The age-herald., 1898-09-23
THERE ARE OTHERS
 DESIRING LIBERTY

MT. c. Arthur Williams, of the Houston Post, was in the city yesterday. MT. Williams was the special representative of that paper with two regiments from Texas at Mobile, Miami and Jacksonville. He did valuable service in getting the troops out of Miami and while he did not see any real service he had plenty of experience with camp life mosquftos, sand flies and other pestiferous attributes of Florida climate.
 In speaking of the Texas troops MT. Williams said that, according to his obser vations, the sentiment in the three regi- ments which will be retained in the service is largely in favor of being mustered out. The commands in question are the First, Third and Fourth infantry. The First, Colonel w. H. Mabry is at Fairfield park, Jacksonville the Third, Colonel R. P. Smyth, is at Fort Clark, Tex, and the Fourth, Colonel John c. Edwards, is at Camp Tom Ball, Houston. Of the other three regiments furnished by Texas, the Second, Colonel L. M. Openheimer, is en route to Dallas, where it will be mustered out; the First cavalry, Colonel Luther Hare, has already been furloughed, and only a remnant of the command remains at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, which has been its headquarters for some three months past; the First United States Vol unteer infantry, otherwise known as "The Galveston regiment" and "Riche's im- munes'' has also been furloughed and most of the men have taken advantage of the op portunity offered to visit their homes The commander of this regiment, which has been at Camp Hawley, Galveston, is c tain's commission in the engineering corps of the United States army. As has been the case with some of the other Texas regiments, and, for the matter of that, troops from all over the country, a strong effort has been made to secure the revoca- tion of the mastering out order and, accord ing to MT. Williams this effort may prove successful, notwithstanding the fact that the war department has announced that no more changes be made. The Post, the paper with which MT. Williams is con nected, has done considerable towards aid ing in securing discharges for men who are really deserving and in consequence is looked upon as a champion by the men in question.
 MT. Williams, accompanied Hon. John T. Browne, eX-mayor of Houston and Repre- sentative of Harris county, in the Twenty fifth legislature. MT. Browne went to Jack sonville in the interest of some of the mem- bers of the two Houston companies in the First TeXas-the Light Guard and the Elm met Rifies-who were desirous of leaving the service in order to take up their neg lected business interests at home. As result of his efforts combined with those of Hon. Thomas H. Ball. congressman from the First Texas district, who went to Washington for the same purpose some fif- teen men were discharged outright and transfers to the Second Texas were secured for nine others. Mr. Williams acted as MT. Browne's secretary during the time the lat ter was in Jacksonville.
 Ther are two companies from Houston the Houston Rifles and the Houston sPost Rihes-in Colonel Duncan N. Hoods regi- ment of immunes, now at Santiago. Infor- nation received from them, according to MT. Williams. is to the effect that they, | too, wish to leave the service now that | peace is assured. --