Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-27
ATHLETIC TOURNEY
TROOPS LEAVE FOR NEW YORK TO
PARTICIPATE.
Crack Organizations to Display Skill
in Military Evolutions and
Exhibition Drills.

The troops of cavalry and engineer corps
Of the army stationed at Fort Myer and
the Washington barracks, respectively. des-
ignated to participate in the military ath-
letic, tournament which begins in New York
today left yesterday morning at $50
oclock over the Pennsylvania railraod for
the city named. All day Saturday the
troops busted themselves in packing up
their equipment and storing it in the freight
cars in which it was to be transported to
New York. The men will carry everything
they need for a week, except tents. They
will be quartered in one of the national
guard armories in New York city, and will
there perform all the duties required of
them at a regular military post, the exhi-
bition drills at Madison Square Garden
taking the place of the daily drill.
The officers were quartered last year at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, but this year
they will be required to remain in the quar-
tiers assigned to the men. The expense Of
the trip to New York and for substinence
and quarters while there, is borne by the
military athletic league, under the auspices
of which the exhibition is being given.
The troops will all be paid for the work
they do at the exhibition and this money
will be used to improve the gymnasium at
the two posts. The gymnasium at Fort
Myer is in the attic of the barracks used by
troop F. and while the appliances are mod
ern and are kept in good condition, the
place is not all that could be desired, and
more conveniences are required. When the
large post exchange building is erected, for
which more than a hundred thousand dol
lars is to be spent, there will be ample
room for fine gymnasium and every eff
fort will be made to fit it out completely.
Some of the money appropriated for the
building may be used in fitting out the
gymnasium, If 1t is not all used in the
nd flfrn nF of,
portions of the building.
The Cavalry Exhibition.
The cavalry detachment from Fort Myer
Will perform the same evolutions at Madi-
son Square that it has performed here dur
ing the winter. with the added movements
that have been practiced and shown dur
ing the later drills. The detachment is
made up Of details from each troop, tn.
men from Troop F being in larger numbers
than any Of the other troops. The com.
posite organization is commanded by Capt.
Lloyd M. Brett of Troop F, with First
Lieut.. Charles G. Harvey of Troop F and
Second Lieut. Joseph Taulbee of Troop H.
The following men have been drawn from
the four troops stationed at Fort Myer to
compose the crack riding detachment:
Saddle squad, Troop First Sergt. Nc
Nally, Sergts. Stegman, Haloner and
Thurston, Corps. Hemmett and Davis, Sad
Yates Buchan, Burke, Carroll. Collior Far
rom, Holland, Hyde, Montgomery Noise,
McCabe, Mccormick, Mcintyre, ODonnell
and Ryan.
Troop G-Sergt. Phelps, Corp. Stevens.
Troop H-Sergt. Burkey, Privates Cox,
Pegow, More.
Bareback squad, Troop F-Sergt. Katz,
Corp. Davidson, Trumpeters Laird Man,
Millen, Privates Bumworth. Croy, Hawkins,
Webb and Wesaman.
Troop G-Corp. Grace, Trumpeter Fox,
Privates Egana, Foyk, Logan and Need
ham.
Band-Private Griffith.
Troop E-Corp. Haggard Privates jack
son, Mason, Miller and Shawadasa.
Engineer Corps Detachment.
The detachment from the Engineer
Corps is commanded by Capt. Meriwether
L. Walker, assisted by Capt. James F. Nc
1ndoe. This detachment, composed Of de-
tails from Companies L and M, will give
an exhibition of bridge building, and In
cudes among It's members:
Company L. Engineers-Sergt Morgan,
Corps Porter and Shields, and Privates
Coffey, Durham, Forsberg, Newton Moser,
Sea les, Turmoil, Yager, krause, Drake,
Hedgecock, Dawes, Prose, Magruder, Boro-
land, Syze and Binney.
Company M-First Sergt. Willmott, Serst
White, Corp. Slater. and Privates Ander-
son, Barnes. Brown, Calkins, Chapman,
Dale, Kreeper. Lancaster, Middleton Mona
CHAN, Schlitz, Stearns, Toch Truman,
Usher, Wand and Chatham.