Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-23
IN CAMP STANLEY.
ihe Volunteer Guards Of the Lone
Star State Present a Most
seldiery Appearance.
'o''sons IN the Driii Drawn ana mo
'udEes TO be Appointed To. Day--
dow ireland arrives.


rHR PARADE.
special TO the Gazette.
LAMrAsAs, Tx, June 2.--As the flrs,
uay OF the competitive drill approaches.
interest grows intense. The number Of
people on the ground is CONSTANTS m.
creasing. The Arst thing on the pro.
gramme to-day, after morning practice
drills was 4 grand parade through the
Guy oy ali the troops with Gen. A. S
hooeris In command and the Orange
rines 10 the lead. They marched throush
me principal streets In the town amid the
widest enthusiasm, followed hy large
crowos. Interest remains unabated. ana
tne success OF the encampment Is beyond
dispute. . ''so""
THE GALVESTON COMPANIES.
Inc two Galveston companies came ont
IN hitting colors this evening, each pIyiny
an exhibition drill Just before dress
parade. The grand stand party shouted
saivos OF applause when the Galveston
boys appeared, The Sealys were more
laVorably commented upon than any
company drilling this afternoon and made
9 better stand than they ever have vet
Their uniform Is pronounced the hand.
soonest in camp.
The Galveston Artillery Light Guards
appeared shortly after In their new dress
unltorms OF red and blue. AS soon as
they struck the field shouts of appreciation
rent the air. Their left and right wheels
were executed almost without a flaw.
they were especially accurate In the
manual. 1t is safe to say that the Gal
weston companies make most favorable
Impression In these exhibition drills.
The San Antonio nines seem to be next
IN favor, and the question OF nrst prize is
thought TO undoubtedly lie between this
and the Galveston companies, though
the Austin Grays are constantly lmproy-
ing
The Douglas Rifles from TYLER an.
peared on the field for the FIRST time to.
day in their dress uniforms, aud an
peared to considerable advantage
The Houston Light Guard gave their
usual daily exhibition drlll, but were not
as accurate as usual and made few Sc
rious breaks.
There Is strong undercurrent OF opn-
ion among a great many that the Sealy
Rifles stand the best chance for gaining
first prize.
AFTER DRESS PARADE.
Immediately after dress parade the
evening gun numbered through the
atmosphere and the dag came down with
a rush. All companies then put them.
selves In readiness to draw for their
places In the competitive drill.
The list is complete. San Antonio
Rifles, Sealy Rifles, Douglas Rifles OF
Tyler, Cleburne Light Guards, Waco
Light Infantry, Galveston Artillery, Light
Guards, Austin Grays, Houston Light In
fantry, and Bonner Rifles.
Gov. Ireland, Gen. d. S. Stanley, Lieut..
Kicker of the United States army, to-
gether with Gov. Lubbock and
ex-Capt. Thomas Scurry, arrived
this afternoon. Gov. Ireland ar
rived sooner than was expected and
took all by surprise, the reception com
mittee falling to meet him at the train
1t IL expected that he will review the
troops at dress parade tomorrow,
though this has not been fully decided
yet.
The Bonner Rifles just arrived in time
to enter the lists. They are handsome
looking company aud were greeted with
encouraging shouts as they appeared. In
point OF military display the present oc-
casion bids fair TO be the grandest that
has ever occurred IN the state
The programme for tomorrow Is a
grand guard mount in thej morning, fol-
lowed by practice drllllngj battalion drill
from Q to 10 o'clock In the afternoon
competitive drilling
Seven hundred more visitors arrived by
the evening train. The judges win
positively be selected tomorrow morn
ing, though II is not known who they
will be.
The following order was read at dress
parade.
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"Capt. II. McPier OF the Crockett Rifles
is hereby detailed as aid-de-camp on the
STAFF Of the brlgadler-general command
ing by command Of Gen. A. s. Roberts
and Gen. Il. p. Smyth, acting assistant
acknowledgement"
There being some difficulty about get
ting all the companies together Adj
Gen. King drew the ballots for places for
the various companies. The following
was the result Houston Light Infantry,
first, Bonner Rifles, secondi Cleburne
Light Guards, third. Drill tomorrow
afternoon. San Antonio Rides, fourth;
Douglas Rifles, fifth, and Austin Grays,
sixth. Drill Thursday afternoon
Sealy Rifles, seventh; Waco Light In
fantry, eight, and Galveston Artillery
Light Infantry, ninth. Drill ON Friday
afternoon.
1t is rumored that the judges will be
two United States officers and Thomas