Ross Volunteers
The oldest honor guard and drill team of it's kind in the state,
the Ross
Volunteer Company is the Honor Guard for the Governor of the State of Texas.
Beginning in 1887 as the Scott Volunteers, they were renamed by 1898
in honor of former Governor and president of the college Lawrence Sullivan Ross.
The Ross Volunteers also participate at Muster and Silver Taps where they fire three rifle volleys. |