The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Fourteenth Year, No. 44, Ed. 1, Monday, May 16, 1898 Page: 6 of 10
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THE TEXAS TROOPS
Further Indications of Orders io
Move Coming Very Soon
SOLDIERS ARE ALL MUSTERED IN
Nearly Pour Thousand of Them at
Cnmp Mnnryt
TO INSrBCT OAVALKY HORSBS
Tho > Srenrril hy Ihr Ann Antonio
Coniiinii linti Horn fl rn Io
Hip Hough Hide
Camp Mabry Austin Texas May 15
Mustering Officer Ulliott received tho fol-
lowing wire tonight
Washington May JS In reply to your
telegram of the ijtti Instant to the adjutant
general jou are Informed that clothlnK anil
equipments which ran not bo supplied by
Uio State will l > n furnished at destination
s eoon as possible Monro
Assistant Quartermaster ienoral
This would seem to Indicate that an
heretofore stated In The Post tho Onitlna
tlon of the Texas troops has been decided
on and thnt orders to move will be limed
In tho very near fuluru
A consignment of clolhltig wan sblppeil to
llsjor Arirtd Drew before he turned tho
position of brigade fiunrleininiter over to
Lieutenant Kenton but nothing has been
hoard of It so far and It is stippnsol tint
on Ita arrival it will be Issued to whatever
troops may bo here at that time in I ho
event that ono regiment Is soot to Sin An-
tonio and one to Washington
Tho travel rations shipped from St l otiln
on tho 10th Instant hrve not arrived as yet
Lieutenant Colonel Haro of tho cavatiy
Irft this evening for San Antonio warm ho
will look lifter the purchase of horses for
his command Tho legimsnt now his
nlnatyflvo and 872 moie nro needed Those
already ou hand will bo appraisal tomorrow
> j Mustorlnc Oflleer
Elliott and a board or
field officers to b Inter appolnlcd If they
are found Io he serviceable
they will Im so
reported and lb owners will be pid for
them by ihe govronment at the price set hy
tho appraisers Otherwise
thej will v re
J rted
Tho members of the Itslkiiip Cavaltv
havo beau Informed that the horses bought
lor them by ihe sov eminent and left at
Bin Antonio have
been turned over to ihv
Jtough Hlders end as a result const iflhln
dissatisfaction 8 Pxpr0Mei rapuin lioen
ud souin of his officers
ro now in tho
Alumc City looking Into the matter
U > In
mlcJnlghl Iranapriiutlon to their
respective homos had been tutted to 7M ro
JeetiHl recruits
The populaiity ur The Midler boys at
Cump Mabry and tho high eteem In which
they ro held bv tho friend they Ml at
their respective homes
was never morn
Mill demonstrated than it was by thn Im
mense crowds which
thronged the cnmp all
ytody They came from trt f
tho State every train vvhliu arrived hero
borne crowded to tho guilds wllh people
anxious Io rdasp f Jo
men vvhr Kavo themselves
to the Kovern
won for two year in 4
aBsttcr I the
pr <
dents call for volunteer TheV nit
come unprepared either and bundled of
boxes ot ckc Irult and Jibede lYiclea
to tbe dull and monotonous
routine of tu
Mtotn wuh hUn h
n ii7 efCmnilaniM the
cmui would hnvo been a iarR
tho reports that at least an thetoox
here would soon be uioved q t f ho 8m
ud perhaps to Cubi
hail the effect or
< Sm tor b X wnen laVtVafm
dlei looked Into tho eyes of th ii i
Jong years of servhc hlraielf So ght h s
on o bear
become dlr
Altogethei tho dav K
was hlIW
0
> ot a sad one and the oifcet nf t w
mtinlfeted by tho quiet which fel over ho
iffo tttM J i conr ls to he
tiro and action of tho daj
Tho clouds did not give thu sun a chince
to shlno more than three or four tlmcn dur
ing he < Uy and light showeis fell nt lu
tervals but tho thouainds of visitors it
tho camp vveru not at aI dlsroneetted by
such niull nutlets as these and the tents
of the soldiers tint parad ground and tho
srami stand weio filled with prnplo all day
long Aside from tho
morning and after
