Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-09
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Secret and Portentous Military
Observation-Disclosures Against
Possible Trouble.

SAN Francisco, March s.-The Call
today publishes the result of inquiries
regarding recent movements in military
circles in this city. from which 1t appears
that oil the arms OF the Second Rsgi.
nsnt, National Guard. have been
removed from the various company
armories and deposited In the old City
Hall, or Central Police Station, whore q
guard Of . Lieutenant and 10 men Of
Company F, Seconl Regiment, IL kept
over them. Companies B and @ Of the
First Regiment have been concentrated
at the arnory Of the latter company,
and the arms Of Company G OF the
Second Regiment have been placed In
their charge. An officers guard Is now
mounted nightly at the armory Of the
Third Regiment, which is allowed to
retain its arms. The armory Of the
First Regiment is closely guarded and
no n il allowed to enter. The arms
OF the three cavalry companies have
been removed from their armory
to what locality is unknown, but
probably the old City Hall. Camp
regulations have been established.
The arms only Of the Second
Regiment have been removed from
their armories, and guards are detailed
every night to watch over other oompa-
ny property. The Third Regiment has
been concentrated at tho old Olympic
Club building, and those companies Of
the First not accommodated at the arm
DRY OF Company @ are at rsgimental
headquarters, corner OF Howard and
New Montgomery streets.
General Mcdowell, commanding the
Division Of the Pacific. was ~tslegraphed
yesterday from Washington to bring all
the available troops in his division to
San Francisco, and companies, amount
ing to 500 men. are already en- route,
with more to follow-probsbly 1900 men.
It is impossible to find out by whose
orders these movements Of the National
Guard are made, but IL Is conjectured
that the movements are under the direo-
ton Of General Mcdowell, and are due
to representations made to the Washing
ton authorities by Colonel Bee, Vice
Consul Of China, regarding the sup
posed danger in which the Chinese
stand. 1t IL understood that the present
precautions will be maintained until
such time as some settlement OF the ex.
listing agitation is arrived at, and at least
until the question Of the constitutional.
ity Of the law forbidding corporations to
employ Chinese has been decided by the
United States Courts aud the question
Of the condemnation Of Chinatown set.
tied.
The Second Regiment are disposed to
view the removal OF their arms with in
diguation. and many members assert
that ii Is an insult to the regiment,
whose loyalty to the State and to tho
aus OF law aud order Is unquestion.
able. The reason assigned by the officers
for the act Is that the arms OF the regi.
ment being scattered around at q number
Of company armories are liable to seizure
in event OF an unexpected movement by
the disorderly classes. and that their re-
moval to the old City Hall is merely
precautionary and not intended al any
reflection upon the character OF the regi.
ment. The Workipgmsn are considerably
excited over these movements. and many
Of them assert that the authorities are
trying to force a quarrel on them. Others
say that the movement 10 designed to
bluff the Board Of Health in the matter
OF condemning Chinatown, while still
others hold that the whole thing 10 due
to the unfoundsd fears Of tho authori-
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