The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-19
Battalion Prize Drill Introduced for
the First Time During Forenoon
ON the Parade Ground.
ESTABLISHED BASIS oFMARKING
OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY
PAS JUDGMENT.
Winners I'm the Senior and Junior
Glasses at Camp Reece-Other
Details of the Day.

There was an abundance of hustle and
activity yesterday at Camp Reece and it
continued from mess call in the morning
until the two brigades of Foresters, with
banners and flags flying. marched out Of
camp at 1:SO p. m. to contribute to the bril-
liant spectacle presented by the grand pa
rade.
For the first time since the Forester
branch Of Woodcraft was established a
battalion prize drill was introduced and
went of during the forenoon on the parade
ground. 1t attracted close attention. and.
being in the nature of a military expert
ment, was the source of no little anxious
thought on the part of the major general
commanding.
1t had been expected that three battal-
ions-the Toledo, o., Kansas City and
O~maha-would participate, but the two lat
ter concluded not to enter and the drill was
performed by the Toledo men, under COM
mand of Maj. L. w. Howard. The organi-
cation of the battalion was as follows:
Team 3425, Capt. A. L. Du Bots, nineteen
men; Team 6336, Capt. Arthur Hill, twenty
four men; Team 1868, Capt. o. r. Waters,
twenty-five men; Team 6529, Capt. w. w.
Stratton, twenty-seven men; Team 6729,
Capt. E. r. Sonerant, twenty-seven men;
total battalion roster, lbs, officers and men.
The regular army officers who passed
Judgment on the contesting battalion were:
Capt. w. P. Burnham, adjutant of the
Twentieth United States Infantry; Capt. D.
F. Webster. Twentieth Infantry; Brevet
Lieut.. Col John T. Barnett, United States
army.
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was possible for the battalion to make
three points each on inspection, In align
ment, appearance of the chief Foresters.
general appearance OF the teams and posi-
ton In ak manual.
POSSIBLE POINTS.
On drill and movements it was possible to
make ninety points, as follows: Formation
of battalion, s; distance OF foot action, 221k;
execution of manual movements, Is; execu-
ton of ak manual movements. 221z. Owing
to the number of men in the drill 1t was
impossible to form the letters of the order,
and the total number of points possible was
therefore placed at 80 instead of 100, as in
the senior and junior class drills.
The splendidly-drilled body OF Toledo
Foresters secured marks upon which they
were generally congratulated. being COM
plimented by the strict drillmaSters who
judged them. The scores were as follows:
observation-disclosures. 2.63: appearance of
chief Foresters, 263; general appearance Of
the battalion, 2.9; position in ak manual,
2.63. Total on inspection, 1875.
On Drill and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
battalion, 4.6; distance and for movements,
execution Of ak manual movement, 20; total
on drill and movements, 6.5; total score OIL
inspection and drill movements, SIPS.
General Mitchell was much pleased with
the result. To a group OF representatives
of the local press he said:
Throughout twenty-six years of personal
experience in National Guard movements
and organization. l wish to say that, in my
opinion, the score made by the Toledo bat
talon this morning cannot be surpassed by
any battalion of any State National Guard
The commission of judges for the fore
noon yesterday afternoon filed its official
report Of prize winners in the various team
drill contests, as follows:
Senior Class
First prize. $3.50, Kansas City team. Capt.
Second prize. $3.50. Omaha. Neb., Capt. H.
c. Martin.
Third prize, $3.50, Rock Island. ILL.,. Capt.
Fourth prize. $50. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Capt. s. j. De Long.
Fifth prize, 800. Des Moines, Ia, Capt.
Sixth prize, SIS, Denver, Col, Captain
Charles E. Page.
Junior Class
First prize, $500. Joliet. No. 1892. Captain
Fred pearson.
Second prize, $3.50, Des Moines, Ia, No. Ill,
Captain Dick Tillotson.
Third prize, s125, West Duluth, Mimi, No.
1856, Captain c. G. Salter.
Fourth prize, 800, Kansas City, No.. 1412,
Captain A. H. ellis.
Fifth prize, $40, Lincoln, Neb., No. 1882,
Captain H.. j. Gildersleeve.
Sixth prize, $50, Minneapolis, Mimi, No.
$50, Captain G. A. Allen.
Seventh prize, $40. Middleport, O., No. $685.,
4 Captain Fred s. Russell.
Pony Class
First prize. s175. Mount Vernon, Ind, No.
3120, Captain A. j.. Miller.
Second prize, $126, Madison, Neb., No. 365.
Captain Charles Felt.
Third prize. $50, New Lancaster, Ind, No.
9119, Captain j. Z. Judson.
Fourth prize, SIS, Seymour, Ind, No. 1851,
Captain George Bartlett.
Fifth prize. $50. Madison, Neb., No. ass.
Captain John Fuchs.
Sixth prize. $50. Indianapolis, Ind. No.
5563, Captain c. r. West
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED.
This afternoon the successful teams will
be called to general headquarters, where
their prizes and handsome and valuable
trophies will be formally awarded them.
Just before the mobilization of the teams
yesterday afternoon in preparation for the
march to the city several photographer
took advantage of the gathering of genera
and staff officers in front of headquarters
and several fine negatives were made.