Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-13
MILITARY NOTES.
Guard Mounting Division Encampment-
Examination Of Oficers-Etc.


properly except in one instance, where a
Sergeant failed to see that his detail touched
elbows TO the right When the command
rear open order is given the Sergeant in
charge should see to it that his detail
dresses to the right, in addition to opening
the ranks. The order includes dressing.
The Sergeant Major failed to give the com
mand front" and the consequence was
, then when arms were ordered, previous
to coming to inspection, few Of the
men who were posted refused to come to
the order until the command front
was given. The Adjutant also instructed
the officers of the guard, when they took
position in front and drew their swords, to
f come to the front and center, instead of
waiting until he gave the command, of
fcers and non commissioned officers to the
front and center" etc, at which the two
officers of the guard march towards the
Adiutant, closing towards each other. We
,;alieye the officers in this instance knew
their business, as it app eared to lookers.on
as &c they were demonstrating with the ad-
irtant about the matter. The AdJutant mas
gone through this ceremony hundreds Oh
times, and this is the only instance thal we
are aware of where he forgot lA'e ooi1 CIV
| method.
We have no doubt that the ceremony OF
guard mount will be well conducted before
the division encampment takes place, up
to the point of posting the guard, but from
that time on the Sentinels will be utterly
incompetent to intelligently discharge their
duties unless company commanders Will
adopt the suggestion heretofore made in
this paper, which was, to have regular
nights for instruction in guard duties, in
their armories. Define bow corporalS
should take on their reliefs, the maniitp u
challenging at night, also how to salute
properly under all circumstances, and to
distinguish between officers who are enti-
tied TO present" and those who are not;
in what direction to face when saluting,
! and many other points which can only be
acquired by study. These are matters that
cannot be taught properly at drill in the
armory here, and few evenings deToted to
| instruction of this nature in the company
armories will work great change for the
better
Battalion drills will be held next Tues
/ day and Thursday evenings. Companies A
and B will drill Tuesday, and e and on
| Thursday. Northumberland Guthrie will
command on the first evening and Major
| Mckee on the second.
A meeting of commanding officers of
| held in San Francisco on the 9th. Nothing
| has been done in the way Of arrangements
for the encampment other than having the
date set and the location at Santa Cruz. 1t
was thought at first that the Board for To-
cation and Organization could eXpend the
$4,000 for camp purposes i'll any manner
for the best interests of the encampment, |
but Controller Dunn decides that the money |
can only be drawn as the law states, and |
1 l.
1t follows then that the First Artillery, the |
Fifth Battalion and unattached companies,
which may be organized into battalions, |
are the only bodies which can draw mile |
age to and from camp. All the separate |
companies, except the Chico and Eureka |
Guards, can be formed into battaliOns. The |
limit which can be allowed to any company
is $500, which would be $4,000 for forty |
companies, leaving $1,000 to be drawn
against for mileage. Colonies Sheehan and
Tobin were appointed to confer with the
Controller in reference to mileage, and as
soon as this question is disposed of the
details of camp business will be published
by General Turnbull
Our home regiment was authorized to
make its own arrangements for tTansporta |
ton TO camp, and we understand it Will go
by rail from here to Santa Cruz, via Stock
ton and San Jose, getting to the camp on
Saturday evening, August 10Th and it will
probably be the first arrival, as the San
Francisco troops do not leave until 0 o clock |
on the evening of the 18th. detail will
be sent in advance from each regiment to
pitch its own tents, and each regiment is
to regulate its own affairs as to ratiOns, etc.
There is a disposition here and in some of
the San Francisco regiments that the field
and staff officers should not take horses.
There is very little use for them, and the
expense will be heavy. The trappings
could be taken. and horses procured i'll
Santa Cruz for ceremonial purposes. Sun
day services will be held, and there will be
no liquors of any kind allowed sold in the
camp nor in the vicinity, if it can be pre-
vented.
Lieutenants Palm and Kay, elected from
A and b companies, will be examined
Monday evening. The city companies,
field and staff officers, have accepted an
invitation to parade with the Turner'S on
the evening of June Goth.
The Board of Examiners met at head
quarters Thursdaynight and the following
gentlemen passed good examination
Sergeant Miller. of Company A. for First
Sergeant; Corporals Mitchell and King, for
| SergeantS; private C2ntell. for Corporal,
| and private Krcuzberger, Of Company B,
for Sergeant There were about ten more
examined for CorporalS, but none of them
could bring on detail properly; in fact,
some of them said they never read the tao
| tics. All of them were given until the
next meeting to study up.
General orders, No. Ii. have been issued
from general headquarters under date Of
June Sth, as follows:
noncompliance with law, the National Guard
OF California will parade on Saturday July 4;
1882 in commemoration of the one hundred
and ninth anniversary of American lndepend-
ence.
| II-Drigade commanders arc directed to for
ward to general headquarters on or before July
10th, consolidated parade reports OF their re-
| spective commands.
IIl-The annual inspection and muster pro
vided for in Section 1870 Of the Political Code,
| may take place on the same date, or any other
day of the month Sundays excepted approved
| by brigade commanders.
! IV-The division and brigade commanders are
hereby directed to detail officers from their stats
TO attend these inspections so that II necessary.
or if called upon SO TO do, they may assist the
Inspector in the discharge of his duties and be
prepared 10 report the result OF their obseTya-
! lions.
| V-The muster rolls required must be for
| warded TO brigade headquarters on or before
] the lst day of August to division headquarters
| on or before the 10th day of August, END TO gen
| eral headquarters on or before the 10Th day of
| August. 1885.
| VI-Every officer charged with the prepare
ton of muster rolls should give ms special at,
| tention to such duty: If not himself q good
| penman he should select such one from his
| command. as ucatuesS of the rolls is a matter
of great importance. One copy of the roll must
! always be retained with the company records,
| as reference to il IS necessary, especially when
making up the roll for the next year. The
roll must be carefully compared, by the COM
| pany commander. with the muster roll of
| the previous year, before it is forwarded. Upon
I receipt of the rolls Mt regimental and brigade
| headquarters they will there be compared with
| those of the preceding year and II not correct
! they VIII be returned Until they are absolutely
correct, such company shall be considered
| delinquent at general headquarters. and the
! demands for allowances from the State will not
! be presented to the Board of Military Auditors
until the required corrections are made.
| NII-Cnder the head of Changes Since Last
| Muster it is necessary to enter the name of
| every man who has ceased to be member
| since last muster whether member at such
| muster or enlisted since then, and in every case
! the date of first enlistment must be given. The
| appointments of non-commissoned officers,
| promotions and reductions are not enumerated
| i,,1dnr Ibis hnal thnN hnitlo nnnnurtnA for on