noon drills but llttlo work was tin no by the
soldiers Tho lollglous sen Ices held by
the regimental chaplains duilng tho foro
aoort were well attended nail tho Word ot
OoJIy counsel spoken by the minister with
tho accompanjlng rollgous songs soemod
to be greatly aptirccUted Chaplains Car
rol of tho cayalty and Lloyd of the Third
tafantry held their nicotinics at their re
spective headq inrtors whllo Joint services
of tho nrst aiul Second Infantry were held
In tho grand stand by Cbtplnlnj Stvtnn nml
watts Tho companies formed at 10 oclock
Ml matched ou to tho meeting places
There are now 29S0 olunteer Intautry
Bien and nhotit 1O00 cavalrymen lu camp
hero nil svvorn tq eerva th United State
Eovernmcnt for two years unlesa sooner
mustered out Tho organisation of the rsv
lry Tfiglmont vns completoa today when
Lieutenant Elliott finished tho wotk of
SJUstorinR In Trr p 0 of Dallas Troop R
otOoorKelovvn Troop v of Tort Worth
Trpop O of Scbulonburg Troop C of Lnrc
do and Troop M of Uvaldo Regimental
muster was held this Afternoon Immedlate
ly ftfter tho Thlnt Infantry hod been put
Eg til rough this same process and In conse
WjQume thero ore novvtbreo full reglnienta
0 > < tnfautryand one ot cavalry waiting for
tti > itenM and equipment in order to be
4 mdyto do battle for Old Oiory and their
tttjyA v
J isoonas they are put In rlmpofor ac
Jhp iHUifJiitf wattt to go to tho front and
Pm k
wHtfivHUnoljIbavlons before they
msiimm uw tk recruits nrho
tWj c m
i K
r i ir Went
tine nee of tho strictness of the rules en-
forced nnd the care with which Ihe guards
peiform their duties It Is noticed that be
epidemic ot theft which nept ovci tho
camp last wtolt la on the decline None of
Till
clerk
Mason IViklns Stroud True Hoop
Of the Ightvfour men mustered lu
fully
7ri per ient are genuine cnwlmjs who i in
tide any kind of an animal and shoot any
kind of i gnu Rvon the celebrated Wood
rough riders will not contain a larger im
rnntaso of hirdv and serviceable men than
does the Imiia Hungers
Anwing tho member of tho Iane niugera
It W W fllvert IrM cousin ot Senator
Den Pltchfoilcl TlMmitn or South Caiollna
Mr Calvert and Mr Tlllmui were raised
together ittnl It was Calverfn father who
pave Tillman Ihe bull which afterwards
Knocked out the senators rlnht eve
Another Lane
piomlnmit Hanger Is C jj
Jackson a profMtilonol row boy and ranrh
memou from the Indian Nvtlon Mr
Jackson strvetl tor a number of 5 earn n
deputv United Sttiten marshal and assisted
In tho capture nf uinst of the noted outlaws
who Infested that country
Wlwn It tomes to hatdlliontl cough rid
lug and daring Iho Lano Hangers with
their prcrnnt foice will sot such a pir
that Wood and Astois aristocrat will e
pcilenre considerable dlfllculty In keeping
In sight
1ollowlng Is the rovbed mutter roll of
tho Kenedy Itlllas of Corpus Chrtstl
A 1 W MacManus cnptnln 1 I Htz
slinuions tlrst Iteutunant A 11 Waits Jr
Bucond lieutenant
Siugeiuits 3 1 lingers 1 W Dear
J II Walls W 1 Hull V M More 11
L Vaugh quartetmautet
Corporals C I > VWitts 11 ltigers T
I rciimicrcou V Immell W A Mc
Intjre C McManlgle
Privates Hid Adklii II Abernathy M
J Vndenon rs A lteinnon P 1 ituck
hanon A i lllpput A 8 ltvrd J tl
IJiuglum B Cortee 0 C Calhoun W J
Uenlen 1 0 Pnwns C A lowler A V
Ktanklln II S IWroman J P Ouy W
I Johnson Cal II Johnson M II
Johnson 13 II Hnllcnder rt L liens
A 11 Uammoud R U Hall 1 m Uollo
wny A 1 limit 1 K lluuirhtry T R
Hughes H p iMrils J > Harrison J
H Kraufic II II Keuth W i Levvla
J McCarty H M Moreliiod V Mm tin
H P Miller K T Melll T J Pomun
C fl Page I rt Poal 11 T Hope 11 1
Ulf r n P Smith J p storls J n
Scrivener K M Stevenson W II Slnin
It Smith J It Simmon Otto Pelder W
V Slaplcton W It Rcmgc Chnrlia
Stvltiel U P Slmojfd Sam Tmmey A
U Turner 1 J Tlmbs II K Veil It
