San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-21
A FAMOUS COMPANY.
D, OF THE 22ED INFANTRY MADE A
REMARKABLE FORCED MARCH.
Fort Sam Houston News Items-Base
Ball Yesterday Gossip And Local
Hits Of General Interest

Omaha. Neb.. June Accompany d
of the Twenty-second infantry, stat
toned at Fort Crook. this city, which
is now worked up over the recent trou-
Bile between the captain of the COM
pany and five privates who were SEN
fenced to the guardhouse for mutiny
for refusing to clean his house. lis the
company which meaA the famous fore
ed march to relieve a troop of cavalry
in danger in 1881. % Y
The company was then under the
command Of the present captain, Bal
lance, who was then lieutenant. In
general orders from the War depart
ment, No. 100. A. G. o., series of 1891,
Major General Schofield commends this
company very highly, officers and men.
for their bravery. calling 1T ESPECIAL
meritorious act Continuing, q he
commends them; for energy and forth
tude in forced march of 1l6 miles, OF
which sixty-three miles were made in
twenty mine hours, and fifteen minutes,
from Cannon Ball river, to New Eng
land City, N. D., part Of the time dur
ing a heavy snow storm, to relieve a
troop of cavalry reputed to be sur
rounded by hostile Sioux Indians in
the Cave hills Of North Dakota.
This is very enviable marching
record, in fact about the best ever
established in the army and caused
considerable comment at the time.
The outcome of the present difficulty
between Captain Balance and the men
Is being watched with interest by army
men all over the country as 1t involves
a question all would like TO see decid-
ed whether an officer has a right to
use private as a servant.
The wife of Private VIM. Smell, of
the band, died Saturday morning at
10 o'clock and was inferred yesterday
from her late residence on Thirteenth
street in the rear of the post. Mr..
Smells many friends deeply sympathise
with him in his hour of bereavement.
JosephE. Laib, late corporal of COM
pany c.. Eighteenth infantry, is engag-
ed in an organ factory at Monroeville,
Ohio, as cabinet maker. His friends
wish. him every success in his civilian
life.
Private Carl F. Baumgardner, who
enlisted Saturday for the cavalry has
been assigned to E troop.
Private Joseph ]. Dalton, who had
been assigned to troop d. OF the Fifth
was yesterday assigned TO troop K,
Fifth cavalry, there being vacancy
for trumpeter in that troop and Dali
| ton desiring that position.
Private Green E. Tarr, of company
A. Eighteenth infantry who has been
so low in the post hospital with typhoid
fever, succumbed to the inevitable yes
terday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock and
his soul took its flight from this world
forever to a fairer and brighter one
above, where sorrow and suffering will
be known no more to him. The fun
eral will take place this afternoon at
4 o'clock, .interment in the National
cemetery, with military honors,
A game of baseball took place on the
upper parade grounds yesterday morn
ing between a nine of the Eighteenth
infantry and a picked outside nine,
which resulted in a victory for the out
siders by score of 30 to IL.
Simon Pendleton's Government Hill
Reds wiped up the earth with the
Jokers in a game of ball on the upper
parade yesterday afternoon, the final
score being q to 8. 1t was witnessed
by large number of the garrison, es-
pecially the artillery boys, whose front
gallery forms an excellent grand stand
from which to view a game of ball
kid" Pendleton and Strake, two of
G. compsny's nimrods are encamped
ON the Guadalupe, enjoying three
months commune with nature and in
eidently with red bugs, 9r
The athletic club of company c,
Eighteenth infantry, can be found
daily on the road east of the post lead
ing to the Salado, busily engaged in
training for the coming athletic con-
tests on July 8, They are working UNI
der the Instructions of Prof. Fenton,
and intend to be heard from at the
right time.
A board of officers consisting of Capt,
Warwick, of the Eighteenth infantry,
Lieut. Cornish, of the Fifth cavalry,
and Lieut.. Smith; of the First artillery,
has been called to meet and investi-
gate into the charges of desertion
against Private Mccarthy, of troop K,
Fifth cavalry a 7ssf .szs.,ls.
Trumpeter Whitman, of company B,
did his first guard duty at this post
yesterday, having just recently enlist
ed in the Eighteenth infantry: He for
merly served in the cavalry as trum-
peter. --e'
Infantry parade takes place on the
upper ground at 7:15 this evening.