The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-17
NATIONAL GUARD.
Some Cold Facts Shown by the
"Figures of Merit
Mondays scant Parade-More Officers Commits
sioned-Rattlsd Sacramento Patriots.
Elections Ordered.

was only 1881, or OU per cent Oh the HdAHnuul,
whose attendance at drills during the month In
question was 1888. AS regards regiments and
battalions the difference between actual and
maximum membership is as follows: First
Infantry Regiment q c0mpaniesl, 234;
Second Artillery, Z, 2S5; Third Infantry g.
307; Fifth, 6, 236; Sixth, 6, 251; Seventh, 6,
2S1 Eighth Battalion, 8, 3o4; Ninth Regiment,
6, 365; Tenth Battalion, 2, LAG; San Francisco
Hussars, GA; First Regiment Artillery, g. 363-
total lacking of maximum, 2412. Take next the
membe rship of individual companies, and COM
parison OF the Sky makes The following show
Ing: One company, 49, two. so; three each, 90
and 53; one, "a; five, 90; two, So; three, 81;
two, So; five, 90; Two. so; one, 81; seven, 50;
one 63 eight, Ga; three, So; one. Sc; three, 50;
one each, 20, IL, 70. 70 and IA; two each, 10 and
&c; one each rs, 80, 81 and 90. AS regards the
attendance of these sixty The showing is still
poorer: Nine companies with percentage OF
between 30 and 60; twelve between 60 and 70;
tweDiy-one between 20 and so; fifteen between
so and 80, and three 81, 10, 81, 70 and 90.34.
AS regards returns petty fraud is ptacIlced on
the State The code says that each company
must have at least three weekly drills each
month, except in December OF each year" An
honest Interpretation OF the same means that the
minimum number OF assemblies shall be three.
and not that there shall be No more than three
assem- blles during the month. Yet the figures OF
merit reported by the companies show that for
returns for six assemblies; 0 for five; % for
four, and 8, lacking one-third OF the entire
force, for only three assemblies. AT any rate
the above figures show That lively shaking up
of the n. G. c. all along the line Will not hurt The
citizen soidleiy one bit.
sCANT PARADE.
The showing ma de by The companies which
paraded on Monday has been the subject of gen.
eral criticism. 1t is doubtful whether parade,
such as was made on that day, reflects any credit
Oh The n. q. {. or the battaiions OF which The
eomranes paladlng are portion ,;9 The Ihi[d
its eight comp anies, paraded seven platOons OF
twelve files front, single rank, besides few
guides and tile-closers. so that the total number
paradng made up about the strength oil one
company OF maximum membership. Company
OF tile First paraded about thirty, likewise Bat
teGy'' OF the Second Artillery. At any rate
not one of the six paraded with thifty-twO, the
maximum state occasions. Then again. as
permitted on Monday, what has constituted
aud State-suppoIied company Ul the y. u. I. 10
do behind an independent military oTganlZatlOnY
As well have the n. q. c. on parade precede
tie egulars in line. But when, as noted, men al
ight-shouder- arms carry The rife on The march
almost balanced on the shoulder horizontally,
when others lie In line with three or four success
sive cOat-buttUnS uniastened, the belt so loose
that 1t hangs below the Duttocks, with the but
tons In lie back and tile coat wriukled up over
the carrldge-boX and up on the shoulders, as II
were, then such a parade Is not calculated 10 in
spire belief m tile orderly and sodierly charac-
Ter OF tile guard at large.
ANOTHER BATCH OF OFFICERS.
lUe n. u. u, winch IS now Top DtdFy WIFI
commissioned officers. has been made to totter
under the addition OF sixteen more, by reason OF
the organization of the Eighth and Tenth Bat.
taOns Of Infantry respectively in The Filth and
Sixth Brigades, and commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel aud NJ ajOr, with stats, OF course. The
Eighth, with five companies at Chico, COlusa,
MarysVllle, Red BLUM and Reddiug, has now
IweDtyfOur field, stan and line officers, and be-
ing The only military In the brigade the General
commanding has the proud satisfaction OF being
kmg-p to thirIy-nine officers over 304 enlisted
men. The Tenth Battalion, comp ising two COM
panies, one Of which is at Eureka, Will, with its
Majors staff and company Officers have fifteen,
ard the brigade thirty officers. as against only
lac enlisted men. The Eighth has Lieutenant
Colonel ana Major as field officers, and for staff
the following named:
Uric b. Collins Captain and Adjutant; William
II. Winter, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster;
sary: Douglas Gone, First Lieutenant and Paymas-
ter; Frederick GTotefend, FIRST Lieutenant and
ant and Inspector Of kide Practice; Richard
White, First Lieutenant and Signal Onicer.
