San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-22
PRIVATE TARR BURIED.
HIS REMAINS TENDERLY PLACED
AWAY YESTERDAY.
The Usual Impressive Military Ceremonies
Accompany The Funsral-Sam Hous-
ton News And Gossip.

Tarr. company A, Eighteenth infantry.
who died in the post hospital Sunday
afternoon at 4:40 o'clock, took place
yesterday evening at s o'clock from,
the hospital. the whole garrison turn
ing out to do their last honor to one of
their number. The interment took
place In the National cemetery. COR
poral and eight privates firing the sa-t
lutte over the grave. Deceased's moth
er arrived yesterday and was also in
attendance at the funeral. A military
funeral is one of the prettiest. most
solemn and impressive ceremonies to
be seen. At the grave side the men
all stand at attention, except that their
heads are barred, and not word is au-
dible. except that OF the chaplain. The
bier is borne down between the file Of
men and after q brief ceremony is
lowered to its last resting place, when
the salute is fred and all is over, but
nevertheless the ceremony Is very i'm
pressive. In this respect all are treat
ed alike. the private receiving the same
attention that an officer Of the high
est rank would.
Private Kiefer, OF troop D, whose
term Of enlistment had expired, re-
enlisted yesterday for another three
years in the same troop.
1t is feared that the field sports adj
vertised to take place at the post on
July 3, may not prove the great sue
cess that might be desired. In the
first place it is claimed by the men
that the cash prizes offered for some
Of the events are so small that II will
not be worth while competing for
them, taking into consideration the
hard training that will have to be done
with the thermometer registering 100
In the shade. In the second place the
| men at present are kept so busy with
drills, ceremonies and instructions of
every kind that very little time is
available for the proper preparation
necessary to take part successfully in
the competition.
The baseball boys have been heard
| from. A postal was received from one
| of them yesterday saying that they
ha4 arrived safely and had played one
| game which they won from the Fort
Mcintosh team by a score Of "a to II.
| That was last Saturday. They close
| their series there today and will likely
| return home tomorrow.
Simon Pendleton, the genial and all
| round baseball man, has resigned as
manager of the Government Hill Reds
and will play with them no more Jake
Voltz has been elected as Simons sue
| cessor and in future he will conduct
all their games, 1t Is rumored. am on
| good authority at that, that Simon is
| soon to become a benedict. Perhaps
this had something to do with the res
| ignation.
There was no infantry parade yester-
| day. The cavalry parade took place at
| 10 o'clock, however, this morning. The
| ceremony of receiving the colors was
performed as announced yesterday.
The officers and their ladies enjoyed
an informal hop at Muth's garden last
night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The post
hop room is too warm these nights for
hops, therefore the cool, open garden
is used in preference.
made application at the post for en-
listment yesterday. but owing to fail
ure to pass a physical examination he
was not taken. There are now eight
vacancies at the post to be filled, four
in the cavalry, three in the infantry
and one in the band. A good chance
for some able bodied men, worthy to
wear Uncle Sans uniform who are
out of job.
Notwithstanding the chronic fault
finder, it must be admitted that the
management of the post mess at pres
ent is doing everything that can be
done with the means available, to
improve the quality and variety of the
food served to the men. This change
has been especially noticeable since
Col. Whitside assumed command of
the post and began to make his regu-
lar visits to the mess hall. These WIS.,
it's of the commanding officer proves to
the men that he takes a proper inter-
est in their welfare and does not con-
slider it beneath his dignity to inform
himself by personal observation what
his men are getting to eat. 1t may be
said that the best way to reach SOL
diers heart is through his stomach.
The men were served with canteloupes
for desert at dinner yesterday.
Hereafter a past ambulance will
leave the post every evening at 6
o'clock for the city, to convey any of
the officers or their families who may
wish to go, to the market and back,
making a straight line for Military
plaza and incidentally stopping along
the line at the passengers request.
In company E, Eighteenth infan-
try, can be found as nice a set of
1,o,,no man as ever wore Uncle Sans