The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-07
ONE WILL GET LEFT
FOUR COMPANIES COMPETE FOR
THREE PRIZES AT ST. LOUIS.
CampHancocx is Muddy Enough to Make
Play Soldering q Very Realistic Affair
Governor Reviews tho Troops-Neeley
Zouaves DishOnOrzbiy Discharged from
the Tennessee National Guards-Au
Ohio Captain Finds that He has Been
Regular Army Captain for Thirty
Years without Knowing It


Years without knowing It
st. Louis, July Grain fell last night
and this morning converting Camp
Hancock into sea Of mud. but big
crowd was present. nevertheless, this
being governors day. The contest for
prizes today was between infantry com
panies in the maiden class. Three priz-
! es aggrega ting $1,000 were offered. Four
companies entered as follows: Bullene
guards, Kansas City; National rifles.
Washington, d. c.; Phoenix light in
fantry. Dayton, o.; and Company T.
First Infantry National Guards Of Mis-
souri,. All troops on the grounds were
reviewed by the visiting oveTnors.
This evening after the sun had gone
down and the camp was in darkness
and supposed TO be wrapped in siumber
the long roll was sounded and the troop
were turned out to repel an attack.
For half an hour or more there was
inspection Of the files Of the war depart
dierS Of the sleeping garrison and the
attacking party. The firing in the dark
ness by batteries and companies and
the shouts of the commands of either
side lent an air of realty to the affair.
a brilliant ball in honor of the officers
of the companies in camp, Governor
Stone and the visiting governors and
their staffS was given after the sham
battle this evening in the Jockey club
house on the camp grounds by the spon-
sorS and maids of honor. The elite of
the city attended as we'll as many Of
the ladies of the officers. Governor
Stone led the grand march. The affair
did not wind up until a very late hour
Tomorrow, the last day in camp, the
announcement of the prize winners will
be made.
Captain Deffrey Of the Zouaves of
Memphis, has received word that he and
and his company have been diShOnora-
bly, discharged from the Tennessee Ma
tional guard for having participated
in the drill here yesterday. They were
not permitted to come here as a COM
pany, so they came as individuals and
borrowed all their accoutrementS and
uniforms in st. Louis for the drill. The
justice Of their dishonorable discharge
is being questioned, therefore.
Captain John A. Miller of the Phoenix
light infantry, Of Dayton, Ohio, has re-
ceived letter from Captain +. G..
Wheeler, Z. s. A, stationed at Wash
ington. This letter states that a recent
1t looked lonesome in the district court
ment has revealed the fact that Cap
tain Miller had been given a commission
as captain in the regular army by Pres
ident Andrew Johnson in 1865. The let
ter received was the first intimation of
his promotion received by Captain Mil
Ter, although the commission was is
sued thirty ears ago. Captain Miller
was sergeant major OF the Eighteenth
Ohio Infantry during thee ivil war and
was stationed in Tennessee in 1865.
While there vancancy occurred in
one of the companies of the regular ar
my and Captain Miller made applica-
ton for the commission. He heard no
more of it until yesterday, when he
discovered that he had been a captain
in the United States army for the past
thirty years.
WYOMING WOMAN'S WORK.
Governor Richards of Wyoming,
who has been in town all week as an
encampment visitor, has not allowed
affairs of state to worry him. He
knows that everything all right at
home, for his 19-year-old daughter is
in charge and she sends a reaSsuring
specimen message:
Cheyenne, July All quiet at the
state house. The Fourth is lively. The
children are all we'll"
At one of the afternoon luncheons at
the Jockey club Governor Richards
said that he had presumed upon his
invitation for himself and himself by
bringing his wife along.
The man who understands the
figure that woman cuts out our way
would not be surprised that I include
Mrs. Richards in my Interpretation of
invitations" said the governor. I'm
wyoming women are a power. My
young daughter. just out of college, is
my private secretary and upon her de-
wolves all of the routine responsibilities
of the office. She knows all about the
officie of the executive; she prepares
the most important of state papers
and in my absence she is in charge as
completely as it is possible for a secre-
tary to be-"
Memphis, Tenn, July 6-Colonel A.
S. Tyler. brigadier general of the Tenn
essee national guards, has no knowl-
edge Of the alleged dishonorable dis
charge Of the Nicely Zouaves of this
city because Of their attendance upon
the drill at ST. Louis mentioned in n
dispatch from the latter city tonight.
Such action could not be taken without
a courtmartial. and IL is said in ma
tional guard circles that that has not