The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-04
DRILL FOR PRIZES
Sergeant Fischer and j. Corporal
Schwarz Win the Company Medals

Sergeant Fischer and b Corporal
schwarz Win the Company Medals.
The annual prize drill and hop of the
German Volunteers was held at armory
hall last night. The hall was crowded
with the friends of the company and the
fine drill put up by the Volunteers was
watched with interest.
The company formed at its room at the
armory of the First Regiment of Infantry
and marched to the hall, thirty-eight
strong, under command of Capt. Henry
Kolshorn, arriving there shortly after 8
O'Clock. Col. A. R. Lawton of the First
Regiment and Maj. Edward Karow of the
First battalion, TO which the company is
assigned, were present.
For the purposes of the prize drill the
company was divided into two platoons
The size of the hall precluded any move
ments in the tactics and the drilling con-
sisted simply of the manual of arms in
Guiding the firings. The commands were
given by Capt. Kolshorn, while Lieuts
Helmken and Koeneman watched for err
rors on the part of the men,
Inc nrst squad stood up eighteen strong
and presented a fine appearance. The
Wrok in the manual was very good and at
the end of the first round of commands only
three men had been put out for errors
The moment an error was detected upon
the part of a man in line by any officer
be was motioned to step out. On the Sec
ond round the men were given little long
er spell and the officers were very strict
Inc result was only seven were left at the
END of the round. After a brief rest the
seven were put through thorough drill in
the manual and firings with the result that
only two could be put out for errors. The
or inc ~. q.
j. ID, Stem, Second Sergeant Edward
Struck, Corpl Fred A Harms. CorpI. Ru-
doIph Schwarz, and Private j. NJ Haar.
Inc second squad was then put through
the same series of tests Al the close
three men were left in ranks, Sergt. J. r.
F1scher and Privates F. Ehlers and NJ. c.
Johnson.
The five survivors from the first SQUAD
ana the three from the second were then
drilled together. 1t was some little time
before one fell out, followed shortly after
by another. A brief rest was given and
the drilling was resumed. Three men fell
out shortly in one, two, three order leav-
ing Sergt. Fischer and Corpl. Schwarz on
lhe moor. The corporal made a break and
oetst' Flscher was the winner of the first
prize. AS the last man to fall out Corpl
SchWarz was awarded the second prize.
Inc company was reformed and the
prizes were presented by Mai Karow. in a
few well chosen remarks, in which he laid
stress upon the Importance of the DIM
as the first step in the art of war and
praised the men for the fine showing they
haa made He then pinned the medals
upon the coats of the prize winners.
Capt Kolshorn marched the cornpanv
pack 10 the armory. where they disposed
OF their accoutrements and returned to the
nall. Several hours were then spent in
social enjoyment
Ii Is well known among military men
that Capt. Kolshorn has one of the hest
disciplined companies. His men are moi
only Wen drilled, but they have a number
OF good marksmen among them on the
occasion of one of the military parades
iast spring the guests of the De Soto were
viewing the parade from the BALCONY of
the hotel AS the German Volunteers
passed one of the guests. a stranger from
the north, remarked to a Morning News
reporter who was standing near that he
supposed those were regular troops. He
was surprised when informed that If was
a volunteer company.