The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-12

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Lieutenant Raysor got the company to-
gether and marched II up 10 headquarters,
where three cheers were given In honor
OF the visitors. Mr.. Brown was then called
on for u speech and responded in par
| ticularly happy manner, several well de-
served compliments being pald the com
pany. Mr.. Brown then said he was going
TO make speech, the only one he knew,
He thought IL was good one and he also
thought that he could ace its sentiment
reflected in the faces before him.
With these few remarks the speaker drew
n small edition Of cold Glory out OF his
| pocket and waved Il around his head with
| the result that the soldiers In front OF
him broke into prolonged cheers. The in
cident WAS one which showed coneusively
how tho boys felt regarding the flag they
had during the forenoon sworn to fight for
| and protect.
Tho visitors were escorted to the train
| by the entire company and another cheer
was given as the departure was made.
Tho order OF duty In the First cavalry
will be rs follows until further notice;
Revellle. 30 a. IN.
Assembly. bl5 n m.
| Breakfast Immediately after reveille.
! Stables, FIRST call $3.50 A. IN.
Drill. FIRST call 8 a. m; recall, $3.50 H..
| m.
| FIRST BergoaniS call, 1l:oO a. m.
Dinner call, II IN.
| Drill call 80 o. m, recall. 3 p. III.
Stable call. 1870 u. M
| Hetreat, sunset
Supper Immediately after retreat
| Tattoo. Q p. m.
| Taps. 1890 p, m
Calls will be sounded by the orderly
trnmpeter from rcgimental headquarters
| The following non commissioned officers
have been appointed by Captain West of
| the Fort Worth cavalry company:
j. NJ Trimbe first sergeant C. s. Ho-
| len, first duty sergeant, p. Stark. second
| duty sergeant; NJ Moore, third duty SER
| geant
| The following were appointed to act as
lance officers until further orders:
| j. w. Allen, fourth duty sergeant j
II. Ayers, iifth duty sergeant; j G. Wall
| first duty corporal; D. Norris. second
duty corporal; D. W. Kyle, third duty
corporal j. w. Hargrove fourth duty
corporal; w A. Owens, nth duty cor
poMl @. c. Dunwoody sixth duty cor
| poral; n. T. Hughes, seventh duty cor
rorai; W. I. Agnew, eighth duty corporal
| y. j. Shea company clerk,
Adjutant General Wozencraft has or
eered the following detachmcnts to re-
port here at onco for examination and
der command Of w. 4. Hunt: ten at Terrell
under command OF Tom Bcauchamp; TWEEN
| ty-nvc at Templs under command or Gnbe
Cazell' seyonty-nvc at Fort Worth under
command of John Ehmuus. ten ut Gal
weston and twenty at Houston under COM
mand OF Neal Chapman.
The requisitlon made some time ago upon
the war department by the adiutant gem
eral for arms and equipments has not yet
been honorod
NOTES.
Thsfts OF clothing, money ANA valuables
occur almost nightly and as a result a
strict watch is being made by the sentinels
on duty AZ night
| Forty-one members Of the Lipscomh
| Rites have presented Captain Weary with
Il handsome silver drinking cup inscribed
ns follows: presented to Capt. j. l.. Weary
, by II members OF L.. H."
| Yesterdays bright sunshine soon drove
away tho dampness which resulted from
the rains during the early part OF the week
The guard tents of the First regiment
have been put up near the International
and Great Northern track on the east side
OF tho camp.
OF the Irrelevant Rifles, is In the city for
I few days.
None hf the field officers, with the pos
sihlo exception OF those detailed from the
I regular army, will be mustered In until
| sucn time "a the regiment to witch thcy
arc attached has heen taken into the serv-
| ice. Colonel Mahry stated yesterday that
: he would not assume command until both
Y the entire regiment and himself were mus
I tered In. He Is In camp almost every ar
/ ternocn, but so FAR has rot appeared IN
4 uniform,
! The san Antonio cavalry troop is cx-
/ pee,ea to arrive tomorrow morning. The
troop will come by rail- the project to ride
overland having been abandoned
loag distance to ephone has bean placed
in the tpmmissary department and has
provod Of great value TO the soliiesa.
One OF the privatcs IN the la Grange
Light Guard, Captain Willirch's command,
was rejected by the examiners on accoInt
or deafness He wrote 10 tho folks al home
as follows' Il am lett here because OF my
left ear"
Among the recruits who arrived from
Houston this morning We're Il X Hum
phrey, Tom hughes and Edgar Martin all
compositors on The Post. They are all II.
good spirits and their patriotism Is UNI
bounded
y hody or recruits To the number OF
ahont nifty arrived Ia cAmn from Hons on
this morning, having been escorted from
lustin by Sergeant Frymier and Corporal
noits Of the Houston Light Guard They
distributed themselves among the various
companies In the First regiment who wsrs
In need % recruits,
Corporal W. l.. Dennis OF the Houst N
Llght Guard went before the examiners 10,
the second time today and was favorab y
passed on
Senior Major nwyer OF the First was
musserei In by Lieutenant Elliott yesler-