The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28
ENCAMPMENT AT AN END.
As a Camp of instruction II Has
Been an Unqualified Success.
THE BOYS HAVE BEEN MUCH BENEFITED
A West Pointer Discovered Tent Which
Was Used Last Year by the
Military Academy Cadets.

! Camp Mabry, Texas, July 27.-The en-
campment is now a thing Of the past. and
| by daylight tomorrow morning every sol
! dler will he on his way home.
So far as camp Of instruction Is con
cerned, it surpassed anything the volun-
teer guard ever had, and the United States
! army officers who were detailed to as
slst the troops say the Texas volunteers
! are away ahead of/anythlng they ever
saw. The encampment was a grand sue
cess from the start, and the troops who
attended were the most orderly of any
who ever visited Austin In the past
It was a good thug for the guard In
every sense Of the word, and the officers
now have a knowledge OF war which would
| be Of great benefit to them should they
ever be called on TO serve their country.
OF course the soldiers have been hard at
work all week, discharging the many duties
of soldier, but every spare minute was
enjoyed for all 1t was worth, and MS gen
eral rule they had a good time and IA
pleasant Sojourn while In camp.
rhc officers had their shire Of work and
| trouble bnt they conducted themselves as
heroes and were always ready to look AFTER
the many tasks which were assigned to
them. The guard MS whole is ably Off
cered, aud the men are the best to be
found anywhere.
Acting Lieutenant Quinn Gray, adJutant
to Major Harry p. Jourdan OF the Second
is twoyear cadet at the United States
military academy, West Point and is
home on furlough. He lives Mt Waco
and was appointed from Texas. Lleutcn-
ant Gray makes an ideal military man
and shows the effects of his magnificent
training at the academy. He is popular
and renders much assistance to the officers
and men In the Second. Lieutenant Gray
has just made most peculiar find in the
way of Il tent which is occupied by an
officer in the Second regiment not great
distance from his own. The tent in Ques
zion furnishes remarkable coincidence.
IL was used last su inner mt the cncdmp
rent Of the West Point cadets near tie
academy. The Identification is complete,
as, II consists of the, class crest, ARTIST.
the tent, Ii was occupied by two ~ hts
classmates and he was a witness to tire
s beautiful in design, showing 1903 in
the center, it being their graduation year.
Above the shield is Camp Wansboro,'
and below Is ~. $, NJ. A." and Bunker
and Butler" The camp derived its name
from lieutenant who lost his life In the
| hillppines. The academy monogram is
apparent in the ~. 5. NJ. A" aud Buck
er and Butler were The names of the
| cadets occupying the tent. Tie former is
! from MASSACHUSETTS, and the l1lter from
! oregon. Bunker, in addition to being a
/ athlete Mt the academy, is an expert
l,dtutg htsm0n aud II was his work in pllc-
Ing the class crest in the tent The px-
PLANTATION of the tents presence in Texas
I Is due 10 the fact that the old white
| tents have been turned in and the academy
issued the khaki tents, of which there
are several In camp The old white tents
| were. ressued TO several states, includ-
ing Texas.
| Private Preston Blocker of the Rudd
Rifles, Marshall, died at noon today In the
/ city hospital Of pneumonia. He was taken
/ sick when the company first arrived at
| Camp Mabry, last Friday week and was
! sent to the hospital last Monday. His
/ remains were shipped to his home tonight.
! Rev Walter L. Smith, chaplain of the Sec.
| ond, conducted the funeral.
Major General Openhelmer stated this
! afternoon that his resignation would ac-
/ company his official report on the encamp-
/ ment He will resign regardless of the
/ numerously signed petition.
! 9he Houston Light Guard and the Hous
| ton cavalry company left FOR home tonight
| at 9:45 O'clock. All of the compau'r, ex-
| copt hye VIII be out Of camp by daylight.