The morning call., 1890-08-17

encampment of the n. G. c. as a division,
but on account of the taIdy increase of the
force from fifty TO sixty companies and the
uniforming and equipping them on the in
stalment plan practiced in California, it
was found that there would not be m oney
enough for a division camp, and therefore
brigade encampments were decided on, and
thus the tNenty-nine companies of the
Second will 90 into bTigaGe camp for the
Second time in three years.
The second was last in camp as a brigade
at HeadsbuTg during the Fourth of July
week in 1887, against the loud protest and
ranting of the Fourth of July Committee of
that year, since which, however, the city
troops have not been permitted again 10
parade outot the city on the national holl-
day. The camp at Healdsburg was named
Camp Bartlett, that at Santa Cruz will De
known as Camp Waterman, noting the
death Of one COmmander-in- Chief, for such
the Governor is, and the succession of the
Lientrnant-GOVernor. The thought sug-
gests other important changes which have
occurred in the short period of three years
in the brigade, the nucleus and strength OF
the n. G. C.
Brigadier-General W. II. Dimond, who
was in cOmmind at Healdsburg. is now
MsjOr-General commanding the division.
Brigader- General Cutting, now command
ing The bridade, was then Colonel of the
Second Artillery. Necessarily there have
been great changes in the stats. Then K.
q. Orion was Lieutenant Colonel of the
First Infantry, now he holds the rank OF
Brigadier-General as Adiutant-General OF
the State. Major S. J. Taylor then, is
Lieutenant-ColOnel now, and Captain
William P. Sullivan Jr., then AdJutant, now
Major Of the First. Colonel Cutting was
Lieutenant Colonel David Wilder. Colonel
Wilder, on retirement, by Lieutenant
Colonel William Macdonald, who is now
Colonel; he by Lieutenant-Colonel j. A.
Roster, who held the same rank while
Assistant Acknowledgement OF the brigade,
and Major T. S. Taylor by Lieutenant
D. Geary, then OF the Light Battery, max
ing a complete change of the field officers.
SO also i'll the Third Infantry, with
Colonel Thomas F. Barry, Lieutenant
Colonel Jeremiah c. OConnor aud Major
j. J. O'Brien, promotions consequent upon
the death of the lamented Colonel Robert
TObin. Likewise in the Fifth Infantry,
which, since the death of Colonel j. NJ.
DODahue, has new and energetic set of
young field officers in Colonel ID. b. Fair
banks of Petaluma, Lieutenant Colonel A.
K. WhittOn of San Jose and Major Frank
R. O'Brien of Oakland. Many also have
been the changes among the line officers, in
fact too numerous to name; and one COM
pany has been added TO the brigade-H of
the Third, Captain 5. J. Ruddell. The per-
sonnet of all the companies has also greatly
changed; in fact, such change IN CON-
Dany is the natural result of the rolling
round of every Two years. so loose are tile
methods in the n. g. q.
Camp Waterman, or more Familiarity,
''Tripe HILL" for the name will not down,
Is too well known to need lengthy descrip-
ton. The survivors of the sham battle IN
1885 know every inch of the ground" be-
cause they have fought, walked and sweat
over 1t. Those who have enlisted since
know it almost as we'll from the survivors
reports. 1t is undoubtedly one of the best
"a a. t1.k
lacking shade trees. 1t is even picturesque
ly located. The Sixth Infantry Regiment
FROM the San Joaquin Valley encamped
there last month, after the Fourth of July,
and the First Artillery Regiment from Sac
ramento was there for the week ending on
the 10th inst.
The camp of the brigade will not be
pitched, however, where it was located in
1885, but fully 500 yards further to the lett
AMI beyond the cemetery on the hillside,
which Is on the other side OF the ad an
was directly in the rear of the First In
tantTy's lines. The camp is located at
distance from the main street of the town
not further than ten minutes walk, 1t
will face the railroad, the narrow-gauge
passing the grounds before entering the
tunnel in the rocky hill on one side of
which is the city of Santa Cruz and on the
other the camp. The extreme right OF the
camp will be about where division head
quarters were located at Camp StOneman
in 1885. As laid out the camp will be 1922
feet in length and the depth $50 feet, which
the non-military must understand as not
including the parade-grouud.
The First Infantry, which is commanded
by the senior ranking Colonel, will have the
right Of line; the Second Artillery, by the
next in rank, the left; the Third Infantry
the right center and the Fifth Infantry the
left center; brigade headquarters in a
gorge located further back and closer to
The foothills, which end in the plain Of
Irlpe Hill; the Brigade Signal Corps to the
TlgGt oil Headquarters, and the Cavalry and
Light Artlllery on the extreme left a
street. 4Uo leet wide will lead up to head
quarters ana VIII be the main one in the
camp, separating also the Third and Fifth
Infantry.
Between these battalions and the two on
the TANKS the width of the streets will he
sixty feet; between the parallel lines of the
field and staff and the line officers of the
respective battalions thirty feet, and the
same space between the company officers
tents and the First Sergeants' tents of the
company streets, which run at right angle
TO the lines of officers tents. The commits
sary departments and eating tables will be
to the rear of the battalions and close to
the hills, SO as to take advantage OF the
little shade that the manZanitas, buckeyes
and young frs will grant. As compared to
the laying out Of regimental camp, it will
be a little crowded, but as a whole Camp
Waterman will be pretty picture, nesting
as 1t will be, at the foot of the gentle and
green hills, which overlook the bloodless
field Of the Battle of Triple Hill.
Nor will the entrance be at the upper end
ot the field. next TO the electrical works