San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-15
TO DISTINGUISH OFFICERS.

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TO DISTINGUISH OFFICERS.
For the Information of the public
unacquainted with military matters the
Light herewith presents list of the
various marks of distinction denoting
the rank of a military officer begin
ming with a major general and coming
down:
Major general, shoulder strap with
two stars therein; brigadier general,
shoulder strap with one star therein;
colonel, shoulder strap with a gold
spread eagle in the centre; lieutenant
colonel, shoulder strap with silver oak
leaf in the centre; major, shoulder
strap with a gold oak leaf in the GEN.
tire; captain, shoulder strap with two
bars inside at each end; first lieutenant
same as captain except he has only one
bar at each end,while that of second
lieutenant is the plain shoulder strap
without anything inside.
OF the on-commissioned company
officers. the first sergeant is denoted by
chevron,on each arm with two black
lines of braid running through them
and small square in the corner of
the angle of the chevron, while the
sergeants are minus this square. The
corporal's stripes are the same with
the exception that only one black line
runs through them, while the lance
corporal has only the stripe without |
the line.
OF the regimental non commissioned |
staff officers, all have the same chew |
ron as a sergeant with the exception |
that sergeant major has an arc above |
the angle, a quartermaster sergeant |,
has bars running straight across, a Il
commissary sergeant has a crescent in
the chevron, an ordnance sergeant
star, a chief trumpeter a trumpet with !
an arc above, band sergeant trum- !.
pet without an arc, post quartermas- o
ter sergeant a crossed pen and key in c
the chevron which is of buff. %
The colors are as follows Red, ar a
tillery; yellow, cavalry; white, infantry. q
The stripes of the hospital corps are I
green. A steward is indicated by a h
sergeant's chevron with an arc above I
and a Geneva cross of red therein, AM |;
assistant steward in the same manner h
with the exception that the are is abIl 8
sent. The privates of this branch
have a brass ord or plain strip of whit, h
cloth on the, arm with d red Genevl Z
cross in the centre. LIE
Lieut.. Gov. Jester will arrive earl O
next week. LII
Mr. Joe Lee Jameson, of the South =
western asylum, has returned from [
Waco. He says all Waco is coming. S
The Neeley zouaves will arrive o. t
nights Seventeen young IA c
dies accompany them. If
The championship cup is on exhibit {
ton in Wolff & Marks window.
The drin association held a final h
meeting last night. Details composed
the business of the meeting. III
Complimentary tickets were issued
Ham p. Bee and Col. Rip FoaId.
Resolutions of thanks to the city {;
council, mayor and street compassion
er, for fixing streets out toward the
drill grounds, were unanimously adop-
ted.
All delivery wagons mus enter the
gates before ga. m. daily. After that
hour admission will be charged them.
A petition is being circulated among
the business men of the city asking the
drill management to accord the .citi-
zens at least one grand street parade
during the drill.
The sum of $525 vas placed in To-
cal pool room yesterday by st. Paul
parties, on their crack company.
Wolff & Marx and Joske Brothers
have the prettiest and most complete
decorations to date.
Next Saturday night the Daughters
of the Texas Republic will have re-
freshment tables on Alamo plaza, each
table to represent one Of the Texas
heroes, Milan, Travis, Crockett, Bow
lie, Austin, DeZavala, and, others, pre-
sided over by their direct descendants
and the ladies of the city.
Max Blum received a letter from
Albert Schatzlxy. of Luling, formerly Of
of this place, who is member of the
Lipscomb rifles of that place, stating
that his company would arrive to-
morrow bringing a number of young |
ladies with them,
Mayor Callaghan has not yet COM
pleted his staff of honor for the drill, A
partial lists shows Mr.. ]. n. Ronse, |
chairman, and Messrs. H. d. Kamp-
mann, Frank Grice, Otto Wahrmund, |
T. B. Johnson, Frank Arnold, r. Hahn |
schke, Albert Stoves, f. j. Beitel, Ed. |
Stoves, A. B. Critzer. l.. p. Peck, Emil
Frank, H. Staacke. T. c. Frost, Otto
Guenther. The full list will be COM
pleted tomorrow.
Mrs. A. Goldstein and children re-
turn tomorrow morning from Gaines
Vile, Tex, where they have spent sew
eral weeks with relatives. They will
be accompanied by Misses Pearl and
Rhea Melasky, who are coming to at
tend the drill and visit their uncle, Mr..
A. Goldstein.