Evening star., 1905-11-05
PRINCE LOUIS FETED
Presidents Guest at a State
Banquet.
DRILL AT FORT MYER
BATTENBERG LEFT BEFORE THE
EXHIBITIONS FINISHED.
Apparently Was Either Dissatisfied or
Pressed for Time-Luncheon by
Gen. Chaffee Yesterday.

Uen' Cnanee yesterday.
The official entertainment OF Prince Louis
or Battenberg in Washington closed I,st
night with the state banquet at the White
House. the last and most important event
OF his visit 1t is possible that TODAY he
VIII pay special visit TO Mt. Vernon.
which ordinarily is closed on Sunday but
which was opened Sunday for the beneut
or Count Witte during his visit. and would
also De freely shown to the admiral prince
Ihere viii be little informal driving and
sightseeing around Washington Monday
forenoon, but that will close the visit ana
.he party VIII return to Annapolis Monday
noon on the same special train that brought
them over the Baltimore and Ohio.
Last Nights Dinner.
Last nights dinner was a very brtlliapt
gathering. The big state dining room ar
the White House was decorated for The oo-
casion. II was a purely stag dinner. Aside
rom the President and the cabinet officers.
almost every one was in uniform There
We're the usual international toasts. and the
Marine Band played both God Save the
hlhs and " The Star Spangled Banner"
MI Choate. late ambassador to London,
had come over from New York for tho din
ner, and he was the only unofficial guest
Covers were laid for thirty-two. Those
who sat down included the President the
wee President, the British ambassador,
Rear Admiral II. S. II. Prince Louis of RAT
tenberg Capt Charles II. Robertson Cant
Rlchard b. Farquhar, Capt Richard III.
Peirse, Capt. Herbert q. King Hail Flag
capt: Mark f. F. Kerr. Commander Charles
1t y. Burne, Flag Lieut.. Gerald Sowerby
engineer Commander VIM. F. PamphIett
Secretary Edward II. Shearme. Capt r r;
I. Ryan, the Secretary of State the acting
secretary or war, the Attorney General the
Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the
Interior, the admiral of the navy Lieut..
Gen. Chaffee, Rear Admiral Robley ID.
Evans, Rear Admiral Charles III Davis
Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson. Mr.
ROBERT Bason, assistant secretary of state:
Mr.. Truman II. Newberry assistant secre-
tary of the navy; Capt. John Z. PiIIsbury,
Lieut.. Commander Spencer s. Wood, Capt
Robert E. L. Niche, Mr. Joseph II. Choate.
Lieut.. Commander Albert l. Key and Mai.
Charles L. McCawley.
Saw the Drill at Fort Myer.
Prior to the dinner in the evening Prince
Louis attended a special drill that had
been arranged for his benefit by Gen. Chat
fee at Fort Myer. The afternoon was a
beautiful one and the pet army post of the
United States looked its best on the COM
mandng hill rising out of a sea of au-
tumn foliage. In the distance Washington
lay spread out in beautiful panorama be-
meath light covering of smoky haze, while
the Monument rose straight and white
against the gray sky, landmark for all the
surrounding country. Certainly q better
day for a better vantage point would hard
ly have been chosen for showing the capital
at its best to a distinguished visitor.
1t had been arranged that open air
drill should precede the exhibition in the
riding hall. Three troops had been drawn
up on the parade ground to await the COM
ing of the visitors. 1t not Aldershot
field, such as the prince had been accus-
toned TO, but a wide, somewhat rolling ex-
panse, where there was a mile sweep Of
open ground for the squadron and enough
roughness to make riding at full gallop
more than mechanical exercise.
1t had been thought that the President
would also attend the drill, but he was
detained by business a the White House
and Prince Louis arrived In company with
Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, commanding
the army: Capt. Kerr, the princes flag cup
tain, and followed by his personal STAFF and
the ships captains who came with him
from Annapolis
An admiraIs salute from the guns at the
foot of the flagstaff announced the coming
of the visitors They were met at the en-
trance to the post by Col. Hatfield, the
and walked at once TO the
parade ground.
The three bue-clad troops galloped out
with a rolling cloud of dust In their wake.
wheeled and turned In troop formation,
broke into columns of fours and came up
at a salute TO the reviewing party. Possibly
it was not great military display Tor one
used to seeing the Horse Guards In splendid
uniform going through their maneuvers
with machine-like precision. Anyhow
either the prince or Gen. Chaffee apparently
tired of it quickly, and when the troops had
off down the field and were form
ing squadron front apparently preliminary
to saber charge, the whole OF the party
turned and walked away TO the batterys
quarters. where they looked over the ar
for the mems living. The kltch-
en-, mess hall and sleeping quarters were all
inspected, while the unofficial spectators
filed into the riding hall.
The cutting short of the open-air drill
may have been Gen. Chaffee's own sugges-
ton, but il was distinct disappointment
to both the officers and men. Though, as
it afterward proved. they fared no worse
than did their fellows in the riding nan.
In the Riding Hall
The music ride was a clever exhibition.
A uniformed troop put their mounts through
almost every movement of which a horse
is capable, from cutting figure eights and
sidewise to lying down and get
ting up again with their riders still On their
backs 1t was the sort of a display that
might hold almost any one who loved
horses, and apparently II sufficed TIL the
men unsaddled their horses without getting
off their backs and rode out OF the han
barebacked with their saddles over ther
shoulders. -,
Then there came the rough-rtding drih
oy troop with blankets and clrcinges
instead of saddles. 1t was not the very
highest grade Of Cossack drill that for9
Myer has ever put up, but II was TO De re-
nembered in the mems favor that they
we're fresh last June from two years cam.
oaigning In the Philippines. and many Oh
hem up to that time had never backed an
American horse. They did good many
,tunts. however, that would have been no
iiscredit to trained circus riders and some
IF them showed that they were athletes
md acrobats of more than common ability
The rough-riding squad had scarcely nm
shed their turn when three guns OF the
lorse battery, with troop of artilierymen.
anne in at run. They did some feats in
irving between painted stakes with
an inch to spare over the width
II the wheels. They circled and reformed
With the heavy guns at a dead run. and al
most, IL not quite. outrode the cavairymen.
( was about as fine artillery exhibition
In q can firl.ad