The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-14
PRIVATE KRIETE THE WINNER.
PROVED HIMSELF THE BEST
DRILLED MAN IN THE CADETS.

The COmpany's Prize Drill Witness
ed by Many of Its Friends Despite
the Indictment Weather-It Was
Drilled by PIatOOns, and the Five
best I'm Each Entered the Final
Contest-The Judges Were strict,
and Every Man Was Closely
watched.
The Savannah Cadets prize drill at the
Guards hall last night was one OF the
interesting military events Of the season.
Despite the inclemency Of the weather,
the hall was filled with friends OF the COM
pany. among them many officers and
members of other commands in uniform,
some time before the drill began.
The Cadets turned out fifty-hve men, in
GLIDING officers. They arrived at the hall
a little late. owing to the bad weather.
and the drill began about 9 O'Clock. The
company was divided into two platoons
of twenty-six men each. Of twenty-four
men and two sergeants, and the commits
stoned officers, Capt. J. +. Brooks and
Lieuts. r. z. Lowell and r. s. Nell. acted
as the Judges. It was decided that the
five men standing longest in each platoon
should enter the final contest for the
medal
The second platoon was the first to go
through the drill For a few minutes the
drill went along like clock work Every
man was on the alert, and few mistakes
were made. Pretty soon, however, some of
them got mixed en- the commands by the
numbers and they began to go down one
by one. Finally on one command, Draw
cartridge" all but two OF the platoon,
Privates c. P. Dusenberry and Frank
Sloat, went down
In order to get the desired five, the four
last TO go down were called out again,
and the five from the first platoon was
finally made up as follows: Corporal X.
y. Banks, Privates. c. p. Dusenberry,
Richter
The first platoon was then called, and
did some splendid drilling. The cadence
was excellent all the way through and
the men were thrown out only because the
Judges were very strict, and watched for
the slightest mistake in every movement
.lI ne nEe men leit standing from the hrst
platoon were; Sergt. j. c. Tyson Corpl
w. +. Coney Privates G.. +. Mallory, c.
A. Kriete and S. n. Harris.
These ten then entered the contest for
the company medal. They held together
as long or longer than did any of the
platoons. They were loudly cheered at
the intervals on account Of their good
WORK. PrlNate {. T. Dusenberry finally
went down on account of the fact that he
had his foot slightly out of position when
the command load" was given, and left
Private G. A. Kriete standing
Private Kriete had drilled down all the
contestants in the crack company Of Geor-
gia, and the company medal was awarded
to him, Capt. George T. Cam making the
presentation speech. Capt. Cam congrat-
ulated him on the honor he had won so
well, and told him he would have to labor
hard to hold It after such an exhibition
of manly drilling as had been given. Every
body expected something good OF the Ca
diets, he said, and they were never dis
appointed.
The medal was worn after the last drill
by Private s. K. Ward, who was unable
to enter the contest last night on account
of illness. This is the first drin held in
three years by the Cadets, and the first
drill they have ever had under the new
tactics. After the drill there was music
and dancing, and refreshments were serv-
ed to the many friends of the Cadets
present The occasion was a most inter-
estng one, and Private Kriete was con-
graduated on all sides by the distinguish
ed honor he had won.