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Show NHKMG BEHDy FOR - BIG FvllLITARY SHOW Work in Progress for Pageant Pag-eant at Bonneville Park Friday Night. Captain Livingston Watrous, Forty -secon 1 infantry, who is in oomrnand of tilt; composite company of 100 selected t men from the regiment who will put on "4- one o' Die features of the military pag-y' pag-y' cant at Bonneville park Friday night for the benefit of the emergency fund for the soldiers at the post, is drilling his men daily for the coining event. Captain Watrous announced yesterday the details of the programme which his men will furnish. The company will oc- .- cupy the center of the field while performing1 per-forming1 and the evolutions performed by t i:e:n will be clearly visible in the spotlights spot-lights and floodlights with which the field wiH be Illuminated. First, t lie 150 picked men will give a demonstration of close-order drill to band accompaniment, the commands for change of driif evolutions being given by means of whistle signals, just as they are given on the battler i eld, where the din L"L of artillery and the crackle of rifles make T the human voice Inaudible. " ct, there will be platoon drill, di-ed di-ed by voice commands, and then there ill be extended-order company drill, suowliiff the various evolutions through which a company of soldiers go. I According to the information gathered ' by the committee fn charge of the big li a ' military event, the Bonneville park 'iZH grounds promise to be taxed to their TjF capacity to accommodate the crowd that will be in attendance upon the event. The worthy purpose for which the event Is being staged that of providing funds for the soldiers to furnish them comforts com-forts and conveniences when they are on the battle front promises to bring a 1 most liberal response from the public, it Is stated. pt- Those who are preparing the pageant promise to give full value received and more to those who attend the affair Friday night. It is declared by those who have seen it that the battle of Verdun, Ver-dun, the big pyrotechnlcal display which will be one of the most striking features fea-tures of the pageant, is worth traveling miles to see, it Is so realistic a repro- - duction of conditions In a real battle. |