The morning call., 1891-03-16

| membershi on paper of $780, and an attend
ance OF 64.0l per cent there is the Seventh
Infantry, for whom excuses are found,
| whose membership is 314 and its percentage
| only 2.33 more. Why fish of one and fowl
| of the other?
| II is not because the First Infantry has
| so many "stuffers" on its rolls that its low
| percentage is TO be expected, because every
one of the 501 credited TO il for the month of
January aie real flesh and blood beings f;
| but that 80. 81 per cent OF them are fellows
| too lazy to drill, whom their CAPTAINS are
| 10th to discharge lest their companies
shonld be reduced under the minimum
limit.
That Company d seems to be mainly re-
spoGs ible" for The absent 1881 per cent is
gratuitous fling at company which, ac-
cord ing to the returns, had the third largest
mt mbershlp III The seven companies of the
regiment, and having sent in returns for
hve assemblies during the month could
easily, as Ga other companies in the battal-
on with ten ana eleven members less. have
sW elIed us percentage by prac!icing petty
fraud ON The State and choosing the three
largest roll-calls during the month sent In
returns only OF them.
Is nevertheless true that Just about
5000 Is the drilling and working percentage
OF the strength on paper of the National
Guard. whose sixty companies are recruited
enIy 10 little over half Of their maximum
IUive Ihe following figures will show the
Iegimental per, entagrs in the Sc, ond
Brigade Tor SIX months back, commencing
with January, 1891, and ending with and in
Guiding the muster in July, 1880:
fiSt n'ly-JanuaIy, 6549; November,
66.64 october. 6765; September 6G.9S; Au-
gust, 7l9l; July, 9O.U3.
Second Artillely-Januaty. 746I; November,
144S; OeloLef, Oeieliei; September, 77.4O; Au-
gust, So july, As
Ihnd luiantry-JdnuaIy. derelict; November
667O; Oc1ober, 6G.49; September 1852; Au-
gust, 75.1S; July. IS.
FIN In1antry-Jauuary, 1888; November.
1884; October, 90 OF; September, 1864; Au-
gust, 1888; July, S2.35.
san FiaGsiseo Rus>als-Janunry, 1892; No
yember. GS92; October, 1854; September.
Sc. 81; August, 1888; July, 9l.O7.
yyem9er, 1854; October, 69.23; September,
tZ.35i August, 1913 July, rs "a
Nothing Won Id he hailed with greater sat.
iSfactiun in stme quarters than I'm have
some OF these VIGOROUSLY papered com
panleS dlsbanGed. 1t should be doEe and
should have been done long ago. Butunder
The present loose system it would only be n
repetition OF the old story; and those who
lavor als1anding would again have pre-
scented IN time the spectacle of companies
assem- bling for drill with q and less men.
ana on paladeS with -, Is, p and less than
81 men, and yet sending in returns for three
assemblies during month when there NAV
have been twice as many, and yet masuuef-
au4hs III thoSe returns with percentages of
90 and 50 and so. The Hussars, it is true.
have been by-word, but a fitting end to
thelr ian taste tricks was the commissioning
OF their new Captain with a public repri |
mand Tor having allotted them.
An improvement on the Adiutant- Cen
eral hsuIes OF merit are the following for |
given percentage of attendance. COMPANY |
membership, number lacking on maximum |
membership, and number of drills AMI as |
sehDlleS Tor the month OF January: