The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-26
The STATE CAMP.
What the Soldier Lads are
Doing over at Sulphury
Lampasas.
Gov. Ireland Gave Them IA Talk
and Promised 90 do some
thing for them.
The Grand sham Battle 20 be
Fought on saturday with
Artillery Attachment.
Cholera still Increasing in
spain .-IO32 New Cases,
6I3 Deaths Yesterday.
THE STATE DRILL.
the Incidents yesterday-Governo
Iretaudfs Pledge.

rhs Incidents yesterdRy-Governo
fretand's Pledge.
special to the Examiner
Lampasas, June 25.-The compe-
titive drill exercises were continued
to-day and the following companies
went through the prescribed pro-
grammc
Sealy Rifles, Galveston Artillery,
Light Guards, and the Washington
Guards OF Galveston.
Lieutenant Meyers, u 5. A, of San
Antonio, Lieutenant Garry aud Cap
tain Van Zandt OF Fort Worth, acted
as Judges.
The Dallas and Galveston artillery
companies will drill tomorrow, and
the individual soldier drill will also
take place then.
The grand sham battle, for which
great preparations are being made,
will take place on Saturday and the
artillery companies will also particle
pate In it.
When ready for dress parade this
evening, the troops were formed in
a hollow square in front of the grand
stand and Colonel Axtel! introduced
Governor Ireland, who in few, we'll
chosen remarks, complimented the
boys on their soldierly appearance,
and closed with u glowing tribute to
the gallant Houston Light Guards,
wishing them god-speed OH their jour
uey to Philadelphia. He said he re-
grctted that the state had done moth
ing to encourage the soldiers and
promised, IL he saw another meeting
of tho legislature, to urge the ncces-
sity of an appropriation for the pur-
pose of encouraging the state troops
and to secure a permanent place Tor
them to meet yearly.
The contest for the first prize seems
| TO be narrowed down to the Austin
Greys and the Scaly Rifles OF Calves
ton.
A good rain fell at noon cooling of
the atmosphere:
DELAYED SPECIAL.
Lampasas, June PA stranger
being in the town to-day might
well have thought our lively little
town was some metropolitan city
whose inhabitants were out in gala
dress.
The beautiful grounds of the stat,
camp were crowded with eager ant
enthusiastic visitors and the brillian
uniforms and soldierly movements Of
the different military organizations
gave decidedly martial and warlik'
appearance TO the scene.
The competitive drill began prompt
" at $50 a. m. The programme, en-
hraced manuals. with and withou
numbers. company formations, load
| ing and firing, marching, in both singl
aud double rank and platoon drill,
The first company TO enter the list
was the Belknap Rifles, of San An
tonic, and showed up in fine form
Captain Green put his men throug
the programme and their work re
oeived many favorable comments.
The Waco Light Infantry was tn
next company to appear aud pr
scented a fine appearance in the
. dark-blue dress uniform, and OF
charming lady was heard to remar
l"Ain't they nice! there isn't home
man in tine whole bunch" For ane
company they did extremely we
Their manual was good and the
movements up to the average.
After this came the camp dinnl
when was heartily enjoyed by I!
boys after the mornings exerci
and excitement.
The drill exercises proper were Il
resumed until 4.i5, (though seyel
practice drills were INDUCED in pr
n TO that time), when the Austin Gre
J came to the front. They did go
work in The manual and their mar
ing was fairly good.
Al $50 the celebrated Houst
Light Guards gave an exhibition d.
which elected rounds of appla'
from the spectators.
This was followed by an exhibit
drill by the Dallas Artillery compa
under command of Captain A.
Houston.
ri AT $3.50 in the evening there
= dress parade, when the soldier ]
were inspected by Governor lreli
and stat.
The Houston Light Guards lei
1880 for Philadelphia with the un
mously expressed wish by all
they may bring back to Texas ano
ribbon of victory on their cham
hammer.