The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-25
Off FOR THE TOURNAMENT
The Fourth Field Artillery Leaves
for New York City.
The Organization to Give m Exhibit
ton DrilI-Crack Military Societies
10 Participate in the Weeks
ENents-To BE Made n GaIB Affair.

TO Participate In the Weeks
Eyents-To BE Made GaIB Affair.
A detachment of the Fourth | ield Ar
tillery 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-
nection with other attachments of
artillery which will attend the tour
nament II 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.
The tournament which opens tonight
under the direction of the Military Ath-
letic League promises to be the most
successful affair of the kind ever held in
the 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 will be the reviewing
officer The entire weeks programme
will attract no little patronage from New
h.. bsad
a large number of distinguished people
The events will not be limited to Regular
Army organizations alone. National
Guard ORGANIZATIONS and military organi-
cations of schools and colleges will APP
pear
One feature which will probably exceed
in interest any other event on the card
is the rough riding" There will be
detachment of cavalry from the United
States Military Academy at New York
under command OF Capt. George II. Sands
The West Pointers are dashing and bril-
liant horsemen. A crack militia organiza-
ton which will find few equals is Cap
tain Debevoises Troop c, of Brooklyn,
which will also take part in the contests
Major David Wilson will command the
wel-known Second Battery. This detach-
ment Will participate in a number of the
drills, including one with the Calling gun
The Fourth Field Artillery detachment,
which departed yesterday, Will take part
only in the exhibition drills.
The navy will 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 Admit
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
F'olger will command similar detach-
ment from the United States steamer
kearsarge.
A 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 will be a special matinee
in which the military organizations of
a number of schools will have A compe-
titive drill for prizes. The drill VIII be
under command of Lieut. Col N 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
Dola Sale Institute and Berkeley School,
of New York
Prominent army and naval officers have
accepted invitations TO act reviewing
officers on the different nights of the
week. Those who will act after tonight
are: Tuesday, Admiral George Dewey;
Wednesday, Mai. Gen. Joe Wheeler;
Thursday. Rear Admiral a S Barker:
Friday. Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and
on Saturday, Gen Mi-hael V. Sheridan.
Col. Charles Fl. Luscomb. President of
the Military Athletic League Will COM
mand the reviews.