The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-10
SONS OF THE LONE STAR STATE
TEXAS IS WELL REPRESENTED IN
THE SEVENTH CORPS.

THE SEVENTH CORPS.
first Texas Regiment Came From
the Southern section of the state.
but Few Typical Texans in the
Comlnand-Many of the Men From
Along the Rio Grnnde Speak Span
iSh-TwO Mexicans Are in the ReGl-
ment-Three Crack Companies OF
the volunteer Guards of Texas Arc
i'm the Command.
The Lone Star Stale is represented in the
Seventh corps by a fine body of men, The
First Texas comes from the Southern part
Of the state. No city furnished more than
two companies, though both Houston and
san Antonio supplied that number. The
rest of the companies are. from other
places, among them Galveston, Corpus
Christi. La Grange, Milan, Marble Falls
and Austin Several of these cities sent
more than one company, but they went
into the other regiments.
There are but few men in the regiment
who bear a resemblance to the type that
IS popularity supposed to be that of the
true Texan. The command does not come
from that section of the state where this
| type is most commonly met with. There
are, however, a number of men from along
the Rio Grande who speak Spanish as well
as they do their native tongue, and In the
regiment there are two Mexicans. These
| descendants of the old Spanish stock or
the conquerors have their sympathies
with the United States, and they were
not at ali averse to entering the strug-
gle against Spain
Texas supplied six regiments as her
quota of the Presidents calls. OF these,
four were infantry, one was cavalry and
| another was made up of immunes, or sup
posedly So The regiment of immunes. the
First, is not listed as from Texas, though
properly ii is from that state, having been
recruited almost entirely from within its
borders in much the same way as the
Third Immunes were raised in Georgia.
The First Texas was mustered into the
service at Austin on May u. The COM
panies began arriving at that place sew
eral days before that time, one or two
of them having gotten in and been in
! readiness for muster-in ten days before.
| On May 20 the command left for Mobile.
| 1t remained in camp near that place for
a month and then went to Miami. 1t was
at Miami that the regiment was trans
| felred from the Fourth to the Seventh
corps. About Aug. s the regiment left Mi
ami for Jacksonville.
OF all the camps they have had the
members of the First Texas like that they
have on Dale avenue the best. They are
| enjoying their stay in Savannah, and are
| finding 1t more delightful than that they
made at any of the other places they have
been encamped. They find the site here
and the provisions that have been made
for them in every way more advantageous
| than at other places they have been.
| Among the companies of the Texas reg
| iment are three that are not without hon.
or. The most famous of the three are the
| Houston Light Guards. For a number of
| years this company was regarded as the
| finest in the country. 1t won more prizes
| at drill contests and had more fame than
| any other in America. Its record during
| the years there were many OF these
| drills was $4,000 In prizes. Another cele-
brated company is the Belknaps of San
| Antonio. The Belknaps have also won
| many prizes. and stand next to the Light
| Guards in Texas. The San Antonio Zou-
! ayes are also a crack company that en-
| tered the service with the regiment. The
|
| they could so over twenty-foot wall
in their drill
| There was not a very large percentage
| of the enlisted men of the Volunteer
| Guards of Texas that volunteered when
| the call to arms was made. An officer
said last night that there were about 20
| per cent. of the men who entered the
army. In this respect the Texans were
/ like the soldiers of most OF the other
| Southern states. in which the call was
| not considered as having been directed to
! the members of the organized militia of
| the states.
| Col. W. II. Mabry is in command of the
| First Texas. His home is at Austin, and
| he was adjutant general OF the Volunteer
| Guards of the state before he entered the
| service He has hesd this position for
| more than ten years.
| Lieut. Col. Charles Ct. Dryer is reg
ular army officer. who was appointed 70
| the regiment from his native state. His
| rank In the regular service is that Of first
lieutenant, and he is attao he'd to the Third
| Infantry. Al the time of his appointment
| to the position he now holds in the volun
| teer army he was military attache to the
| American legation at the City of Mexico
a post he had held for three years.
| Mai. Thomas Scurry of Dallas is In COM
| mand of the Second Battalion and Mai
Roger Roberdeau is in command of the
| Third. The adjutant of the regiment is
| First Lieutenant Oscar Lusk, and First
| Lieutenant Albert e. Devine is regimen
| tai quartermaster.t
| Mai. A. b. Kennedy Is reglmentaI sur
| geon. and his asst slant surgeon is Lieut.
! jackson. who was transferred from the
| Second Texas when it was mustered out
| Of the service a short time ago. The chap
| lain is Capt. Geor ge Sexton.
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