The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-25
FOURTH TEXAS REGIMENT.
ray Da, Had a Bad Effect Upoo
Some of the Men.
NEW CLOTHING AND BLANKt rs lssuEI
FOUNDATIONS Made for Spending the
winter In Some Comfort-Ovcr-
coats Are ON the Way.s

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camp Mosby, San Antonio. Texas, octo-
per 2A,--The past seven days have been
interesting ones for the Fourth. During
,his time Major Foote visited Camp Mosby
win his money bags and distributed IN
ward OF $4,000 among the reglmeai I'm
meaaieiy after being paid. quite num-
ner OF the soldiers set out to see" san
antonio Some imbibed most too freely
and as a result disturbances were report
ed of such gravity as to cause the COM
manding officer of the regiment to send out
couple OF detachments OF fifteen m IN
eaeh TO reinforce the CITY police and round
up their boisterous comrades in blue.
Another noteworthy event was tho Sec
ond general issuance of clothing ana
eanipage to the whole regiment. Besides
the uniforms, which are the same quality
as the fiist issue in Houston last July, 1900
piahke's we're also distributed which could
not have reached the regiment at a more
opportune time The single blankets only
| winch most OF The soldiers possessed uni |
ms issue was made, were insufficient to
keep the boys comfortable these cool nights
Inc bright blaze OF the camp fire waS
hlndled for the first time In the Fourth's
history last week, and during the latter
part OF the nights and early MORNINGS are
| Kept burning in the various company
streets. In fact the regiment has the ap-
pearance now OF preparing 10 go Into per-
manent winter quarters az Camp Mosby
| me tents have all been shifted TO a south
'front.' With tent walls stoutly staked down
ana quite number planksi up VITA lum-
| Der; good floors have been pub in all OF
them. while the kitchens ~ been boxed
| In on all four sides and mess sheds more
comfortably arranged Bills of lading have
| been received for 1900 overccats which
/ were shipped from New York on the l9th
! inst.
| The Item In Saturdays Poat stating tnat
a new company would be recruited for the
Fourth caused considerable inseres, in
| Camp Moshy. The Item stated that Lieu
tenant Neal Of the Galveston immunes had
been invested with authority 60 raise the
company from the immunes as they we're
mustered CUT at Galveston
Captain James r. Rhea Of company c &
etiIl unable to return to his command. ow-
lug to i'll health. Frs, Lieutenant II =
Mcdonald Of the same company is also
SEX In the field hospital. having bee-
taken III after Second Lieutenant Provlae
| had let, on a business trip 10 his home =.
Mckinney. This leaves company c aish-
out "A commissioned officer IA camp 10
command, the frs, emergency o. me k.-3
TO arise In any company o. .he regimen:
! Second Lieutenant JOAN ". Clark Of CON-
| pany ID WAS designated by Co,opsl Hardy
! 10 take charge OF the company ua,ll the
recovery or return o; rs officers eli b.s
10 command.
Lieutenant Huteh!ns. the Foursh's pope
lar adju,aat. Is absent a his home IL
Houston for few days during Which ti-nc
First Battalion Adjutan. r y Stroud 5
acting in his stead Lieu;eua1s =
sewell OF company \ IS supplying Lleuts--
ant stroud's place as adiutani Of Toe frs
battalion.
The news OF Colonel viii Lamacr;'s
death caused ihrill oi genuine sorrow 10
throb through the hears OF aImos; every
member OF the Fourth regimen, from the
lowest private TO the h.gaesi ostcer "a
command. As The Pos.'s correspondent
with the reg ment for the frs; few weeks
OF is career Colonel Lnmbgrt endeAge1
himself 10 all by his cordial, hale and well-
mer disposition and popularlZed himself 10
a degree that few men are ioriuaa.s Z
enough 10 win during iifetline's aSsoela- {
don
Private Arch Fordyce of company Is
on de ,ached service as clerk In the quar-
termas;er's office at Fort Sam HogS.ol
Captain Shelton F. Lsake OF company Z
has a few days leave of absence. whi,h he
as putting in recreatiag With friends In Tie
vicinity of San Antonio.
Hospital Steward McKinstry reports
about f!fty-five patients in his institution.
No serious cases are among the number.
yellow jaundice Is the most common COM
plant now in the regiment.
Rev. Hanson OF the Free Methodist
church is conducting nesting with sue
cess in the big Young Meas Chrlstia As
sociaiol tent. The chaplain preached 4
The morning service yesterday and the sal
vat'on Army held forth at o'clock In the
afternoon.
Private ~, e. Willis of company |. left
for his home at Franklin, Texas
,n twenty days furlough.
Captain semmes W. Parish OF company
. Is confined in the hospital with sickness. .
.leutcnant Mcdonald is commanding the
ompsny. ,
FRS, Sergeant James e Butler OF COM i
,any II is visiting friends at Dallas. Dur ,
ng his leave OF absence Sergeant Milton
Newman Is dscharging the arduous du es
u first sergeant in his stead.
Captain Hiram G. Baker of company G
S at home a, Weatherfori on leave Of =
bsence. :
Private R. r, Bell OF company n WA -
allied 10 Hewitt Texas. Saturday by tho
efious Illness OF his mother. -
Lieutenant Jack Crotty is in Austin on a =
ew days vis! to his family. During his "a
bsence Lieutenant c. &, Roberts OF COM !,
amy E is acting resimental quar;ermss- I
err. =,
Regimental Clerk n. D. Oates mas re-
urned from visit 10 his invalid fatHeF IA
: Mckinney. r.
Lieutenant C. f. Rsgland is commanding is
ompany II during the leave OF absence OF b
sp,ain a. r. Sholars. who is ''rusticsung" c,
18th Uvalde friends.
Lieutenant c. G. Cook of company II aud
i!utant OF tho Second battalion. Is as
Is ans surgeon at the HOSPITAL for lev
ays, -
Major Allyn Buell. OF the Third battalion y
as returned from a brief vacation spent "a
his hoSa In Abilene al
PRIVATE James Lee OF company II Is on al
visit 10 his home In Galveston.
Colonel f. II. Hathaway. quar,ermastsr
specttng officer, with headquarters al u
hllade ph.a, arrived in san Anoaio Sat- pu
day He Is on an official TOUR Inspecting ey
e various qua-termaster iepartne cts o, -