The morning call., 1890-08-04
NATIONAL GUARD.
The Second Brigade Will Attempt
a Parade on Admission Day.

Colonel Dickinson, while yet in command
of the brigade, issued the following orders
on Friday:
l. The Second Brigade N G. c., having been
invited to act as escort to the Society OF CalIof
MIA Pioneers, and TO tile Native sous OF inc
Golden West on the occasion OF the celebration
of the furtieth anniversary OF the admission Oh
California to the Union, and the invitation nav
ing been accepted the brigade will parade on
the 9th day OF September, 1890. as such escort.
The place aud hour OF formation will be an
nounced In future orders.
H. Many of the officers ana members OF tne
brigade also belong 10 The societies named. Al
OF those so belonging, who desire TO parade win
their respective societies, will be given permls-
sion to do SO on that day by their respective
commanding officers.
A good deal of stuff and nonsense has
been said and also published as regards the
showing which the brigade will-or should
make on the day. The fact is simply
that it will make as poor a showing IN
point of numbers as it did on the Fourth OF
July, when almost every son forsook MS
company and HE'D himself to take part IN
the celebration at Haywards.
Alameda is making efforts to organize
company to be attached presumably to the
Fifth Infantry, which now has two COM
panies in Oakland. If company is Or
ganiZed it must be one of members actu-
ally attending some school or collegiate IN
Stitution and Will be attached as caqet
organization. But what need at all oil
company at Alameda. II the military fever
is high enlist in the Oakland companies,
which are dangerously close to the mini
mum figure in point of membership.
Colonel Ernst of the Engineer Corps, U
S. A., is reported TO have said. regarding
the National Guard of Pennsylvania, after
the review by President Harrison at MI.
Gretna: "No finer spectacle could look
fine in feathers and plumes, but this was
sight for soldiers to gaze upon. Inc Ma
Do, &c n
stitutiOn." Colonel Ernst never saw the
Second Brigade, n. G. c., on Fourth OF
July parade, or he would have known OIL a.
greater institution"
The following has been published: the
division staff was inspected and mustered
by Division Inspector Staples last Wednes--
day. Only ACKNOWLEDGEMENT echt ana
Depue and Sergeant Major Selfrldge were
present" II this is true, there should be a
shaking up of the staff, until the moor is
strewn with military titles. If 1t had been
a dinner, how many would have answered
Here?
At the election held on Friday evening in
Light Battery A, Second Artillery, Second
Lieutenant Albert Behneman was elected
Senior First, and Sergeant Charles Russell
Junior First Lieutenant, and Private NJ.
Spiro Senior Second Lieutenant. Ihe jun
Tor Lieutenancy was not filled.
Major Sheldon ]. Kellogg, |. Il. T., mas
been appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and
Inspector of Rifle Practice on the Division
Staff. While this is a merited PROMOTION
the brigade win be sorry to lose the Major,
though he will not go far away.
Major William Cluff, Commissary OF the
brigade, will preside ON next Monday
evening at an election for Lleutenants OF
Company G Of the Second Artillery, vice
Fairbanks and Ward resigned.
Colonel Barry and the Quartermaster OIL
the Third were down at Santa Cruz yester-
day looking after camp matters.
The annual meeting of the National Guard
Veteran Association will be held on Friday
evening at the Post-street ArmOry.
Corporal J. F. Madden OF Company G, 'the
Marquis" has been appointed Right Gen.
eral Guide of the First.
The First has had its tents overhauled
for camp and ventilatOrs, which they sadly
needed cut into them.
Company B of the First was at Camp
Taylor yesterday on "a hurrah."
Brigadier-General John I. Cutting re-
turned yesterday from the East.
Thirteen days more before camp!