The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
TEXANS COME TO TOWN.
| splrndid Delegation of Brave Men
| and Fair Women.

s,,rndid Delegation of Brave Men
and Fair Women.
Nashville American.
In all the array OF glory and beauty that
has been drawn to tho capital city OF rem
nessee none eclipse the grand old State o'
raxns. A large delegation arrived yes'e'-
day morning and took up their quarters ~
an annex OF Wards seminary. In an ihi"-
itcly short time their flags and pah''e's
were hung, and the reception room was
crowded with visitors eager to weieohe
them to Tennessee.
The delegation is commanded by Major
General n Il Phelps. a veteran OIL the
war ard an earnest worker in the cause OF
the veteran organization. He and his party
arrived during the morning upon tnlr
teen coach train. profusely decorated INA.
had brought them straight from the Nes'
to participate in the memorable ceiepra-
ton
An escort OF honor such as few com,
manders can boast accompanied MIN IL
was composed OF bevy OF young ladies'
second to none in beauty, and secoho 10
none in their love for the soldiers OF the
lost cause The young ladies' were MISS
Tina cleveland of Houston. sponsor Tor
Texas. Miss Margaret Sealy of Galveston
maid OF honor Miss Bessie Ross Of Bryan,
maid OF honor. Miss Eleanor Cleveland OF
Houston. Miss Ella May Smith of Houston,
sponsor for Dick Bowling camp; MISS nae
line Jeanette Jones of Houston, Malu OIL
honor of Dick Bowling camp; Miss stella
shepard of Bryan; Miss w. s. Howell or
Rryan. Mrs. j j. Adams of Bryan, Miss
Fannie Fountain OF Bryan. Miss Ida Shep-
ard OF Bryan, Mrs. NJ. L. Jones OF Houston
Miss frankie Clarke of Bryan, Miss Kate
Rogers sponsor Of Albert Sidney Johnston
camp Of Beaumont, and tho following maids
Of honor; Miss peulah Stone, Miss Alice
stone, Miss stella Bacon and Miss Lille
Long.
Quartermaster General w. n. Cleveland
is on hand. with Mrs. Cleveland and Colo
mel j r. Waties. one of the stall ofhcefs
accompanied by General Phelps The rest
Of the staff will arrive later.
Among the Texans are Breyet Major Cen
eral Y. NJ. Scott Of the Northeastern Texas
division. tho ranking officer OF that section
Of the Confederate veterans. Miss Kate
Duffan of Ennis is sponsor for that division,
and is among the attractive young ladies of
the Lone Star state who are in Nashville
Or Bat Smith. representative Of Buchol,
camp, Wharton, brought with him the
colors of that organization, Confederate
battle flag which hangs in front Of tho
headquarters.
The principal feature of the decorations,
however, is an immense state flag OF Texas,
| which designates the quarters of the Lons
| star State.
Texas is represented here In force. Near
| " n dozen camps have reported, but were
| not able to organize thoroughly yesterday
| owing to the confusion which naturally
| prevailed. Among the cities represented SO
| far ara Kaufman I.ockhart. Decatur, Hous-
| ton. Dallas. Brady, Sherman and Denton.
! There are many young ladies' from Texas
present, and nearly every camp has Lone
Star banner.
The j D. Manon camp of Kaufman is
| represented by Colonel ]. II. Rierson, Ma
| jor Pipes and Captain J. j. Leeson. com
, mander. Quite number OF friends are
| along.
The camp at Lockart Is George =. Pick
ett and its commander is j. II. Jolley.
| Miss Stella Storey and Miss Kate Stone are
the young ladies with the camp. The dele
gates are j H. Jolley, j. NJ. Cardwel. j.
NJ. Joley $. j. p. Mcdowell. G. w. KY
ser Joe McGec and C, W. Stone, The col
ors Of the camp are upon the grounds,
Ben Mccullough Camp is atsDecatur, and
has large representation. The sponsor Is
j. y. Simmons, Or. j. T. Ford and NJ,
ID, Sellers.
Sui Ross camp of Denton is on hand. The
delegates are r, o. Smith, d. T.. Kirk
patrick, Colonel McMass and r.. II. Bates.
Sterling Price camp of Dallas Is repre-
schlcu IN me convention by o. Steele, S.
H. Stout, ID. w. Myers and others.
Camp Mat Ashcroft Of Sulphur Sprincs
has several representatives. among whom
are two delegatcs--J. +. Herman and W.
Henderson.
, Ben McCulloch camp at Brady city. is
represented by Captain w. II. Brady and
, ID. c. Randall.
a large crowd from Sherman is hero n
participate in the convention. Among the
numher are many ladies' Mildred Loo a.
the name OF the camp there, and II i,
here Mndcr the command OF Adjutant Ro,,.
ert Walker The ladies with the party
are Mrs. j. T.. Davis, Miss Elise Dayi.
Mrs \. Fulton. Mrs. T.. A. Morrison
MISS Minnie Chatham AMI Miss Jepn,e
walker Tho camp is very proud ~ n.
iady representatives, all OF whom wear ,ho
badges OF the camn. The delegates frnm
me camp ara Robert Walker. Edward
Moore, w V, Hai2lip and orhers Tl,s
party is about twenty ave strong.
hhek Bowling camp OF Houston ours
the sponsor, Miss Cleveland, since her a.
ther Is member of that organization nh.
chairman OF the delegation IL O. q Drew
ana they are w, C. Crane. G. Horton r.
e. Beayens, p, II, FAN. II. Il. Johnson ana
\. w, Mckinney. Houston has a he,,a,
; representation on the grounds than an,