The morning call., 1890-10-18
NATIONAL GUARD.
General Orion Candidate for
ReappOintment.

Bligadier- General r. H. Orion has taken
the liberty in circular under date Of the
LIST inst of announcing himself as a candi-
date for reappointment to the position Of
Acknowledgement of the state, also Quoting
from the ciIcular) "of calling attention to
the work accomplished during the three
wears that | have held the Office, and which
was due mainly 10 my efforts or suggeS-
ton"
New uniforms have been issued for the first
time in twenty-five years; new equipments have
been issued forsIhe first time in the history OF
the State; new tents have been procured for the
first time in twenty-seven years; harness aud
equipments for the Light Battery and cavalry
stationed III san Francisco have been issued;
State decorations for Workmanship and service
medals have been provided; ample ammunition
for annual target practice has been furnished; ;
fun appropriations for the allowances authorized
by law have been secured for the last and cur
rent fiscal years; the regulations lave been re-
written and issued The records of the Office have
been iearranGed and indeXedi and the history
and record OF The California Volunteers nave
been written and the volume OF lOcO pages CON
tanning them is now in press My term of Office
has beer one OF constant and unlemlttlnE laDOI.
| have been al my desk nearly every DAY, lhcluu,
Ing SUNDAYS from O'Clock IN The morning until
neatly midnight. therefore, IN view OF The
work accomplished and in view OF the Work re-
naming To he done for The advancement OF the
int ere Sis Of the National Guard Of this Slate and
which ! believe the knowledge have obtained
curing my term will enable me 10 accomplish,
port.
1t is unGuestioned that under General Or
ton more substantial and appreciated work
has been done for the n. G. C.. than perhaps
during all rrevious administrations COM
bined. But the General has n modest way
Of putting it, considering the services rem
dered By Colonels Dickinson and Barry.
An election has also been ordered in
Company d Of the First. vice Captain
Charles Jansen, term expired. 1t gees with
1f,pF tod Inv
acclamatiOn, lie having taken hold Of the
company when it was at ebb and success
fully carried it through until it is now at
flood. The election will be held on the 29th
inst, and Major David L. Miles, 5. o., has
been detailed to preside. The orders nOml-
company enormously call " for the election
of Second Lieutenant" though the first
paragraph of orders detail him - to preside
at an election for Captain" 1t cannot be
that brigade headquarters is ratified on
account Of the Congressional fight of the
chief.
The following appointments upon the
staff of Major-General w. II. Dimond have
been announced: Iieutenant-Col0nelJ j. w.
Staples, Division Inspector, to be Colonel
and Assistant Adjutant-General,v Vice Clark
deceased; Lieutenant-Colonel Albert h.
Castle, Ordnance Officer, to be Inspector;
Major S l. Kellogg, |. X. P, Second Bri-
gade, TO be Lieutenant-Colonel and /. Ii. T.,
vice kohler resigned; and Major A. ID. Gut
Ter, Inspector Second Brigade, to be Lieu
enant-Colonel and Ordnance Officer.
There are a few members OF the \. G. c.
on the two tickets, viz: Brigadier-General
John 7. Cutting for Congress; Colonel
Thomas F. Barry Of the Third for the As
sembly; Lieutsnant-Colonel Sheldon l. Kel-
logg, |. Il. p, tor School Director; Captain
j. f. Saith of the Third for the Superior
Court; Captain Il. w. Burtis, Adjutant Of
the First, Tor Supervisor, and First Lieuten-
ant L. a. Phillips, Paymaster of the First,
for the Assembly.
Captain-elect a. L. Smith OF Company 4
Oakland Of the Fifth Infantry was once
Adjutant Of the Fifth Infantry Battalion
and is reputed to be 4 man with no mean
knowledge Of military affairs First Lieu
tenant-elect b. \. Morris, who was chosen
from the ranks, has held such commission
before III the company and Is said to have
BEEN one Of It's best drlllmasters
The oakland Tribune is urging the pre-
sentatiol of 4 stand OF cOlors To the Fifth,
aud appeals to Companies a and to pro-
vide one at once, with the assistance of
mothers, wives and sWeetheart,." VIII not
some one also present the First with
stand? That regiment does not seem to have
enterprise enough to present itself or have
some one present it with one
The report on the summer encampments
by Lieutenant-CO Colonel J. W. Stables. Di-
vision Inspector has been published for the
information of the n. G. c. The document
is TO the point and without glitteripg gener-
alit.es. The details given are proof of an
earnest and systematic inspection. More
anon of this report.
The annual convention of the National
Guard Officers Association viii be held in
December in this city-mOre than likely at
the Tegimental armGry Of the First Infantry
and on the first Monday evening of the
month. There is work before the con-
vert Oh.
Sergeant ". Fl. Cobbledick of F of the
Fifth has been heard from. He has ac-
cepted the challenge Of Corporal W. j.
Downie of A to shoot match OF fifty shots
not 800 as the Atlas oracle idiotically put
it, for dollars or dUughuuts At the 200-yard
range.
The total company membership of the
n. G. c. for August was 3713, lacking more
than 2407 of tie maximum OF about 6l60. or
the total 37I3, 1913 per cent shiTked theiI"
bOunden duty for that month.
The recent election in Company d (San
Rafael of the Fifth Infantry resulted in the
following choice: For Captain, First Lieu
tenant w. Elliott; for First Lieutenant, j.
L. Davenport, and for Second, j, c. Cochran.
Major Victor b. Dubocc, O. NJ, will pre-
side on next Monday evening at an election
for Second Lieutenant OF Company +, Third
Infantry, vice a. Z. Dunleavy, who failed
to qualify.
A. d. Whitlock, principal musician of the
Fifth, and the man whom the 5. W. Z. styles
a Major" is about to organize bugle
corps in The regiment.
Leander McBain of the Fifth's band has
been uniformed as line officer, with the
insignia of Second Lieutenant.
A flag will fly from headquarters of the
Fifth in Oakland on every pleasant day
hereafter.
Battalion drills in the Fifth will be in or
der after the election next month.
Battalion drill in the First on next Mon
day evening