San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-24
MILITARY NOTES.

There will be a base ball game at Fort
Sam Houston Saturday afternoon at one
O'Clock, between a nine picked from D.
troop and picked nine from the post.
The % infantry band gave a concert at
the band pavilion on the lower parade
GROUNDS at the military post last night
'Aine selection of music was furnished
The following is the programme rendered
10Y them: lSt-March. Pride of the
Baritone" King. 2nd-Overture, Muir
meringS of the Forest" BouiIlon. Bird
Selection, William Tell, RosSini. 4th-
-'KeI-3 Dance" MOllOy. 5th-Air Varie
SSJmnamtula," Clarinet SolOl BOllini.
6th-BoIero, Tosti.
The companies at Fort Sam Houston
underwent fire drill yesterday morning.
This drill will probably be kept up for
some time.
A number of citizens We're up at the
military post. listening to the concert
given by the Twenty third infantry band.
There will be no concert at Fort Sam
Houston tonight on account of Beck s
concert at Muth's pavilion.
Sergeant Lehman, X troop, Bird cavalry.
received a bronze medal for target shoot
ing at the cavalry carbine competition at
Fort Wingate, n. NJ. 1t was presented to
him by his troop commander Capt.
dUuTeSS
on the occasion, stating that he was hap
py to have man OF his troop receive the
honor and mOreSO, as the sergeant was
the only enlisted man at Fort Sam HOus-
ton who won a medal at the COMPETE
ton.
The base ball game at Fort Sam Hous-
ton between the cavalry and infantry mines
yesterday, was won by the cavalrymen.
The score standing p to g. The follow
ing il the score by innings: Cavalry :
o 0 - ,: total p. Infantry-3 0 G
90 0 0; total 6. The names of the cav
alrymen were: e.. Sherman, ,. b.: Crock
aar, c. f.: Gleason, |. f.; CoIeSworth. p; w
sherman, b.: Greene, ;. s.; Walsh, +. t.
Powell. b.; Clarke, c.
The infantry nine consisted of the fol-
towing men: Lewis. c.; Meaky, 5. $:
'herzog. p: Murphy. b.; Newman, > b.
"Or0n, 3 b.: Greenly. l. f.: Nell. c. f.:
Lynn, r. f. The game commenced at ,
p. m. Clarke made three Dagger in the
5th inning, scoring run for the cavalry
Coleman struck out II infantry men. He die
some very fine pitching yesterday and
will do some more for d troop next Satur-
day. HerZOg struck out nine of the cav
airy men. He also did some good pitch.
ing. The game was very closely contest,
Ell up to the 9TH inning. when the cavalry
men got their rabbit foot on their OppO,
nents and made - runs in that inning
after which the game was all one-Sded
Umpire Kuell.
Business at the post canteen at For
Sam Houston was very slow last night
The men are about "buste ed" and ar,
waiting for Uay day.
The whist game al X troops quarter
was in full blast last night. The En-
ttShman" got stuck every game. There
was also match game of billiards. PLAY
ed by two of the enlisted men of tina
troop.
II. Dorschell, who got the roasting il
the Express the other day. is next mar
discharged from K. troop, Sd cavalry.
The new goods have not as yet arrived
At the Post Canteen and probably will
not for at least for a week.
There were no men confined in the post
guard house at Fort Sam Houston yeSter
day.
Two patches of recruits were sent GU
from Fort Sam Houston, today. On
batch goes to Fort Mcintosh. and IN
other TO Fort Bliss. The men will be as
signed to the companies at those stations
They have been undergoing recruit drill
at the post for some time,