The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-04

and patriotic devotion to II ceases ~ p9 O
| virtue and State lines are ohiiterateu,
| In connection with this thought ! am
| proud that IL any estimate OF Nalue Us
| placed upon the lives of her citlzehs' NV
protection of their property and the males-
Itv of her law. the active service OF the
| Texas Volunteer Guard is a record reple'e
| with duty we'll. bravely and efficiently PEI
| formed. | can mention more imam u'' ~
| occasions in the last few years, WHEREIN
| the local civil authorities were unanle ~
| preserve public order or to protect ne anu
| property. Disorder and chaos or riot pre-
vailed. Ike was threatened or taken YET
when the uniformed machine responding
| To the call OF duty. arrived upon the seehe'
there was not another drop OF Dloousntu'
not another gun fired, the majesty Oh law
| was upheld. and peace and order restored,
Their uniform representing the power U,
| the State. compels obedience often without
| hlocdshed. and assuredly with such a
| bright and efficient record the State shouli
| encourage the organization OF her Noluh
teer Guard because such services rem
hered relieves the unprepared citizens
whether as posse comitati' or militia
from performing such duty which occa-
sions of extraordinary emergencies de-
handed and whore life may be the for
felt And here desire to lay stress upon
the fact that they are not the impressed
soldiers which some OF our friends un-
thoughtedlv term them when they call
them militia" Under the state law mil
itia' indicates and carries with 1t compul'
sorry service while your own Is purely vol
untarv in it's cnlistmcnt--t the same as those
volunteers whose records have frightened
the history of this country with ccnspiou-
Gus victories won.
Here In Texas the uniform of our guard
covers as gallant. as brave, as true hearts
"a We're those Of the heroic spirits whose
sol g,,l,t a l,,.s. las thrtl
the world in the charge that swept through
the hail of shot and shell at Gettysburg, OF
rode with Forrest and Stuart and Ross.
with sabres flashing brightest American
historyor stood with Pelham at Fredericks-
burg when the thunder Of his one gun held
in check an army corps.
The active guard of today are volunteers,
and whether Of Texas or OF this Union wear
the mantle upon whose FOLDS are written
the hcroism and dauntless courage of those
volunteers who have fought our country's
battles. II was the huckskin volunteers OF
Virginia who marched with Washington
and saved the remnant of that proud army
after Braddochs defeat. 1t was the vol
unteors who rallied in their might from
among the hills and valleys of New Hamp-
shire. MaSsRr huScttS and across the Caro-
linas In 1875 and carved great republic
for frecmen from mighty England's iomn-
ions. II was the volunteers from our South
lhiiAi ullNtI ltTftlul JACKSON. VINO drove
fackenham's veterans from Louisiana's
fertile valleys. II was the volunteers of
Texas that gave us the Alamo which for
valor and patriotic devotion has no coun
terpart in any age or country and their
match!ess heroism will forever live in song
and story as the hravest, the uoblest and
grandest sacrifice ever laid upon the altar
OF freedom 1t was those same volunteers
whose valor swept across her pralries and
her woodlands. ard struck the shackles
from her fair limbs upon San Jacinto's
memorable plain. It, was the volunteers
who marched with the tread of the regular
army under TAYLOR and Scott. and won I'm
mortal fame upon the victorious fields of
Monterev. Buena Vista. Cerro Gnrdo Che
ruhusco. Molenas del Rey and Chapultepec
in defense Of another star they dared 10
placed upon that star Spaneled Banner
And in 1861 when the North and South
met in shock Of battle the volunteers kept
ahla2e their glory from Manassas to Apo.
mattoX. whether they followed the illus
trious Grant or the greater Lee. Truly.
w. H. Mabry