San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-22
THE INTERSTATE DRILL.
And Notes Qld Gossip Of
The Comp.
AT CAMP CULBERSON.
Light Staff Headquarters.

LlSnC Sldll 1850
Camp Culberson.
Yesterday was San Antonio Day in
camp and all the city turned out TO
attend the biggest encampment the
state has ever witnessed. The crowds
began to pour into the grand stand by
noon hour and at 2 o'clock the whole
place was comfortably filled. Visi-
tors continued to flock into the place,
however, until at 4:05 O'Clock Grand
Stand Ticket Seller John w. Tobin
was compelled to refuse to sell any
more tickets to that place and those
who entered the main gate were COM
PEELED to stand. By five o'clock there
was at least 1000 people standing about
the limit ropes watching the various
contests in progress on the field.
After review the grand night at
tack was made on an improvised fort
which was a success in it's execution
and a very pretty sight to the on
lockers. Volley after volley was mr.
ed by the infantry and likewise by
the artillery, the whole being illumin-
ated with colored lights. 1t was in
tended that the battle should continue
for a much longer time, but 1T was
brought to a sudden termination by
several bullets being heard whistling
across the field, and someone evident
ly having gotten regular ammunition
instead of blanks. Several bullets
whistled over the head of the Cover
nors Guard and the San Antonio Zou-
ayes.
The day was brought to a close by
a grand bah at night in the exhibition
hall, the attendance being the largest
yet seen in the building since these
magnificent affairs have begun. The
floor was literally crowded and room
for the dancers was hardly possible to
gain. Everything passed off nicely
and it was an early hour this morning
before the visitors departed from the
grounds.
Complaints are loudly heard on all
sides by persons in the grand stand of
the lax manner in which the programs
are carried out. The program is an
nounced the day previous and every
thing should be in readiness the next
day to carry it out, but instead of this
the companies are slow in arriving
on the grounds for their drills and some
of the class B companies even go so
far as to "back out" altogether and not
enter, thus cutting the program short.
The program arrangement seems to
lack the proper management in some
way or other.
Cant. A. H. Miller's boys, the Wa
co Cycle infantry, fell honored at the
number selected from their midst as
orderlies to the various commanders.
Miss Kellar, sponsor for the Cover
nor's Guard of Austin, accompanied by
her maids, took dinner with the COM
pany yesterday. LOS
Lieut.. Niveth, of the Fifth regiment,
now detailed on Gen. Cookies staff is
a Russian and an eX-officer in the army
of that country.
One of the handsomest banners in
Camp Culberson is the one belonging
to the Roberts Rifles of Bremond. 1t
is a double banner, one side being of
cream satin and the other of blue and
is a very large one also. 1t is artis
tically handpainted on the blue side,
a large Lone Star in gold, surrounded
bv a branch of olive, in gold, adjoining
the center. with the name of the COM
many above. 1t is also Ornamented
with silk tassles and streamers with
the time and place of the various en-
campments which the company has at
tended. 1t was presented to the COM
pany by Captain Roberts. its patron,
in 1892.
Mr. Chas Abbey is on the grounds
with a cigar stand in the restaurant.
Persons attending the drill in yehi-
cles would do well to take the Garden
street route, as this is kept in excel
TENT condition by the drill management
especially for carriages and buggies.
Secretary Eichlitz of the drill associa-
ton, has three sprinzlers constantly
at work on this route and the road is
kept well sprinkled so there is no dust
to trouble anyone. The association
has gone to the expense of $3.50 in keep
ing this road in this condition. 1t is
snrinkled all the way out from Navarro
5r,@et bridge to the drill ground gates.
the Tom Campbell Rifles, of Milano,
have very pretty Texas flag floating
over the captains tent. 1t is of fine
silk in three pieces, the strip next to