The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-27
MILITARY.
WHAT THE AUSTIN GREYS ARE
DOING FOR TIL
DRILL.
Help Wanted From The Citizens of
Austin to Get a New
Uniform.
A List of the Team Selected to Com.
pete For the Prizes at
Houston.

The 9th of May, the great inter-
state drill will take place at Houston,
Texas. This grand military display
has been SO well advertised that it has
become a familiar subject to all news
paper readers, AID even at this early
date many are arranging their plans
for attending. Military companies
from all parts of the country
will be in attendance, and the
visitors will have the pleasure of wit
Messing a prize drill between the
most celebrated organizations in this
part of the world. The citizens of
Houston have acted noblY in this affair,
contributing enough money to defray
the expenses of the drill, and to offer
several
HANDSOME PRIZES
to attract these far-famed companies.
The first prize is $1,000, and is the
largest prize ever offered at military
drill in the United States. Nearly
every military organization in the state
OF Texas, will attend this drill and
try to win laurels for their respective
headquarters. Austin has but one
infantry company, and it's members
have been working hard for some time,
hoping to be able to attend this drill,
and. II possible, win the prize, which
would be tremendous victory for
them, and bring this city into favora-
BILE notice all over the land. Although
these are times of peace, and croakers
say that military organizations are of
no use, all we'll thinking men say diff
ferently, and our lawmakers have pro-
Vlded. for the organization of these
militia companies but unfortunately
without appropriating any money to
help them substantially, and this is
just the rub with our
AUSTIN COMPANY,
they are not well equipped and though
they go to this grand enGampment
never so well drilled would make very
poor representation of the wealth and
generosity Of this wealthy city. The
blame would he attached to this city,
because every one knows that the
state does nothing to materially as
sist these organizations and that when
they are well equipped it is through
the generosity OF the people.
The officers of the Austin Greys are
livery anxious that their comp ~ shall
present a good appearance Oh this
q
number of citizens to discover the est
manner in which 10 raise some nee,i, i
money to better equip the company.
to make personal call upon the citi-
zens, whom it is hoped and believed
will respond generously, that our local
military company, which has been Or
gained among us for so many
years, and always pride to the
city, may make creditable
appearance. Houston and other
cities never fail on such occasions and
why should Austin? Are her people
any poorer? No. If they do not re-
spond it will be
FOR THE WANT
of generosity, not wealth, and mis-
THE STATESMAN does not believe any
one will claim. Here at the capital
above all other points in the state
the friends Of the boys claim the best
military organization should be found
and such appears to be the general
opinion of the leading business men
of the city. A STATESMAN representa-
tive interviewed number of leading
citizens of Austin on the subject yes
terday, and they all expressed them
selves as willing to help the organiza-
ton all they could afford. If the boys
will make the effort they will have no
trouble in getting funds to decorate
themselves as gally as they desire.
For more than six months they have
been working hard to do credit to the
capital and themselves, and they
are quite perfection in all
the tactics. II better drilled
command than the Austin Grays go
to Houston they will be a marvel and
no mistake. a STATESMAN represen-
tative watched them closely, and they
moved like machinery. The manual
of arms is absolutely without a WISH
BILE short-coming from the opening to
the close of their exercise. The evo-
lutionS were equally as well. The
following is
LIST OF TEAM SELECTED TO DRILL
AT HOUSTON MAY 9TH.
Captain R. z. Smyth; first ieuten-
ant, Archie Thompson; second lieu
tenant, J. w. Shepard; first sergeant,
w. II. Stacy; second sergeant, G. Il.
Hicks; third sergeant, S. a. Patrick;
fourth sergeant, S. J. Won Koeneretz;
fifth, d. D. Smyth; first corporal, M.
W. Meyers; second corporal, G. 5.
Swindells; third corporal, N. P. Haux;
fourth corporal, Peter Gobel; privates,
E. E. Bramlett, Harry Campbell.
Louis Juhr1ng, j. Kennard, John
Kershoenk, John Lawrence, Harmon
Pressler, G. G. Terry, S. H. Walker,
N. M. Williams, James Goggin, G. d.
Kinney, Martin Gross, Rhodes Fish
er, Jr., August Eilers, j. Rolston and
Frank Elliott.