Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
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in May. A special dispatch from Austin,

| saying he never received challenge from
| the Morton Cadets, nor notification from
| the drill management that they had been
| challenged.
To-day General Mabry has a telegram
| from President William Garrard of the
| Savannah Association, saying that he wired
| Captain FoNe March 81, and received the
| reply: Regret it impossible to be there
! He also has a letter from Captain Foye un-
der date of April l, confirming the dispatch
| of the day before. Capt. Schilling of the
Morton Cadets wires affdavits that he
| mailed in the presence of witnesses a for
NAL challenge to the Thurston Rifles. Gen.
| Mabry has wired Capt. Foye to know if
| ne will make affidavit that he never re-
ceived the challenge.
IF he makes the affidavit" Gen. Mabry
| said, Il do not see what further steps can
| be taken in the matter"
| special from Omaha says: THE Thurs
ton Rifles of this city, last year won at the
Memphis drill the Galveston cup, land, of
| course, brought the magnificent trophy
| home with them. The Galveston Exhibition
| Association, which put the cup up for COM
| petition, gave it over into the custody Of
| Adjutant General Mabry of Texas, and for
| mulated rules governing the possession of
| the Galveston semi-ceEtennial champion
ship cup. The Thurston Rifles received the
| cup under those rules and gave a bond in
| the sum of 500 for its safe keeping.
The managers OF the Savannah military
| and rifle contest made a demand upon the
ThurstoE Rifles for this cup to be put up in
| competition at the interstate drill in Sa-
| Vannah In May. The Thurstcn Rifles posi-
| lively decline to surrender the cup at this
time, and have notified the Savannah
| managers and also Adjutant General Ma
bry.
What Capt. FOye Snys.
| Capt. w. ]. Foye of the Thurston Rifles
| is quoted as saying: mo, we shall not sur
| render the Galveston cup to the Savannah
drill, Our reasons for this determination
| are substantially these: First. the Thurs
| ton Rifles were not challenged to partici-
pate in the Savannah drill in the regular
| way and in accordance with established
rules under which We hold possession of
the cup. Second, the Savannah affair is not
| military drill in the strict sense, but by
reference to their circulars ii is evident at
| glance that the alleged drill is more of
| rifle contest than anything else, the mill
| tary features simply having been added as
an afterthought in order to attract visitors.
| Rule 4 governing the possession Of the
cup reads like this: The company holding
the cup must be prepared to defend the
possession and custody thereof upon re-
| ceiving a challenge to that effect not more
| than fifteen days after the announcement
Of the interstate drill or encampment az
which ii is proposed to compete for said
| cup This clause was utterly ignored by
the Savannah people, and We did not re-
| ceive notice that the Rifles would be eX-
pected to compete at Savannah until the
| ffteen-day limit had expired three or four
times over. We then looked into the mat
| ter of prizes offered, and found them to
! be too insignificant for us to consider for
ing to Savannah, the distance being great,
| would be very heavy upon our boys. AS
| far as We can gather, the Savannah drill
| is in no sense q regular competitive inter-
state drill of military companies. 1t is a
| local affair, and controlled by men who
know nothing about the rules and regula-
tons pertaining to military drills. The
many irregularities in their procedure look
| ing to the securing of the Galveston cup
| are, within themselves full justification for
| our declining to either compete in the drill
| dor mo- n
| cup. l have written the southern people
! fully on the subject, and am confident have
! made our contention plain. Our boys, how
ever, are anxious to compete TINS year,
somewhere. They seriously object to the
| rigorous practice drill with no hope OF en-
| tering prize contests. But we have deter
| have the cup. and, of course, are prepared
| to defend our position at all hazards
Judges Not Army Officers.
| It has been found impossible to secure
United States army officers to act as
| judges at Savannah. This having been def
nitely decided, the committee has taken in
charge the matter Of securing judges from
the National Guard The parties will be
such as will be totally disnterested and
| satisfactory to all parties concerned.
| Rife Matches at Savannah.
| There is a strong possibility of the en-
gineer corps sending a team to Savannah.
In this connection it may be interesting TO
note that the Savannah Rifle Range Asso-
| citation has made a most important change
| In the company team match a contest to
| be shot on the Avondale rifle range in Sa-
| vannah during May week, May IL to 16.
| Many companies. especially in neighboring
Cities protested that they could not pe eX-
pected to compete with savannah teams in
| this contest, because the latter have had
| the benefit Of practice on the range, and,
| moreover have had experience in the inter
| national contests at Sea Girt n. ]. The
| association has. for this reason, barred
Savannah companies from entering teams
| in this contest, and it is now open to any
| teams of five men from any volunteer mill
tary company of the National Guard out
| side of Savannah, enlisted where the state
| makes such requirement, and it provides
| for only seven shots each at the 200, 800
| and 5O0-yard ranges. The prizes will be a
| handsome trophy presented by a Savan-
nathan, and $50 in cash in case as many
as seven teams enter, but 800 If only four
teams enter. In this change of arrange
| nents an important concession has been
| made to several teams which DESTROYS
of entering, and these teams will also have
| the privilege and right to enter any of the
| other matches in which they see fit to con-
test. Many entries nave already been
made in the various matches. and the out
| look is for one Of the most exciting series
Of contests the south has ever seen.
Ambulance Corps With Full Ranks.
The ambulance corps recruited almost to
| the limit, and the men are very enthusI-
astic over the work The recently elected
| members are Z. Roy Leatherman A A.
Rittenour, w. Z. Yeager and Joseph Per-
kins, all medical students and very much
| alive to the practical benefits gained under
| the instruction of Lieut. Fales. Many addi-
| tional applications for membership are be-
| ing received, but 1t will probably be neces-
| sary for some to wait, as the membership
Of the corps is limited by the law to 81
privates. The road march proposed for
| May 10 will be postponed, the annual
| inspection of the corps occurs on that date
| Notes.
| An election of first lieutenant Of company
| B. fifth battalion. has been ordered for
Monday evening next. The members of
| company A, sixth battalion, Will meet to
| elect q second lieutenant May %.
The team to represent the second regiment
| in the shoot next week will consist of Col
| Clay, Capt. Simonson, Lieut.. Shaw, Lieut..
Sabin. Sergt. McClain, Sergr. Buell., Corp.
| Bruen, Corp. Whitaker, Pvt. Ball and Pvt.
Bairstow, with Lieut. Jacobs and Sergt.
| Maj. Bailey alternates
All arrangements have been completed