The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-16
THE MILITARY BOYS.
SEVERAL COMPANIES OF THE
STATE VOLUNTEER GUARD
Pass Through En- Route to san An
tonio-Houston's Cavalry and Ar
tilery Companies Have Left.

/ tonio-Houston's Cavalry and Ar
tinery Companies HIVE Left.
The Grand Central depot last night pre-
! scented wsrllke scene when the Calves
ton conuanies en- route 10 san Antonio
70 attend the State encalnpment and in
/ ters'ate drlu marched up and down the
/ gravel walkways and eyoluted TO the
7 tune OF pixie" rendered by the John h.
Hood fife and drum corps. also from the
| Island City. 1t was by no means warlike
/ IN the fact. but the spr!ngdclds elistening
! IL the electricity and the vigorous bodies
/ Of the men who bore them was somewhat
/ suggestive c, what might be accomplished
/ il al emergency arose. There is no city
in America where The people are more
thoroughly imbued with appreciation Tor
! the militia than Houston. and be they her
/ sons or other sens The same warm welcome
Z Is ever extended here Those who recall
the world-beatng Light Guard in their
pallay DAYS when laurel after laurel Was
added to their record, which the finest
disciplined aeerega;.ons OF the United
/ States eudeayorod 10 break, can ,ruhttully
I tesufy to the foregoing.
1t was Gavestons night, assisted by a
/ company composed Of fifty OF Huntsyilrs
best young inen-the Tom Hamilton
/ Guard. That company arrived in Houston
Yesterday afternoon. They Stacked in
/ the depot, and posting a guard 10 care for
I the property lit out to see the city. To
| show their obedience to orders. every man
was ready to fall in" at p. m. prepara-
/ tory 10 .ak.ng the train for san Antonio.
I Their officers are as follows: 4. 4.
/ Smither, captain; W c. Josey. first lieu
/ tenant " Is. Wilmer, second iicd:inant;
/ H. b. Rains. first sergeant =. >iaon,
second sergeant; S. G. Blalock, third ser
| geant. a. B. Wcodall fourth sergeal.; ].
! p. Mason, fifth sergeant; J. NJ. Rather.
| first CORPORAL W. y. Parish. second cor
| poral D. a. Nann, third corporal.
on the afternoon santa Fe train thu
Sealy Rifles. sixty strong, the Old time
| rivals OF the Light Guard, commanded by
! Captain Lloyl; the Washington Guard.
/ thirty strong. commanded by Captain ROD
ertson. and the Busch Rifles forty strong.
I commanded by First Lieutenant Stein
| brink arrived, and, following the example
! Of the huntsville boys. disbanded until
| p m. They were equally prompt IN re
! turning and spent tho hour and q half be-
/ ;or5 The irrar'Gre Of the. train In drilling
1 around The depot.
/ Accompanying the Galveston boys was
/ the oulv f!,e and drum corps In the State.
/ /, belongs to john n. Hood camp. United
! Confederate Veterans, located in the Island
/ CITY and consisted Of ten mon, command
! Cd lv Major J. f. King. When they
| PLAYED the Just Tell Them That You Saw
| Ne" Quickstep OF AN CoOns Look Alike
! to Me to the came time the companies
steppod accurately and iLll Of lie. That
| sor O. music appealed 10 the popular SEN
| tim,nt but when "DlN.e.' The tune OF inc
| Southland. was heard. the few people at
! ha q
| mighty shout.
Yesterday afternoon the Houston Light
Artillery and The Houston cavalry departed
via the Aransas Pass for the encampmcnt,
The roster OF the former was as followa:
Captain, X. II. Rom; first lieutenant, T. u.
Kehoe; second lieutenant junior. X, b.
Cannon; second lieutenant. l. b. Schultz;
first sergeant George Branard; first chief
at section X A. Denny. second chief at
section a, j. Shuster; gunners, Ed.
I Schultz WIN Goodrich, caissol carporals.
james Wheeler. sam sykes; quartermaster
| sergeant, Charles Dumber; stable ser
geants, G. Sch1ck, guidon; bugler, John
Roesscr, rrivatos; kerdal. Wesihal'
| Kcehig, Gurdie. Perkins. Nichols, D0nahue.
Kcrsten, Stuart. Mitchell, Bennett, o'Neal.
| Wcstle Rashi, Brausmadc, Pearl, Foy.
| o. Rrien, Scholchor. Rugcrs. Zarkoski, Moss.
Kahn, Woolcy, Mloy. Rosentield. Bryan.
Morrow. Ot13, Nashville Moorcll SehuaYe!y,
Poyton Bailey, Davis, Wood, Shadwiek.
| The cavalry's roster was C. Towles, cap
tain; c, c. Beavtns. Jr first lieutenant;
j. A. Hall second lieutenant, Or. J. Allen
Kyle, surgeon; DR. w A. Knight. vcteTi-
nary surgeon, c. G, Tmmius. first SER
geant n, \. Flcwellen, second sergeant;
H. D. Moore. third sergeant; W. O. Breed
| love. fourth sergeant; w II, Davis, >guer-
don; C. r. Matcer. trumpoter c. W. Breed
| ing. quartermastcr sergeant; w. T. Glass,
| first corporal: c. NJ, Harris. second cor
poral. &. Angel third corrorali G. ka-
tacho. fourth corporal. Privates; W. G.
Christian. WV. Cockrell. i. W. Quincy, NJ.
| Coghliu. Robert Dickson, ID, IL. Dulnble, ].
~, Fowler. II Il, Fowler H. j. Fernandez,
II. W. FitZc. w. T.. Grayeon. II. l.. Hender-
son A. l.. Haag. W. 5. Hutchinson, II.
Kegaps. y. Leopold, j. II. Lockhart w. NJ.
Milan, \ NJ. Rar,shidc. w Shcllshear. a.
s,ayion. n. n SALES, Louis Thlel, Nathan
Williams william Perry Mat Roach, AL
fred Blackstone Frederic Smith.
Tho Emmets and the Light Guard leave
this morning
In addition to the Galveston companies
last night, colonel l.. j. Po'k, gen raj man
acer OF tho Santa Re. also departed for San
Antonio In his special ear, No, l02. lie
was accompanied by Lieutenant Drew,
United States army. attached TO tho gov
ernor's stan General Richard Cooke COM
handing the Second brigade; Colonel j. r.
Waties, First cavalry; Adjutant J. Nj. Bur-
ress. Major o. c. Drew, First infantry, and
Major Clifton Drew, all OF this city.
i
$500 to San Antonio and return for in
terstate drill via Southern Pacific.
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To Defer the Canvass.
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