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

prevent them disporting themselves in
the water.
There is noticeable difference in the
commands used by some of the captains
OF different companies and one captains
commands are sources OF amusement to
others and vice versa. Thus, when the
command company dismissed, march"
was given some of the bystanderS gave vent
to suppressed filters but the Others would
also have their fun from the commands
given by some other captains.
Brennan leads the state in martial
spirit considering the number of men she
has sent. There is the Brennan Light
Infantry with As men. the Brennan Light
Infantry band with 90 men, and the Bren
ham Light Artillery with 40 men, total
of Ill men, which is the greatest repre-
SentatiOn OF any town or county in the
state, and greater still in proportion to
the number of the population. Galveston
has more than her quota of the staff Of
ticers, some nine places on the division
brigade and regimental staff being filled
by her citizens. Houston follows Calves
ton in the number of officers and San An
tonic only has one.
The First Annual Encampment and
Camp of Instruction of the Texas Volun-
teer Guard was opened this morning at
SIS by the sound Of reveile. The active
work of instruction was begun at once
which can be found elsewhere.
The roster of division brigade and regi-
ment officers and stats is as follows:
First Texas Division, MAJ General
Roberts, of Austin. general commanding
George b. Greeley, assistant adjutant-
general.
Henry Exall, division quartermaster.
AIDs-DE-CAMP.
Andrew Cotheart, Of Hampstead.
John w. Phillips, OF Austin.
j. b. Miller, of Galveston.
r. l.. Robinson. of Tyler.
L. M. Oppenheimer First Texas Bri-
gade, OF Galveston, brigadier general
commanding.
James Clarity, of Corsicana, assistant
Acknowledgement.
c. w. Preston, of Austin, assistant in
spector general.
T. H. Frank!!2. Of Houston, Brigade
QuartermaSter.
Edward Randall, ofGalveston, Surgeon.
AIDs-DE-CAMP.
e. r. Parker, of Houston, Tom Ran
dolph. of Sherman.
SECOND TEXAS BRIGADE.
II. Il. Stoddard, of Bryan, Brigadier
General commanding.
R. Il. Lowe, of Galveston, Assistant
n. ii. Kicker, of Galveston, Assistant
Inspector General.
OS. w. Penland, of Galveston, Brigade
QuartermaSter.
w. A. Adams, of Fort Worth, Surgeon.
AIDES DE CAMP.
Charles Davis. FL PasO.
J. b. Reed, Bryan.
FIRST TEXAS REGIMENT.
j. w. WesSon, of NavaSota, Lieut.. Col.
b. s. Wettermark, of NacogdOcheS,
Major.
ID. Cole, of Orange, Adjutant.
H. Cook, of Houston, Quartermaster
and COmmiSSary.
SECOND TEXAS REGIMENT.
r. p. Smyth, of Plainview, Colonel.
c. A. Stuart, of Bryan, Lieut.. Colonel.
W. II. Stacey, of Austin, major.
ID. ID. Smyth, of Austin, adjutant.
J. NJ. ByrneS, of BRENNAN, quartermas-
NJ. l.. PatOsh, of Victoria, quartermaster
ter and commisSary.
THIRD TEXAS REGIMENT.
r, Cooke, of Houston, colonel,
Boyce Mccormick, of Weimer, lieuten-
ant colonel.
j. P. Bridges, of Luling. major.
w. l.. Hertf, of San Antonio, adjutant
and commisSary.
FOURTH TEXAS REGIMENT.
A. J. Houston, of Dallas, Colonel.
J. A. StySOn, OF Cleburne, Lieut.. Col
Onel.
T. A. Fuller, Major. (No other officers
given.)
FIFTH TEXAS REGIMENT
j. House, of Tyler, Colonel.
A. S. Easey, Of Sulphur Springs, Lieut..
Colonel.
H. w. Cate. of Mneola, Major.
T. ID. Powell, of Jefferson, adjutant.
SIXTH TEXAS REGIMENT.
C. NJ. Ragland, of Paris, colonel.
Nj. S. Swain, of GAINESVILLE, lieutenant
colonel.
M. Russell, of BOnham, major.
w. Whitaker, of TeXarkana, adjutant.
w. o. Reesinger, quartermaster and
commsSary.
The companies who have reported and
not before mentioned are as follows:
Capital City Cavalry Austin, Capt. VIM.
Won Rosenberg, "a men.
Travis Rifles, Austin, Captain N. p.
HouX, 81 men.
Red River Rifles, of GAINESVILLE, First
Lieutenant Lewis in command, 80 men.
Dennison Rifles, of Dennison, First
Lieutenant Brillendorf in command.
Owsley Rifles, of Denton, Captain Bald
win, 80 men.
The detachments of troops of the regu-
lar army that are quartered on the
grounds and will take part in the drills,
are, Companies A, H, E, |, F and X of the
Twenty third Infantry, Captain Heskitch
in command. Troops X, ID, III and of
the Third Cavalry, Major Morris in COM
mand, and Battery F, Third Artillery,
Major Burbank in command. These
troops cook their own meals and live
apart from the militia.