The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
FOURTH TEXAS INFANTRY.
"s' sunday 10 San Antonio Mas
Made Sad Oae BY
'bf DtAlH OF EUGENE P. MlNTEP.
sun Hard at Work Gctt,ry ,,
camp Into Conditiop-Per-
sonal Mention.
Especial Correspondence 81 r,o po..

Va N'hP Mosby. San Antonio. Texas oct.
'-Ihe first Sunday spent in :,
'h'oalo by tAe Fourth was sadiene1 :,
" ~ membership by the death of ono
n 'heir comrades. So suddenly ala mo Gel,
k ,sSenser appear that just the morn,n
= D''ors his unsuspectins victim, in usu,
so0u health, responded to roll Gail n,
t Nv one dreamed that death hoverea =.
= "sey over Their ranks. The decnase
"S eugene r. Miater of company NJ n
= ''"'Piained OF a bowel trouble Sasn,d,
q evening and while no one tbous,, h,
Ease serious he died early next morning 4,
i''' sam Houston, where company NJ +,
que''ered' He was q years old and wei
,'"e" by all Sunday night Corporal Cor
oon and Private Watson left with tho "a
mains ioF Abilene, where their unfortunat,
souhs comraae resided before enlixiins
"-d "here his family is one OF the mos,
prominent of the section.
ms boys OF the Fourth are sim har,
at work getting Camp Mosby in good
Saape for ther comfortable abode. Tho
ualiy routine OF military duties are benr
/ GRADUALLY resumed each day and soon tbs
even tenor OF life at Camp Tom Ban W II
home. "''e "a ''S new
r. NJ. Smith, company II. is on spec,,,
uuty this week at the Young Mems Chi
Tan Association tent.
Inc band boys have organized a mes,
VI tneir own here instead OF SCATTERING out
among their respective companies as thev
dld at Houston
t.rst Sergeant r. w Burrage Of COM
in Mckinney us
somewhat OF a romance was conuects1
Win Corporal Rickerson's visit AT home
rue day before he had 10 leave home In
oruer TO report 10 his command hef,re
Vhe expiration of his furlough he was mar
l4ed 10 Miss Minnie Dickerson of piano
me Young corporal drove his bride TO Me-
hihhey In buggy. a distance of sixteen
.nIpS, Where Kew Il. e. King former
well known San Antonio pastor solemn. |
ized the nuptial rites. The ceremony was
performed In the street without the bridal |
h'iT os'hg even required TO alght from the
Nehleie after which the soldier groom
a''lfel IN an army regulation uniform for
a wedding suit, proudly returned 10 his
nome with his pretty bride and departed
at once TO resume military duties with The
Fourth. Both the contracting parties ara
members of WE'LL do and respected fam
ilies of Collin county,
Hon Tom Andrews OF San Antonio is a
tluel, VISITOR OF company c, Collin
'"aiHs' SINCE the regiment came
n.le' Gr' Andrews Is native of McKi1-
NY where ne resided until year aga
.nu IL son OF the late Judge W. II
Andrews of that city.
bd'e Gay oil company ID, whose homo
IS at Waxahachie, is a nephew of POST
master Clifford OF San Antonio
MaH leaves the reg mental postoffice
IL camp Mosby at s;3O r. M p. m. ard
40 p m Msil arrives twice daily. al
Wv Wv a. m. ana o:3o D. m Postmaster I.
1hiioiu VIII give the Fourth special ac-
ommonatlons' we understand, In the near
uture,
Musician Hackett, who received an hon
raole discharge sunday, intends remain !
With the regiment for some time yet
uiiiilihg his customary dulles In the band ,
ma prtsldlns over his barber cnar in reg- :,
mental headquarters between times.
frlNate sydney Negbaur dined his youay :
fother last evening at supper in company -
IS mess she'd which was the first meal y
ne two brothers had eaten toge. her in SIX :
ears just before their separation thelr =
ONE was broken up by the death OF their
lother. Since the soldier brother has re- Z.
ded IN Plano while the younger brother i,
anne with the father to San Antonio. their -
'espyI nome. Their meeting was indeed u
happy event to both. "
The clothing schedules OF all the com \
ines were closed by Quartermaster Cro,ty a.
the ISL tne beginning of a new fiscal -
e quarterly abstracts and forward to the a.
oper Officials, The constant issuance of "
VI nsis OF clothing to individuals re- !,
sereeanr Wnr,i1o,,au 1 C
i hlckerson' both OF Plano, and Private "
W. H. Brown OF Howe reiolnei their q,
mraasS OF company yesterday after
enu'ns snort Iu'loueh win friends 50
pointed CORE spoud ,,yg secretary IN Ouar -
los,o 49, Cno.,s 'Isru.e'! 70 quar-