Tie Tenth's field and staff are as follows:
}. d. II. Chamberln, Major; Walter G. Bonner, |
Captain and Adjutant; Edwin Ruseoe. First Lieu !
tenant and Quartermaster; William Il. Wyman,
First Lieutenant and Comnissary; Jules IL. |
Pouleur, rst lieutenant and Paymaster; John A. |
Livingston, First Lieutenant and Inspector of Rifle
Practice; george d. Marvin, Major and Surgeon;
James 5. Todd, Captain and Chaplain; Vacay |
Zarnba, First Lieutenant and Ordnance officer.
right FORWARD, FOURS RIGHT !"
The inspection and muster on last Monday |
evening of tie Sacramento City companies of the
so-eaed artillery regiment must have been a |
good imitation OF The Old-time militia muster on
the annual field day. The report OF the inspect
ors will probably differ somewhat from the fol- |
lowing from The Sacramento Bee though such |
tanges are not rare things In this city:
The annual inspection and muster Of the city com
pauies OF the First Artillery Regiment drew large
crowd OF spectators TO Armory Hall asst night. The |
troops were inspected By General /. w. Sheehan, |
commander of the Fourth Briga lie, and Majors |
Ry an, Leake and Snerburn Of ms staff Some of the
movements were IudcrOus, owing 10 the palpable |
tneXperience OF many recruits IN the companies OF
Captains Hall and Cook. The formed tdy was en- |
gagged in creditable endeayor 10 execute the move
ment OF right forward tours right, wheh several |
OF the batte-arrayed patriots became helpiessly |
ratified" and the company looked Tor while as |
though 1t never would become enidnGIed When II |
finally emerged from the knot triumphantiy and |
gested the exercise OF swapping the whip" Beyond
few other breaks" which the audience r"liShed
Immensely, the drill rassed of happily
PUNIsHISG THE INDUSTRIOUS.
AS stated the attendance at the non-cOm's |
drill of the First Infantry In June was so wretch
eddy poor that Colonel Dickinson has ordered |
another tor the 3OIh INST, with the proViso that |
If The attendance Is good no more VIII be had be-
fore camp. That Is 1t again. The industrious |
who attend these drills regularly are punished |
with the laEgards. The industrious have 10 |
drill twice for lie laggards' once, and yet the |
laggards are thought OF as much and share all |
the distinction OF wearing chevrons without de- |
serving IL. SO II Is with many a one who serves |
his seven years by having bis name on COM
pany roll, and who Notwithstanding that Is an |
unknown quantity at drills and parades, re-
ceiyes his exemption certificate aud IS on the |
same footing with him who may have earned 100
per cent in attendance.
Tie total membership OF the n. G. c. for the
month of May was 1881. aud the percentage at
tending drills 1888
Regulations have been amended to authorize
the wearing OF the badge OF the sons OF Veterans.
THEY ARE NOT AT ALL IN IT.
A piece OF Information has been going the |
rounds calling attention 10 the supposed fact
that when the 14th of July was first celebrated
In San Francisco only one company OF the n. G..
C. asssled-the Sumner Guard-Dut that IL is no
more because transferred with It's officers and
Cnntt, nv nf lp irl
as such paraded on Monday. Eylry one who
knows anything about tue subject knows that
Company of The FIRST Infantry Sumner Light
Guard was consolidated In $50 with OF the |
First Infantry, and as such, under Captain Tel.
Ter (since dead( was in. The division camp at
Santa Cruz in 1885.
BY lie way, Section 1862 of The code says that
1.-THE companies Of the National Guard are COM
posed Of not less than 80 nor more than lO3 OIL
Company ID OF The Ninth Infantry, with mem
beIship OF 40, is mot in IT," How does The
Adjutant-G General classify II?
he cadet company oil the First Infantry VIII |
not be at camp in Santa Cruz next MONTH The |
boys Will be at school in August.
The three signal corps have membership all |
told OF 62-the Second Brigade 40 and the |
Third and Fourth BrigaGes l EACH
PETALUMA HAS GONE WRONG.
Whats the matter with Company CPetaluma) |
OF The Filth -? Colonel Fairbanks has been or
dered 10 preside on the evening OF The 2SIn inst
at an election for Captain, Vice Wlnans le-
signed and Hall failed to qualify, and for First
Licutehdut Ni'c billou, tcibi cApiout anu 1oWuc
also failed TO qualify.
An election VIII be held on next Monday even
Ing when Captain ii. 7. Bush, OF Ii OF the Filth,
viii he elected 10 succ ed himself. Major Charles
I. Stanley, q. o., VIII preside. Let's see Captain
Bush has been IN continuous command OF the |
Hewston Guard since April, 1872.
Corporal George L. Hunt of Company OF the
First has been detailed as left general guide OF |
the regiment, though why regiments al orders |
should nave refrained Il ON aplt3llZing the word
"left' is not patent.
William A. Halstead has been appointed ord
nance officer on The regmental STAFF OF the First |
Infantry. All that Colonel Dickinson now wants |
is Chaplain, not SO much Tor the regiment as
for the staff.
Company a OF the First Infantry and of the |
n,ntlo of