Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06
Military Notes.

There will be guard mount at the Ar
mory Monday evening, in which all of the
! city companies will be represented by de-
| tails of twelve men from each, with an
| extra detail for officers Of the day-guard,
sergeant and corporals Of the guard. The
entire ceremony of forming the guard,
passing in review, dividing into three re-
liefs, posting and relieving sentinels, salut-
| ing, challenging, and grand rounds, will be
| gone through with the same as if the troops
were in camp, and it will be well if officers
| Of the guard study up their business so
| that the ceremony will be carried on
smoothly and that they can properly in
struct sentinels who do not understand
their business, particularly in challenging
| and saluting.
There is 10 be meeting OF commanding
officers in San Francisco ut General Turn
bulls headquarters Tuesday, June 9th, at 3
o clock P. NJ, for the purpose of arranging
the details for the enCampment at Santa
Cruz. 1t is expected that at the conference
it will be determined how many men each
company will be allowed to take into camp,
how many days rations, the route to
camp, if bands will be allowed rations, and
if any money can be allowed regiments as
pay for bands Also, If field and staff
officers can procure horses at Santa Cruz,
and how contracts for the subsistence of the
officers and men are to be letr Also, mat
tiers in relation to camp privileges.
Company A elected John Palm First
Lieutenant, and B Samuel Kay Second
Lieutenant, the past week. Lieutenant
Kay has had experience as the Captain of
the Cadet Company, and will doubtless
make good officer. Leutenant-elect
Palm has been right general guide of the
regiment for some time, filling the position
with credit The examination of these
officers will take place Monday evening
June 10Th. Just here it would be well
perhaps to state that we understand the
Board Of Examiners require that an officer
shall be competent to explain verbally h0W
movement is to be executed, rather than
that he should illustrate it by taking
rifle, Tor instance. and executing q motion
in the manual of arms; or, il asked how
4 sword should be drawn or returned, that
he should explain without going through
the motions himself; or, that he should
state how the about is done, instead of
standing Up and doing it. 1t is, of course.
expected that officers can do these things
but they must be competent to tell their
men all about them. Officers should read
up the tactics occasionally, and refresh
their memories. 1t does not follow that
because an officer understands movement
once he has it for ali time. They will yet
rusty" without an occasional glance at
Upton,
Lieutenant Wiseman, of Company b,
passed favorable examination last Mon
day evening.
We noticed a squad from f Company on
the. floor, book in hand. earnestly discuss
ing points and little details in tactics, which
argues well for the future of the company.
and those members who take such interest
in particular This is all the better when
we find them men of large business inter
ests, that outsiders would consider as hav-
ing nothing in common with soldiers !
Hail. Houghton, Burnett, Weinstock and |
Others seemed to be as earnest in determin- !
ing how to handle the rifle easily as if they |
were about to sell a large lot of groceries, |
books, dry goods, etc, to some customer. |
These men evidently do not want to throw
away the time spent III the armory.
We hear good reports from Company G. |
this week. We understand there were |
nearly forty Of the company on hand Mon |
day night y also had Il large attendance, |
and b turns ont as many, or more, on
weekly drills as on pa AIDE. Keep it up, |
gentlemen, and you will have companies |
that YOU will be proud Of