The morning call., 1891-09-28

fault found was that " the arms were not in
good conditiOn-oid and worn and, in many
instances, almost worthless" and that loose
Straw was found in the hunks Of the men.
THE PUNY, NABRow-CHEsTED."
OF the First Artillery he said in 1890 that
=" the companies located in Sacramento were
fairly well drilled" but thu Sc stationed out
side g were not SO proficient" for, 'iu many
Instances. the Arguments OF companies were
poor and the manual of arms decidedly
ragged" The infantry arms were in no bet
ter condition tlan those of the Sixth, but
" the material composing its rank and fi'e is
not up to the standard Of the Sixth lEtan-
try"
The general police Of the camp was "only
lalr' and "mapy tents were very untidy. on
account of the loose straw heaped up IN
them" Guard duty at first was very In
differently performed" but improved daily;
The presence of many OF the officers
families living in camp was an innovation,
which the Inspector did not consider advis-
able, living as they did with the officers In
the tents.
OF this same command the Captain says in
1881, that 1.-THE material OF which THIS
marching regiment is composed is not OF
the very best, the ranks in many companies
being largely composed of puny, narrow
chested boys, Totally deficient III military
bearing" While there WAS decided I'M
provement IN the previous year ratlns IN
guard duty, skirmish drill and military
courtesy, while Sent!nels performer their
task cheerfully aud with "a commendabie
| degree Of accuracy, and while good WORK
was done in battalion ard skirmlsh drills,
the report takes all the glory out OF the
concentrations, in making them suDJecL
however. TO the following exceptions;
Distances were at fault, lines broken, IN some
Instances The men were huddl' d together In
heap scattered with large Intervening gaps;
generally the step was too short and little or no
fleClOSers. few Captains appeared TO have
been perfectly al loss what to do when certain
movement were ordered, and therefore gave
their orders IN NacillAtng manner, trusting
lbelr companies would get into position In some
shape, hardly knowing what TO do with them
selves.
This year the members families, the
babies, the household pets, and The officers
lsres aud penates were not with them IN
| tleir tents, but in 3 camp little 10 the
! rear Of the main camp, and llreverently
| dubbed 'the hennery." Captain y Council
! says nothing of this feature" nor whether
| this innovation has its advantages; whether
! it is Of military character, or whether II
was any more advisable than the one
Of 1890.
CoURT-MARTIAL SENTENCES.
Leutenant-Colou Roster Of the Second
Artillery. sitting as a regimental court
martial, tried the cases OF ten prIyates &C
cused of neglect of duty. l.. j. Morrison
and Henry Hopper, Of d; +. J, Wagner
and n L. Murphy, of II; A T. McDer-
mutt and F. Z. SHndier OF q, and {. A.
Hill OF f were dishOnorably discharged.
Anthony Phelan OF ID, ana John a. Doug
lass ana A. 4. Wheeler, Of A, were reprl-
manded, their previous good record having
! been taken III consideration, with the hope
that they will show by future attention to
| duty that the leniency of their sentence
| was not misplaced.
| The scheme in the First Infantry to send
| battalion Of 400 men and a band to CHI
| cago for the Worlds Fair is progressing
nicely, and the committee of seven Captains
| which has the arrangement IN hand Is 50 en-
thusiastic over the project that 1t is taken
quite for granted that there will be no
! trouble to find 400 men in the regiment who
will be willing to put up the expenses OF
tie journey. and have at disposal the four
| weeks time to make the journey.
All members Of Company { of the Naval
| Battalion have been ordered by BrigadleI-
| General Dickinson to assemble This evening
in the courtroom of Justice Of tile Peace
Britain at the new City Hall.
Rrgimental Orders of The Second dis
charged four enlisted men-two from l. and
one each from d aud +, and all for re
nova"