San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-18
ON GOVERNMENT HILL.
News Gathered Among the Soldier
Rows ond m fha Hill

In the yard in front of the club
house at the post, a plant pond has
been dug.
Post Architect J. d. Newcomer
is drawing plans for several new
buildings to be erected this fall.
The Twenty-third Infantry band
boys are now occupying their hand
some new brick quarters in the
lower parade ground.
Royal L. Green, the ex-soldier
and barber, living at 1913 Hood
street, is i'll with malady that
has lasted for six month.
Austin avenue is being plowed,
graded, graveled and rolled, and
when the work is completed, the
street car line will be extended.
An addition is being built to the
West Texas Military Academy, for
the accommodation of more board
ers. The addition is being made of
lumber.
The bank along Grayson street,
from Muth's, garden to the end of
the street car track, is giving way
and must be walled in the near fu-
ture before much damage is done.
A number of residences on Gov
eminent hill are being painted,
plants are set out and blooming,
the streets are well cleaned and the
suburb as whole looks very at
tractive.
John Mueller is having the foun-
dalton laid, on the corner of Hood
street and Austin avenue, for a
two-story brick store and saloon.
The building will be completed in
about two months and will cost
$4,000.
Sergeant Hamberg now has
charge of the post canteen, vice
Sergeant Heiman, resigned. The
saloon has been removed from
building No. 3, to No. 6, on the
south side Of the lower parade
grounds.
There are now about 400 soldiers
at Fort Sam Houston, the third
battalion being out on target
range near Leon Springs, under
command of Capt. Eskridge.
When they return May 1st, the
first battalion will leave for a
months stay under Captain Pal
lock, and the cavalry will then
follow for months outing.
BACHELORS QUARTERS.
The new $4,000 building now be-
ing constructed near the entrance
of the lower parade grounds, to be
known as the Bachelor Officers
quarters, will be completed June
lst. 1t is a handsome piece of
architecture, being made mostly of
brick. 1t is two stories in height
and contains 30 rooms, with hand
some entrance and large hall.
When the structure is finished it
will be formally opened by the
bachelors who contemplate resid-
ing there.
THE MESS HALL.
The new mess hall is now being
conducted by Sergeant Holman,
who has six cooks and three dish
washers. The cooking furnace, cof-
fee and tea boilers, holding eighty
gallons each, and the fans in the
dining room, new feature, are all
run by steam. When a meal is
about to be served, twenty-four
walters, appointed from different
companies monthly, load the food
in large trays and haul it into the
immense hall on cars, where it is
distributed. Each company is
seated together, and all four hun
dred men dine at the same time.
Breakfasts and dinners consist of
everything substantial, but the
suppers are rather light. 1t takes
forty pounds of coffee per day to
supply the mess hall.
5 PER CENT MONEY TO LOAN
In sums of $1,000 or less to per-
sons DESTROYS Of building or i'm
proving city property. Several thou
sand dollars have already been loan
ed to prominent people of this city.
Chas. A. Everitt, manager Cotton
States Building company, room Is,
Kampmann Building. 4-l4-lmO
Hermann Breuslug, Notary Public
Pension certificates adjusted.
Internal revenue application
blanks on hand. Many years Of
experience have made me familiar
with this work. Office, San Anto-
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