San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-11

of the 3rd Artillery, at division head
missioned officers.
Owing to some oversight on the
part of the officers Of the guard some
of tho men had to remain ON guard
three or four hours with out being re-
lieved.
AS Adjutant General King is too
lame to perform his duties in camp
General HI. B. Stoudard of the second
Brigade temporarily fills his place.
Tomorrow the prizes offered by
various parties for best drilled soldier,
etc., will be awarded. 1t is under.
stood that the Dallas Artillery have
dead sure thing on that prize flag,
offered by the ladies of San Antonio
for the best kept camp.
The post of sentry at the main en-
trance was one of the hardest posts of
the entire camp. They are continual
ly beset with men who are about to
pass without passes. They have Or
ders to keep out of the grounds all
small boys, and the innumerabIe We
hicles continually passing, covers
them with dust, through which their
Caucasian descent is scarcely discern
able.
This morning there was for the first
time regimental dress parade after
which came brigade dress parade,
and the regular battalion drills, the
morning work being less than usual.
The dust.was more suffocating than at
any previous time and there seems TO
be no way of alternating its influence.
Beyond the routine work there is no
new features of camp life, which is
the same all tine time.
There was a woful lack of order
in the management Of the guard
detail last evening and the ire of
General Stoddard was raised to D
considerable extent. The officer who,
had charge of the guard neglected to.
relieve at proper times ana some of
the men were forced to remain at
their posts too long. The officers who,
we're guilty of thus neglecting their
duties were arrested, and there are
now four Ieutenants Of the second
brigade brooding over their sins
while enjoying life in the guard
house. The offenders Will be ar
raigned before the court martial now
In session and they will stand q
chance of a reprimand.
The court martial is still grinding
away but no mixing of their proceed
ings can be had. The trouble into
which the Sealy Rifles and the WASH
ington Guards got into by raising q
disturbance ON the way here Is not
over as q court of inquiry has been
appointed to locate the offenders and
arraigning them for trial. The court
was constituted as follows: Captain
w. B. Ford, of the Fort Worth Fen
cibles, Captain A. P. WozencI ats of
the Dallas Artillery, and Captain c.
E. Williams, of Company q, Fifth
regiment.
The Campbell Guards deny the
statement In a local paper that their
officers all left the camp leaving the
men alone with the first seargent. The
first lieutenant was in charge.
The Capital city cavalry company
OF Austin will give an exhibition drill
this afternoon just befors dress pa
rade.
The Belknap Rifles and the Hous-
ton Light Guards the two crack COM
panies of the state will form a bat
tallion for an exhibition drill this
afternoon.
A litter drill by a detachment
eight men from the Fourth and Fifth
regiments will take place this after
noon.
w. l.. Mundon, a member of the
Campbell Guards, became insurbord-
inata and raf1oad tn nhau nrdaro for
which he was expelled from the COM
pany.
The Maverick Rifles will give an ex-
hibltion drill this evening just after
dress parade.
Among other accoutrements brought
along by the Dilley Rifles of Palestine
were a set OF boxing gloves, which
this morning were brought out and
utilized in various pugilistic bouts,
drawing together great crowd, and
the sport continued throughout the
morning.
The man who delivers the ice on
the grounds, whether making a we'll
effort to shirk the perform
ance of his contract which calls tor
forty pounds per company per day, or
the ice melts away 800 per cent in
transit to the grounds; in either case
the men are not getting the ice that
the committee pays for and the
ce man is so much ahead. The daily
allowance actually amounts to about
Is pounds per company.
The drill of Schools artesian we'll
dipped and fell to the bottom yester-
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