The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-08

limitation of company's encampment al
lowance, change OF muster day, election of
Generals of brigades instead Of by APP
pointment by the Governor. etc., matters
which Were considered and favorably
recommended, are, foresootb, subjects of
minor Importance
Nor was action on any matter FINALLY
postponed until the next meeting" because
such is not the mode of procedure. SO that
the oracle's" report was accidentally cor
rect in just four things: ~ That meeting
was held on certain date and at GER
tain place; % that it was the meeting of
certain ossociati n; 81 that certain dis
cussion took place regarding regimental
drum corps. and 81 that, being a meeting OF
military officers, considerable time was
occupied i'll discussing military matters"
The amusing HUT is also given of the as.
sociation Increasing the term of office OF
Ine commissioned officers" whereas the as
sociatlon recommended such action by the
Legislature. There never was line officer
who was not commissioned officer, but
line commissioned officer" is one OF "the
oracle's" wonderful and fanclful creations.
BRIGADE SIGNAL CORPS.
One OF tie thinks which will undoubtedly
result from the officers recent convention
will be to rescue the signal corps from their
present anomalous conditi0n-corps without
corps officers, yet under direct command Of
Majors signal ofiicers-with regi-
mental signal ollicerS-First Leutenants as
HdhtsHlll corps Objects. lWU OF me SlSlldi
officers presented plans, but being the sug-
gestion OF enthusiasts were for PRACTICAL
purposes too cumbersome and involved the
formation Of battalion with all the attend
ant evils OF more officers as high in rank as
LieutenantColon and goodness knows
there is surfelt OF officers now and not one
private too much. The plan of General Cut
ting is perhaps the most feaSi bic and will in
all probability be the one chosen. 1t pro-
vIdes Tor signal corps in brigade, and
Eot exceeding ten members; there shall be
Second Lieutenant, one Sergeant and two
Csrporals; when of more than ten members,
but not more than twenty, a First Lieuten-
ant, Second Lieutenant, two SergeantS and
four Corporals; when of more than twenty
members, and this means the corps of the
Second Brigade 40 men representing reg-
ment OF brigade III corps and there being
four in the Second), Captain, First and
Second LieutenantS, three Sergeants and
SIX Corporas. The commissioned officers
shall be elected by the enlisted Elen and
qualify as other company officers do; the
non-commissioned officers appointed by the
Brlgadler on the recommendation OF the
brigade signal officer and the corps TO be
mounted. This plan, obviously. would har-
NOME the corps with the other branches OF
the service. The reglmental signal officer
will then be in the same box with John
Chinaman-he must go.
At the officers convention ON Monday
evening the fatigue uniform was supposed
to have been worn. Not all did so, but
brigadier at least two colonies and not q
few captains and lieutenants wore decora-
tons. Paragraph 2G2 OF General Orton's
" little red book" has the following con-
Guiding sentence in italics: Decorations
should not be worn upon the undress coat"
Relevant, is 1t not?
In his orders 10 the Fifth Infantry to
hold the annual school of instruction for
non-commisSioned officers, Colonel Fair
ba1 ks requires his company commanders TO
report weekly in writing TO him during the
current month, outlining the course of in
siruchon and giving the names of all
present
UPTON IMPROVED UPON.
One of the morning paIers had a gem the
other morning In the account of the depar-
ture of the First United States Infantry
Regiment for the seat of Indian troubles.
The gem merits reproduction, and is given
verbatim:
body and soon the whole regiment was formed,
with The guns testing On The ground.
Lieutenant Tom BarIy'S voice raug out above
the noise on The dock:
Shoulder arms !"
Up went the guns Of Company A.
right shoulders.
''Fours left Left fours !"
Forward, marcb!"
The dock shook with the tramp OF the COM
pany.
The whole regiment must have been either
at in place rest" or parade rest" or at
attention" if the guns were resting on the
ground, and any man in Company a, who,
on The order shoulder arms" came up 10 d,
right shoulder arms" from any Of tina posi-
tons stated deserves to be shot by Indians.
But 1t goes without saying that the Lieuten-
ant neither first gave the order, shoulder
arms" nor shoulder arms" at all; nor did
he give any order as - fours left left
fours! forward, march," The junior Cor
poral of cow-county company of the Ma
tlonal Guard would not even be guilty OF it,
because 1t is no command and is ridiculous.
II such command were giVen, even the pa
tIent army mule Wouldn't bulge.
Those who are always ignofantiy prating
OF sending National Guard troops into the
held IN heavy marching order, instead of
ralroading them to some settled camp, may
derive some comfort from the pedestrianism
aecomp ished by twenty men OF Company A
(San Diego of the Ninth Infantry They
were oil one week, and during the time theg
were out covered $50 miles. On SATURDAY.
night they canped at Linda Vista and
marched from that place to the armory,
distance OF fifteen miles, by noon on Sun
day, and on Friday covered twenty-three
miles. Their march was to the mountains,
but probably not with the soldiers cam
paigning outfit.
Company 3 of the Seventh, Los Angeles,
mas elected as officers: First Lieutenant A.
l.. Hamilton to succeed Captain Lawrence
Fist Lieutenant and Sergeant Baugham to
be Second Lieutenant, h. receiving twenty
three votes, or one more than was cast for
First Sergeant James w. Lancaster, where
upon the election was made unanimous.
Captain James L. Margo Of Company f
mao been relieved by First Lieutenant E. A.
Llndberg of Company ID as member of the
\ ON commissioned Officers Examining
Board Of the First Infantry
SIGNAL CORPS ORDER.
Signal Corps Order No. IA, which is in the
code, requires that all uniforms and other
State or corps property must have been re-
turned to the armory before the 1st inst
all permits to keep property after that date
are made 10 expire on that date, and all yio-
latlons VIII be visited by fine, in accord
ance with the new Constitution. At his
own request Sergeant II. +. Hall has been
reduced to the ranks, and Privates S. b.
Kinds, W. j. Schroth and j. w. Duffy, hav-
ing passed the second-class examination,
VIII wear the crossed flags upon the left
sleeve OF the uniform coat and blouse.
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