San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-20

doctors were all very much interested
and heartily voted their thanks to the
lieutenant for his excellent instruc-
tions, At his lecture yesterday morn
ing In, Exhibition hall when he deliver
ed a talk on the care of the wounded
on the field, the, treatment of gunshot
wounds, sunstroke, prostrations, ETC.,
the following surgeons were present:
DR.. Lockett, medical director of the T.
V. G., on General Oppenhcimer's staff,
Of Brennan; DIR. Marshall, of Long
view; DR.. Smith. of COrsicana: DR..
Gray, of Milano; DR.. Whayne, of
Greenville; DR.. Herndon, of st. Joe;
DR.. NJ. E. Taber, of Dallas; DR.. ]. R.
Thomas, of, Mexia; DIR. w. T. Shell,
of Corsicana; DR.. c. c. Kicker, of Gal
weston; DR.. Ramsdale, of Lampasas;
DIR. Lincecons, of Lampasas; Dr. Fee
lix Borden, of Houston; Dr. o. o. Brad
ley, of Dallas; DIR. ]. c. Baker, of Kos
sc; Dr.-O. II. Meisner, of Buckholt;
DR.. Burrell, of Galveston; DIR. Becker,
of Brenham; DR.. Hurff, of Galveston;
Dr. f. Hadra, of San Antonio; DR.. A.
B. Terry, of Longview, hospital stew
ard; DR.. Stephenson, of Centre; DR.. j.
r. Thomas, of st. Joe.
DR.. w. T. Shell, and DR.. Suttle. both
of Corsicana, and belonging to the T.
". C. hospital corps, paid the Light
tent a pleasant visit yesterday after
noon.
One solitary prisoner spent yesterday
in the guard house.
General Oppenheimer's headquarters
are continuously besieged by lady WISH
tors, all of whom the general very
graciously entertains, with the assist
ance of his popular staff.
Capt A. H. Miller, of the Waco Cy-
Gle infantry, is one of Houston's lead
ing young business men, being head
of the well known firm Of cotton fac
tors and commission merchants, known
as A. H. Miller & Co. He is an ex-
ample of the young business man and
has won his way by his tenacious pluck
and business courage and enterprise.
A courtmartial was in session in the
Third infantry headquarters yester-
lday afternoon.
Hudson Oliphant, of the Tom Ham
ilton Guards, of Huntsville, received
an injury in camp yesterday which
compelled him to return home. He
was conveyed to the depot in the u. S.
hospital ambulance. This is the first
lease where a soldier has been compell-
ed to return home on account of ILL
ness. He was accompanied to the
depot by Roy Kennedy.
Lieut.. Smythe, OF the Kennedy Ri
fles, of Corpus Christi, was out in
a trap driving several ladies about the
camp yesterday afternoon. The boys
of the company offer to put the lieu
tenant up as the most popular gentle
man of his rank in the camp.
Capt A. H. Miller, of the Waco Cy-
Gle infantry, has received a telegram
from his commission house in Waco,
stating that abundant rains have fall
len there and that the cotton crop is
now an assured success. This news
is very cheering to the captain as 1t
will be a great thing FOR his bust
ness.
Capt. w. ]. Foye, of the Thurston
Rifles, Omaha, the crack team which
lust drilled yesterday afternoon for the
Interstate prize has been a militiaman
for the past nine years, having been
ol VI 1lG
lOmaha Guards in 'ss. He served five
years with that company, when it was
disbanded and he then remained out
of the militia ranks for a year when
he re-entered it, joining his present
company when it was organized in 1894
as first lieutenant. He was commits
stoned captain February "A, 1896, and
has held that rank ever since. He
has been with the company in all it's
competitive drills and the boys have
become to regard him in a very ia
therly light, thinking 1t impossible to
get along without their handsome cap
tain. The company has attended sew
en- competitive drills, besides the pres
ent one, and took first prize at six
Of them. At the first drill it attend
| ed II made a percentage Of .92 which
was the lowest ever scored, at all 9TH
ers the score being higher, the high
est being 1886 in 1895, at Memphis.
Capt. c. T. Cook, is in the Interstate
camp with the Morton Cadets, repre-
senting the Washington Evening Star
and is reporting the drill to his paper.
He is the military editor Of that jour-
nal and has been sent to all the nation
al or Interstate encampments. in the
country by his paper during the past
few years. He had just returned
from reporting the annual encamp-
ment of the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard, when he was sent here.
The captain was the first commander
of the Cadets and resigned that posi-
ton recently to accept a position on
the staff of the commanding general
of the District of Columbia National
Guard. being connected with the quar-
ltermaster's department.
The Morton Cadets yesterday had the
lchamnionship cup, recently turned over