The morning call., 1890-06-06
IN THE FIRST INFANTRY
Lieutenanis and N0n-COms Who
Will Not Attend Drills.

The Lieuienans aud non-eoms OF the First
want general shaking up, and want 1t badly.
There IS a SlandlDg order that they shall on the
first Wednesday Of every month until camp as
sembe for instruction, and what was the result
Oh Wednesday evening? Out OF nnety-elght
Sergeants and Curporals thirty one were present
Including three First Sergeants), aud out OF the
lot Of fourteen LieutenaGts three gTaced the
aImOIy with th-iT presence. Then the Captain
aud Adjutant were present, as was also the
Sergeant Major Under the circumstances,
Major Sullivan could ouy fret and fume, put the
lonely thHIy-one through some company and
platoon movements, and dismiss tie thlIty-four,
all told. aller one hours diiil. The fact Is that
tie Lieutenants should be sat down upon very
heavily by the Colonel, and the .bSent noh-eoms
reduced to The ranks and their places hled by
their beiters.
The excursion Of the Nationals to Mana City
revived iD degree the Keen di-appointments OF
last year, vixen tile regiment Changed us place
OF encampment, after arrangements had almost
been ileIed to go there for one week. The
reception accorded was cordial and as usual Tie
uniform and brass buttons proved passport
anyRh here, while Ihe feminine healt-well Napa
City's charming young ladies' came. saw and uti-
condltionaiiy surrendered. The Nationals took
up nluety-nYe men IN Uniform, commanded by
Captain {. l.. Iiden, with Second Lieutenant
Z. g. Suiliie as acting Adiutant ana The four
companies by 1--WE officers: captain John T.
Klein First Lieulenanis Charles L. Thompson
ana II. II. Woodruff, and Second Ii utenant
Andrew J. Ruddock. with Sergeant (. n. Shook
acting sergeant MalOr.
The felG music comprised three DugIers. two
fleTs and i've dlunImers under acting Drum
Major Rudolph II. Palmer. The battalion car
ried the fegmental cOlors and was accompanied
BY I'VE officers" OF the stan-Adiutant Burlis
C0mmIssary Cuff, Quartermaster Hughes and
Paymaster Phillips-the battalion being IN Ia
iigue uniform. Mention OF these things IS
made because not for many years liz this brigade
has out of one organization sucn numerically
strong battalion been taken Oh such an excursion,
con sdeling that attendance was purely vOlun-
tary affair limited TO active and veteran mem
DeIs, Captain Charles L. lie Breton, the first
Commander OF Company g, for instance, wearing
a piivate's uniform and gloryIng IN the fact.
The Captain also made great discovery on this
excursion OF Which lie viii give notice 10 the
Academy OF Sciences, having found gunny-sacks
growing IN a field.
Reglmenia orders No. 8 OF the First are the
fTsI OF any battalion IN the brigade which refer
TO the encampIDeBt. The allusIon is IN these
Words A. In compliance with orders from supe-
Tior headquarters this entire command Will ell
camp for instruction al Santa Cruz from the l6lh
10 the 24th days OF August next. All difiieulties
regarding the time and place of encanpment
have been overcome and properly adjusted, and
tie First viii be ca hand and perform It's whole
duly. All have time in which 10 make their ar
rangements TO attend this encampment and the
Commanding officer trusts that the attendance
Will be larger than at any previous camp"
1he fIisG Infantry has been ordered TO parade
for target practice on The 22d iusr., ibe com
panies To report in fatigue uniform at Shell
Mound no later than IL O'clock i'll The forenoon
OF that day.