Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07

training His brother. James NJ. Howard,
came to Texas in the year 1887 and in 1893
he accompanied his mother to the then re-
public of Texas; coming direct from ST.
Marks, Fla, to Velasco, mouth of the
Brazos, and living in Brazoria county six
years, and then moving to Fort Bend
county. At that time he was only youth.
but went with Judge Edwin Waller up tho
Colorado river to the site to be Austin City.
the future capital of Texas. In the same
year, 1899. he was member of Capt. John
ellis company in an expedition up the Bra
EOS river against the Indians Col. Mel,
comm nding the troops had skirmish fights
up to Waco village.
Mexicans Invade Texas.
In the spring of 1912 the Mexican Cen
eral Vasquez, with 900 men, invaded west
ern Texas He joined Col. William H.
Jacks command, and forced marches were
made to the west.
vaded by Gen. Adrian Vol with about
2.CO0 well-appointed troops. President
Houston gave Howard the commission of
major, with orders to raise a battalion of
men to repel this invasion. Maj. Howard
served a member of the state legiS-
lature from 1851 to 1854 He sent
one Of the state delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention held at Balti-
General and Senator T. ]. Rusk, was made
chairman of the Texas delegation and
cast the vote in forty-seven ballots for
Gen. Houston and the forty-eighth ballot
for Gen. Frank Pierce, the nominee for
President.
In the winter of 1852 Maj. Howard was
united In marriage with Miss Sue Price,
daughter of DR.. John Price of Galveston.
At the breaking out Of the late civil war
he raised at Galveston company of men
and captured the United States cutter
Dodge. When Gen. Van Dorm came from
New Orleans to Galveston. May. 1861 on
the steamer Rusk, Capt. Leon Smith COM
handing, Maj. Howard with his company
went on the Rusk with Gen. Van Dorm
down west and captured the far-famed
steamer the Star of the West, this being
the first capture made on the high seas at
the beginning of the war. When Gen.
E. B. Nichols raised regiment of three
months service men Maj. Howard was
elected lieutenant colonel. In 1852 he was
appointed brigadier general Of state troops
by Gov F. r. Lubbock, with the COM
mand of all state troops on the coast coun-
ties from the BraZos to the Sabine river.
Under Gen. Magruder.
He was under General Magruder January
I, 1868, In the battle of Galveston, when
the steamer Harriet Lane and the Forty
second regiment of Massachusetts was cap
tured, the steamer Westfeld with Commo-
dor Renshaw blown up. Captain VAIN
wright Of the Harriet Lane was killed,
also Lieutenant Lee. Captain Wainwright
was Master Mason. General Howard
Major P. c. Tucker of his staff and Gen.
eral E. B. Nichols. with General Magru-
der's approval, buried Captain Wainwright
with Masonic burial rites in all due and
proper form. the only instance of the kind
during this fratricidal war.
General Howard has always been a plant
er and also after the war engaged in the
cotton business In Houston, his family liy-
ing in the city since the beginning of the
late war.
In late years he achieved soma nror,,
nence by presenting through Dick Bowling
camp to the survivors of the Forty-second
Massachusetts regiment their marker flag
which was captured at the battle of Gal
weston and which had been carefully pre-
served by General Howard from then until
now. Its recent return to the Veterans
Association at Boston caused a general re-
vival OF interest of the stirring events in
cident to its capture and the Boston papers
devoted much of their space to the incl
dent