Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23

kets, their hats, blouses, leggings, spurs
and pistols being detached. Outside will
be saddle, bride, unfolded blanket and
horse held ten yards away. At a signal
the two will rise, don their clothing, leg
gings and spurs. buckle on their pistols,
strike the tent, each rolling his blanket
in his respective half of the canvas. The
contestant who first folds the saddle blan-
ket. brides and saddles the horse mounts.
draws and fires his pistol will be the win
her. rescue race" In which cavalry
men viii rescue comrades whose horses
have been supposedly killed, will be run by
teams of two men each.
For the artillery there will be ''gin at
tachment contest in which cannon will
De alternately "unlimbered. fired. dis
mounted and ''limbered up" Other artil-
lery features will be section contests" In
volving the Harvesting of four-horse teams
to cannon, the substitution OF extra wheels
carried for wheels i'm use. the limbering.
Numbering and firing of the field pieces in
different directions
Litter bearer contests" including such
tactical executions as first aid to the in
jured running fifty yards to the wound
ed dressing wounds and loading field am
balances have been arranged for the hos
pital corps. Each organization and each
post Is to have its base ball and foot ball
team and leagues are to be organized for
championship games Officers will be per
united to play with enlisted men on these
ball teams.
For each cavalrynan in our army there is
already prescribed a course of exercise in
Guiding executions rivalling those of the
professional circus rider in point of appar-
ent peril. Men are taught to ride spans OF
horses standing. embracing an entire span
in the compass of their legs; to leap from
one horses back to another and to perform
other difficult feats. all such executions
being included in what Is called 'the mon
key drill
Text Books Adopted
Two text books have been adopted for the
One Of Is
piled by First Lieut.. f. L. Butts. 9th In
fantry. The other is the work of II. J.
F<oehler. sword master of the United States
Military Academy. Our embryonic army
officers at West Point are made deft with
the foil. the broadsword and the single
stick. as are those at the Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
Swordmaster Koehler's instructions are of
general interest: for instance:
Begin with the less violent exercises
gradually working up to those that are
more so, then gradually working back 10
the simpler ones. When one portion uf
the body is being exercised care should re
taken that the other parts remain quiet as
far as the conformation of the body will
allow. Learn to exercise every portion uf
the body by itself
Holding the breath or breathing only
when it can no longer be held, is as lniu-
rious tight clothing. Leg exercise slow
ly extended will afford great relief III cases
where exercise produces palpitation. labor
ed respiration. etc. Never exercise imma-
diately after a meal. Never eat or drink
Immediately after exercise.
ITO correct dropping heads. exercise the
muscles OF the neck. by bending, tu;aing
and circling the head. For round and Stop
ing shoulders swing the arms sideward and
forward. then circle them backward; move
the shoulders backward and forward and
circle them also backward. For weak back,
bend the trunk forward and obliquely for
ward. To correct a weak abdomen, bend
.1I haR
ward: also circle it. The old. rheumatic and
these who require physical exercise as
thera peutic agent have no business in
gymnasium.
Physical Culture in Navy.
Jack Tar. too. has had devised for him
new and ingenious methods for making
him, as well as his landlubber colleague-at-
arms, a Spartan. Our incipient naval Off
GERS have at Annapolis a gymnasium Of the
most improved sort. a master-at-arms and
an athletic field The ''middies'' have their
foot ball team and base ball nine, as have
the West Pointers. On each training ship
"Jackey' recruits have their muscles sys-
tematically trained and are drilled in all
of the arts of fencing. Each of our lighting
Leviathans has its deck converted at reg
ular intervals into gymnasium. With the
broadsword, foil and the single stick our
sailor boys are peculiarly deft.
A little official volume of physical culture
tactics is issued for the navy exclusively.
1t Is from the pen of Chaplain w. o. Hol-
way L. S. N. and contains seventeen eX-
ercSes without arms. ten movements with
the navy rifle, ordinary gymnasium par
aphernalia being prescribed. In the course
of this physical drill the man with the
fare-bottom trousers does marvellous things
with his fingers, hands and arms to aug
ment the bellows power of his lungs and in
crease his chest girth He circles his limbs
in the air, squatS and rises on tip-toe, bal
ances himself. stork-like on one leg;
touches the deck either side with arms
outstretched and knees stiff; bumps his
chest with his knees while dancing a veri-
table ''brea lldown:' balances his rife dur
ing all manner of wholesome poises of limb
and trunk; sidesteps and pirouettes about
in marvellous and surprising fashion.
Jackey is to have his field sports also.
Admiral Fighting Bob Evans this month
arranged novel program of shore contests
soon after the arrival of his squadron at
Honolulu. Sailors from the Kentucky, Ore
gon and Wisconsin engaged in a number of
boxing bouts with some Honolulu cham
pionS. James Sherlock. champion slugger
of the Wisconsin. spared ten rounds to a
draw with Bill Huihui, the Hawaiian cham
pion, and the kamehameha base ball team
of Honolulu defeated the Wisconsin club by
to Z. A foot ball game was held between
the Oregon and Kentucky elevens result
ing in their third draw without a score.
Another event was regatta in the harbor.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, Jr.