San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-19
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citation in connection Herewith.
Among other things Mr.. WORKMAN
said: am the agent of the Alamo
monument association, and in that
capacity 1 am here to ask that you
aid this association in the laudable.
work it has undertaken. Ours is q
chartered organization, having for
It's president Mrs. Maverick, for it's
treasurer, Sam Maverick and for its
secretary General Hamilton p. Bee.
representative ladies and gentlemen
of San Antonio. The official person.
mel of the organization is sufficient
guaranty of the integrity OF its meth
DDS and the disinterestedness OF its
purpose.
The design of tine monument the as
ISOLATION hopes to erect to the men,
DRY of the Alamo, has not been deter
mined upon; nor will it be till the
state has been thoroughly canvassed
and some idea obtained of the amount
of money Ob;ainable for this patriotic
purpose. The work Of the association
has not met with active encourage
ment. This may be attributable to the
fact that it has never through personal
agency solicited the public aid.
Its solicitations have been of a general
and aimless character. The press,
has done its duty in this work as it
always does in patriotic movements,
like this. The people have not; and
it Is with feelings OF keenest regret
that am compelled to say that the
people of Texas have been unmindful
of the sacred claims OF the defenders
of the Alamo upon their attention and
gratitude
Then followed q tribute to the
Alamo heroes and plea for justice to
their memories that will not be soon
forgotten by those who heard 1t,
IL was the intention to havs.
followed Mr.. Wortham's address with
the circulation of a subscription, for -
the benefit of the Alamo fund, and
papers for that purpose had been pre-.
pared. Had this been done a gener-
Gus result would have been reached. q.
The business houses 6f San Marcos
were all closed and the town was cut
in force, but dinner was ready anS
appetite prevailed over patriotism,
The Belknap Rifles and the Alamo
association were made the guests of
the Chautauqua and escorted to the
table prepared for them in the pa
viliOn.
Conversation, rest, boating or walk
ing followed dinner until the hour of
$3.50 p. m, when the assembly was
again called to order and readings in
character and music filed the hour
until little after p. M, when Mr..
w. s. Messmer was called upon to
address the assembly according to an
nOuncement made at the close of the
morning exercises. This address had
tor its sole object the stirring up of
the minds of those present to a real
sense of their personal duty In rela-
ton to the building of a fitting mon
ument to commemorate the immortal
heroism aud conscious immolation of
those who fell at this "Thermopylae
of Liberty" 1t was in marked con-
trast to the previous addresses,
being unstudied and without those
graces of oratory which characterized
the morning oratiOns. The one
point emphasized was the patriotic
need of erecting such a monument,
that it might be an object lesson for
generations to come, by seeing which
they should forever learn lessons Of
trust patriotism.
Subscription lists were circulated
as result of which about 5000 will be
secured to the funds of the Alamo
Monument association.
At p. m. the Belknaps gave an eX-
hibition drill at the foot of the sugar
Loaf" The ground was uneven,
small stones were as abundant as
yelping ours in San Antonio, and the
ground was not extensive enough TO
admit of more than four files of fours
appearing. Captain Green put the
boys through the motions as though
they were on q cement floor and made
them scratch gravel most literally.
The drill reflected credit upon the
company and every soul within the
encampment was an enthusiastic on
locker.
After exercises were arranged for,
but the hour of leaving had come.
Professor DuBose won golden opin-
ions from all, and the LIGHT tenders
him and the Chautauqua association
the most sincere thanks of the Alamo
Monument directory for his kindness,
appreciation, generosity and untiring
efforts to make Alamo Day the bril-
liant success 1t undoubtedly was.
Train was on time, San AntoDio's
lights flashed into view at 10 p. M.
and the Alamo City pilgrims were at
home.
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