The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-17
PERFECT IN DRILL
shAI'FtCk CADETS SHOW A RE-
MARK ABLEG MILITARY PRE-
CISION.
DELIGHT ARMY OFFICERS
WITH AN EXHIaITI0X RARELY SIZE,
PAssEE'-COMEANY ID GETS
FIRST PRIZE.

Special to the Globe
FAR1BAULT, Mimi, June 16-Not-
wIthstanding the extreme heat and
| the threatening weather, Shattuck
grounds and buildings were filled to
overfiowing with visitors and specta-
tors to witness the competitive drill
! between the three companies of in
fentry and the two sections of the
platoon OF artillery which forms the
| Shattuck school military contingent
At o'clock and five minutes the first
company, B, commanded by Capt
Spencer, came On to the campus and
were put through the many and vari-
Gus movements which make up the
competitive drill programme; next after
it came Company A, under comma nd
of Capt Won Media, and lastly, Com
pany G., in command OF Capt. Meers,
was put through the PAGES. To a per-
| son net acquainted with military tao
tics Il would seem that there was no
| difference in regard to the efficiency
and it was only by counting the times
man winked or turned his eyebrows
that such efficient drill masters as
Capt Phillip Reade. Lieut.. Edwards.
and Lieut.. Bugge, of the Third Uni:
ed States ifIantry, OF Fort Smelling
who We're the Judges, could tel which
company stood the highest, to quote
Capt Reade's own words, The mistakes
were so slight and so far between that
it was only by the use of a magnify
ing glass that they could be discovered
at ALL" During the intervals and at
times during the drill the Fort Shell
irg band, under the leadership of
Lieut.. Charles Graves, diseoursed such
music as only the Third regiment
band can dc. After the company COM
petitive drill was over, Lieut. Abbott,
the coEnmaEcar't, put the battalion
through the many different movements
of battalion drill Here also, as in the
competitive drill, mistakes were few
and far between and the battalion was
shown if possible, to a better advan-
tage than ever tefore. After the bat
TALON drill and a slight rest, the boys
were ct it again in skirmish drill,
which was ended by the commandant
sending cut firing line, reinforcing it
twice and finally charging on the i'm
aginary foe with such a will that had
there teen an enemy it would surely
have been routed The competitive
drill between the two sections of the
platoon OF artillery, came next and
this, as the rest. was as perfect as
airy artillery work could be, the
two platCons standing, after figuring
so each out OF a possible 1O0 By the
slight hitch of a coat or turn of an eye
were the turned from the even 100, or
perfection mark. This closed the
afternoon work and good work it was.
This evening the reception given by
the rector and faculty to visitors and
patrons of the school was largely at
tended. The armory was beautifully
decorated with flags and bunting and
the music furnished by the Fort Smell
ing orchestra made every one anxious
to trip the light fantastic toe. During
the reception Capt. Phillip Reade made
the announcement of the winner of the
prize drill and it was awarded to Com
pany B, the pony company, as Capt
Reade called it, SO 1913 with Company
c, commanded by Capt. Meers, second
with a percentage of % 1918. and with
honorable mention Of Company A,