San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-16

George A. Branard, of Houston, sec
rotary of the Hoods Brigade associa-
ton, is in the city attending the Con-
| federate reunion.
w. G.. Glenn is here from Kerrville.
looking for old comrades of company
l, Thirty-fifth Texas infantry, COM
handed by Capt. ]. NJ. Trainer.
| OF the members of the city council
| one, Alderman Mauermann, is
Union veteran and three, Aldermen
Denny, Hamilton and Duerler, were
| COHfederates.
John n. Houston and Miles Biggs.
| two old comrades, are here from Lul-
ing. They belonged to Co. /, of the
Texas rangers, and were in many an
exciting conflict.
Capt. T. J. Oates, of Fairview, is
one of the veterans attending. He
served with company f, 3rd Arkansas
cavalry and was captured at the
Hatchie bridge in 1862.
| One of the survivors of Luckett's
regiment, Third Texas infantry, under
Capt. s. G.. Newton's command, is Will
liam III. White, of Bandera county. He
is here meeting comrades.
James ]. Rogers, born and raised in
| Austin, and a resident of San Antonio
for fifteen years, was a member of
/ Flournoy's regiment, Co. A, and took
part in the Val Verde campaign in Col
James Riley's regiment.
Capt. w. a. Wallace, Co. Il, Thirty
third cavalry, and first lieutenant in
| Duffs company of mounted ritiemen.
was busy all day yesterday issuing
badges to comrades and questioned eY-
cry applicant closely to be sure that no
Yankees would ring in.
Captain John L. Rankin, editor and
proprietor of the Brennan Banner, one
of the oldest and best papers in Texas,
is attending the Confederate reunion,
and paid the Light pleasant call this
morning. Our latch string always
hangs on the outside to such men as
Captain Rankin.
Frank Il. Roche is here from George
town. He belonged to the Thirty-sec-
ond Virginia infantry, under Col. Mon
tague. Pickett's division. He was
wounded near Petersburg, Va, his
right leg being shot off in the campaign
of '64. He has lived in Texas the past
twenty-five years.
John z. Prichett is here from Flores
vile. lie was in the Thirty-ninth Mis-
sissippi, Co. 3, Seer's urigade, French's
division, and was captured near AL
toona Mountain, in Georgia, and taken
to prison at Camp Chase, Ohio, with
others of his company. He is the on
ly one of that company at the reunion
and bears a remembrance of the war
by an old wound on his left leg infiict-
ed by a piece of a shell.
Samuel III. Wellborn, one of the sur
| yivors of Myers regiment, formerly
Debrays', Co. ID, under command of
Captain j. l.. Lane, met Captain Lane
Yesterday and the two had long talk
of old wartimes. Wellborn was in the
battle at Galveston and was at Fort
Point, when it was shelled. He was
also member of Ford's regiment, but
up to last failed had night to meet any
of the comrades of Fords. His last
fight was at Palo Alto.
James J. Cross and Jasper A. Byron,
of Atascosa county, are among the
visitors. Cross was member of the
Third Texas infantry and was in the
battle at Sabine, Ark. Byron, whose
home is in Benton City, enlisted in Mid
dleton. Tex, in Captain Dan Rice'S
Company X, Fourth Tennessee regi-
ment, and took part in the battles at
Nashville, and Franklin, Tenn, and
Greenville, n. c., and at Paint Rock
Bridge, Ala. He came to Texas in
80.
Will Stephenson, of Kyle, brother of
Bone Stephenson, of Sidney Johnson
camp, is here. He was a member of
DeBray's brigade in Woods regiment,
and was at Blair's landing when they
tried TO creep up on Federal gun
boat tied to the landing. AS the boat
took alarm and backed out into the
river, some of the Texas cowboys
cried out ''Rope the smokestacks and
bring her back" and they tried to do
so. but the lariats they tried to do
short. The gunboat port holes open
ed and the whitening fire at such short
range moved down two-thirds of the
brave Texans.
T. J. Belcher of Kentucky, is here
attending the reunion. Mr.. Belcher is
the proud possessor of a parole issued
thirty-twO years ago. 1t is as follows:
Marshall, Tex, August I, 1865. Mr.
II. J. Belcher, Second regiment, Texas
cavalry, Wood company, having been
with the approval of the proper author
titles paroled is permitted to return to
his home not to be disturbed by the
United States authorities SO long as
he observes his parole and the laws in
force where he may reside. BY order
IF Major General II II 8 Canhv IT =
A. George l.. Andrews, brigadier gen
eral and provost, marshal general"
The paper is an old relic which Mr..
Belcher treasures very highly.
One of the happiest veterans here is
d. A. L. Walton, of Beeville. He was
member of James III. Callaghan's
company of the Texas rangers in 1883,
with Davy Crockett Burleson, of Buda.
and II. S. Tom, of Floresville. The
two latter are also here and Mr.. Burle-,