The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 01, 1898, Image 9

The Battalion., November 01, 1898, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BATTALION. / live in the army. He is RegL SgL Maj. of First Texas Infantry, which is now at Jacksonville, Fla. Robson is the only member not heard from. Lieut. T. D. Rountree is attending- the University of Virg-inia with the intention of becoming- a L. L. D. If the old class could meet, one of the principal features would be the reading- of his favorite passag-e followed by remarks. 1st Lieut. W. A. Schever beg-ins his letter: “Here I am, but ’tisn’t where I’d like to be.” Sam promises to at tend the Thanksg-iving- hop. He is manag-ing- his mother’s ranches and reading- law. 1st Lieut, and Adj. T. L. Smith Jr. secured employ ment in the C. F. department of the G. 0. & S. F. R. R. about the 15th of Augmst, and is now located at Paoli, I. T. All who know Smith are confident that it is only a matter of time until he will by his close attention to busi ness work his way to the top. 1st Lieut. G. L. Sneed, on the 27th of June, went to Alvin where he remained some two months packing- and shipping- pears. After his return home was sick three weeks with fever, then began work for the firm of Hammond & Sneed, McKinney, Tex. The latest is that he has a Prince Albert and a silk hat. Lieut. B. H. Tracy is a member of the firm, Wilman & Tracy Printing Co., Dallas, Texas. It is the largest establishment of the kind in north Texas. Tracy was the first man of ’98 to register in the Alumni roster. He did so when he came down to help the boys run over the ’varsity. With the exception of a few, all are war fever immunes.