The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-06-02

To al our readers who are interested
IN the welfare ofour volunteers In this
portion u the state, We call their at
trntian o. the following general order.
is-urh ty the colonel of the second
regiment
Huaus.r AsrER- ssroSB REaiMEsr TExAsl
NuLt NrHGSs,
noUsroS, May u, Is7T. J
sansfal order No. ..
l. The companies ~ the second regi-
msnt srs hereby lsttered as follows and
will rank accordingly: Star Rifles,
Captain :. Foster, company a; Hous-
ton Light Guards, Captain J. ;. Rice,
company Is, Texas Old Guard, Captain
n n Johnson, company &; Lamar
Rifle, Captain George T.. Fe,ton, COM
pAuy H. San Jacinto Rifiee, Captain ".
4. Davis, company r. Island City
Riffs, First Lieutenant Joseph Hickey,
commanding. cumpany +. t..I I.
. The following oppointments upon
NE commissioned aud non-commis-
doned stafi % the colonel are hereby
aDnuunced; First lieutenant Charles
l. Martin, sdjutsnt; First Lieutenant
J. A. Doxier, assistant guartermsster;
7. Boyler, NJ. II, surgeon, J. Laren-
aon, "a D.. assistant surgeon; Rev. J.
J Clemens, chaplain; Private q. q.
kitzrprald, company u, sergeant ma
lor. sergeant W &. Woodward, com
pany e., color sergeant; Sergeant vii.
liam Kelly, company r, pusrtermas-
tef'- sergeant; Private r. T. Reverb,
enDpany a, ordinanee sergeant They
Will he Oi,eyed and respected accord.
IHuIv Uy command af
". RUTHERFORD,
Colonel Comm snding.
e. l. MAKrIS. AdJutAnL
Il viii be seen at q glance that north
Texas has been sitghted in n very
pointed manner. and we crave the in
diligence Of oar readers, while W,
specify, In the assignment frank oi
sseh company, the fAmsr's are place,
fourth, company ID; when they shoalC
have been second, as their Organization
date back ~ any other, except the
Houston Light Guards, and they
should have been placed on the flank
Of the regiment Secondly, the colo
mel who Il citizen OF Houston, has
made ten appointments ON his
sell, out of that ten
eight are from Houston, one from Gal
weston, one from Corpus Christi, thu
embracing all the other cities wher'
the companies composing the regi
ment belong, bat moo one from Dalai;
His partiAlity To Houston Ia most ap
parent, and his total disregard Of tn
city Is also apparent yet Dallas ha
the best drilled company In his regi
meut, and is stationed in North Texas
The matter has been discussed by on
eompany here, and II Is thought I'D
visable by many towithdra " from tn
regiment and form .pucleus here 70
North Texas ibsttsllisn. sud ther
would De many points In favor Of sucl
soourse. First beaass the Lamar
are the only company IN the regimen
In North Texas, and could not expes
10 get the balance Of fhs fssisbsss I
this point, but would have 10 90 I
them In every instance. second,
there are nov In North Texas, nt
convenient distance from each othe
several companies already organizes
and more In process of orgAnlzatio,
hAmelyi The Fort Worth, shermaI
Denton, Marshall and Dallas con
psniea They could gather togeth'
much easier at some point abo'
Hesrne than go 10 Austin, Houston
Galveston, aud ss there are enoul
Companies In the southern part Of u
state 10 MI both the regiments.
would he good plan TO form anoth
In this section, thus making II mo
Pleasant and convenient for all co
eerned, NJ u is quite evident that De
iA- viii never get q fair showing
long ~ the colonel and chief executi
olhosr of the regiment, the adjotar
are both IN the same town, and tn
town Houston,