Evening star., 1897-05-28

and it required che i6mbIned EFFORTS OF
every stan officer Of the regiment to drive
tnrn TRe 1ass 'asxes to Of ths ss
tine Chase, Lieut.. Hdntien q. Heiner and
Lieut.. Adrian s. Faepins. all of the 4th
Artillery. y. .. A.. Stationed at the WASH
be laching without Capt Chase az chair
man of the board sNf ,,judges, as he has
acted In that capacity for years past Lieut.
Hciner served with Capt. Chase In the
same capacity yslaN ago.
The drill embrao8f .the setting up exer-
cises. manual OF Srms. loadings and fir
tngs, marching by Company and platoon
movements Contrary 70 previous custom.
tie field for s fully ftyve estslnay minayes was on
The Dress Parade.
After the drin Of the last company this
afterneen regimental dress parade will
be held. while the judges are consulting.
The Mt. Pleasant Field Band, in its pictur-
esque zouave uniform will participate In
the ceremony. When Capt. Chase an
rcurces the winner. the lucky company
will be marched to the front to receive
the nrize flag. ribbons and the Allison
Mailer medal. It will then resume its place
In line, and the regiment headed by the
Mt. Pleasant Band, will parade to the Cen
tral High School.
The Drill In Detail.
To comment upon gthe merits of the drill
OF each company one must be able to fol-
low the command over the field, as it is
impossible to judge. the steadiness or see
the small, breaks which count so much
from the grand stand or side lines. "A"
Company drilled with more snap, and its
captain showed better judgment in the
placing of his men by keeping them we'll
up toward the grand stand, nearly all of
his movements being executed upon the
diamond of the ball field. The drill of D
Company will stand well In comparison
was thought by those present that these
two companies would prove to be in the
lead. The cadets drilled very well, and
gave evidence that the movements had
been Studied in detail
Captain Paul Hansen of Company B
opened the High School competitive drill
for 07, when he saluted Captain Chase
commander of the board of Judges. The
company was well Sized and it's captain
put 1t through the movements and the
manual drill in manner which won him
many friends. his commands being dis
tinct and clear. Il t----''
The vofley fires Of the company could
nave been better, as well as the fire at will
Right by file was well executed, as were
the platoon movements. To sum 1t up the
company was better in the foot movements
manual.
Company c Enters.
Company c. under. Capt. A. P Tisdel,
followed. He saluted the judges with his
company at an order, but discovered his
mistake. and Immediately brought his
command to present and. again saluted
Capt. Ttsdel labors under the disadvantage
of brief acquaintapce with his duties.
having been in command for not more than
month. and, considering his experience
his handling of the company was good and
deserving of special credit.
The sett1ng-up exercises were done in
faultless style. AT the command to take
arms, after the Setting-up exercises, the
cadets broke their stacks off the ground
The company was noticeable at times for
Its lack of vigor In both manual and foot
movements. The nsf<ihg in several in
stances was good. sHhe cadets covered
down the files wen. alt1 very little bunch
ing: except in fix aridt %s4ifix of bayonets on
| the march. when tEe Step was a little un-
even and the covering poor. ':.'
The fours movementsf were well e<ec,,ted
ana good alignments sin company front
double time. were.la6ept. In their fire al
VIII the cadets loa1ied too rapidlyreausing
an unevene fire. The lieutenASfts deserve
they handled their platoons. ''
,..,. -, - Conpnnyi 4, :Fcllows.. -
!, Company A, took the field immediarely
afteEa G. ansbfTom II applause given Cap
tain Ray 1t isaaEtaentst4,at his command
"Ae'As SyasHs tuNcuCS dlnl fufslE
friends A drilled with judgment through
cut tine programs 1T yhsu only fault to find
vita yhef RaAeutefsofS tAat 'fhefeIdw q
teIiderhsy Ses bunch sar tines bai tbifi r}IW
front. and I'M paa.6ois' right, frofi1f 4 hiatt
several cadets' started 70 should9r' 'arnis
The cGfnmand to- sHectte5 hight obffu1Ia ana
halt III double time? ?ibeirg in column of
fouEss was very wBH executed, as was the
command to formleft front into line with
out habinxs Also in column of Jfeurs. The
oh
winning the prize. --- :! r. =
IA D Company Concludes.
Company D..gCaptain. Platt, closed the
competition for the day. ana divided hon
ors with A. so far as applause goes. In
the manual of arms one cadet in this COM
pany moved slowly, which gave the ma
| neLver a ragged appearance. The volley
| fires were excellent and the fire at will
| was considered by many to be the best
| Of the day.
The boys were steady in the foot move
| ments and executed their platoon move
| ments with precision which won lots of
applause. On right, into line in double
time, from column Of fours, was not so
| good but the manner In which they formed
| column Of fours from coluYn of files took
away the bad Impression feft by the other
movement. D drilled well, and. with A
| is believed to stand a good chance FOR the
honors, burt no one Is able to tell how the
Judges mark, and 1t Is according to their
decision that the winner Is selected.
The Rosters.
The rosters of the four companies that
| drilled yesterday are as follows:
Company A-Captain, Ray: lieutenants,
Allen and Syze: sergcants. Piper. Began,
| Heyhunn. Fuger; corporals, Reed, Frost.
Robertson, Hatton: privates, Hendrich,
Duckett, Tobey. Roberts. Brinkerhof. Fun
stall, Ely. Arms. Houghton. Walker, Black.
Hampson. Prince. Evans, Schayer. Paul,
| Nyman. Ballard, Smiley, Lamb. Swami,
| Denison, Church, Harrison, Bache, Saffold,
Billiard, Bishop, Mccormick, Mussey and
| Craige.
| Company B-captain, Hansen: lieuten-
ants. Tisd-l and Wild; sergeants. Clark.
Wheeler. Barnard, Karpeles. Stormont;
| corporals. Murphy, Bradford. Crowell.
Johnson: privates Barnhart. Bell Coon.
Doing, Durdin, Fernow, Fish. Griesbaur.
Gonnell, Hamnin, Heap, Howe, Lowell.
| Merwin, McKeldin. holland. Peter, Plum
bley, Ramskill, Renaud, Richards. Rogers,
| Taylor. H. Wagstafr l.. Wagstaff, VAIN
1 wright. Woolverton and Young.
Company Captain, Tisdei; lieutenants.
Fuller and Gheen; sergeants. Norwood.
| Everman, Merwin, Costigan, Turtle; cor
porals, Paschall, Deardof. Washington,