The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-12
Eauipmeuts Coming for the Texas
Regiments.
ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED
70 the Cali for Recruits to Fill Up
the Quota.
fHE THIRD TO BE THE PIKsr
Regiment 10 Move, IL Il Rumorcd
He5ected Recruits have Asnin En-
Hated and Been Accepted.

quartermaster at Camp Mabry. today re-
celved advlces to the effect that consgn-
ment Of equipments for the troops now
hers had been shipped. The equipment is
made Of 1000 campaign hats. 1000 leggings,
1000 ponchos. 1900 blouses. 100 axes and
pickaxes and fifty spades. The date OF the
arrival Of these supplies Is not known.
The present supply Of wall tents has
boon exhausted, but more are being made
and Will soon be here.
Lieutenant Colonel Stacy OF the First
regiment was mustered In this evening.
First Lieutenant D. c. Drew. Jr OF the
Emmett Rifles was this evening appointed
acting advance officer for the F'irst regi
pent.
Wallace a. Love has been made iirst
Dergeant OF the Emmett Rifles. vice William
Higgins, who declined to submit TO the
physical examination.
The manner In which the examinations
pro being conducted il shown by the TACT
hat some Of the rejected recruits have
unlisted in other companies, passed the
Examination and been mustered In.
A rumor Is current tonight that Colonel
Smythe's regiment. the Third, would be
the first to leave Camp Mabry and the com
panies la the First are considerably
wrought up In consequence.
Adjutant General Wozoncraft stated to
Tho Post correspondent tonight that In his
opinion a sufficient number OF recruits,
including those on their way here, had
been secured.
Out OF the forty eight recruits brought
up today from Houston by pr. Wallace
Shaw forty passed the examiners. among
them the three printers who came from
The Posts composing room.
or the three Houston companies Mt Camp
Mabry, the Light Guard and tho Emmets
have been mustered into the United States
service and tho Houston cavalry. having
been partially examined. VIII be ready for
Tho mastering officer tomorrow morning
This has been tho busiest day the camp
has seen since Its establishment The work
OF examining and mastering recruits was
carried rapidly forward and IL the pace set
today is maintained. all four of tho regl-
ments will be ready for equipment by Sat
urday or Sunday, Tho three regiments OF
infantry have NIL been examined and seven
companies OF the First. one of the Second
aud four of the Third have been mustered
in. Three troops OF cavalry have passed the
examiners and at least one Will be mus
tered tomorrow, unless something unex-
. tcSluu hHpptuS W prevent.
Tho Emmett Rifles took the oath which
made the organization part of the volun-
tcer army of the United States at 5;l5 this
afternoon eighty four men being in line.
a feature OF the ceremony which caused
Lieutenant Elliott TO compliment the com
mnnd was the fact that tho commissioned
officers wore their side arms and white
~ npa Ia th, H.gt 81 ~.
been done, although the army regulations
require It. AT the head of the company a.
II was marching down to Lieutenant El-
iiotts tent were Qnnrtcrmaster Sergeant
T. w. Cronan and Sergeant Pat Egan who
successfully passed the examination on go
ing before them u second time. They We're
both anxious to go and allowed nothing
10 stand In the way OF arriving AT the de-
sired end
The other companies of the First regi-
ment mustered In today were the Fannin
Guard of Bonham and the Governors
Euard OF Austin
In the Second tho Fort Worth fenclbles
took the oath ana in the Third the com
panies mustered in were the Lyons infantry
Of sherman and the Cleburnc Rifles
The losses by rejection In the Third were
GI,
out OF 81; company l. Boggess Volun-
teers OF st. Jo 26 out OF 81 company Al
Hillsboro Rifles. . out Of 81 company r.
San Angelo Rifles. ~ out OF So, company
G. HemIning Guard OF Gainesville. 9, out
o. So; thirty-six recruits for this company
arrived from Clehurnc today: company u.
beaumont Light Guard, IL out of
81; number of recruits Will
arrive from Beaumont tomorrow,
company II. Decatur Rifles. rs out OF
81; company A. Longyicw Rides % out OF
lo2, tho recruit lacking has boon seenrci
and The company is ready to muster. cou-
pany X, Denison Rifles 10 nut OF 81, com
pany +, Lyons Infantry. out of %.
The examination Of the Dallas cavalry
was completed late this evening eleven
being rejected out OF ninoty-three Thu
Houston and Austin troops were not M
ishoe
The matter OF the ultimate reception into
the United States army Of The commas inncti
officers rejected by the examiners now "a
work at Camp Mabry seems to be still In an
unsettled condition. Both capteins Me-
Atsoo and Roberdeau have been mustered
In. but at noon today II was stated that
Captain Hernandez OF the San Artonto
zorayss was turned down by the doctors,
Nfs,s*> 49, cSNh aNNti't>sr anu tlits LNElltEl
he would not b.. Several commissioned ot-
ficers Of the Second regiment we're also re-
jected yesterday, and they. TOO, are on the
anxious seat.
The following is the oath administered
a BY the mastering officer:
do noicmnis swear Cor affirm
that will bear true saith ani
allegiance To the united states
os America. and that with ~~rve
Nem honestly and fnithfuiiy
m Inst all their ensmicS wh"sss-
Qpeveri ana that win obey the
orders ns thu president OF the
Waited states. or the orders Of
the officrrs appointed ovcr rc,
scrnrdtr~ 70 the rules aud arti-
c1eS os war.
10 chances for the Second regiment los
nht1~~< Sslo- 49,,