IV n wr > n II i Wilson T
A llklnson J A Wiggins W T Wal
lace
Tho bojs In company P Third regiment
have n good story which thoy tell Sec
ond Sergeant Pan lMwards Sergeant Rl
vvnrda went up to Austin the other night
nnd escorted n soung lady o church On
leaving the houso sho handed him tho
latch
key which he put awity In his pocket
and promptly forgot all about It Itcturn
ng homo they had Just reached th
lady a resldruco when Pin apled his Sonne car
coming ICnowing U to
0 the last car out
he hastily bid her good night and i n for
tho car Arriving nt Cimp Mabry he pro
weded to his dtiarteis nUd running ht <
hand In his pocket for a mutch ho found
tho kev After swearing a few lines he
mode the beat of bad bnrgalu and sought
his straw bed What the joung laly cild
when she reached tho door hai not svt
been reported
NOTES
J or N > nc lf
Jh0 rKsl > mtry we
brigade officer of tho day today
Mr and Mrs Mlllon nverett of Fnn An
tonlo were guest at the camp today
Among the many visitors In Camp Mabry
L Prcw two well known Ilouatonlnns
tJ ° nn n ° H 9t Wallas tho
for the hocond Is undoubtedly tho trumpetur best in
camp Ills calls aro loud and clear
thcro Is no mistaking their meaning an
Sergeant Marls U Joodwln ot the Penl
at
11
nrtl
the soldiers aro allowod to leave cimp
night unless provided with official
an tut
signed by their company commander rind
approved by thn
regimental commatiaer
Tbeto pastes nro not glven out unless tnore
Is some good reason for so doing and tho
result that the camp is growing moro or
dtrly and the recruits aro leirnlng to hs
soldiers faster nnd faster an Ihe days go-
by Meals and drills held at regular
are
hours and thn fact that punctuality and at-
tention to orders Is one of the chief attrib-
utes of a good soldier Is being lmpreised
tho
on men
Colonel Mabry yesterday Issued a modifi
cation of general order No 1 In which
lome few slight changes are made Ffevellle
Is sounded at 520 Instead of 5 30 a Th
m
call to breakfast Is at fiCO instead of fi and
ono or two other alterations nro mad
which however do not affect tho cinio
routine to any apprrcltblo extent
Moot of tho battalion commanders hive
selected their adjutants and sergeant mi
Jors hut as under tho now regulations no
provision arc mado for the offlchls thu
appointments nro only temporary Ah the
matter now stands tho lieutenant colonels
and majors will select one lieutenant tttor
another In their bittallon to ant ns ad
JUtunt and tho same rule will be obsorved
In tho selection of eigennl majors
The Lane Itingcrs nimod In honor ot
Jonathan lyano of La rirango Is now desig-
nated as Tioop II Klmt Texas cavalry The
captain W 8 llolioan and first lieuten-
ant 1 P Wolters ato both hvvyers and
gave up good practices to tnllst In the
nnny Lieutenant Wolters Is w ll known
as the rcprcsonstallve from ljyelle county
In tho last legislature Th ticcond lleit
lemnt fl H Ilanncki Is famous
Colorado county price otflrir who link rap
tured sonio of the most d pernte criminals
fn Southern Tixas nnd beam scar on hi
body as fie results of numerom conflicts
with outlaws In a mlxup with the Bptn
hrds or other enemies of thlr govenmejit
he will uudoubtelly nuke an oxcllent
showing nnd sustiln his topuUitlon already
acquired
Iho tioop was examined Friday morn-
ing and ot tho nlnotySBVcni men ojcnmlned
onlj iilno were rejected Tlilu Is one ot
the beat Miowlngs made by any troop or
iompmy In Owing thn
camp o iejection
for physical disability or tlireo of the nnu
rommlsslmMd oflleers thn roster of thn
nou commissioned orilcrrn in changed to bo
ns follows
ijuiirlermostei nergrant T A lMwards
sergeants In order Curliam Wlllcliu
Actor Jnrkson Vorh tlrtggs Diruott
rnrpoials Jonos IUclce MeCUi Coleman
HOUSTON PAILY POST MONDAY MOKETINg MAT 16 1898
son Illllta Is one of tho most rnlrilrlr
