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three presidents of the United States, Harrison, McKinley and Roosevelt have reviewed
the troops. The last review was held in honor of Secretary of War Taft, who inspected
the Post last fall. There are weekly dress parades and daily concerts by the military
band.
ON HOUSTON STREET.—At the corner of Houston and Nacogdoches street is
Turner Hall, the beautiful hall of the San Antonio Turn-Verein. At the corner of Main
Avenue is one of the old Spanish ditches or acequias, which at one time brought the
water from San Pedro Springs to furnish the city with water both for drinking and irri-
gation purposes. The First Presbyterian church, the oldest Protestant church in San
Antonio is at the corner of Houston and North Flores streets. It will be noted by its
tower and other peculiar architectural features.
MILAM SQUARE is the most magnificent plaza lying to the left of Houston
Street. In the center is the grave of Ben Milam, over which is a neat monument. This
grave is strewn with flowers on each anniversary of Texas Independence Day, March 2,
and appropriate exercises are held at which all the public school children of the city
participate. Milam Park was the first Protestant cemetery. When the cemetery was
abandoned to make way for the park, Milam's remains alone were undisturbed. The
large building to the south of the park is the public market house and the group of build-
ings to the north is the Santa Rosa Infirmary. Continuing west on the West End street
car line one lands at West End, one of the most substantial suburbs around the city.
Here is located many of the leading boarding colleges for both youths and misses.
MILITARY PLAZA: Returning from the I. & G. N. depot along Commerce
Street to the Military Plaza the car goes via Dolorosa Street, the Engilsh meaning of.
which is "Road of Sorrow," so called because it was originally the road along which all
funerals passed to the cemeteries. In the center of Military Plaza is the City Hall. The