San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-18


green blouse. trousers and fez. with
yellow jackets and white leggins and
sash. The company physician DR..
M. E. Taber is brother to the captain.
This organization also has drum
corps, but none of the members with
the exception of the drum major, c.. r.
Nogueira, have arrived. They will
be here, however, before the boys drill
tomorrow. The sponsor for the COM
pany is Miss Callaghan and the
maids of honor are Miss Gallagher and
Miss Conception Callaghan. They
called on the company ana were enter
tanned yesterday afternoon.
The Waco Cycle infantry, the only
organization of its kind in the south,
arrived in camp this morning. The
organization is forty-six strong, but on
~ twenty-four members are attending.
All the boys ride bicycles and are arm
ed with carbines, as is the cavalry, the
weapons being carried on the cross bar
of the machine. The boys are at
disadvantage in one way. having to
drill as they do in three different sets
of tactics-infantry, cavalry and BIZ
cycle. The, company has only been
organized six weeks, all the men be-
ing new with the exception Of the cap
tain and four others. The captain Mr..
A. H. Miller, is an old time militia man
although a young man in years and
handsome in appearance. He is a
graduate of the Kentucky military
institute and holds commissions as
captain in the states of Texas, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Alabama, having
been a member of the T. V. G. since
1888. The first lieutenant of the COM
pany is Will Lambden and the second
lieutenant is VIM. Winston.
Mayor Callaghan called on the Dali
las Guard Zouaves yesterday morning.
The Fourth Regiment band arrived
in camp at II o'clock yesterday 1t
has twenty-eight men in line. c. B.
Brown is the drum major, Prof. L. F.
Thomas is the instructor and Henry
Cotter is the sergeant. 1t is about a
year old.
The Mexia Minute Men are on the
ground thirty strong and look as if
they were determined to carry off all
the prizes offered by the association.
Capt. J. S. Marks, First Lieutenant
John B. Allen and Second Lieutenant
w. S. Bower are the commissioned Off
GERS of the company. The company
brought its chaperone along with it
she being Miss Jasper *. Gibbs, of
Alice. Her maid of honor is Miss
Alice Hunter, of Dallas. The chaper-
one, Mrs. w. E. Jones, of Houston, is
also with them stopping in the city.
The girls pets, Capt. Hernandez's
Zouaves, are in camp and are all con-
fident of success, but are keeping quiz
ct about it and allowing others to do
the wind part. They stood an excel
lent inspection today and the boys
think they stand a very good show for
the camp prize. Capt. Hernandez
has an extra large tent for his use and
it is supplied with benches and chairs
and has a carpet on the floor. The
chaperone of the organization, Mrs.
DR.. Amos Graves, Jr, accompanied by
her maids, Misses BERTHE Caldwell, Ber-
tie Goodman, Ethel Lowe, Ray Frank,
Cecil Half, and Lula Sinner, called on
the boys at five o'clock last evening
and were received royalty, refresh
ments being served them in the cap
tain's parlor tent. They were well
supplied with the colors of the COM
pany-yellow and red-their parasols
even being covered with the beautiful
ribbons. They gave the boys many
an encouraging smile and pronounced
the condition of the camp as excellent.
The United States cavalry horses
were exercised on the parade ground
yesterday evening and raised quite
cloud of dust.
The attendance of visitors on the
grounds yesterday afternoon was quite
large and the company quarters were
thoroughly inspected.
The boys who have always upheld
San Antonio's honor in all military
contest-The Belknap Rifles-are en-
camped as next door reighbors" to
the Zouaves. They have gotten down
to the routine of camp life and act
like veteran warriors. Capt Scion Nc
Adoo, First. Lieut.. Ed. Richardson
and Second Lieut.. Geo. Chamberlain
are the commissioned officers of the
company with the following non-com-
missioned officers: First Sergeant
Ernest Altgelt; Second Sergeant Geo.
Mccormick, Third Sergeant Chas. Ba-
ker, Fourth Sergeant Bryan King,
Fifth Sergeant Harry Baker, First Cor
poral Irvine Carr, Second Corporal Ar
thur Storms, Third Corporal Robert
Hickman, Fourth Corporal A. ]. Fry.
The quartermaster sergeant is Carlos
Ragsdale and he looks to the eating de-
partment with the utmost care. The
company is forty strong and would
have been stronger had it not been
impossible for a large number of the
boys to get off from their work to par
ticipate, especially those employed in
the large stores,a the rush is too great
to permit anyone to leave. The boys
are endeavOring to take the camp
prize and are working with might and
main TO do so. After review yester-
day afternoon they put up an exhibit
ton drill in front of the grand stand
and were enthusiastically applauded,
showing that they have lost none of
their old time popularity.
Col. 7. H. Franklin, assistant adju-
tant to General Oppenheimer, is
friend to the newspaper boys and treats
all alike. However this may be said
of the whole camp as a more courteous
set of officers could not be found any
where