looking men In camp notwltl lnndlng the
fsct that he ha not y I been provided with
a uniform
Tergeant ctic Hulthlnsnn of the Hous
ton Light Guard had the peasure of en
tertaining his mother and his cousin Ml a
Mary Hutchinson nt bis hMibiuaitets to
diy
Hrglmental Surgeon Pie pie of the Soi
ond today received a tclegium from the
surgeon K < mcinl authorizing him Io I uj
medicine for Immediate use The necessary
supplies would the telegram stated be
shipped ns poem us iocalble
Dr Charlea Wllleox U fl A who h >
been supm vising Hie medical examination
hcto lift tonight for Mohlle under ordois
from tho wnr department Ho denies In
dignantly and in very forcible language the
report thnt he hna filed a prowat 1 gainst
the lelnstntemont of Captain Hcrnindci
of the San Antonio Zouaves
run not vio hovs
Srcitml Ccirpurnl Plts IiiHIiit of lie
llulil niiiil
Camp Mubiy Texas May IS The rea
turo of the Houston Lliihl Cluatd lump to-
day was tho receipt by llenrv Uiyau nf n
large basket slowed full of i hipped beef
delicious homo mucin lightbrrad pickles
Jam nuts and oakes ornngps and lemoii3
The package was snl bv Henrys mother
In Houston and com as an accompani-
ment to ft nont little lllMe
Pur Junior lleiitouant Mllby Pinter and
Corporis ltotts Watson and Klcld niil
fiergranl Hutchinson received invltu
llonj to a roccpllon at Mts Pollard a
In town and will attend this oaening In
full regulnUon
In this connection It might bo said thli
camp Is somewhat different fiom tho nn
utml encampments heretoforo hold on
tin so giounds Voiy rev white tiousein
flio eeon nnd Hlff collant and white ohlits
aie so rare a3 to occasion lomment They
subject tho wearer to nil manner of ridi
cule A tin soldier is not altogether
tho proper thing Bo the b0v think The
legulailnn blue flannrl shlrjL trousers with
legglna nnd blouse seem to iurb as the
piojer thing
A party of our bojs Irnmpod to tho
tlvcr this morning after drill intending Io
swim acrois tho lnko nt the foot of Mount
Ilonnell out of five starters onlv two
miccpcm1 in getting across anil back with
out iisslslante these vveru Rturgls 1 V
M C V man nnd P i Mmre of IWrpn
Hie othirs gavo no nnd climbed into a
inwbout tiken alone for safetv the Ink
at the point being three quartet of 11 mllo
wide Tho luni > over wok twenty
mlniilM mid back in ivventj fn mlntltes
making fott > five minutes for Ihe mile and
n hnlf lontlnuoiib swimming Company
I list regiment chnllnngej
nnv company In
cimp for n similar liMlih
Mmmp tho visitors to the camp to lav
wero Mrs N A Hector of Austin and Mm
fjenrge Kldd of Houston Lieutenant
currv entertained them In bn eharaiterr
istlu style apun uoldlet > nrns
Our regiment tl10 righting
Plrst la
now conipleU and Rvvorn In It conuinv
1
01 men Whispers are going tho rounds
° ar ° t0 lmo Knieutnl tevlevv
this afternoon and that also our Irana
roitatiou to an unknown destination Ins
been arranged for u looks like we arc
going cnmr > vv her and that soon
Our first battalion dilll occurred this
iiggcd ill Kinds nf uniforms and bats
nro wotn and some hnvo uo uniform at
all 11 fact most of tho men are m this
condlt on The UclKnap Hifles from tn
Antonio nro perhaps the
best equipped
company in the loglment all in inlfomt
nnd campaign bats nnd leggings They
put up a fine appearance and a dilll not
vtor l n > n drill Captain McCormlck
l J
maichrd the company to tho oxticmo end
of the drill field mid had the second inr
porat read to the men tho articles of war
Tho leading occupied about an hour tho
men seeming duly Impressed At the rend
unp 1Pissngen aud tho penalty
shall bo 1
death wmo of the men vem
fearfully rtwcd those who mcto notas een
nut It l 10 joke Wo will be requhed u
govern ourselves according to mill nry
laws Some f ho bojs wero hear to
murmur they would not luxe enlisted Had
