The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-05
FULL LIST OF THE PRIZES.
WHAT THE VISITING COMPANIES
WILL COMPETE FOR.

The Military Interstate Association
Advertfses Its Fun Military Pro-
rramme-AppIIcatIO for Detail
ed Information Being Received
Every Day-COmmftfees Have in
Hand the Matter of Music, Fire
works and other Features.
Corresponding Secretary A. c. Harmon
of the Military Interstate Association has
gone 10 work in earnest TO spread infor-
nation with regard to the prize drills and
rifle contests to take place during the
celebration beginning May II.
This is undoubtedly going to be one OF
the greatest weeks Savannah has ever
had. Military companies all over the
south have begun to look this way, ana
many of them are already laying their
plans to get here and enter the contests
Several letters have been received from
companies in Washington, d. Grand from
there all the way south to New Orleans
asking for full details and information
with regard to the prizes and conditions
for entering the drills and rife matches.
and expressing a desire to attend if they
can make the proper arrangements. The
list OF events and prizes to be offered is
advertised to-day They are in full as
follows:
First Class-Open to all infantry compa-
MES, state troops. First prize, 5000; sec
ond prize, $500.
Second Class-Open to all infantry com
panies who have never won a prize in
an interstate drill. First prize, $1,000; sec
ond prize, $500.
Georgia Regimental Prizes-A prize Of
500 each for the best drilled company
s,f4 F,1Ir
infantry, G. v: Second. Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth regiments.
College Cadet Prize Drill-Prize, $780, For
the best drilled in the school of the bat
talon. Open to all military Institutes
schools and colleges.
Interstate Cavalry T1lt-First prize $50;
second prize, so. Open to teams of five
men from any troop of state cavalry.
prize of $3.50. will be awarded the troop
of cavalry parading the largest number
Of officers and enlisted men on the day of
the general parade, and so to the next
largest i'm number. Troop A, First Regi-
ment Cavalry, C. ", barred from this
contest.
Rifle Contest Prizes: First Match-De
Renne Trophy, value, $1,000; cash, $50.
Second Match-Trophy, bronze figure of
De Soto, value, $3.50; cash, $3.50.
Third Match-Regimental battalion or
company contest: Large silver cup; cash,
$50.
Fourth Match (Consolation)-Cash, $780,
Fifth Match-COmpany teams of five.
Trophy; cash, $50.
Sixth INTELLECTUALLY, carbine and pis-
to: FIRST prize, $75; second prize, S25.
Individual matches for medals and part
of entrance money.
Mr. Harmon is ready to furnish full
information and details to all who desire
them.
This forms complete list of the fea-
lures and prizes of the military part of
the programme. OF course there will be
many other interesting features, inclu-
ding excellent band music, dress parades,
grand street parades, and fireworks, and
altogether the occasion will be made n
most notable one. The judges in the in
terstate contests will probably be three
United States army officers, a request for
a detachment for this purpose having
been made through the adjutant general.
Mr.. w. W. Starr, who has charge of
the fireworks end of the programme, is
in correspondence with Pain & Sons, who
say they will submit progra mines and es-
Inmates for this feature at once. Their
work in this line is familiar to the people
of Savannah and the south everywhere,
and it is expected TO have them give
the people here something this time that
will be on a grand scale. Mr. Starr is
also on the lookout for tight rope walk
ers balloonists and performers of other
descriptions. Altogether the features are
going to be so varied and interesting that
there will be no trouble in suiting any
bOdyS taste.