The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-18

and the tally-hos that had carried
them from the soldiers home, which
they visited earlier in the morning, to
the fort. The visitors chatted for
while on the steps of post hall. and
then, preceded by the post band, moved
over to the parade ground, where the
soldiers had already lined up. The
out of town visitors who witnessed the
review with the members of the mill
tary department of the DakotaS and
the st. Paul and Minneapolis delega-
tons were: Congressman A. B. Ca
Lron, Rhode Island; Joseph Graft and
V. Warner, of Illinois; F. G. Stevens,
John Lind, Minnesota: P. Theo. Oljen,
w. H. Stafford, G. H Weisse, w. E.
Browne, ]. J. Esch and H. A. Cooper,
of Wisconsin,; Judge Lot Thomas. Of
Iowa; A. j. Volstead, F. M. Eddy and
C. R. Davis, Minnesota; J. Adam Bede
and Halver Stevenson, Minnesota; J. A
TaWney, j. T. McCleary, and Senator
McCumber, of North Dakota. A nota-
BILE figure on the parade ground was
Gen. King, of Milwaukee, soldier and
writer. The soldier author was attlred
in a suit of butternut- brown, with soft
hat to match, and he carried light
cane.
Eight companies of the Twenty-fir
infantry were put through parade drill
The men presented very smart ap-
pearance and went through the nu-
merous evolutions in a manner that
indicated excellent discipline and spir
tied training. The man have only been
back from the Philippines a year and
have only had the benefit of one year
of battalion drill Col. Kline. Lieut..
Col. Gardner and Maj. Leggett have di-
rected their training.
Artillery Drill.
Not more efficient, but far more
spectacular than the infantry drill,
was the artillery drill by the Tenth
battalion The powerful horses drew
the heavy field pieces with as little eff
fort as they might draw light tea.
cart. Their rapid movements and
counter movements held the close and
pleased attention of both the military
and civil spectators. Seventy-two
horses were used to draw the field
pieces. and besides these there were
the officers steeds. The firing made
the pretty girls on the outskirts of the
parade ground blink, but military men
pronounced it remarkably accurate.
When the infantry wheeled off in the
direction of post hall. followed by the
artillery, the visitors began the in
Wilder, Col. George M. Pond and Capt.
Charles w Castle, of the United
States infantry, accompanied the con-
gressmen on their tour of inspection.
The new buildings were inspected, and
also the barracks and the officers
quarters. At half-past IL the party re-
paired to the home of Col. Kline and
witnessed guard mount from the steps
of the colonePs home. After that
luncheon was served by Col. and Mrs.
Kline. Covers were laid for eighteen
guests. Broad bands of blue and red
satin ribbon were stretched across the
table, these with the white linen max
ing a red, white and blue color scheme.
A bunch of red roses served for a CEN
terpiece. During the luncheon the post
band played in the pavilion, which is
located not far from Col Kline's house.
Many Visitors.
The following officers represented the
military department of the Dakotas
yesterday: Gen. Kobbe Col. Wilder,
Col. George M. Pond. Lieut.. Grant and
Lieut.. Leonard, Capt. Charles w. Cas-
tie, Sixteenth United States infantry;
Capt. B. F. Parker. Milwaukee.
From st. Paul there were the fol-