New-York tribune., 1901-03-26

| the sister nation over the got into a little
| trouble which illustrated. among other things
! that. great as the Anglo Saxon race undoubtedly
! is there are other which can cOnceivably
| hold il in check at given point for measuraole
| time. This something which had not been sus-
| pected in years In the mean time also affairs
arose on the opposite side of the globe which in
volved military efforts on the part of both these
( sister nations and few other assorted nations
One trifins result of all this that the au-
| dence which gathered at the Madison Square Gar
! den last night the opening of this years
| Military Tournament had pretty good general no.
| ton OF what it looking at and decided in
terest in the meaning OF the exhibition 10 which II
| was treated the evening went
The evening began with athletic exercises, which
were more entertaining TO those who were engaged
| In them and their friends than TO the general pub
| lie. There is great excitement in le-yard run
| by two who entirely unknown To the
spectators. But these smaller affairs ended when
Nice-President Roosevelt arrived and took his
| place in box In the middle of the south side of
| the Garden 10 review the troops. The Vice-Pres-
| dent accompanied by General McCoskry Butt.
| Colonel Charles II. Luscomb and Colonel Treadweh
| He loudly cheered and Captain Chapman, who
followed the party closely as II entered the Garden
assisted the Vice-Presdent in acknowledging the
applause. II Is fair Captain Chapman to say,
however. that he got cheers all his own when
he walked out across the tanbark few moments
] later.
one OF the prettiest features of the performance
the first of the military portion. the review of
all the soldiers and sailors engaged. The force
cluded detachments from the Sth. 9Th, 18th. 1Sth
1ith 22d 23d i7th 69th and list regiments. and the
| Ist New-Jersey. LIST and "a batteries. LIST and 2d
| Signal Corps. Troop and the 1st and Cd Naval
| battalions.
| All these marched out on dress parade before
| the Nice-President. and made handsome picture
| Of formation and color. The subsequent exercises
! we're in the nature of illustration of mill
! tary evolutions than Of show. and in this re-
| spect they gave the assembly what it doubtless
Could be given in '' place Ike the Garden Of what
soldiers and sailors are taught TO do IN She making
| airy detachment from West Point seemed 10 want
aeaeb o tbe Standard ar us Set % for the SewYork pubic
| by the cavalrymen who accompany Buffalo Bits
diW dd the " hSreSt tricks best and made the most
of their mistakes in the easy ones There We're
| n " and one by the 4th Battery Field Artillery.
h The ,S 5%o wogfe o aTey ns e1RSon
but the handling of cannon is always exciting.
ing was the battle exercise by the nth Infantry.
L. $. \ Methods of firing and scaling walls were
wounded was shown. \ device which attracted
mpch mi nv Mr9 E Chadvick. for removing men
slightly wounded. \ description Of the device has
been ysn nj in T6s Tribune 1t appeared to be SER
A short landins drill was giveR by sailors from ON
hibtion closed with display of the work of the
Sn"t ike asi2g WHAT a' are re- the wSw@gS saying Sis
ter?" but nobody Interpreted. and tne ignorant
nifty stood and waved flags in unison they
were probably acting; TO anybody who could under
class spelling in concert II probably meant some
toward 1' whom Il was directed But when they took
some bare poles and pieces of board, and in ten
minutes built high. solid tower, with man and
a flag the top OF IL. everybody understood
Tonight Admiral Dewey will be present
/ viewing officer
ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
/ The athletic programme last night anything
hut varied. The track was muddy and soggy. as
/ usual the opening night OF the tourndment, and
/ fast time out OF the question. There were no
/ cycling contests but there will be some this
! ms when the prelinnaries will be started 7sO
/ O'Clock James F. Sullivan the referee Of
/ athletics. Summaries:
heat won by c. = Dietz 7ist Regiment q yardsl
C yars sseo'T heat TIh 0S Third beat won by q
Edwards 2d Rssent yars Frsrsn % FsrfT1 TSgEh
Tme11 Fifth beat hy a;r HhIman hos @ 18th ~ Ar;
ah m ESSa0 GSa v6a s'S 5v fPsS M saye Resment YARDS
Regimea, q ,ars TimS@ofi ninth heat Won BY
sGde E 2aS " RssTen5 % ygras Rs.me6 Ilr T2s Tm
Eleventh heat TSs & by xcb F. b1rre' bqe{ Won d bx K
s Mcleod 18th Artillery YARDS. Time0:I1as Thir
@ ,snH RaIs lsa FSteenR heat wdn bT
! J. Ftzpatrick 22d Regiment q yardsl TimeO:11aS.
Ftsen'h hsSt SGq by xeenR heat Won Sy
Northbridge 2sd Resinent @ yards TmeIe;li1s sev
ment % yards: H. Arnold Regiment (s's Yards.
sS Regm.nt az yardsS w s Eiwards 22d Fesiment
| a yardI second Time O:i0ss. Third by
q va 2ar @ ms Tn Fdafh hsa eat
by M " IL Rowan is,h a1,s ArtiIs5S az & EsrdsC o A
conS Ta in run @ by S9 R ES%a d Regiment G
One mile run thandicap,-won by F. " Hussey.