The morning call., 1890-04-11
CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
Franklin Guard Electi0n-A Band
in Boots and Orange.

First Sergeant Edward II. Gielow has
been elected Second Lieutenant of Com
pany D of the First InfRntry-better known
perhaps as the Franklin Guard The
Lieutenant-elect is an intelligent and cap
able young soldier, who enlisted in July,
1884, and was appointed First Sergeant in
February, 1889. The election was unani-
nous, f0rty-siX of the membership of sixty
four having been present. Company d
will hereafter on dress parade make the
same showing as Company Gin the mat
ter of the stature of its commissioned off
GERS, with very short captains sand wiched
in between tall sycamores represented by
the lieutenants.
1t is represented that at the coming
election for Colonel of the Fifth Infantry,
Companies A and T. in Oakland, will pre-
sent for Major the name of Captain +. r.
OBrlen of Company A. This would indi-
cate very wise determination among the
line officers not to go outside of the organ
iZation for its field officers. The Fifth has,
socially, Intellectually and physically, as
hne set OF men as any i'll the division, but
their military capacity has never been
brought out, wherefore they have always
been claSSed as country companies" a
sighting term, which conveys much the
same meaning as "doughbOys" in the army
applied to tne'infantry.
The Seventh Infantry of the First Brig
aue Is the only organization that the Adiu-
tant-General would like to make it appear
in the interests of the Governor in the
south knows anything about military en-
campments. That regiment has also q
band, the like of which has never been seen
in circus or in the first part of a negro
minstrel show. That band masquerades in
dark blue pantalOons, black Hessian boots
(up to the knees, and bright, livid- hued
and sight-daZZling coat of orange, trimmed
with VpliQw and DOl1 TRIMMINGS
boots and orange coats for an infantry
band! And this band is not in Buffalo
Bill's wild West Show"
The banner company's" bewildering
record since the presence of all its 50 men
live above the mlnimum) on one evening
for the annual inspection in July, 1889, is
given as follows by the Adjutant- General !:
August, 1889, 56 members, percentage of
attendance, 77.3S; October 81, 65.17; No
vember, 56, 65.47; January, 1890, SO, 90,
and February, 81, 69.73 Those are the
company's own figures, and who has not
heard of First Sergeants who mark and
CONT present markers or drummers who
never appear at the armory, or privates
who show their heads inside the door at
any time during the evening and are noted
as present on duty"
1t is not true that Captain John E. Klein
has chosen for watchwords for his COM
pany the trinity of faith, hope and
charity'-faith in the Brigade Inspector
tnat he Will publish his report of the in
spection of Company of the First; hope
that if lie does it will come out in time to
be read before the prophesied doom next
week, and charity that the inspector will
coin some new expression and not apply
banner company" to an organization with
maximum membership and no suffers
at inspection.
The court-martial in the First Brigade,
sitting in the cases of Colonel w. II. II.
Russell and Lieutenant Colonel A. I.
Palmer of the Seventh Regiment, met on
Monday afternoon, after an adjournment
covering period of three weeks, and de-
cided to adjourn again for one week
because of the death of the wife of the
Judge Advocate of the court. The court
will come to decision in the cases on Mon
day next, and will send the record of the
proceedings at once to Major-General
Dimond.
A search party sent out to learn what has
become of the Second Brigade, n. G. C.,
Rife Association" has returned. The ex-
pedition was a complete failure.
Lieutenant Colonel Fairbanks cf Peta-
luna, commanding the Fifth, drilled Com
panies A and + of Oakland as battalion
last evening.
Second Lieutenant II. B. CASTOR of Com
pany A is the acting Adiutant of the Fifth.