The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08
Leauue of the Cross Ca- dets Will Give a Com
 petitive Drill.
To Constitute the Last Contest for the MOntg gOmery
 Medal.
Glimpse of the Organization and It's Fitness for Active
 Service.

The third and last competitive drill Tor the Montgomery trophy will be held py the League of the Cross Cadets Tuesday evening, May "A. and is to decide whether Company G is entitled to the permanent possession of the magnificent prize
 Company is composed of young men of St. Brigid's parish, who have thus far succeeded in defeating every rival com pany in the league for the past two years as the best-drilled cadets of the entire organization.
 The battle that will be fought this year for the coveted prize will, It is thought. rival all preceding attempts to wrest the jealously guarded medal from the St. Brigid boys by the other companies of the league. To prevent the company from again carrying off the laurels of the con- test, preparatory drilling has already begun and If hard labor in drilling and the study of tactics count for success, Company G will have to look to it's men, as every member of the league is deter mined that it shall not receive the final decision.
 The declaration of war has had its ef- feet upon the Cadets of the Cross, and, in addition to showing Company G that they know how to pick up one foot after the other with as much deXterfty and science as they, they want to also show the pub lie and the army as a body or soldiers 
 Shouldering a musket well as the best of the regulars who have gone to Cuba to fiaunt the protecting stars and stripes over the oppressed inhabitants Of the un- happy isle.
 At the conclusion of the competitive drill, which will constitute the leading and most interesting part of the pro- gramme of the evening, several fancy drills and exhibitions of skill in the manip- ulation of the saber will be given by the entire company The league band, com DiPkpd musicians from the membership roll-young men who have earned the well-deserVed merit of constituting one of the best organizations of it's kind in the city-will execute all the marches and furnish all the music necessary for the contest and the amuse- ment of the spectators, under the direc- torshp of Professor Walton.
 Judgment will be passed upon the com peting teams, and the medal awarded to the best-drilled and most successful com pany by three officers of the regular army stationed at the PreSidio.
 The five best out or the following named companies will contest for the trophy, and are to be selected the Sunday af- ternoon preceding the 24th of May:
 Company A-Captain Frank S Brady; first lieutenant, Robert Steele; second lieutenant.
 Company BECaptain. J. T. CurIey; first lieu tenant, F. A. Hopper; second lieutenant, S. A. Riley.
 first lieutenant William Foley; second lieu tenant, George Caveny.
 
 first lieutenant. George H. Sullivan; second lieutenant. Vincent I. Carroll.
 Company E-Captain, D. J. Mccarthy; first lieutenant, Ed Crowley; second lieutenant. B. Malone.
 lieutenant. James Brock: second lieutenant, Charles Higgins.
 Company G-captain, F J. Power; first lieu
 Company H-Captain, James Power; first lieutenant, J. Regan; second lieutenant, J.
 Company I-Captain, H. J. Power; first lieu tenant, Charles Fordyce; second lieutenant,
 Company K-Captain J. H. Reilly; first lieu tenant, James O'Neill; second lieutenant, L. Hanley.
 Company L-Captain. John P. Carr: first lieu tenant, A. E. Osborne; second lieutenant, F.
 Company M-Captain, Frank Johnston; first lieutenant, A: S. Mcintyre; second lieutenant, tenant, r. wyons; second lieutenant. J. Ken nedy.>
 If the services of the league were re- qrired by Uncle Sam in his present brawl with Spain 1t would be led and directed by the following staff of officers:
 Colonel, William P. Sullivan; lieutenant colonel Thomas F. Ryan: major First Bat talion, D. J. McGloin; major Second Battalion, D. c. Deasy major Third Battalion. W II. Mccarthy: captain and adjutant J. F. Duffy; lieutenant and Inspector William C. Hopper; lieutenant and commissary, J. A Watts: bat talion adjutant. First Lieutenant F. I. Gonza- leg: battalion adjutant. First Lieutenant W. A. Kelly: battalion adjutant, First Lieutenant J. J. Crowley; surgeon, Major J. G. Morrisey: regi- mental sergeant, Major J. D. Dougherty bat talion sergeant. Major B. Minner: battalion sergeant Major T. A. Deasv: battalion ser geant Major George F. WelcfI; trumpeter V. Devlin: commissary sergeant. J. Carew; guar terrnaster sergeant Leo McGinn: drum maior. w. Young: color sergeant, H. Crowley; color sergeant George Shaw.
 The following is a list of officers com posing the hospital corps: Captain, Harry c. O'Nell; first lieutenant Philip Millerick; second lieutenant. James F. Mccarthy: hospital steward, A. Conlin; first sergeant ". J. Dolan.