The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-31

IA g ~, Lambert q ths or RAN
~. - prepArsd the follow
= IL nsmbeu q the oid Texas
uccsAfipn:
-1-ssr \, Dallas; Captain Mo-
.,.sy. state trocps; entered
Z !, ssv 4s; wss n fcsiowins
-. ~, june IA. 1871 ID Cuehsr-
,s..,. september =, 1875 Las
,S.r,oo,. september -. 1878; con-
s.suus. day and night, At ford Of
"a 0sunde), above Las ouevas;
WI. ,sauia january. 1875; near
s.,smber, 1876; never wounded.
N John Decalb. Big Springs,
4 .s.ntv: Co G, Frontier Battalion;
100 At So. now 40; was IN ssv-
s;s,s hut don't remember dateA
n i.n,u L.. San Saba. San Saba
csptain John H. Browns COM
..,.s,d service at 81, now 6S:' In
4 IN fought fifteen indians single
ID, ~ ana baby with him; he was
-; ANS with arrows, and hie baby
Urn r.. johnson City. BIanro
Z, Caotain ManL's company OF
-" IN 1868, and Captain Joshua
~ company, State troops, before,
"a after the war; never In a
Ettte but engaged In number Of
Sshts With Indians; entered serv-
d now 50.
A ~ g.. Austin, Travis county:
E, IA Burlesom's company ten
-. 4 1850. and Captain John Donmel-
4: a Iover Rio Grande until enlisted
s,sSsmte army In 1861; entered serv-
|! q. a now IS. Mote by the compiler:
80 had "the blues" never missed
men we had anything to eat
m,saed A scout, kept his horse and
Il sjrsyy: In good order, and often
~ M camp by his versatility In
y dhlect and dramatic elocution.)
'satrAouse, Calvin G.. Leander, Will
~. eOupty; Co. b. Frontier Battalion;
~ ssryIce at Is, now As; In one fight,
.ssx n breast. In connection with that
4 ~ following will be Of interest:
81 orders No. s.
is1doinrters, State OF Texas. Ad1utant
w office, Austin. May II. 1871
a. ~ day of May, 1871, Sergeant r.
p,rier and eleven men Of Company B.
rlsju Cox), Frontier forces. engaged
/ c,mpletely defeated and dispersed Z
4 z Indians, estimated at from thirty
|, K iorty warriors, on Rock creek, In
I Pinto county, killing ten warriors and
ISoripe forty horses which had been
y y the Indians In the town Of Palo
4 Sergeant Parker and four men.
~ william Watson, Calvin Boiling
r. M. Clark and John Haywood,
wounded. Comment upon the action
= little band is unnecessary. The gov
:. however, desires to express in gen.
orders his high appreciation Of the
minble bravery displayed by them In
engagement against overwhelming
! ID tke face of every disadvantage .
full Of the troops have taught the
ia lesson which they will not soon
Il ana such action is deserving Of
lsuou on the part Of the other COM
\ q the frontier forces, whose duty
10 free the frontier from the ravages
kese sayages and establish peace and
y in that locality. This order VIII BIO
lshed at the first parade Of each COM
Of the frontier forces after Its re-
order Of the governor and COM
der-tn- chief.
James Davidson, Adjutant General.
stick, 8. R., San Saba. San Saba coun-
captain Moseley Bakers company; en-
seryice, March, 1896, at 16, now IS:
10 battles Of San Jacinto and Plum
(, at the latter under Colonel Ed Bur-
>, and many other skirmishes, too
trous to mention; was wounded three
.; now the only survivor OF tho three
captured Santa Anna.
mar, James Lee, Rlchland Springs, San
county; Co. ID. Frontier Battalion;
nd service at 20, now as; was in the
on the Las Moras, In Mepard county.
snber Is. 1874; three Indians killed and
captured.
nton, Ben Eustace, Pine Bluff, Ark. (;
~ James Galatians company; en-
zssrvice. 1855. at 16, now So; in the
u Arroyo. Escondidc, Mexico; was
"a wounded in the head, losing sight
II eye,
90 Robert, Houston. Harris county,
upsain John S. Ford, as orderly SER
4 "a 1858; Captain Ed Burleson, 1860,
Wptain W. G. Tobin, 1861. as I'd Lieu
" 10 battle on Canadian river, May
w y Comanches killed; received no
DW his horse "Old Woolly" and
mend "quicksand and no bottom"
enargtng across the river into the
!, ~ IN a fight at head Of Colorado
i ~ hay 1851; killed a buck indian and
y. scalp; entered service at 81: next
! AArun Washington, Blanco City,
" coonty, Co. B, Frontier battalion |;
NJ N service at 81, now So; served in
4 companies" until Joining regular
y, from 1857 until enlisted in Confed-
army In 1861.
!, ~ hal W., Sunnyslde, Waller coun-
! =, Frontier Battalion; entered SER
y y, now AZ; was in the campaign
4 wesley Hardin. in Comanche coun-
M IN the scrap" when Brakeman
4 .s OF that gang were Killed;
! : t Waldrip ranch fight, and some
Y "nere tue boys smelt gunpowder
wprs, l.. b., Alpina Prowstar coun.