The evening times., 1896-05-09
MORT0NS READY TO LEAVE
Will Start for Savannah on a
a Night Train.
ADVANCE GUARD HAS GONE
Mount Pleasant Drum Corps VIII Es-
cOru Them TO the StatiOn-BOys Are
After First Prize in the Georgia
Interstate Driil-Engineers Also
Send u Team.
ADVANCE GUARD HAS GONE

The Morton Cadet team which will enter
the Interstate prize drill that begins at
| savannah, Ga, next Monday will leave over
the Southern Railroad at 1O:43 O'Clock this
evening. They Will be accompanied by sew
cral members of the engineer corps, who
willenter the rifle contest.
An advance guard of ten left Ia st night at
the same hour the contestants expect to de-
part this evening. The forerunners took
with them all of the camp paraphernalia
and outdoor cooking utensils capable of
making camp life what it should be and
they will be ready to give their comrades a
hearty welcome on their arrival
They have been instructed to prepare
the star meal of the whole course for our
arrival in savannah about 9 O'Clock Sun
day evening" said Capt. Shilling to a
Times reporter this afternoon. I'VE will
be hungry then. nd to have good square
meal on our arrival Will go a long way to-
ward fighting the battles of the week"
MODEST DEPARTURE.
The departure of the cadets will be
modest. The soldiers will assemble at
tue rrnOr on L street at $50 O'Clock. An
inspection will folio W. After giving
plenty of time to complete all details of the
Journey the march will be made to the
Sixth street station.
The Mount Pleasant Drum Corps will be
the only escort, it being the intention of
the Officers to make the leavetaking as un-
assuming as possible. The line of march
Will follow L street into New York ave-
nue., westward to Fifteenth street, to the
Avenue and along the Avenue to Sixth
street, thence to the station.
The drum corps will not go to Savannah,
however until tomorrow night. A ecial
car will be in waiting for the cadets,
Long streamers have been prepared for
either side of the car, each bearing the
words In large black letters Morton Ca
dets."
The following company Officers will go
with the soldier boys: Capt. f. A. Shill-
ing. Lieuts George E Tralles, C. NJ. Robin
son aud five serge ants and four corporals.
DR.. c. A Weaver OF the Third Battalion
will accompany the contestants as company
surgeon. Lieut. C FredCo quartermaster
OF the Third. will go to look after the COM
mIssary and DR.. d. b. Street will ma he a n
honorary member Of the party.
Though fourteen members Of the Eu-
gineer Corps will accompany the MortOns TO
the Southern city the y will not he in the
line marching to the depot. They will meet
their friends at the station after meeting
at the armory for Inspection and will go on
the same train with those entering the drill
contests.
THE ENGINEER TEAM
The folio wing members OF the corps will
fI,a Iisfr I Htt.n uolf
Young, Drury. Graham, Sergts. Alberto,
Coukson, Appleby. Ste wart. Corps Carleton,
Edwards, and Privates Cook. Scott and
Steward.
We will stay in camp nd mess with the
cadets" said Lieut.. Hutterly, land will not
return to Washington until they come back.
Tie notice we were given has been so
brief that am afraid we Will not make the
showing we otherwise would have done.
We have practiced but two days this week
and each of those times the practice was of
short duration. Our competitors will be the
Georgia teams, a New jersey team, and
several other cadets from the South. Out
side tie regular events it is expected there
will be several individual matches
The first match will lie the interstate
regimental, open to six teams from regi-
ments and ba;talions. Ten shots will be
fired at 200 yards, and the 81 ME number at
500 yards. A skirmish run will also be
4 feature OF this event. The first prize
will be a silver cup and 81 so.
The second match Will be known as the
match, open TO teams OF five
from each company. Seven shots each
viii be allowed and the distances will be
200, 800 and 500 yards. A bronze trophy
and 81 so will furnish the reward.
A third match is to be styled the "Conso-
Iation Match 1t will also be open to
teams of six from regiment or battalion.
A trophy and 81 90 will be the prize.
The cadets are ball-tossers as well as
prize drill winners, and during their stay
in Savannah the Morton Baseball team
will try conclusions with the Forest City
League team.
.yEWISH WOMEN.