rn 0mJ bt th
ero f
Wo nro eagerly waiting to hear that
v nJ M0 1 an1 PcIcv have blown Iho c
Vordo
fleet out of the water Ve wo 1
like to
see the fireworks
Cvnp Mabry Texas Xray l
Wo were
tvwaKoaol h morning at KW by tho
company bugler blowing novcllle At
h Assembly was sounded nnd wo piled out
to roll callwmo of us with tho assistance
°
oro now under bet
rtsranWi nrS
pUotho ll blankets ° tUw f SacrefX
In our tents
As a consequence the
camp present tt
DEALING OUT RATIONS
very neat appearance with the neat line
of giinstarkn along the com pan v Mrect
Our company r > ositlrti is noticeablo by
tho absence ot a fhg floating from crp
lalnr quarters On tho right OldGlorv
floats from 1 flagstaff over the Tannin
fitiards and on the left tho Cuban ioIoib
flip alongside Trios > ellovv and white and
green over thn tent of Captain FrinKltn
With tho ecep ions nf thn flags fo
thoughtfully ptisentcd by Colonel Porter
upon our departure and the Utile button
hulo flags sent us bv an Austin lady vvh
havent seen tho colors of ho Rtars ond
Rtrlpo3 Jurgit enough to taise ever 1 tent
The Nelknaps have two or thiec seta ot
cnlois ono a magnificent silk Tctns flag
tliit bears tho single star This was pre-
sented bj Iho ladles of San Antonio but
alas company A Iirst regiment is un-
marked bv any Bign BavP a spieadlng live
oak tnv Stiond Corporal
THE BOUbT rIDEES
iioosnvniT
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now
Til Hi
s sii
WICIMO
TlioilMinil nf VInIIhiv i Cuv
ItfllKliMiB Siti les Well Mlriulil
Snmotlilnir nt llic M mi
Son Anlonlo Tevas May Pi Thoodoro
itocifovelt lieutenant colonel ot the
Itotigh Ulilcrs 15 no v in camp with his
men Colouol Hoosevelt nirlvcd In the cltv
ovor tho Southern Pacific at 7 SO oclock
this moinlng and drove to 1 hotel whore
he had breakfast He was accompanied by
a vnlet
Shortly after breakfast Colonel Leonard
Wood who Is first in command of the
regiment and Major Dunn who will iom
nvand tho third squadron cilleil on Colonel
Itoofvevolt at Iho hotel and escorted him
to tho camp vvhero ho spent Ihe reEt of ho
day
Allhough It was Sunday Colonel Hoore
velt had n busy lime He found some 200
lotteis for him at tho camp postotflce
whlib had been accumulating there for the
past wick nnd man > of them lequlred im
mediate aiiBwerB
At J 10 oclock jestetdav afternoon re
ligious soi vices wero held In the barrieks
bv Dean W It Richiudson of d Maravs
placopal chutch and IJWiop Johnston or
ho
West
Texan nplscopal diocese Tho
utter Is nn old Confcflernto soldier and
mado 1 bliet hut eloquent address to the
cjvnltjmen Colonel Hoosevelt and th
entire staff of officers vveto priwent it tho
setvlie
Something like 10000
peoplo xirltnl tho
camp during the dav and all were eage to
got a glimpse of Theodore Hoosevelt When
Im wan passing from hla tent to tho bar
inckH many pressed orvard o Minko bu
hand and he had
a oulliil
gree Ing for
cvcrbody H expressed himself R ting
delighted with be showing ndo hi lie
ltotmh Hldets and said Im thought tl ev
was of tho
opinion that tho reclment
v ould move within
< i tvw dass
Tho rirst squadron
composed of r
ona troops and commanded by Major
Urodlo was given another squadron drill
3 terday The Arlron men pi0cnl ft
splendid nppmranre Individually
and as
a bodv The squadion includes In
Its mus
tor rolls tho most intrepid fighters and the
moil cNperleticed plainsmen of Arizona
and though they are men who would fight
v th utter desperation
they have the truo
Weaiem spirit of self efprt Moit ot
thorn have left valuiblo business interests
to go to tho front and there iroilZu
nnny professional men in the ranks It
there
are plainsmen nnd bminw
They nro for the most men
part bra
nv ns w l
as brawny The fact thu thoy have cood
huids vvia Illustrated when their hats wt
I ng distributed Vri
