The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-21

National Guard OF the county To ~ on"tr
aud foster this relation and Increase the ell
cheney Of the guard, l recommend that the Cap
tains aud First LieuieuantN OF the skeleton
companies Of the army be detailed as AdluiantS
of The different regiments OF the National
Guard so hat every militia regiment VIII nave
a regular a my officer for Its AdjutaDt. which
detail VIII last four years As further step
toward this more intimate union. recnnln nj
that tile central Government comuletey arm
coIbe and equip the guard IN every safe IN the
Union, ana that the said States detraY the cost
Of transporting the troops 10 aud from tbe sum-
mer enCamWnrntS, subsiSIing them while IN
camp, and, IN addition. pay the soldier fair
days wages. allowing the officers the pay OF
Tia grade actually held by them as prescribed D.
tie army.
But these recommendations, it is claimed,
have not the merit of originality. They
have been made by other inspectors here
and in other States. Several OF them have
been agltated AID urged at the officers con-
vention in this city, but were opposed and
voted down by the country members, ana
higher authorities than Captain OCorrell
uphold the system in the National Guard OF
having the enlisted men of a company elect
their commissioned officers by ballot. Some
of the other recommendations also read very
well on paper.
AWARD OF DECORATIONS.
A general misrepresentation seems to exist
with reference to the award OF State dec0ra-
tons for rifle practice for the year 1891.
The orders are that the aggregate scores for
June and September will De the basis Of
award. as follows: To each competitor who
shall make not less than 60 per cent, q
silver medal and bronze marksman clasp;
not less than so per cent, silver medal and
silver rtleman'S clasp; not less than 80 per
cent, a silver medal and a gold sharp
shooters clasp No competitor will be
awarded either medal or clasp who shall
have attended less than 60 per cent of
company drills for the year ending August
81, 1891. Those who win the gold bars will
hl MI tod to for m Ii
second. or gold and silver medals, under
rules to be prescribed hereafter.
Regimenta demands for headquarters al
lowances. which are now being forwarded
for the quarter, are for 81 90 per company.
The Legislature increased the monthly al
lOwance per company 81 30 and these de-
mands are the first with the new fiscal year
An election has been called for next Mon
day evening for Captain of Company q ma
tiOnals), First Infantry. Captain Z. l.. Ill
den viii be unanimously reelected. Major
Miles will preside on this occasion.
The Light Battery is keeping up Its end
bravely. At the recent muster it had fifty
six members; now it has seventy.
THE A. G. WAS NOT IN.
A good story is told by Senator Denison
of Alameda County, who went up to Sacra-
ment0 during the week to present the pro-
test Of the citizens against the removal of
Company G OF the Third Infantry from
Oak and to San Francisco. The a. G. filed
him full OF his restless industry in behalf
of the y. G.. c., informing him that the
work Of the Office compelled him to report
for duty at O'Clock in the morning; that
retreat is never sounded until $50 in the
evening, aud that the work OF the Office
kept him head over ears during the live
long day. On the following uorning the
Senator had business with the A. e., but he
was mot in," and he continued not TO be in
for two hours. The Senator went out to the
To- hn.n1. arA q
General was there. The meeting was an af-
feeling one and the A. q. made use of all
his eloquence to impress the Senator that
this was the frst time since appointment
that he was mot in
Captain AdoIph Huber of c OF the Second
has earned the silver Tegment1l bar for
fifteen years OF continuous service 10 the
regiment. The Captain entered the conf
pany on May Is, 1876 as drummer boy,
has passed through every grade and is good
for years TO come.
No figures of merit based on the monthly
drill reports have been published by the
Adjutant. Generals office since those for the
month of February, A. d. 1891 Yet that
Office is drawing salary.
No one woG haTpshooter's clasp at the
target practice of the First Infantry ON
Sunday, one week ago.
TRYING on THE NEW TACTICS.
Company A of the Seventh Regiment
SptHL AliC Loon ~ 1tl FIl u anu NdS uIillStl
in the new tactics at skrmish ami in team
shooting. While ut the range the company
was "deployed and the advance by
rushes" aud yolley firing under the new
tactics were executed in handsome style.
After spending an hour in this way the COM
pany was diyidei into two teams and run
was made, starting at 1000 yards AMI run
ming up to 200 yards, firing two shots at
every hundred yards. After the targets had
been posted individual skirmiSh firing
was commenced. This is the second time
this company has INDUCED in skirmish
firing at long range.
The eight companies of the First Infantry
will be drilled this evening in the move
ments of the battalion by Colonel Sullivan
on Van Ness avenue. Some one had 10
give way to the ladies, who are using the
regimental armHry for the rehearSals for the
keTmess, and the Colonel is the most gal
liant man in the world, though little mod
est.
Lieutenant George II. Strong Cretiredl was
the Inspector Of the rifle practice IF the Third
Infantry yesterday and may be detailed
in the same capacity for the shoot at the
Second Artillery next Sunday.
Captain Mango of T OF the First has
asked for a board OF survey to place the
stamp of condemnation on ten Springfield
rifles, for which he is accountable.
BRUSHING UP on NAVAL SLANG.
Company A at San Diego of the Naval
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nllc ld5b dCCtpbSl, YET
having the first company letter in the or
ganZazioD-was mustered in on the 18th and
elected the fO'lOwing-named as officers
Thomas a. Nerney, Senior Lieutenant;
Edwin II. Miller, Junior Lieutenant; Frank
N. Simpson, Ensign; William D. Blood
good, Ensign. According 10 the sun the
boys have been brushing I'D on naval rhet-
ORIG since the muster, after this style;
ais the bow chaser cat-hauled7"
AYE aye, sr!'
"Have the lee scuppers been clewed up2"
"They ha-, | mean aye aye, sir"
HIS the battery been supplied with bIlge-
water?''
''You bet er-aye aye sirl"
Gan hands 90 aft 10 keel-haul the malnmast
and hOly-st0ne the anchOrl"
Lieutenant-Colouel A. G. Gassen, A. D.
c., who mustered in the company, tried on
the rhetoric by asking crowd of prospect
i've blue jackets TO help him splice the main
brace. They did and it cost the Colonel
81 %.
Colonel Barry's regiment will 90 for an
encampmeut of two days to SchuetZen Park,
beyond San Rafael, on the 10Th Drox. This
will not be a camp of instruction, but one
for pleasure, with just enough of military
restraint to make it all the more enjoyable
Tents for eight companies vii! be pitched
within the enclosure, and as the band will
accompany the battalion there will be guard
mount and dress parade, and perhaps a
drill for the fun OF the thing. There will
be target shooting and dancing, of course-in
short, picnic Of two days at the expense
of the boys.
Captain II. T. Slime WIS reelected on
Monday evening to command Light Battery
A. Second Artillery. The junior second
leutenantcY was not filled, no candidate
having been found Captain Slime enters
upon his fourth term
The battery was to have had its pistol
practice at the Preside on the 9th, but the
morning shower prevented. 1t will report
for practice with the regiment on Sunday.
RAIDED BY POLICE.