The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17

to get within speaking distance of them,
TO say nsthing o. the awful fate awaiting |
the private who dares TO trspass on The /
satrSc privacy OF a superior officer. not \
withstanting the fact that before comins
10 Camp Mabry the two might have bscn |
excellent friends and the former might |
nave helped the latter to get his commits /
sion. Military discipline Is an excellent |
thing, but there is possibility Of its be- I
ing carried too far in volunteer orran@a-
ton.
For the purpose Of showing the friends |
and relatives left behind by the newly !
made soldiers that there is plenty Of work |
at Camp Mabry TO keep its occupants out |
OF mischief, review of the daily routine |
of duties might not be out of place. To
begin with. reveille is sounded at the I'M
earthly hour OF $40 a. M. and every ran |
must arise frcm the pallet on which lie
has spent the night and get reily for
the breakfast call. which comes 1t $50.
Guard mount is held at 6;4o and an bour
later the drill call sounds and tha men ate
taken out on the field for two hours steady
work. Between the hours OF 10 30 and
1850 a. IN. line officers are given instruu-
tons by their respective battalion tnm-
manders and at 1916 dinner is served.
After the msal is finished the men have q
| Tow minutes to spare before again feing
! taken out at $3.50 TO drill until $40 Sup
per is eaten at and fifty minutes later
| retreat is sounded. The call to quarters
comes at i0;i5 and at IL taps are sounded.
During the first few days of camp life the
| men showed disposition TO Keep late
| hours, but row most of them are in their
| tents and asleep when the notes OF taps
| float out through the night air from nri'
| gade headquarters. The time not otherwise
taken up is used TO good advantage In po-
| Icing the quarters and getting everything
| in presentabe shape. The non-comfnis-
| stoned officers are instructed between the
| hours of ? and p. m. and they, too, Mud
! plenty to do.
1t viii thus be seen that there is great
| deal of work to do. and 1t must be done.
| The rations served, descriptions of which
have already appeared In The Post, are
| hardly up to the standard of what the men
We're used TO at home and the bacon aud
| coffee served them form another fruitful
| source Of kicks at the hard lot of a soldier.
Daily passes to leave camp can be issued
by company commanders only between the
hours of 10 a. m. and p. m. At any t'ler
tina leaves of absence must be presented
at regimental headquarters and to he cor
sidered by the resimental commander must
be approved by the company and battalion
commander Of the applicant Altogether the
camp routine is very monotonous aGd TO
most of the new recruits, very irksome.
PRESENTATIONS OF pht'ie ilass are ii" ,ne
rage at Camp Mahry and those companies
which nave NOT so ier pee" p'oNiueu VIZ"
banner of some kind are feeling very bad
ly indeed. The latest addition TO the col
iec''on VI H'""'"iue "n''A i'' !" ~ "
'roi'i 'he company he"ua""' Veis oi 'ne "'
iereh' resiiheh.s Is p'"''''u' sun oU'''oN
Vi Oiu HNiS' WITCH We 80 ~ w.,
} laulolc young iaples w Ia Hranse "ua
fieseh,eu 10 ,ne Ia ISL -
y,N'eiu"s w "pp p." -. -, .a,.a.',,,
} AMONG the nome ioiN WIZ VIZ p,,S' y,
to assist in the presentation were ~,
aeillgi AisX Won h.ssnpeis, Lou,s nr,h,,,
george Mauei Aiire" l'e','NV, 80
fresn, ia stuueIl1Ll ~ o. ~ mus
u n Mvoiure' n"'s'Vn ~"u -
TRANCE Mr. anu mis-. W. i" Va ,,,,1
Mckinney, MISS sioule rta,loiius, m s,ts.
% n.nd ' 49, ME- ijIiie stmdemann Mis-,
Mlnette Teichmueller. Mr.. and Mrs. II, c
Schumacher. Miss Delphine Byrncs, Mis-
Lena Ledbetter Miss Annie Ledbetter MISS
Ethel Carhart. Mis-. Fl. Loessin' MISS lizzlt
Schroeder, oil La MANY Mrs. D. n Mus
of Egin Miss Louise Boltz' san Antonio
Miss julia Schumacher OF La Grange anl
: Nrs' Ehaers oi hisih'
Lieutenant Colonel hichard Cooke OF inc
Third infantry was field officer OF the
a., ,odav ord wos assisted in the duty o
u"' '."' " 49,, ,oi,on,,r,
u'so'p'iA'"e '' -.
staff: First infantry: Captain George
Mccormick, Company A, regimental office
=, ,Sa aov. 1,ontenant wright. compan,
VI 'n' IVY $50, ,, sa,o,,
l., iegimentai oiiicer OF the suaiu' eee'A'
infantry: Captain G. G. Bierbower, Com
! pany A, regimental officer of the day
Lieutenant kirkland, Company X, regimen
tai officer of the guard Third infantry
Lieutenant Joseph Broger, Company u
regimental officer of the day Leutenan
II. NJ Simmons, Company II. regimen'a
4 officer of the guard. First cavalry; zap
Y tain A. S, Fisher, Troop Il. resimentai OF
/ ficer of the day; Lieutenant w. f. Permit
:, Troop G, regimental officer OF the guard
r Following is the roster of Company
g First Texas volunteer infantry, as mustere