Thc > nearly
qultcd big hats anl aires that v ero LX
enough feu them gave out Lefor Mhe
r 0r hn1 C P1w
0ror Coniq
ecr 1 or h r
K 510 W
ourhats
vvea r hch
RS f l fff Suffix
In tho regiment which will
probablv s
noting tho Spanish wthlntwoTeeksrU
now Is ono man of direct Spanish descent
Ing Troop D of tho Second or Xow Mexico
qu droii
Spanish grandees wero hU at
ccstors and among them
were historic fie
He Is a lineal descendant
of the iu
ttepld Conquistadors who
Mexico and restored It revronquered
frown in 1B50 Thirty vear to h th Sl anlsh
ataln h b ri pi tL CSS
celved an extensive grant of land in New
Mexico and vvfro among the few Spanish
grandcc3 who cettled In that frontier of
the Spanish posjessions In Ametict as early
as tho Seventeenth century
Ilm nlthough he U a Spaniard by de
semt there Is not 3 more patiiotlo mer
Ican or a more capable or popular officer
in ill the 1irnt volunteer regiment ot cav
alry than Captain Mlximlllbn Luna The
onl > noticeable characteristic of the Lunns
who were Spanish grandees in the Seven
teenth eenturj thai survives lo Captain
hum Is a couitly and nt the same time
drmociatlc grariousneps of manner All tho
mnn of Ttoaj H aro enthusiastic In their
admlratiou
of Captain Luna tnd would
unsupported charge on Morro castlo with
him leading tho way
Captain Luna Is the only officer 0 the
regiment who was aeeompinlcd to San An
tonio by his wife Mrs Luna Is n daugh
ter of Major Keyes a retired army oflrer
living in this clt > ind will lemaln hero
with het famils while her husband Is in
Cuba Mnxwell Ke > es second lieutenant ot
Captain Lunas troop Is a son of Major
Kej
Ono of tbe ftw human lyings who ever
survived a strokn of lightning Is a member
of the Sand Vt > troop of the Second or
Nflvv Mexiro squadron A joiing fellow
named Charles Hetroy iiojsesajs this
unlquo distinction He bears dark shrivel
led scars on his forehead wrists and fee
which tell of the electric bolts scorching
passage < through bis body Bene tindei
went his remurkablo oxpoilouce in Uee m
ber of last veai He vas ildlng
through a
limbered
country ono night during a storm
when a terrilie bolt of lightning stittck a
giant oak tree about fottv feet fiom where
tLlJ ° rn ll 0 kimlI 0B wood and
then sho Into Uerroy
and laid him out
jome Indiana camo along a few minutes
L nd ffln1 1ere5
Prostrate oa tbe
Sgiirtn uUDlhofaintho
1 1
vlt al iTv Wa1 th0 mml or hls MturaJ
vitality that
restored him Berrev nn
n Ml
profession u about
nUkr eri aE I
Many of the NevTvJork
paUcimcn who
ened under Theodoro
Hoosevelt when
aa pollen
commissioner of the metro
WIU wero anxious io
fP0 Um t0
b but of all the New York
poll e
totco onl four wero
given leave of at
thrregli ll11 1 hRt h > > w
h0
Vauelte ls tomposcd
of > ir Haywood
Phillip
Sweet
Wil
liam
Urcen and
Hcnrj Lbeiman nnd they
Ko S
c rand
The only large flog n tho regiment at
Ms a beautiful
SIK
one about s
front of Major
Drodlcs
tent
The flag was
Presented to Major Urodle
by the ladles 0
Arizona The red and bluo hat bands
aavaTrv t0 lnCrlPtlOU > Klrat Vo > ecr
aa alryArlzona
Column worn bv the
AtUona men were aleo
presented to them
hy tho ladies of Arizona There wero inn
bons and It is called by the Voon
men of
n the Salvation P
rmy Cauc Th aU
vatlonlsta retaliate by callhL tZe
Band of
Hope
Ono ot the most unlquo ond
striking
characters in the entire
camp u an old
negro named Gcorgo Tvi > lor who proudly
calls himself Major Brodles varley and
lho Incidentally sees that everythins Is
well done in tho
camp Tailot
Is
an M
Mrrlor himself H0 was one 0f the nrst
negrcHa to enlist in tho
civil
iW lmrl aU hu wa > trough Tie and
to piece
smeral times but clesplte
his and despito tho fact that he R
ting rather old ho s extremely
vigorous
and full of ginger Ho draws a Son
and owns a well stocKe1 ranch In Aru
