The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-22

loving assistance he would never succeed
able the object he aims al Afiar bartuv
peen ssown the interest taken in IN. uari
70 "nieh we are going forward Nv the wo.
'"en VI the land, we can not fail 1, win y
no tue pine trees and piairiss OF Louis
lana ry past the car window like Manor
anna ana one looks at them and reflect,
on the mission on which the flower ~
Iexas young manhood is guing fearless,v
ana steadily forward, the train OF tho leht
resulting is an interesting one. one en-
49, out unayailing, to brush aside
the clouds obscuring the future ana hv
20 doing learn what destiny has in sto q
LOT tne brave men who 50 Willingly yolun
.eeIeu TO hight for their country. her fiac
..1d ner bonor ara who, before TN a reachss
tue eyes OF their dear onss in the grsat
Lone Star State. will be in oslnp within
a comparatively short distance of the
scene OF the hutcheries and inhuman
crueities which were potent factors in
SStinshg about tbs present conflict with
Spain. From there they are ready and
wiliipg-aye, even eager--to hurl this m .
serves INTO the thickest OF the fray as soon
as 'hey are armed and equipped
Ahu II tbey 10, how many will come
pack? How many will survive the dreaded
yellow fever Of the tropical island and tn ,
sung OF the treacherous Spanish bullet,
anu return 10 their homes and their loy vel
ones' covered with glory and filled With the
consciousness OF work well donor How
insny OF the fond hopes and sweet deslr ,
called into play by the sad PARTING with
mother. father, sister, sweetheart wifi ever
pe reaiized? How many Of the passionate
vows spoken when the last farewell was
said when the last kiss pressed on willlna
lips ami the last look Of love exchanged
now many of these will be kent While the
| soldier is away at the front, hundreds of
ihiies away from the girl who made them
These, and many more questions M
through the mind of the soldier as the
pine trees and the prairies and the rice
heids OF old Louisiana are passed. He
'ooks, but looks in vain, for answers: al
though the anvil salutes and the cheers
OF the people greet him as he passes, he
mas that he still has too much time for
dreaming.
The Pullman car which forms a portion
OF this train has been frightened and en-
iivened during the day by the presence Of
Mrs. George Willrich, the estimable wife
VI Wy Ndpldiu Vi the La TRANCE Light
Guard. She will accompany her husband as
far as possible on his journey toward the
front, and he. in common with the other
officers who have the same blessed privi-
lege, are, therefore, happy.
In addition to Captain and Mrs. Wilrich
the car contains Major Dwyer in command
of the battalion; Captain It. H. franklin
and bleutenants O. c. Drew and Ivan
Murchison OF the Emmett Rifles Captain
j. l.. Weary and Lieuteuants S. c.. Orchard
and j. W. Rainbolt of the Lipsoomb Rifles.
Captain Hernandez and Lieutenants Ga
zell and Half of the San Antonio zouaves,
l-ieutenants Moore and Knoll of the La
Grange Light Guard, Assistant Kegimental
Surgeon w. Cannon and The Post spe
cial correspondent
The news conveyed In announcement
in The Post of this morning regarding the
name to be applied TO the Texas volun-
teer troops and the collar declaration TO be
worn by the officers has not been met
with a great deal OF satisfaction by the
soldiers. 1nasmueh as 1t appears tn 1T there
is to be anything in the title to designate
the State from which the troops come, it
seems that the volunteer regiments will
simply be tackled on to the end of the
regular army, so far as numbers are con-
cerned. Thus the First regiment, Texas
volunteer infantry. promises to become
the Sixty-frst or Sixty-s something else
infantry, United States volunteers.