San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-24
MILITARY NOTES.

Gen. Stanley, commander of the
Department of Texas. in his annual
report to the War Department, de-
tails the location and strength of
border garrisons. and says they are
much too small for the service expect
ed of them. The care of the Mexican
border, which in his department is
defined by the Rio Grande, is one,
he says, that requires constant
atten tlop. Continuing he says:
ITO know just how far this is
the duty of the United States or
where exactly the State of Texas
comes in is not always very plain.
We find that the very presence of
troops serves as q restraining intiu
ence. recommend that posts on the
Rio Grande he kept up to an efficient
standard, no less than one company
of infantry and one troop of cavalry at
each post" Gen. Stanley recon-
mends the purchase of old Fort
Douglass.
There was no one confined in the
post guard house at Fort Sam Hous-
ton yesterday, nor were there any re-
leased from il.
Dress parade was given at the mill.
tary post last evening. There will be
no more dress parades until Monday
evening.
The 23rd infantry band will give
their regular tbi-weekIy concert at
Fort Sam Houston Monday night.
The troops at Fort Sam Houston
underwent general Saturday morning
inspection this morning.
Litter drill was given at the militia
ny post this morning, In front of the
post hospital.
There were no new names on the
sick list at tbs post hospital at Fort
Sam Houston yesterday.
The David s. Stanley ex.regulsrs
will give their grand Inauguration
ball at Muth's pavilion tonight. A
fine supper is to be served 10 the
guests at about IL o'clock tonight.
The post printer at Fort Sam Hous-
ton printed their programmes
free, and the officers at the post are
doing all In their power to help them
on.
The army drill tactics are soon to
undergo change. The new tactics
have been accepted, and will 90 into
effect very soon. They have not as
yet been published in book form, but
are expected by the military people
to come out very soon.
The new post mess hall is rapidly
approaching completion. The idea
of a consolidated mess, is not very
greatly relished by greater part of
the men at the post, both enlisted
and commissioned, the idea
of having it made into a
gymnasium, and also have
the post canteen there seems to strike
them more favOrably.
The post canteen seems to have a
general good effect on the enlisted
portion of Fort Sam Houston, not
only lessening the summary court
docket 50 per cent, but it also seems
to effect the sick list, which instead
of growing larger seems to decrease
almost daily.
The following are the sales of the
post canteen for Thursday: Barroom,
cash, S16.45; checks, Sl3.l5; total sales,
barroom, 5000; lunch room, cash,
$3.50, check, s. 40; total, Sl6.20; bill
lard room, cash 80 cents, checks,
Sl.3O; total sales of billiard room,
Sl75; total sales of canteen
SAL So. The cash sales are be-
coming larger than usual, while the
check sales are growing smaller,
business was better at the post can
teen billiard tables yesterday than 1t
has been for some time past.
A hack driver beat up old "BtIly''
Miller in front of Johnnie MueIler's
saloon yesterday. "Billy" is a negro
who is employed by the government
as a cart driver. He is known by
everyone at the post as Q good natured
and obliging negro, whose only fault
is that he drinks. Yesterday hack
driver came up and stopped in
front OF the saloon and ordered Billy
to move his cart away. The latter
told him in a joking manner that he
was not slave, now or something to
about the same thing. He was drunk
at the time. The hack driver then
got down and proceed to hammer him
up, Knocked him down and stamped
on him with his feet, and after doing
this he turned around to the crowd
which had gathered on the spot and
Informed them that he was a "scrap
err" If he had informed them thai
he was coward he would not have
diverged very greatly from the
truth.