Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-16
ARMY TOURNEY
THRILLS CROWD
Opening Night of the Military
Pageant Was Great Success.
New Features Tonight.

Win 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.
! To the strains Of a stirring march
/ furnished by the Seventeenth infantry
band, Colonel f. r. Pomeroy entered the
arena Of the Auditorium Aimory from
the Gilmer street side last night at the
head Of 3 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 beheath
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 d Hit
The other features ON the program
We're 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 a grand
review of all the organizations who par
| ticipatcd in the entertainment, and the
order of entrance was as follows: Colo
mel f. T.. Pomeroy, grand marshal, ana
staff; Seventeenth United States in
fantry and band, Major George Saffar-
rams; special fanclng squad, COMPANY
| c, Seventeenth infantry. Captain G. +.
Stone. Jr.; machine gun platoon. Sew
entcenth infantry. Lieutenant J. H.
| 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 Eleventh
! United States cavalry, Captain Herbert
/ A. White; and BroollWood Hunt club.
! Lieutenant Tucker e. :. A.
| 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 BroohWood Hunt club, Lleuten-
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 well ex-
ecutcd drtlI presented.
| Fast Tent Pitching.
The shellci tent pitching contest of
the Fifth regiment was Won by l. com
pany in the time of - 40 seconds. The
machine gun platoon and bayonet fenc
ing work Of detachments from the Sew
enteonth United States infantry also
were features
Those who reviewed the tournament
were Governor and Mrs. Brown. Gov
! ernor- elect and Mrs. Slaton. Miss Eta
| Putnam. Colonel Jesse G. Perry and
I Miss Floyd Fort Colonel Joe Brown
| Connally Colonel l.. e. McClesky. colo
mel A. II. NanDyle, Miss VanDyke
Colonel T. {. 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. h, Stovall, Major and Mrs.
| Palmer, Captain Kimbrough and Colo
mel MeilIleham 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