Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-23
ON The DRILL GROUND
Annual Competition Of the University
Battalions.
GIVE AN EXHIBITION or MILITARY SKILL
Contest for the Omaha CUP between
-Four Companies Excitcs n Great
Deal OF Interest Among
Students.

LINCOLN, May 22.--(special.)-Th annual
competitive drill Of the cadet battalion of the
University Of Nebraska was held on the Uni
versity campus today and was witnessed by
an immense crowd. The various societies Of
the university were out in full force, the
Kappa Alpha Thetas occupying handsomely
decorated booth near the grand stand, while
the Kappa Kappa Gammas turned out with
a tally ho drawn by four white horses, Com
pany colors and company yells were pretty
equally distributed in the crowd and the evo-
lutione OF the battolions were greeted with
liberal applause The contest was preceded by
a review and inspection, the review march
being especially good. The battalions then
formed In columns OF companies
and we're inspected by the Judges.
after which the drill commenced.
Company ID, Captain II. j. Lenhof,
weht through the drill first, and company G,
Captain II. Wilson; company a, Captain IL.
Curry; company B. Captain X. c. Saxton, fol-
lowed In their order. The program Of evolu-
tions was different for each company and was
unknown to the members, written programs
being furnished the captains just before the
drill. The judges were Captain Joseph Gar
rard. Ninth cavalry, U. s. A., stationed at
Fort Robinson Captain A. Il. Campbell. Sec
ond regiment n. ~ G., and First Lieutenant
Harden. Eighteenth infantry, U. S. a., mil
itary professor of Doane college. The con
test was for the Omaha cup, won In the in
ter5tate competition by picked company
from the State university five years ago. The
commercial value of the cup is $1,000. The
annual drill Is to see which company OF the
university shall hold the cup for the coming
year In 1894 and 1895 1t was held by com
pony b. Last year company captured the
prize.
Company b won first place and the Omaha
cup, getting a percentage of So; company y
second, rs i-3 per cent; company third,
rs per cent; company ID fourth, 60 per cent.
In the individual infantry drill, Corporal
Hastie first Private o. Brown second. In
divdual cavalry, Sergeant G. j. Lyons first.
Individual artillery, Sergeant Burgett first,
Sergeant Noyes second. Artillery detach-
ment company d first, company b second,
company third, company fourth.
LINCOLN NOTES.
The Lincoln City Improvement society is
preparing to give concert Monday evening
Tho money cleared will be used to defray eX-
perses of beautfying the school grounds.
Rev. Thomas Wilson, who for nearly four
teen years has been pastor of Mount Zion
Baptist church, the colored branch at this
place, died after long Illness and was buried
this afternoon.
Members of the Lincoln Wheel club have
arranged a trip to Seward Sunday, where
Aurora. Lincoln boys will tender the others
a feed at one of the best hotels.
Mike Manning, who assaulted Raymond
Striker, was lodged in the county Jail this
morning in default of fine and costs,
amounting to $S5.10
Rev. w. A. Sunday continues to draw
large crowds to his meetings in East Lincoln.
Sunday afternoon he will address the men
only at the Funke opera house. Mr.. Oliver,
who has charge OF large chorus, adds much
to the interest of these meetings by furnish
Ing excellent music.
Omaha people at the hotels: At the Lin
dell-W. II. Russell and wife, E. b. Henry,
j. p. Barrell, w. B. Stark. At the Lincoln
d. b. WelptOn L. Wakeley, ]. NJ Brady.
Harry Rae. a machnist, got into fight
with a couple of toughs tonight and had a
leg broken. He was sent to the hospital.
Annie Walker, a resident Of the owlands,
took ounce OF iaudanum tonight after
writing letter that she wanted to die. The
city physician saved her life.