The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-22
NATIONAL GUARD.
A Season of Inactivity in the Sec
Ond Brigade.
Shooting fer State Medals-Colonel Kellogg
Complim Escort on Ad-
mission Day.

The soldierly appearance, as whole, Of
that portion of the Second Brigade which
paraded on the 9th inst. demonstrated the
very good effects of the drill and routine OF
camp. The rank and file may growl as much
as it pleases regarding the work at Santa
Cruz but the fact remains that as a military
camp OF instruction Camp Waterman was
success and as such there is none in the his
tory of the n. G. c. to excel it. One of the
best features of it was the drilling of the
men rs skirmishers almost to the exclusion
of everything else
The drill-ground was bad, however, the
settiug-up exercise in the morning before
breakfast amounted to nothing because gen.
orally Sighted and the "sham battle on
the last day, as the Santa Cruz people called
it, might, perhaps, letter have been left out.
The only excuse for it was, apparently, to
dispose of the blank cartridges 1t was de-
signed to demonstrate the maneuyers of a
brigade in uncovering an enemy, attacking
and repulSing him. This was all we'll
enough executed, but imagine battle suS-
pended for period of fifteen to twenty
minutes as at Santa Cruz, to await the ar
rival, as a spectator only, of the division
commander and staff on the field Of car
mage
Say the Oakland Tribune: "The men
III Oakland are all growing because they
cannot appear with the brigade once in
while, except at an occasional camp, and
their complaint is just one for the Fifth
has to be seen to be appreciated" 1t is
growl at all seasons with these soldier boys,
but in San Francisco it is because they have
to par ade at all.
1t is the report that regimental headquar-
tiers, now at the Lick House. may be estab-
lished in oakland and that the Blake
House, opposite the armOry, will be the
place. The need of such change is not
obvious.
First Lieutenant James NJ. Pike, Quarter
master of the Second, has been relieved at
request as a member of the regimentaI
Board of Examination for Mont Commits
stoned Officers.
THE SHOOT FOR MEDALS.
Tie Third had its final shoot on Sunday,
the 18th inst. the First yesterday and the
Second Artillery will be at the range on
Sunday next 1t is now understood that all
who make 90 per cent in the final shoot will
contest fer championship honorS. 1t is a
proposition of Colonel Kellogg and like all
suggestions respecting rife practice made
by that officer meets with approval by those
who know anything about rifle practice.
The plan Is, moreover, the only proper one
TO decide piOnship honors and contem-
plates a very Interesting contest between the
best shots. Regarding the FirStS shoot the
oracle again put its foot in it in fathering the
statement that after the shoot of the field
and staff officers and the company OF cadets
on Saturday " the balance of the regiment"
will complete the practice. To call the
seven companies of the regiment the
balance" as against only the field and stan
and a company Of cadets reminds one OF the
story of the tail which Waggcd the dog.
The Hussars will shoot on the 9th proX. At
these final shoots only those Who qualified
at the preliminary practice will contest
The resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel s.
y. Lewis Potter, MD, after a service of
one year on the staff, was approved with
sincere regret, says General OrderS No. 70;
His war record and his ligh professional
standing commended him to his associates
in the National Guard, who also valued him
for his personal qualities. Their best wishes
follow him III his retirement from military
duty, or the performance of which he was
so eminently qualified.
Captain George c. Pardee, late of Com
pany a, of the Fifth (Oakland) is now
Lieutenaut-C Colonel and surgeon on the
staff OF the Second Brigade. First Lieuten-
ant John f. Burgin, late Of the Fifth's staff,
is Major and [, r. 7. also ON the brigade
staff.
BY the way, what has become of that
military company, or club, or whatever it
called itself, which was TO enter The y. G. C.
a: onre, if not sooner. 1t was last heard
from in Alameda.
COMPANY OR "BATrERY."
The Second designates its companies as
batteries" 50 10 be different from the
others" probably. The Adiutant- General
in orders giving the result of the prelim-
mary target practice employs the term
company six times in the list of silver
medasts in the Second, also in the list of
eligibleS for decorat chs Of the second class,
but in the third class dfsignates them
all as Light Batteries" Now as regards
tie First Artillery all its companies are
designated as companies as they are in
the code, which only recognizes light and
gatling batteries. There are only two light
batteries in the \. G. C.-Light Battery A
of the Second. and Light Battery L Of the
First. But neither consistency nor correct
ness in orders are jewels in the diadem of the
a. G'S Office. Nor has brigade headquarters
recognized the general term "battery," as
late as the orders of the Cd inst, detailing IN
officer to preside at an election in Company
G and tran Sferring 4 man from COMPANY
L, Second Artillery, to Company c, First
Infantry"
The following piece of information from
the oracle should be engraven deep in the
hearts Of every one who marched those a.
legged seventeen and half miles on the 9th
inst The Pioneers and the y. 5. q. W.
and the y. d. q. w. should have i: entered
in their archives, but with diagram illus
trattng where the curious fact comes in aud
what fact constitutes the curiosity: 1T
was rather curious fact that there were
thee Embellishments WHO participated
in the parade, viz. BrigadierG General Glib
bon, U. S. A.. Brigadier-G General Cutting,
commanding the Second Brigade, \. G.. C.,
and igadier-General Srhatiner, California
Brigade Uniform Rank knights Of PythiaS."
No member of the Seventh Infantry, It's
Field and Staff, n0n-c0mm9si staff and
band, nor of Company q, Second Artillery,
Companies A aud Z, Third Infantry, and ID
of the Eighth Battalion made the number
of points go TO win a silver mrdal as the
best shot in his organization.
Can it be that another hitch has occurred
to prevent the distribution Of the service
medals Surely it cannot take all this lime
to change that nlongrel motto PRO Patrie.'
Captain L. j. Lennon of the Second will
do the honOrS as regimentii court-martial
an the Both inst.
A QUESTION OF ESCORT.
How many are there who know why the
start Of the parade on the 9Th was delayed,
although almost every one was at his place
and ready for the word? Thereby hangs a
tale which, to date, has not been given out
The San Francisco Hussars had been
ordered to report Tor escort duty that morn
ing at the Occidental Hotel, which was the
place of rendezvous for the Governor and
his staff, and also the Second Brigade staff
The brigade officer desired that the cav
airy escort him to his place in line;
but, on the other hand, it was
insisted by Brigadier- General orion.
the Adjutant- General of the State, that the
escort should be to the Governor as Com
mander-in-Chief, and necessarily the supe-
rior officer. Hence the delay until the mat
ter was deliberately discussed at council
of war, resulting eventually in the escort
going with the Governor, who is said to have
been in a great rage and not easily Gained.
According to one report the council had it
'hot and heavy"
Sbaidopp Ke,,cgq who has ncna,,tad tbi.
larger duties and responsibilities of the po-
sition Of Inspector of Rife Practice on The
division staff, the brigade commander de-
sires to record his appreciation Of the en-