Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
ARMY TOURNEY
THRILLS CROWD
Opening Night of the Military
Pageant Was Great Success.
New Features Tonight.

With the first night establishing its
complete success. the military tourna-
ment of the Fifth regiment, at the Ar
mory, viii be repeated tonight, but with
an entire new line OF features
/ 70 the strains Of a stirring march
furnished by the Seventeenth infantry
band Colonel f. r. Pomeroy entered the
arena Of the Auditorium rmory from
! the Gilmer street side last night at the
/ head Of pageant that won tremendous
applause.
/ The climax was reached when the
band swung into the strains Of Dixie"
and into the arena marched four Geor-
gia Military academy cadets beneath
the Stars and Bars
It was the occasion OF the soldiers
/ of all nations French, German. Span
ish and Russian warriors had been rep
resented and cordially received. While
/ the audience awaited in silence the next
number, the band started the strains OF
! Dixie" As the familiar air rang out
| the Auditorium resounded with cheers,
| and when the four cadets. marching
under the Confederate flag, made their
appearance, pandemonium reigned.
Governors Wife Leads Cheering
! AS the cadets approached the review
| ing stand, Mrs. Governor Brown rose
/ to her feet in salute of the flag. The
contagion spread to the rest of the re-
viewing party and those near the re-
viewing stand and the cheering did not
/ cease until the cadets had disappeared
from sight.
Another round of vociferous applause
| followed the strains of The Star Span
gled Banner" Governor Brown led in
the cheering as four members Of the
/ Fifth regiment marched around the
arena beneath the national flag. and the
entire audience stood at attention
Next in popularity with the audience.
judging by the applause, was the Butts
manual drill, as given by a company Of
the Seventeenth infantry, accompanied
by the band. To many Of the audience
| this feature was something absolutely
! new and they showed their apprecia .
ton Of the perfect time and rythm
of the movement by continuous cheers.
| For fifteen minutes the men went
through clock like drills without a
/ spoken command.
Fancy Riding a Hit.
The other features on the program
were we'll received. especially the fancy
riding of the picked troop from the
Eleventh cavalry. The band music fur
nished by the Seventeenth infantry
band assisted by the Fifth regiment
and Georgia Military cadet bands, was
excellent.
The tournament opened with n grand
review of all the organizations who par
ticipated in the entertainment, and the
order of entrance was as follows: Colo
mel Il. L. Pomeroy. grand marshal, and
staff; Seventeenth United States in
fantry and band, Major George Saffar-
rams; special fancipg squad, COMPANY
! G, Seventeenth infantry Captain c. Il
Stone, Jr: machine gun platoon. Sev-
enteenth infantry, Lieutenant j. Fl
Hester Old Guard, Colonel Joseph +.
Burke; Fifth infantry. national guard
of Georgia. and band Lieutenant Colo
mel O. H. Hall; Georgia Military acad
envy cadet corps and band, Colonel j
G. Woodward: picked troop Eleventl
United States cavalry, Captain Herbert
\. White; and BroollWood Hunt club
! Lieutenant Tucker, L. s. \.
At the close of the review the Old
Guard opened the festivities with a
dress parade Another dress parade
was done by the Georgia Military acad-
envy cadets.
The Brookwood Hunt club, Lieuten-
ant Tucker, L. s. A., commanding, ere.
ated considerable interest, not only be-
cause of this being their first appear
ance, but from the fancy and we'll ex-
ecuted drill presented.
Fast Tent Pitching.
4 The shelter tent pitching contest of
the Fifth regiment was won by l. com
pany in the time of % As seconds. The
machine gun platoon and bayonet fenc-
Ing work of attachments from the Sew
enteenth United States infantry also
were features.
Those who reviewed the tournament
we're Governor and Mrs. Brown. Gov
ernor-elect ana Mrs. Slatou. Miss Eta
4 Putnam Colonel Jesse e. Perry and
Miss Floyd Fort, Colonel Joe Brown
4 Connally, Colonel l.. Is. McCleslly. colo
mel A. II. NanDyke, Miss VauDyke.
Colonel 4. c. Erwin and Mrs. Erwin.
Colonel and Mrs, Eubanks General Jo-
seph NanHolt Nash Mrs. Meador. Miss
Massey, Colonel and Mrs. w. L. Peel.
/ Colonel w. b. Stovall, Major and Mrs.
Palmer, Captain Kimbrough and Colo
mel Meikleham OF Rome.
The proceeds Of the tournament are
for defraying the expenses of the Fifth
regiment to Washington, where they
will participate in the inaugural parade
1t is estimated that between 1000 and
II 5000 Persons were present las nicht