zona but ho Insisted
on leaving his
pos
sesions and following Major 1 rodle to
front I want to do my part towards kill-
ing off them murderers ho says
riir voii vrnnn civvnu
tits Put lis nml OlillBiitloim Clciirlj
Set Tnrlli
Tolthe Editor of The P03t
Galveston Texas Ma 11 All Hurorean
powers besides maintaining large standing
armies have bUII larger reserve coips
moro or less drilled and dlsclpllneJ a part
of which annually cng3go in those manouv
crr by which for mutual intimidation these
countries display thsir mllltar skill and
faculty in mobilisation The great con-
tinental powers al60 exact compulsory
military service of from tvo to three jeara
bcKinnlng at thn ages of from IS to 21
vears those who have thii3 served th n
passing into the reserve corps In lSSfi tho
peace establishment of Germany wa3 > S5
COO Franco 500000 Great Britain exclu-
sive of the Indian army 151000 and of
Spain 116000 and thler reserves Germany
3000000 France lt00000 Great Drilalu
100000 and Spain 1000000
The regular army of the United States
13 llmltl on a peace footing to 25000 un
listed min aud Inclusive of commissioned
otflcers is 27000 strong Under the army
reorganization bill passed Eiuce war vvhh
Spaln has been llagunt the tegular army
will be recruited to about GO U0u but it 13
provided by the sime act thnt on tho ces
sation of hostilities it shall be reduced 0
lt3 former peace standard
Tho militia of the United State ls com
posed of every ablebodied male between
tho ages of is and 15 ears which on tho
basis ot 10 per rent of population for
tnero Is no actual enrollment would jield
some 7600000 while the enlisted milltm
known as the volunteer guatd amounted
In 1SG to 110 000
The constitution declares a well reg
ulated militia necessary to tho securit of
s tatc
L T nkcs the ptesldont com
mander lnchle u 1no of war wben
mllitli ato engaged in actual service it
tid f ° l Callln5 out the rai111 to e
ecuto
the laws
repiess Insurrection and
repel invasion it
authorizes
congress to
nanVr aml tI lsclpllno mitlSi
ana to prescribe
ngulations for such nnrt
8m be n wtual
ty service
rcse vIng to
h
ho Sta
es the
appointment
tho authority of training of The oHIctb and
stitnMnnTSreS Pu t to these con
tbetr enforcement haW and becn Provided to
no npniltv a
im in least two
spare Hints l q i
rraVc li Kt
rl t n
sayramcnd
was amended eKU act
so a <
Otard has recotved thrJjvas V0unlcw
the Kovernor on o rh rellllsHon of
distribution ry of wir
by the St u
ea
PronorUon a lJuta 8ncral
utrcmentn from hi n lrms and a
wolnlng tho propeitv nr 7i Th ever J Te
In 1S36 tho Texas V1 StaleS
bcred S000 and iSUui 11 C6r Ruard
so by Stat and iv aUe or lls
S1S000 its member PPwprlaMon
J duty sea or 8 roal remicd frotn
ax S except for publle Ill and oil-
s car to sunnort ihi schools They
United StflTesTmi of 7b ° Sf tutloa the
laws and regul lot 5 i at 0 obpy all
tho
superior officers oruer8 ot
n
basisro7Ta aJd t > bn
sd as the
w f f the
Wut is tho Juu rdatlo 01110 arlses
u of
t his m arjr Benlce
countrss
heforo his coimtr ca L nrt ra akcs Profession
spirit and itini ° Sf ° f that mllltarJ
mark tho fi Ttta ari ° r tUa P = ullarly
wrongs and the mSS af hU entrys
honor Afar from bL dc mi of her
tho causes of vva rv Ca V1nB nl
patriotic cry mV J1 not Vcn tho
° f v free state
nss sm SP W
of tho militia dav I the svlccs
for the reota bl is n SroVpe 6558
AH honor tho e
0 gallant
member of tho
Major
A
nanled
ym
ASSIGNMENT OF THE fi
Two Regiments Are to Be Sent to NewS
and the Other Two to Tybee fl
Special Dispatch to The Post
15 Iu the
assiV
troops to points of mobilization two reiim V
Texas infantry will rendezvous at New Orl
one regiment of infantry and one of cavalr
dispatched to Tybee Ga The regimenUV
yet been designated but it is expected thatfot
