Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-28
THE STATE ENCAMPMENT.
The Features of the Last Day Were a
Big Sham Battle and the Award
ing Of the Prizes,
The sealy Rifles Of Galveston Capture
the First Prise and the Belknap
Rifles the Second.

special to the Gazette.
LAMPAsAs, TEX, June e7.~.The ok.
hibitlon and competitive drills having
been finished yesterday, nothing re.
manned 20 be done to-day except 10
fight the shaun battle and award the
prizes.
At l0a. m, the forces were placed
in position on the north bank of the
Sulphur creek, opposite the para de
grounds, between the Hancock Syringe
and the city within the park grounds,
Mi ..Gen. John M. Claiborne, com.
manning the frat division, occupied n
position near the park, with Col, II, ".
smith commanding n battalion com.
posed OF the Austin Grays, the Fort
Worth Rifles, the Navasota Guards,
the Orange R'iles, the Artillery Light
Guards, the Waco Light Infantry aud
the Galveston Artillery; Brig, Gen. A.
>, Roberts, commandtnr, q. ~ Quill.
na1, adlutan', and Capt, VanZandt,
aid de'camp.
The = scond division occupied a 10.
sltlon near the Hancock spring, with
Col, Turner commanding h battalion
l. Impasas Guards, H. e Sepy Riffs. the
Pale, tine Rifles. the Bryan Rifles and
the Battery Of Crawford, Can't, An.
drews OF Houston commandlng. w. u
Swain, adjutant, and Capt n. Schul,
abide camp.
The battle was opened 10y the Battery
OF Crawford aud n line OF slIlrmish.
ers advancing from division No. ..
which was responded 30 10y Hkirmlah.
ers from No, /. The u ton soon ba
came general. The artillery from
Gen. Clalborne's forces responded i'm |
grand style. After short en- |
gagement, in which the compa. |
nies delivered their lire In various |
positions with considerable exhibition |
OF skill, "A lull In the firing from the |
forces under Gen, Claiborne was |
taken advantage NJ 10y Gen. Roberts.
who TetreRtDd 20 lana tho left wing
OF the enemy. This caused the sun |
port Of the Galveston Artillery TO be
ordered by Gen. Claiborne To the sun.
port OF his left wing A charge hv
Gen. Roberts resulted ia the
capture OF the Galveston Artillery.
Capt, FOrshey and one OF his gunners
riding on horse. The can.
tsin of the Galveston A rtillery was a,.-
aured Dian Hluihnr..Ia n,,,Sa. ,...,. /
,vav ahan 20, IIa,'s, uen.1I ehVs
hts raita,N d ''"sIoa advanced
he wsahagoa 1ino,, p,ny1" uPon
i,,t saa,n,, ~ VII uon'ue
Inc a., ,sinit .. nsNo,
!, h, mas, to ,',,., S.po "anJ WueIeu
a. ~ H. $500. ''ailE suu sutien'
which ,,,as ,,'i,,,,.'.'J ~, ttu Contest,
Ints,ested snt,'a,nrs ~ e"ousnnus W
si,r .ro,,,, No. puoupi.u
ala N"' e'o'' "o"' VIZ uHvlio' ,
In the arter,o,, tho ,,auo. .a,
.hai, we n,to'nooh .ne Judges nade
awarded na follows:
Firs. prize 10 the Sea'y Rifiey Cant
w oTthy how'd of Galveston.
Second prize 10 the Belknap Rifles,
japt, r. Grove Of San Antonio.
Third prize 20 the Galveston Arii. =,
cry Light Guards
The fourth, or artillery prize. was
awarded to the Galveston ARTILLERY.
The other competing companies !
we're graded ~ follows The Wash. I
ngton Guards fourth, the Austin /
trays Nth, the Waco Guards sixth .
The troops were formed In hollow !,
quare and received the judRes' report
nd their prizes. Then, In the name
u Lampasas, Col. lIyall delivered
pleasing address of thanks TO the oiti. I
en- soldiers Of Texas for their
ttondance and splendid behavior and !
xl ended 10 Them M invitation 10 be I,
vilh us again next year, after which
he encampment WAS dlsbsndtd. The 4
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