San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-15
F0|t Som Houston News.

Lieutenant !: Hatch is the officer
of the day today. No officer OF the
guard was mounted today.
First Lieutenant Fleming, who
has been on sick report for the
past week or two, reported for duty
yesterday.
Private Fisk, OF A company, has
been appointed trumpeter in his
company to succeed dad" Horn
who was retired yesterday.
John Leiniger, formerly baker
at the Southwestern Insane asy-
Ium, enlisted at the post yesterday
for one OF the cavalry troops.
The band played concert from
the band stand on the upper par
.ade ground yesterday afternoon at
4 O'Clock. A very interesting pro-
gram was rendered.
Private Grub, Of b company,
who was tried by a garrison
,courtmartlal on the charge OF be-
ing drunk on parade, was acquit-
ted yesterday, the court finding
him not guilty.
Col. Carpenter is expected here
any time between the 2lst and
24th. Upon his arrival Col. Whit
side will go on mis- leave. He will
first visit Nashville and then his
old home in the north.
Sam Watson, OF troop L, Fifth
cavalry, while down in town last
night lost his bicycle. 1t was
stolen from in front of restaur-
ant on Alamo plaza last night
about 10 O'Clock. 1t is Sterling No.
Il20.
Trumpeter Van Mullenberg, of
troop ID, better known as General
,Openheimer," owing to the fact
that he was the generals trumpe-
ter during the recent Interstate
drill, is on the sick list, wrestling
with a case OF the dengue.
Col. Whitside yesterday ap-
pointed a board of survey consist
ing of the following officers, to re-
port on a saddle which was recent
Iy lost: Capt. Bates, Eighteenth
infantry; Lieutenant l.. w. Cor
nish, Fifth cavalry; Lieutenant
Fleming, Fifth cavalry.
Only ninety-three men were on
sick report yesterday morning,
four officers and eighty-nine en-
listed men. The sick report is
gradually dwindling down now.
One day last week it reached 100.
At present all the sickness is con-
fined to the cavalry side OF the gar
riSOn.
Private Carlson, of d troop, was
orderly to Col Whitside yesterday.
Adiutant Jenkins inspects the
guard detail every morning and
the cleanest man is selected as the
coloneps orderly. He is thus re-
Iieved from guard duty and the
amount of work he has to do for
the colonel is very little.
Trumpeter VIM. Horn, of com.
pany A, Eighteenth infantry was
retired yesterday after thirty
wears continuous service in the
II. S. army. He left last night
over the Southern Pacific for San
Francisco, Cal, where he will
make his future home. "Dad," as
he is better known by the boys,
spent the earlier part of his life in
the artillery. He accompanied a
battery of the Fourth to Alaska
many years ago.
Private Henry Sommerfield, of
company G, Eighteenth infantry,
who recently permitted prisoner
i'm his charge to escape from him
at the post and who was tried by
court martial was sentenced to for
felt $40 OF his pay and to serve four
months under charge of the lrison
guard at hard labor. In review
ing the proceedings, however, Gen.
Graham RENTS the confinement
sentence. He gives as his reason
for so doing that the man was new
and had not been thoroughly in
structed in what to do in such a
case. The general also takes into
consideration the excellent charac-
ter of the man as attested to by