The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-27
THE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
Companies l and c Dr,il TO a Tie
on Wednesday Night.

While it NAV be that the result Of the
/ competitive drill between Company l.,
/ of Superior, and Company C, or Duluth,
was surprise to the latter and their
friends, it was great surprise to Com
pany | and Superior, and the people on
this side of the bay naturally feel proud
of their ''sojer bo-s.'
/ We take the following very impartial
account of the contest from the Duluth
News Tribune OF Thursday morning:
"Neither contestant was able to wrest
from the other a victory IN the battle
! for military supremacy last night in the
armory between Company {, of the
Third regiment, state militia, of Duluth,
and Company |, OF Superior. Had the
task of awarding the decision fallen TO
civilian there would have been little
hesitancy on his part in pronOuncing
that Company l should bear of the
palm, for III all It's movements, partlcu-
| larry IN the eVOlQtlOns upon the big
floor of the arnory, there was more
uniformity and accuracy than IN those
of Company c. However there were
points III the drill which while they
might have been overlooked by one not
up on military tactics, We're apparent to
the tactician. The Interpretation of the
manual by Company | was in some
points defective, and old regulations
We're employed. One Instance that was
cited by one of the judges was III charge
bayonets,' in which the rear rank step
ped into the Intervals between the
members Of the front. Another case in
which the old regulations were observed
was in fixing and untfXlny OF bayonets.
L., f., 4,
by both comp9 MES was very good, and
although tue members of each claim
that III practice drill they have done
much better than they did i'll the com
petition, neither officers nor privates
have reason to be ashamed of the show
ing they made last night.
The drill began shortly after O'Clock
and it Was after ii before the decision of
the judges was announced. Company |
had the first inning, and went through
the entire drill, including setting-up eN-
crclSeS, the manual OF arms, firing,
marchingS, platoon movements, etc,
before yielding the floor to company {.
Company | was under command of
Captain II. w. Newton. Its other OIL
GERS We're W. II. Smith, first lieutenant;
i. J.. Davies, second lieutenant; Rich
inCni Smith, first sergeant; Hector
Swift, second sergeant; \. NJ. Baldwin,
third sergeant; =. W. Newton, fourth
sergeant; Fred Russell and w. ID. CO.
burn, corp0rals.
Captain +. +. Rcschc was in command
of Company {, and the other officers
were Richard Little, first lieutenant;
Alonzo +. Coons, second lieutenant; ID.
{. Reed. first sergeant; c. +. Josten,
second sergeant; A. J.. kOnk!e, third
sergeant; O.W. Nelson, fourth sergeant;
NJ. H. Reed, c. Olson, }. +. Lawrence
and W. q. FIoden, corporals.
The judges were +. L. IIolmbcrg, II.
=. Smith and J. Z. \. Braden. Their
decision declaring the contest draw Is
considered emnentir fair by the com
panics taking part, and is therefore very
satisfactory to ali. The system upon
which the contest was decided was the
division of the movements into ten
classes, III each of which Il possible ten
points We're Obtainable, making total
of of 100. The standing Of each company
was SD.