Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

Church, commanded by Bruce Handy. This
company won The Evening Star cup in
1904 and 1908, and also the Bope cup in this
city two years ago. 1t lost by small mar
gin In the field exercises held at Pittsburg
last October. Company +, Waugh NJ. +.
Church. of the I'd Regiment, won the flag
trophy presented two years ago by Gen.
William Hart Dexter. to be competed for
annually. The other companies which
competed and made excellent showings
were Company E, Western Presbyterian
Church, commanded by Capt. Ralph How
ell, and Company G. Waugh NJ E. Church,
commanded by Sergt. John Stul, both OF
the LIST Regiment and Company A, Ecking-
ton Presbyterian Church. commanded by
Lieut. Gerald Ryan. and Company Il, Peck
Memorial Church commanded by Capt. Il.
Ballantyne of the I'd Regiment. Company
T, ID Regiment, was commanded by Capt.
V. H. Dent. 1t will retain the flag until
the next annual competition Company A.
lexington Presbyterian Church. is COM
posed of the smallest boys in the brigade
and the youngest in age. The excellent ap-
pearance and drill of the company was
highly complimented by the officers of the
brigade and the judges of the drill The
uniform worn was that of naval militiamen
The LIST Regiment is composed OF larger
boys, many of whom are members of the
various high school companies.
Winner Of Individual Drill.
In the individual competition Hugh Davis
won the bronze medal presented by Gen.
Dexter for the best drill in the manual of
arms Young Davis is a member of Com
pany d, Takoma Presbyterian Church, and
two years ago was second in the competi
ton. Last year he was defeated, and when
he went upon the field yesterday afternoon
he was determined to carry on the nonOrS
for which he had worked so hard during the
past year. There were representatives
from nine companies in the competition,
which was a most interesting event.
The exercises began at 10 o'clock in the
morning with company drills In extended
order. A recess for luncheon was taken
from u O'Clock to 1870, when the individual
competition and sham battle were in order.
Owing to the absence of a number of the
line officers 1t was necessary to change the
plan and to reorganize the entire brigade
before the program could be carried into
effect. Lieut. Col c. c. Caylor command
ed the defense, consisting of Company b,
" estern Presbyterian Church; Company e.
Peck Memorial Church and Companies +
and G of Waugh NJ. E. Church. The de-
lenses occupied an intrenched position In
a sunken section of the Piney Branch road.
The attacking party was commanded by
Capt. F. p. Rogers OF the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, who also acted
in the capacity of coach. His force COM
prised six ompanies-Company A, Ecktng-
ton Presbyterian Church; Company u, Ia
coma Presbyterian Church. list Regiment,
and Company D. I'd Regiment; Company r.,
Western Presbyterian Church; Company F,
Trinity NJ f. Church, and Company II, AS
sambly' Presbyterian Church. The attacking
party advanced from cover below the hill at
the east end of the grounds, threw out
line OF skirmishers across the expanse Of
open ground and sent its main force as two
thanking columns along the right and left
of the field. These fanking columns We're
met by the defense The defense's right
was driven In and captured. but the left
flank made a successful resistance. and the
Judges decided it to be draw. The young
soldiers were plentifully supplied with am
munition and the scene was most vivid
one The guns used were Springfelds of
AS caliber and Remington rifles of 80 and
80 caliber There were also two varieties
OF Quaker guns for the smaller soldiers.