be done shortly and orders to move may be
ft
at any moment now
Texas Volunteer
spranc to arms t Zl
m that
military spirit VZjL
albv virtue of
c
ohm
onto rvvALaTi
n
Ar cmcKAjura
Men Arc AVlthont
Hojm
Uniforms but This
lie
Chickamauga National Partt
The Klut Ohio
of the Volunteer
Army orders
department to rendezvous
today in two rections of tiife
over tho Cincinnati SoWlmjnj
1 cgiment is composed of tliii
officers and men The flm a
in Chattanooga at 10 oclock <
u
rectly to the pomt arrltlutui
about 11 oclock Th leeonlk
not enter Chattanooga but nt
to the Chattanooga and Somtcj
the park Just outside of tW
ment is in command of Ueutta
W M Day and Ihe iollowlnn
Jors A K Rogers and JataeiB
tain S Durdlck Company Aid
ing D Will Schofleld CBl
D H Waltc L l W Bntta
L Converge O and IrtoHenw
<
these are to be supplied < htn l
crnment Onl one troop a 1
piled with arms and tho
Urjja
tho mon wero without unlfons
did not therefore present a Teryb
military appearance They art Jfi
however and their frlenW fu
they will give good accotnsttli
when they have an opportuuKji
had neither guns nor tuUorn
originally been artillery
an co
recently transferred to tnetmSr
Tho reglmerit was ImmeilUtSi 1
camp grounds on the eastitbtlt
road at a point near where Iwhl
ment caxalry xvas recently eix
xvena supplied with tents byQwn
Lee fjoin the recent conilgaaoil
Verjl
fpr the voluntary army
received at uti
forms have been
masters department but an oris
hi
000 has been sent In and Kill
as rapidly a3 possible in Haw
volunteers will have to getao
J
old clothes asbest theyoan mp
has been filled
Shortly after the regiment
and bad reported to Owa
camp
a heavy downpour of rala WP
was rev oral houra before they car
work pitching thelrtents Atlwj
tot
Ing oftho tents began one
all 1
teen men and by night
ctuartcred and ready for bi H
Webb C Hayes a commanJW
the regiment and a son pt W
itttl
President Hajea was not
mand being on special detacW
Tampa
Tonight at S15 the FirtU
from eleven cA
Cincinnati
offloers nnd men arrlvjilJttp
two sections of twenty can
Cincinnati and Southern
regiment was In ratbcritrUw
to the reglmentbw
cavalry
formed and armed with Wlae J
Company B is from Hamilton
Ij from Mlddletown All anw
condition and in good
brought Immediately to tillj
ported to General Brooke
Thoy vlll sleep In their can i
tomorrow morning will P
tho site of which has n ° t W J
The regiment ls In coramanttft
N T VT TW
Mllllken Majors
S W Kennedy The l of
commanding captains Chanel
P Delta Havelln fftUM
Harry
0
A W Morgendant H
Pelper P II Hawkins Oiaft
V L Davidson and WHHw
Adjutant Captain Itussell PWJ
W F Hendlcy
band of twentyfour t
the regiment one
eighteen horses and mules anJ
corps of twentythree men
CLE 111 IIM3 CILU
lnunnr Sinn Mlll tlo
nnllsl
Cleburne Texas May UW
son a Santa Fo employe In tMiJ
tlon department will lesv
rtM
Hey Ohio to enter the
Ti
company D Third
has been disbanded some time t
tit B a
tain has Issued a call for
and nsJ
they have responded
two will bo missing 72fH3
CalUcra
aro In Texas some In
scattered about tho Union
a lieutenant of tho company
Decoration day was celebrateaJjj
eatber was too Inckmcnt w
if xarlous speeches mentloa
the nw
mado of the fact that Jj
a victim of SpaniBh bunJJL
a
war was a Southern man
North Carolina
alt
The the city ° JKV
dairymen of
lust night and will at once apw
m1
ter Cleburne is one of tbe
union towns In Texas <
A largo number went ri
an excursion to ece the > av
follow tomorrow iStW
The ground Is about re i jUj
tlon for the Santa Fe shopj1
rim rbjkciBO i
Ills country called him and f
But iJnclV Sam was particular
ho sent Xi t
Two corns adorned his ft T
wouldnt fit tii < Wl
And when tbo doctor saw B5j7S
Three cheers for our h1
they may roam J J
And a tiger for the boy XM j
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