Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-27
THE SUMMING UP.
How the Boys Feel After the
Week of Army Discipline.
THE ENCAMPMENT A SUCCESS.
Future Gatherings will be Held on the
Permanent Camp-Grounds. and 1t is
Hoped Before Dog Days Set in.
Austin Beauties.
Special % the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. July 25.-The encampment
is at last at an end, and after the sham
battle this forenoon, the work Of breaking
up camp and getting everything in readi-
ness for the homeward march was begun.
The stay of the volunteers in Camp Stan
ley for the past week, in spite of the exces-
sive heat, and the trying duties exacted,
Las been upon the whole so agreeable that
many of them departed reluctantly from
the pleasant scene of their various exploits
and triumphS, social as well as military.
Speaking about heat, it should be said that
the policy of holding the eucampment in the
fierce heat of 4 midsummer sun is not 4
good one. There were reasons why 1t could
not be held sooner this year, but those rea-
sons, it is to be hoped, will not again bring
the volunteers together at such a season.
There were no real sunstrokes, and no
casualties, but immunity on this score
seemed to be part and parcel of
THE GOOD LUCK
that generally. as well as particularly, at
tended the encamDment from first TO last.
The antiCipations of many. in this respect,
We're defeated, as it was feared that many
would be overcome. \ number tainted and
were otherwise Frustrated, but none Sc
riously. There was some trifing inSubOr-
dination among few companies, some of
whose contiugentS rebelled at the hard eX-
ercises ia the sun, and few of the Bel
knaps, the Sealy Rifles and the Houston
Light Guard were put into the lookup,
reprimandcI or court-martialed. But that
was done mainly in the interest of good or
der and for effect on the others, and not be-
cause any very heinous oEense had been
committed. Hereafter the encdmpment
will be held on the permanent camp-ground
in the neighborhood of Austin, which will
be laid out in
STRICT MILITARY FASHION,
and all its appointments devised and ar
ranged with reference to the comfort and
convenience of the volunteers. There will
be no more temporary nakeshifts got up
to tide over q week and then be thrown
aside. Everything viii be permanent, and
designed for a particular purpose. 1t is
quite likely also that the encampment Will
be held earlier in the year. before the com
ing of the dog-days, when the boys can 70
through their evolutions by the hour, with
out being reduced by profuse perspiration
to the semblance Of drowned rats.
One thing that contributed very largely
to the unusual success of the encampment
was the kindly and cordial interest taken
in the boys by the citizens of Austin. They
We're really assiduous in teStifying in num-
erouS ways their generous sentiments and
feelings for the volunteers. on whom they
looked with pride and respect. Many a
mess tent was well stocked at dinner or
supper with baskets Of delicacies supplied
by admiripg friends in the city, or, as was
sometimes the case by other friends at
distant places. The boys were well fed
though worked hard, and it is therefore not
surprising that they should, be thoroughly
satisfied with the week spent in camp. The
opportunities for gallantries with the fair
sex were fairly good, and the boys
made the most of them. Austin is
noted for her beautiful women, who, it must
be confessed, took q lively interest in tine
volunteers, and were daily visitors at the
camp, where they were gladly received, and
handsomely entertained. If there is any one
thing more than another on which woman
fairly dotes, it is well kEit and trinity
built figure clad in neat uniform with
brass buttons. Beside sucn an at
traction, the ordinary society dude is not
even in the reighborhood of II. He is nc
where, and the girl or woman who tine
week previous made his little heart palpi-
tate with a killing look, and accepted his
attentions with well-feigned pleasure, now
manifests
A NOBLER AMBITION
and a far different taste. The DUDE is sud
denly made TO feel that he is back MINI