San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-11
ARMY NEWS.


REPORTED SPECIALLY Fob The LIGHT.
Rumor is still rife as to the new
stations to be given the troops in
this department., but it is known
as fact that. Captain Eskrodge's
company of the 23rd infantry, will
take station at Ringgold and that
Captain Goodall's company of the
same regiment will return to head
quarters. Troop 1, of the Fifth,
which had seven years at Fort
Leavenworth, will scarcely be
given tour with headquarters but
in all probability will go to Clark.
Captain Schuyler is under the i'm
preston that his troop will 60 to
Ringgold and Captain Augur
thinks that troop A will go to
Fort Bliss. 1t is known at Ring
gold that troop E, will come to
Fort Sam Houston. Lieutenant
Hames, of troop d, has left his
family here while he has gone to
Fort Mcintosh. This would indicate
that troop ID will be ordered here,
There remains but another troop to
be disposed OF and it will be either
X or f. The latter troop not having
had headquarters detail for over
twelve years stands the best chance
Of one now, unless the long march
from Camp Eagle Pass to Fort
Brown may prove an obstacle.
There is one thing certain, at all
events, and that is that the two
troops now here, and one company
will get move before the end of
month. The company will probab-
ly be F.
Sergeant Gross, of troop III, tn Q
regimental clerk in Sergeant Ma
jor Seymour's office,is very favorab-
ly impressed with the idea of 60
ing to Fort Ringgold, as it W i'll
give him an opportunity to study
Spanish, at the fountain head as it
were.
Post saddler Ballantyne, of troop
III, says there are worse places than
the Rio Grande stations, he doesn't
think.
The post bakery will lose its
presiding genius in the person of
Private Saur when the troops
move. He will be missed for he
knows his business.
The move will take away from
here Captains Augur and Schuyler,
Lieutenants Foster, Gray, Winans
and Sherer.
A board OF officers has been de-
tailed to examine the Devine ranch,
eighteen miles from town, with a
view to using same as a target
range.
Private Lynch, late of the
Seventh cavalry, is anxious to be
assigned to the Old Soldiers home
in troopIH, Fifth cavalry.
Sergeant Campbell, OF E troop,
returned to his station at Ringgold
yesterday.
Lieutenant Colonel G.V Henry
has been interviewed at st. Louis.
After saying among other things,
that Colonel Whiteside had no
kick coming because he was re-
lieved of the command of the Third
cavalry, he goes on to say that
while not wishing to appear egotis-
tical, he thought his appointment
to succeed Colonel Whiteside was
a wise move on the part of the war
department. He was known from
one end of the United States to the
other, he stated, as an officer with
a brilliant record, whereas his
predecessor was practically I'M
known. He did not wish to assail
Colonel Whitsside's record as
an army officer, as that was
above reproach, but he thought
Je fferson Barracks needed an active
man like himself, in order that it
might be made all that the govern
ment desired to make it.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry will
soon apply to be transferred from
the Fifth to the Third.
Modesty at one time was consid-
cred as one of the attributes of all
military men, but 1t would appear
as IL some OF them believed in
manufacturing their own thunder
nowadays.