The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-14
THE DAY BEFORE.
THE NEW GROUNDS NOW DOTTED
WITH TENTS.
Many Troops Now in Camp Whilo Others
Will Arrive This Morning Probable
Name Of the Camp and Other
Items Of Interest.

A great change has come over the ap.
pearance of the old Daxey place. Only
, comparatively few months ago the
ground was covered with thick I'M
dergrowth, sticks and stones while
now the trees have been trimmed
up, the branches cleared
rof and all the sticks and stones
removed. The parade ground has been
carefully moved off and is now as fine
a strech of level land as can be found
in any portion of the state, an ideal
drill ground.
In the grove which circles the
open plain the tents have been
pitched beginning with General Ma
bry's, headquarters on the
left and ending with the
volunteer cavalry on the extreme
right, with tie headquarters of Gen.
eral A. s. Roberts, the commanding
officer, in the center of the crescent
near the grand stand. Most of the
tents had been placed in position last
would reach the station they would
be marched to their quarters, their
baggage dumped out and the boys
would fall to and have everything in
first class shape in few min
utes. Out in the open field
big pile Of sweet smelling hay had
been dumped, and the instant the
boys could get their bed ticks from
Capt. SEEKER a rush would be made
for the pile and mad scramble begin,
all DESTROYS of securing the softest and
finest straw on which to rest their
weary forms after the hard and unac-
customed duties of camp life.
AT THE REGULARS CAMP.
The heat was intense out on
the open parade ground, and
after looking around all the
camp the reporter headed for the
camp of the regulars, stopped on the
way to tap one of the water mains
NNnd bathe his fevered brow. To reach
thu camp a detour must be made
around the bathing pool, one of the
coolest and most inviting places i'm
aginable. The pool is about two
thirds filled, while along one side for
a distance of about rs feet water
main has been raised about Is inches
above a mans head to which has
been attached numerous sprinklers
giving a result almost equal to a
shower bath. The facilities for
cleanliness and comfort are almost
perfect as in addition TO the pool
five minutes walk will take the boys
to the Colorado river where they can
take plunge in it's cooling depths.
Upon the plateau over
looking the pool is the
camp of the regulars, the infantry
forming on the right and the cavalry
and artillery on the left. In all there
are about 400 men in the camp, being
commanded by the following officers:
Col. ). J, Coppinger, 23rd infantry,
in command.
Capt. J. t Haskell, 23rd infantry,
in command of battalion.
First Lieut.. ]. X. Thompson, adju-
tant.
First-Lieut, Lea Febiger, quarter
master.
Capt. RI. Gibson, assistant sur
geon, United States army camp sur
geon.
= Company A, 23d infantry-Capt. G.
A. Goodale in command, First Lieu
tenant Ferguson and Second Lieu
tenant +. w. Kobbe.
Company E, 23d infantry-Capt. w.
G. Manning in command, First Lieu
tenant w. HI. Sage and Second Lieu
tenant H. G. Clark.
Company F, 23d infantry-First
Lieutenant w. A. Nichols in COM
mand, Second Lieutenant Il. F.
Schley.
Company H, 23d infantry-Capt. r.
L. Eskridge, Inspector of state militia,
special duty, attached. First Lieu
tenant r. r. Stevens in command,
Second Lieutenant swain, Second
Lieutenant M. Crowley, 9Th infantry,
attached.
Cavalry Squadron = Major L. T.
Morris, Third cavalry, in command.
Troop d, Third cavalry-Capt. Geo.
f. Chase in command; First Lieut..
j. w. Heard and Second Lieut.. ). +.
Troop X, Third cavalry-Capt. Geo.
K. Hunter in command with First
Lieut.. J. II. Dickinson attached.
Light Battery f, Third artillery
First Lieut.. Geo. II. Bartlett in COM
mand and Second Lieut.. Delamere
Skerrett of First artillery attached.
THE CAMPS NAME.
Readers of The STATESMAN will
doubtless remember that some
weeks ago Gen. Mabry sent out
a circular asking the companies to ex-
nress themselves on an appropriate
name for the new and permanent
grounds, to which most of the COM
panies quickly responded. The com
panies voting to name the camp after
the adjutant general were as follows:
Houston Light Guard, Col. r.. 2
smythe, Brennan Light Guard, Tay-
lor Rifles, Governors Guard, Marble
Falls Guard. Mabry Guard, Stone
Fort Rifles, Dilley Rifles, Henderson
Light Guard, Colonel Houston, Fort
Wort FenciSles, A bilene Light Guard,
Ousley Rifles, Frontier Guards, Col;
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