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TEXAS.
Whenever I think of San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston, the perfume of the wood violet which blossomed in mid-winter along the borders of our lawn, and the delicate odor of the Cape jessamine, seem to be wafted about me.
Fort Sam Houston is the Headquarters of the Department of Texas, and all the Staff officers live there, in comfortable stone houses, with broad lawns shaded by chinaberry trees.

Then at the top of the hill is a great quadrangle, with a clock tower and all the department offices.

On the other side of this quadrangle is the post, where the line officers live.
General Stanley commanded the Department.

A fine, dignified and able man, with a great record as an Indian fighter.