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BIT OXJ VCR P? T ASI-RF. A?"' '’•ARSPT f. HATING 0?: DFF.R ISLAND September ?-3» 1371
E'CmSTON TO EILOXI
Notvithstqnding the drenching rein If;st Saturday (£eut. 1, 1371), the gallant members of Co. A, 1st La. Infantry, assembled at their quarters, crrner of Race and Religious Streets, and rr.arched down to tna Chat tancogn depot (N.O., Mobile & Chattanooga R.R.), vhere they tori tfle ?P30 P.?'. train, arriving at Filoxi nt 7:30 P. y.
Nfryon Hotel Panclnr •
There also it v»»r raining, tut nothing daunted, the soldier toys took up the lint? of rarch to the ’’Nixon Hotel," vhere Vrs.
>*. A. Skinner, proprietress, had prepared a varr fish suprer.
The supply vgs plentiful ar.d fuly relished.
About 9 P. the ladies of Biloxi cn^e in every variety of vngon, fcu£gr, carriage, etc., to join in the Srar.d Ball. Charley Jaeger's fu11 band played choice dancin* n-usic. anid tje 2 "Tyler RiflesP and their fair euests tEHX^Eifcxt^frxjEjr^rxfkkxtRfcii tripped the lip:ht fan^-^tic until the vee hrurs of the morning.
lumbers of ladle? treated the b'£s in practofis style. A~,ong thor-. ray be mentioned ''rs. T'. C., vrs. F. T,., Vrr. J.J.D.,
Viss L. C. and T iss , al'1 of the Crescent City, but nov in BUTTTT.or quarters at Liloxi.
Deer Is!and Trln
Sunday morning, after breakfast, the Company rustering ^5 rifles, proceeded to Deer Island in sail boats md m«ny uere the joke? perpetrated, as quite a stiff breeze vas bloving and so~e of the fcovs expected a ducking. Charley Jaeger rising on the bov of one of’the boats vas dipped in once, ani jikingly baptized "Cold Vater Bay."
Target Shootlng
The target placed in position each mn fired his three shots. Private A. Robinson vnr nvarded the gold medal as the best shot, and Private F. Kirsch the silver r.edal *>s the next b^rt. Cant.-J. J. DowlinP’ and Lieut. 'J-. L. '''.irk both proved therselve? to be the p9 rksren•
The gold Tr.edal awarded by Co. A ts is exceedingly pretty, bearing on one side the monosrsT composed of tvo lrtters T. and on the reverse "presented to	fPr three best shots.
The presentation of rr^dals took r-lace in the evening, and v*3S vi	tr v r • lr;r*pr7 r.v~ Ltr c ^ 1 r^icr ,