Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
THE zoUAvEs.
A Short Sketch Of this Celebrated
Military Company.

southern tour. IN order 10 enter the
encampment they have arranged 10
leave Macon, Ga, Monday evening, NJ
s pm, over the >. w. railroad OF
Georgia and the YlckSbufg Il Meridian
road, In their own special car, which
has been furnished them by their es'
teemed townsman and w0rld.renowned
beer manufacturers, Mr.. Adolph
Busch.
The ZOuaves, throughout their
Southern tour, have received nothing
but a round OF ovations. AT Nash.
Vile their drill was witnessed 10y thou.
sande; also at Montgomery and Allan.
Ia. At the two latter places they par
ticipated in the reception Of JtteIsOn
Davis. They secured the lrst prize at
the Savannah encampment, adding
another blue ribbon to their banner.
They halt at that beautiful inland city,
Macon, the pride of the state of
Georgia, and gave an exhibition drill to
her CltiZSnS,
The L uave Company consist Of
lis members, but the drill team for
this tour viii consist Of the following
members:
I. r. Roemer. captain; Tom Fogo,
first lieutenant; William Murray, Sec
ond lieutenant; Lee English, right
guide; William Chapman, left guide.
First Four-Robert Mcdonald,
Harry Hughes. Benz. Letsen and Will
liam Clinton.
Second Four-George Norman, R.
Schweleckhardt, VIM. Wright, and
Bert Gleason.
Third Four-Tom Harrington Harry
Bauer, F. Daniels and Robert Lynch.
Fourth Four-Frank Deffery, B. H.
Falra, VIM. Hyman and Frank j.
Bergs.
Fifth Four-Louis Elzea, Robert
Philip, Tom Cecil and VIM. Masen.
Sixth Four-H. Puthoff, G. Rosen-
thai, w. D. Jones and VIM. Sheehan.
Sub3titutes-A. Enderlee and f.
Ferenkamp.
Quartermaster-Sergent VIM. Mes
selhorn.
They are accompanied by Maj. H. S
Hartman and Capt. Spiegleman and
Joe Baetharmon, of st. Louis.
The captain of the company T,
Roses Rormer, is a bright young man
of only twenty-four summers, and Of
true Southern type, a born soldier, the
son Of Major Roemer and nephew of
Gen. Roses, of the Confederate army,
both of whom were well-known
through many portions of the south
during the war.
The company looks forward to the
emcampment at your beautiful histori'
cal city with a pleasure bordering upon
genuine glee, knowing that they VII
be received by your people with thai
hospitality so we'll known throughout
the sunny South.
Here a brief mention of the history
of the Z)uaves may be of interest to
some OF your readers:
The company was organized in 1873
and named in honor of Adolphus
Busch, the president of the great An.
heuser.Busch Brewing Company of st,
Louis.
A more fortunate selection of a name
could not have been chosen by the
company, since Mr.. Busch, a%ppreciat
ing the good impulses which connected
his name with such an enterprise, has
been a staunch friend to the boys and
aided them in every way possible in
the development of their peculiar and
extraordinary style of drill tactics.
AT his hands they receive theil
special car, in which they ride to your
beautiful city, and mainly through his
aid they have been enabled to crave
over $4,000 miles and win thirteen
prizes and participate in the Presiden
tial Inauguration Of Grover Cleveland
where they created such a Jurors.
AS the Anheuser & Busch beer il
known all over the civilized world, 81
is Mr.. Busch known in st. Louis a
one Of her greatest commercial bene
factors. He is not only popular to al
unlimited degree, but public spirited
and enterprising almost beyond com
parison.
His great brewery covers over six
teen acres of ground and turns GU
over 100000 barrels of beer per an
mum, while he pays weekly wages t.
over 1000 employees and runs min
hundred refrigerator cars Of their own
His heart is as big as the great brew
cry of which he is president, anC
he has done more for the militar,
of our State than the State has itself
The armory of the Zouaves was
fitted up at a cost of $4,000 from hi
private purse, and by his every act b
has clearly demonstrated that he is il
anywise willing to see the boys in any
wise suffer. While the Zouaves, a
well as the other Southern companies
were beat out Of their prize money a
the Philadelphia encampment, Mr.
Busch wired them money to see then
safely through all of their journey.
Sere eants Bent, Gleason, Lee, Eng
lish, Clinton and r. Lynch, will enter
tain your people with a new and move
drill, which includes many interesting
and exciting tactical as well as untact