
Quarter Master; 1st Lieut. Wiley Oil
yer, Commissary. The different COM
mands arrived on the special military
train at 2 p. m. and after being receiv-
ed by the Stonewall Guards with the
usual military honors, took up the on
ward march to the armory of our gal
liant local company, where the Battal-
lion was formed by Lieut.. Robinson
and Sergt. Major Montgomery. Then
in "magnificently stern array" the
Battalion, headed by the Wesson Cor
net Band, was marched through the
streets of Brookhaven, that throbbed
with its measured tread, and out to
the Fair Grounds, where myriads of
beaming faces warmly" greeted it's
welcome appearance. The companies
at once stacked arms and were dismiss
ed until after the game of base ball,
when again the soldier boys of the va
rious companies present, fell into line
for dress parade.
There were present: The Capital
Light Guards, Jackson, Company B.,
commanded by Capt. U. E. Utterback,
with three officers, five sergeants and
twenty two men. They were accompa-
MED by their sponsor, Miss Emmie
Power and her maids of honor, Misses
Beatrice Melville, Annie Buckley,
Guile McLain and also Misses Anna
bell Power, Jeannetee McLain and
Gussie Dreyfus, Mrs. ID. p. Porter,
jr., acting in the role of chaperone.
The Copiah Rifles. Hazlehurst, Com
pany K, Capt. T. Z. Groome, command
ing, with officers, 5 sergeants and 20
men. Also their maids of honor,
Misses Kate Ellis and Bessie Harris
and Misses Clement, Maggie Groome,
Sallie Rea, Myrtle Webb and Mrs. Mer-
edith Matthews.
The Wesson Rifles, Company G,
Lieut.. Jno. w. Armstrong in command,
with . officers, 8 sergeants, "a men
and Band of 10 men. Capt. W. F.
Scales, formerly captain of Lomax Ri
fles, Mobile, was unavoidably absent
on account of illness. Miss Annie
Matthews formerly of Brookhaven &C
companied this company as sponsor.
And last, but not least, Brookhaven's
Stonewall Guards, Co. H., Capt. j. W.
McGrath commanding, with three Off
GERS, sergeants and % men. The fair
sponsor, Miss Maggie McGrath, and
her lovely maids Of honor, Misses Ma
mic Martin and Annie Eitel, were in
attendance. There were also present
the following visiting officers: VIM
Henry, Adj Gen. of Mississippi, G. G
Hoskins, Colonel 3D. Regiment; Y. d
Lott, Lieut.. Sd Regiment; also, Capt
Coffee, and LIST Lieut.. Krauss of JEFF
Davis Rifles, Fayette. The jeff Davis
Rifles is an old and prosperous com
pany, finely drilled and disciplined ano
with a large membership. Capt. E. N
Coffee, although young man, bears
an enviable reputation for marked
ability as military man, and is one o.
the most popular officers in his regi
ment
After the march back to town arms
we're again stacked, and banquet a
which one hundred and ten covers
we're laid, was rendered the visiting
sqldiery, their sponsors and maids o
honor,
But 1t remained for the calm twilight
hours to usher in the browning glor!
of this day of days-where longing
sublime and aspirations high fairly oe
leaped themselves in the magnificen
Military Ball. The grand march wa
| led by Col. G. G. Hoskins and Mis-
Liszie Heuck.
SHUT Of all that did chance, twere long tale :
/ tell,
OF the dancers and dresses and who yas tn
81 BELLE
But each was so happy, and all were s
| fair
That night stole away and the dawn caugh
them there"
The Italian Band from New Qrlean
furnished music and the Armory
measuring 1OOx5O and q feet in height