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Show A Military Con.paviy fJoiiipoeed of Deaf find Dumb Miiinbr.rs Tlie Hulling Is t'. ti-1."-lKl l.iitu ely ,y Signal and the Wo: l performed Is rtescnbctl an Simpt?" j. Vomi?rlal. rl iae or.ly deaf-mute military eoinpan in the world i1; now the loading attraction attrac-tion at the lilinois institute frr deaf mui'f at. .I.i-.-Usor.ville, ."!., and the work pcrf 'S-ni'".! l.y this ri!ei:t eoinjiarty is simply iT uiiderf'd. i2'. ;-ry minr.ij 'v of the company, with Die rv.'cption of t'ae epptain, is cleat and oii.nb.- A few.yeai'6 ago Dr.'Gillett, the sap: i!iite;ident, employed em-ployed aj storcki'.i y-i- Ovofja II. Sct'r-loek, Sct'r-loek, a pajiil of the hi:dc uoima! school ! ct Carl-oudale. :li. Scusloak at once began the study of the figu language, and in due timr niaJo liirnself fauiLliar with that ilitVu-ult uiode of communication, communica-tion, lie pin it loan:-.' little dreamed of by lite Mip-riniot.f!e.nt. or ,the trus tees. At the university he "hart been drilled in military taction, hy Lieut. C. G. Starr, of the United Stall . army, and he conceived the idea one day of forming form-ing a company from the pupils of the institution. in-stitution. The first thing to he done was to in- vent a code of siyns representing the orders given in the lu.-o'chinf,' drill and manual of arms, and to this h,: Lent his energies for some rvvc!;i anil ut last had it so far perfected that lie deemed It safe to bc?in his experiment. It was early iu the spring of 1801 that he collected thirty boys topether and told them his plans, and they at once entered iuto the idea with all the eager ness of yomh. Sonic of his sifns are as follows: . "About face)" is fciven by raising the hand and making tlie letter "r," which is by holding' the index finger behind the middle one and then turning the hand round. "i;i Lt face!"' Is by holding hold-ing the hand up and turning it to the right, and "Left face! ' by the reverse movement. "Forward march!" by extending ex-tending the hand forward on a level. 'Halt!" by a simple cut with the sword or the letter h," which is made by extending ex-tending the iii-t two fmger.s fot-ivard. 'Fours!'' right or left, by holding the hand up and the fingers separated and then turning them to the light or left as the case may be. -'Form triangle," by pointing the index finger towaid each. "Form square," by indicating-the indicating-the side of a scpuare with the hands iu. the proper position. "To the rear,'' by holding the open hand up and quichly reyersing it. "Mark time," by draw ing the right hand slowly over the other hand, doubled up into a fist. "Right dress," by two fingers pointed in the direction di-rection desired, and as explained, these and many more constitute the code of preparatory sh?ns or orders and when |