The times., 1901-03-25


10 Participate In the Weeks
ENents-To he Made Gala Affair.
A detachment of the Fourth Field Ar
tiIlery from Washington Barracks under
command of Lieut.. Fox Connor departed
yesterday for New York, where it will
participate in the Military Tournament
which opens at Madison Square Garden
tonight The detachment consists of fifty
men. forty horses. four guns. and two
caissons A special train over the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad carried the ar
tillerymen to the metropolis, where they
will remain all the week.
They will participate in the opening re-
view tonight. and will give several eX-
hibition drills both alone and in con-
necton with other detachments of
artillery which will attend the tour
nament. 1t will be the first time that
detachment of the Fourth has taken part
in a military tournament Last year
and in 1899 the regiment was stationed in
Cuba. The Seventh Artillery was station
ed at Washington Barracks last year
and a detachment under command OF
Captain McCoomb attended the tourna-
ment and acquitted themselves remark
ably well.
under the direction of the Military Ath-
letic League promises to be the most
successful affair of the kind ever held in
the I nited states The programme EN-
braces every branch of the United States
service The crowning feature will be
the opening review tonight, at which Vice
President Roosevelt viii be the reviewing
officer The entire weeks programme
will attract no little patronage from New
York society, and will be attended by
a large number of distinguished people.
The events will not be limited to Regular
Army organizations alone. National
Guard organizations and military organl-
cations of schools and colleges VIII ap-
pear.
One feature which will probably exceed
in interest any other event on the card
is the rough riding" There will he
detachment of cavalry from the United
States Military Academy at New York
under command Of Capt. George H. Sands.
The West Pointers are dashing and bril-
liant horsemen A crack militia organiza-
ton which will find few equals is Cap
tain Debevoise' $ Troop c, of Brooklyn,
which viii also take part in the contests.
Major David Wilson will command the
well-known Second Battery. This detach-
ment Will participate in a number OF the
drills. including one with the Gatling gun.
The Fourth Field Artillery detachment,
which departed yesterday, will take part
only in the exhibition drills
The navy viii be represented in landing,
gun boat, and other drills and maneu-
Vres In these events soldiers and ma
rines from the United States steamer
Hartford. which lay at the navy yard
here during the inauguration ceremonies.
will take part. The bluejackets of Adni-
raj Farragut's old flagship made many
friends during their brief stay in Wash
ington and the success in the tournament
will be eagerly looked for in this city
Admiral Taylor will command the de-
tachment from the Hartford. Captain
Folger Will command d similar detacn-
ment from the United States steamer
kearsarge.
4 part of the Eleventh Infantry, which
is now stationed at Governors Island
under command Of Captain Phillips; the
New York State naval militia, under
Commander William B. Franklin. and the
First Signal Corps. commanded by Capt
Oscar Erlandson. are also on the sched-
ule for the week.
Nearly all the events will take place
in the evenings of the week Wednesday
afternoon there viii be a special matinee
in which the military organizations Of
a number Of schools will have a compe-
titiVe drill for prizes. The drill Will be
under command of Lieut. Col. y. b.
Thurston. and the youthful soldiers will
be reviewed by Colonel Luscomb. Among
the schools which have entered this drill
are ST Francis Xavier, New York: Rut-
gers College, New Brunswick; Mount
Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing. Sacred
Heart Academy. Of Worcester. and the
DCla Sale Institute and Berkeley School
OF New York
Prominent army and naval officers have
accepted invitations TO act as reviewing
officers on the different nights of the
week. Those who will act after tonight
are: Tuesday. Admiral George Dewey;
Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Joe Wheeler:
Thursday. Rear Admiral A. S Barker:
Friday, Lieut.. Gen. Nelson a. Miles. and
on Saturday, Gen. Michael V. Sheridan
Col. Charles IA. Luscomb. President of
the Military Athletic League will com
mand the reviews.