Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-29
Military Notes.

| winch precluueS the possibility OF closing
early on Saturday evenings but they must
make the best of it this time. AS this is
the most important event of the year, every
man should make it point of honor TO
| arrange his business so as to be present at
| the muster and answer TO his name Tripli-
cate copies of the muster roll of each COM
pany, and field, staff and band, should be
| ready, sand great care exercised in their
| preparation. Last year muster roll should
be looked over, and every name that is not
on the present years roll accounted for,
changes noted, names entered i'll alpha
betical order and numbered properly; all
State property enumerated, together with n
brief history of the doingS and service of
| each since last muster. The name of any
man whose term of service has expired
should not appear on the roll unless his
oath of re-enlistment has been forwarded.
These are matters that should not be de-
layed until the evening of the muster, as
was the case last year in one or two in
| stances.
1t is desirable also to have as full an at
tendance as possible on the Fourth of JULY.
The parade takes place early in the dav,
and the march will be short The conf
panies will be equalized into sixteen files
front each, single rank, with right and left
guides, and sukdivided into platoons. If
the attendance is large the regiment will
present splendid appearance, either in
column of companies or platoons. The
battery is ordered out also, and will add
greatly to the parade.
| Company will hold an election for
Captain next Monday evening, and we I'M
derstand that Captain " hite will not be a
| candidate for reelection. Several names
have been mentioned for the Captaincy by
parties who have the interest of the COM
pany at heart among them being the pres
| ent capable First Lieutenant of the COM
pany, NJ H. Sheehan, but he probably will
not be candidate. Adjutant NeaIv and
Lieutenant Long of the Staff, Sergeant
| Davis of G, Lieutenant Stafford and Thomas
| Hall of E, and ex-Captain John p. Dalton
are also mentioned. Whoever is elected
must make up his mind that there is Sc
we're work to be done Immediately, in order
| that the company may be placed ON a good
| footing before the encampment
Company A has two ieutenants to elect,
and it will be well if it is careful in the Sc
lection of these officers. They ought to be
men who are competent, and who will
assist in drawing to the company desirable
class of recruits.
There is quite competition among the
two platoons of L as to which will have
| the honor of winning the medals at the
competitive drill on the afternoon of July
4th. Every member of each platoon should
make it point to attend the drills, so that
| the percentage of each may reach a high
figure.
| Company B had its regular drill Wednes-
| day evening, and was well instructed by
| Captain Cook, although we noticed errors
| in commands which should not have been
made. In executing support arms from
| carry" the small of the stock should
| be grasped four inches below the hammer
| instead of six, and at the last motion of
| resuming the Garry" the left arm and
elbow should be close to the body, instead
of being raised to the front. In executing
the manual by the number, the last sylla-
| BILE of the command Of execution deter
| mines the prompt performance of the first
| motion without the number (One) being
| called out by the instructor. For instance,
the command Right shoulder arms y
| is given by the number At the command
arms the first motion is executed; then
| the instructor shall call two at which
the men go through the second motion,
and at the command three" the third is
executed. We also noticed that the guides
were executing every movement given,
when they should only come to the
carry and order" and on drill sup
port" and right shoulder" the present,
rest on, etc, only when rendering honors,
and none of the rest of the manual unless
| specially directed to do so by the Captain.
| We think Lieutenants Wiseman and Best
| should have their swords drawn while
drilling, and cannot find out where they
get their authority for keeping them
| sheathed. The company was drilling in
single rank, and it was clearly the duty of
| Lieutenant Best, who was the nearest file
| closer, to place the two odd men on the
| left, in the line of file closers. In wheeling
| in tours the left was continually broken up
on this account, which was not the fault of
the two men. Each company should be as
particular while drilling alone about these
matters as if they were being judged; other
wise in competitive drills they will be
! pretty sure to make the same errors that
they are habitually accustomed to, and
| long practice leads to the belief that they
are correct. Men should be cautioned
against moving the head when going to
and coming from right shoulder" The
| piece will not strike the head if properly
| handled
The following General Orders No. 15) in
relation to the encampment, has just been
| issued from general headquarters:
| I. In accordance with General Order No 49, c.
| So issued from these headquarters, May 80, 1885.
and in conformity with the provisions of Sec
|
| Guard of California will assemble in division
| encampment at Santa Cruz.
| ii. The division commander will direct his
| Chief Quartermaster to secure transportation by
| water or rail to and from the place of encamp-
| ment for the several commands. He shall limit
the cost of transportation, to be approved by the
Board of Military Auditors, to an aggregate
| based upon an average of s., officers and men,
| for the whole number of companies
| Ill He shall also direct said Quartermaster to
secure the use of such additional tents to those
on hand rs may be required for the troops while
| " Golo~el W. Hammond Hail. Chief Ergi-
| neer, stat { Commander -in-Chief will report
| to the divis.Jn commander for duty in laying of
| V. The division commander will publish, as
soon as practicable, detailed instructions and
regulations for the conduct of the encampment.
The following changes are announced:
| acknowledgements c. +. Miller, Com
pany A to First Sergeant; Corporal L.
Mitchell, Company A, to Sergeant; Car.
poral 7. King, Company A to Sergeant
Private J. H. Contell, Company A, to Cor
poral Corporal G. Kreuzberger, Company
| B, to Sergeant.
Discharges-In accordance with Section
1929 the Political Code and by a two-thirds
vote, the following members of Company
+ are honorably discharged: Corporal c.
Curtain, enlisted November 80, 1883; Pri-
vate w Schwab, enlisted December 20, 1888:
| Private A. Smith, enlisted November 10,
1883; Private I. J. Bohan, enlisted Deem
| Der 10, 1888; Private 7. J. Pierce, enlisted
February 8, 1885, Private H w. TAYLOR,
enlisted February s, 1885, disability-certif-
icate on file. Private J. P. Wiseman, enlisted
November Is, 1885, removal
Sergeant E. Malone, Company A, is re-
duced to the ranks by his own request.
Regimental Orders No. has been issued.
| as follows:
l. In compliance with General Orders No. .,
| issued from brigade headquarters Companies A.
| B, E. G, field, staff and drum corps field and
! staff mounted) will assemble at the regimental
| armory, in full uniform, at $50 A. NJ July t.
1888 for parade as required by Section 20lS of the
| Political Code.
| II. Captain J. Cook commanding Company B,
will horse his battery and parade it ON July 4th
| forming on the extreme left of the battalion.
| He will also cause the customary salute to be
| fired morning, noon and night.
III. Companies and Z, located at Nevada
| City and Woodland, respectively, will parade
| and hold the annual inspection and muster on
the same day, at such hour will best suit their
! convenience Captains Rapp and easier will
conduct the inspection and muster
". The attention of company commanders is
particularly directed to paragraph 4, brigade Or
| piled with promptly
V. Companies A. b, E. G, field, staff, band, and
| drum corps will assemble at the armory, in full
| uniform, on Saturday evening, July 18th, at s
O'Clock sharp, for inspection and muster, and
company commanders will at once enter upon
| fully. i'll order that they may be ready on that
evening". Every officer and man should be pres
ent at the muster, and book accounts must be
ready Tor inspection also.