The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-13
THE CUP FORFEITED.
Gen. Mnbry Declares the ThurstOn
Rifles Have no Right to 1t.


Rifles Have no Right to 1t.
Col. William Garrard, president of the
May week association, received from
Adjt. Gen. Mabry of Texas yesterday a
copy of the letter sent Capt. Foye of the
Thurston Rifles of Omaha, and also his
official circular declaring the cup for
feited by the Rifles and awarding it to the
winning company in the interstate con-
test at Savannah. Gen. Mabry's letter IS
"Adjutant Generals ONCE, Austin, May
3, 1SSo.-Capt w. J. Foye, Commanding
Thurston Rifles, Omaha, Neb.-Sir: Re-
plying to your favor of May 4, 1 would
say that the only question at, issue is the
question Of challenge. Upon this point I
their commanding officer, has filed affi-
davit with me that they mailed challenge
to the Thurston Rifles, addressed to their
commanding omcer, in the presence of wit
nesses, within two days after the official
announcement of the drill. You claim you
never received it..
"Outside of this you were notified with
in three days after official announcement
of the interstate drill by the association
of the challenge of the Morton Cadets, as
well as by my circular of April z, 1896,
designating the drill and encampment as
the place for competition for the cup 1 will
state that this circular was not issued
until copy of challenge was filed with
me. All the above was within fifteen days
prescribed by the rules and "the cham
plOn military LIBERALIZATION OIL the United
States" was clearly put on notice that
they would be expected to contest for the
continued possession of the cup.
I'm addition to the facts cited above
the public press gave you ample notice
Of what would be required of the Thurs
ton Rifles, holders Of the cup; in fact be-
fore I issued the circular Of April the
Associated Press dispatches quoted you
as saying that you would not attend be-
cause. in your opinion,
First, the Savannah interstate drill
because
location;
/" Second. because you had not the time
to prepare for the contest; and
Third, for the additional reason that
the cup was a national trophy whatever
that may mean) and should not be COM
peted for at an Interstate drill in Savan-
nah where the local companies were bar
red from contesting for it, The trustee
regards such reasons as not constituting
sufficient objections against the designa-
ton of the Savannah interstate drill as
the place for competition of said cup,
'I, therefore, inclose copy of circular
Of even date requiring the surrender of
the cup to me. I also inclose for your
information a printed slip, being copy Of
correspondence which has recently passed
self, which answers fully some points
raised by yourself in endeavoring to evade
the responsibility for failure Of the
Thurston Rifles to contest for the cup
a. % ''-''''''- W. H, Mabry,
Adjutant General of Texas"
Gen. MaDry s circular Is as IOllOWS.
"Adjutant Generals Office, State of
Texas Austin, May 8, 1851. The Thurs
ton Rifles of Omaha, Neb., now holders
of the Galveston semi-centennial cham
pionship cup, forfeit their possession of
said cup under paragraph 4 of the rules
governing the possession Of the said cup
BY their refusal to be present at Savan-
nah Ga, and contest for its possession
at the interstate drill to be held in that
city May 1l-l6 1896, as required by circu-
lar from the adjutant general of the state
of Texas, dated April T. 1896.
%. By virtue. of paragraph Of the
same rules Vesting the adjutant general
of the state of Texas with power and
authority to obtain possession of the cup
whenever the stipulated rules have, in his
opinion, been violated etc, it is hereby
ordered that the Galveston semi-centen-
NAL championship cup be surrendered to
the undersigned as trustee, to be deliv-
cred to the management Of the interstate
drill at Savannah, to be competed for and
held in accordance with rules governing
it's possession.
81 The circular of April T. 1896. plac-
ing the said cup for competition at the
interstate drill at Savannah, Ga, is here
by reaffirmed, and the company winnine
the same will be known as the champion
military organization of the United States
and entitled to the possession Of the said
cup. w. II. Mabry,
"Adjutant General State of Texas