Show an excellent method of exercising according to competent military critics one of the best drilled uniformed bodies in this city is a juvenile battalion called the knickerbocker grays it Is composed of from seventy five to eighty boys ranging in age from eight to twelve years the battalion is an exclusive one being really a private drill class which was started a few years ago by a number of wealthy women who desired that their sons should have the benefit of exercise and instruction in the manual of arms the use of the seventy first regiment armory is enjoyed by the boys through the courtesy cf the officers of that regiment and they drill there on monday and thursday afternoons during the winter season the uniform of the knickerbocker graya consists of gray coat trousers and cap of regulation pattern and dark stockings tho gray garments ara neatly trimmed with black braid each member of the graya carries a musket with bayonet I 1 the president of the association which exercises a rigid supervision over this drill class is mrs edward curtis the vice president is mrs beverly robinson the treasurer is mrs bradish johnson end the secretary is mrs H H chittenden new york times |