The morning call., 1890-05-09

ductions. as, for instance, "the-banner-
company" report, have made no little SEN
sation in National Guard circles. The pub
lished "facts are as follows:
The Brigadier- General, however, says that
August is usually a dull month in wholesale
houses. so that clerks, b0Okkeepers and others
In similar employment, in whose behalf July 4th
Is suggested. viii have no harder time getting of
In August than in July. He also cites the fol
lowing facts In support OF his proposition:
The eneampments OF the First Infantry have
Der 18Th; 1879, September 10th; 1885, Septem-
Der 18th; 1881. July I'd; 1882, July 1st; 1888.
5gly "a; aad 1854; SEPTEMBER 9Th 1882 August
21st; 1889, July Goth. Five of these encamp-
ments included july 4th and seven did not.
The Second Artillery went Into camp In 1885
on August 15th In 1887 on July TIN and In 1889
on August l7th.
The Third has encamped as follows: 1884.
august 18Th; 1880, August 18th; 1886, July
I'd; 1887, July I'd; 1883, August 18th; 1885,
September 7th.
In 1885 tbs Fifth went into camp on August
10Th, in 1887 on July I'd and in 1889 on Au-
gust 10th.
The division enoampment was held on August
10, 1885. and the brigade camp on July 2, 1887.
This is a recofd Of twenty-six camps, nine of
which were held in the early part OF July, includ-
Ing July 4th, one began three days after the Ain,
TWO were held IN the last week In July, nine were
held IN August and five In September.
The proposition" that '' August is
usually dun month";" and that it is easier
to " get on - in that month than July may
II,
remains that the schools and the courts
always close, and the regulars 20 into camp
In July, aud those who can afford a vaca-
tion at all take it in July; but then another
idol has been ruthessiy shattered, and
hencefOrth that August and not July is
the vacation month must be accepted by
the masses with as good grace as the other
shattered idols that Columbus did not dis
cover America; that the story of Washing
ington and his little hatchet and the cherry
tree Is all 6uncombe; that Romulus and
Remus, William Tell, Robinson Crusoe and
other good and great men are myths, and
that Shakespeare never wrote Shakespeare,
etc.
The General counts in his record twenty
six camps, but that record figured up and
down, down and up, from left to right and
from right to left, by column of files. or sets
OF twos or fours only gives a total Of
twenty-four as a matter of fact. Then,
with studied perversion of the facts, the
lripe Hill" camp OF 1885, and the equally
as celebrated Hellsburg" camp of 1887,
are made to masquerade as eight distinct
camps to boom up the record and make the
FACTS suit the proposition, so that in
truth the record of twenty-six dwindles
down to eighteen encampments.
Accepting these inflated facts for what
they are worth and not jot more, in view
Of the above, the General concludes, in. sup
port OF his proposition, that 1t is easier TO
get of In August than in July because.
forsooth, nine encampments have been held
in the early part of July Gncluding July
4th), nine in August. FIVE in September and
three In July, total twenty-six. The true
record is, however, taking as a basis the
corrected facts -: July 4th week six en-
campments, September five, August five,
has plurality of one and third of the
total, yet August is argued to be a more
popular month for encampments.
The division encampment of 1885 was set
for August to suit the country companies
ouly and therefore the choice of that month
has no bearing on the Second Brigade. The
Third Infantry selected week in July for
It's camp; negotiations fell through with
Santa Cruz and UkIah was chosen for Au-
gust, but Colonel Tobln's death compelled
q postponement until September. The
First Infantry has had to choose dates other
than the Fourth of July week, not because
1t favored them, but in obedience to public
sentiment on the Fourth of July day parade
question. Consider these questions and
where are General Cuttings by 8 facts?
The encampment of 1887, 1t will be re-
membered, was held in Healdsburg, and
the brigade paraded around the town
square of that Sonoma County town on the
national holiday. notwithstanding all the
resolutions and threats of the Fourth of
July Committee, of which R. b. Mitchell
was the Chairman. Brigadier-General John
I. Cutting. now commanding the Second
Brigade, n. q. c., was then commanding
the Second Artillery Regiment of that
brigade.
He was one Of the Colonels who partici-
pated in the unanimous vote against a
change OF time Of the encampment, because
the latter was intended to be one of instruc-
tiOn, and 10 make the instruction lar reach
ing Fourth of July week was decreed the
proper time, as it permitted of greater at
tendance than at any other season of the
year. Colonel Cutting was then in the s;ssae
business as lie is now, but had no trip East
to make. and Fourth of July week was good
enough for him.