San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-12

100 strong. The BRENNAN Light
Guards were organized June Is, 1885,
under Capt. J. NJ. Byrnes, Jr. Since
then the command has gone to the
father and J. NJ. Byrnes ST., is their
present captain. They have attended
the encampments at Galveston, 'S6;
Houston, 'S7; Austin, 'SS; Galveston,
$50. At Houston they took the second
state and second maiden. and at Gal
weston, 'S9 they took the first state
prize and medal for best state cap
tain. They have been called out once,
at Richmond. The membership is "a.
The BRENNAN Field artillery was
organized July, 1887. They have AZ
men enrolled, their captain being w.
Z. Sloane. They have attended the
Austin encampment and were order
ed to hold themselves in readiness
for the Fort Bend County trouble.
They have two As calibre Gattling
guns, two brass II Founders, one 3
inch Parrett gun and trained horses.
The Dallas Artillery were organic
ed 1879 under Captain Geo. FELTON,.
They have lis men enrolled, attend
ing every important encampment in
the state and several without. They
took the second prize at Austin in
'SS, and LIST prize at Galveston in $50
and have been called out twice TO
kaufman county for election riots
and once to Fort Worth during rail-
road strike. Their captain cap
tured the $400 sword at Galveston
in 1889.
Their present excellence is due in a
great measure to their young captain
A. p. WozencrafV. Under his regime
they have gotten out of debt, built a
fine armory and club house and to-
state. Mr. Wozencr is the city at
torney of Dallas, is very unasuming
and too modest to let the real facts be
known.
The Stone Fort Rifles, of Nacog-
doches were organized November q,
1887. They have As members and
their captain is I. L. Sturdevant.
Second Lieutenant J, s. Doughtie
has two sons in the company.
The Sealy Rifles organized in the
latter part of 1884. G. A. J. Krausse,
is their present captain and has un-
der his command seventy men. They
have attended the encampments held
at Lampasas, Galveston, Paris and
Austin. They took the first prize at
Lampasas, 'S7; second at Lampasas.
'SS; third at Galveston, 'S6; second at
Paris, 'S7; second state and third in
terstate Austin, 'SS, and second in
terstate at Galveston, 'S9.
The Houston Light Guards were or
ganized April q, 1878. J. r. Reichardt
has been their captain since 1885.
Their membership is rs. They have
attended the interest tate drills at Hous-
ton, 1884; Mobile, 1885; New Orleans,
1885; Galveston, 1886; Austin, 1888.
At everyone of these places they took
the first interstate prize. The Calves
ton drill in 1889 barred the Light
Guards from competing for the prizes.
The Travis Rifles were organized
July 4, 1875, as the Austin Greys.
They changed their name as above in
1888. They have AZ men and their
captain is NJ. P. Houx. They attend
ed the Mardi Gras at Galveston in
1880, Isl and 1872. They have also
taken in three encampments at Aus
tin, two at Houston and one
IN Galveston, capturing three
first prizes and two second
prizes. They were called out to quell
a riot on the 1. & q. N. road and
turned out 4S men in two hours
notice.
The Jefferson Light Guards were
organized MAY l, 1888, with Il. d.
Rowell as captain. Their member
ship numbers 40 men who are COM
manded at present by Capt. w. s.
Haywood. At the encampment OF
Shreveport, La, they captured the
third interstate prize.
The JEFF Davis Rifles, the first COM
pany on the field at this encampment,
were organized March, 1889. They
number 40 men.
The Campbell Guards, named in
honor of It. NJ. Campbell, of Long.
view, were organized September, 1881.
They have 81 members, commanded
by Captain r. T. Smith. This Is their
first encampment of any kind, and
they are making an effort for the flag
to be given for best discipline in
camp.
The Helm Zouaves, Of DenisOn, Or
ganized June II, 1890, few weeks
ago, with 40 members on the rolls.
They are the first company of the
kind in the state troops. Their cap
tain, w. o. Kretsinger, is fifty years
of age and has seen several years OF
active service in the Union army.
The Paris Pickets, of Paris, have
membership of 81. They are
the Maxey Rifles and Paris Light
Guards, consolidated, Captain G.
Braden is i'm command of the boys.
The Bowie Guards who have been
organized some years, re-organized