The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-10
Colonel J. II. Dickinson.

attended by his staff, and also Colonel W..
Macdonald of the Second Artillery, and
the other field and also staff officers of the
Second
The eight companies had been divided
into platoons of sixteen files front with
guides, and the quick and steady step, the
fastest observed by any battalion in the
brigade taken with the numerical showing
made the review one not to be soon for
gotten. Breaking into column of fours
and without leaving the floor, Colonel
Dickinson put his men through three or
four movements of the battalion, simple,
because the floor room, ample as il has been
on some occasions of this character, did
not permit of any complicated maneuverS.
After these the ba ttaliOn was marched off
and out of the way under the galleries, and
| the Adjutant stepped out tu mark the color
! line Tor dress-parade, facing north, while
| the reviewing stand had been on the south.
| The regimental line extended all along the
southern side of the Pavilion, covered the
! western end and about one-third of the
| northern side, with the companies in double
! ranks. The manual in the dress-parade
! was well executed and this ceremony was as
| successful as the review and the short drill,
| Major George r. Burdick commanding the
| parade,
Alter dismissal of the same the COM
| panies were brought to attention, and the
Colonel read off the names of those entitled
to medals or badges. Those called stepped
out to the front, and in their respective
the names were called the men in the COM
| panies cheered their favortes or pounded
| the butts of their guns on the floor, and they
| continued this uutil almost exhausted with
| the physical eXertion. None received more
| hearty and general applause than Drum
Major Mayberry, and, oil course. he accepted
| the ovation with the maiden-like modesty
which is so characteristic of him and which
| makes him blush so on dresS-parade.
The first called out were the thirty-fiye
medal Ihnsa npinls hou
| been issued for the first time in the State.
| and as the veteran among veterans the first
| badge struck off was also awarded as a spe-
/ cial compliment to Corporal Townsend of
| Company b, the lady friends of which fur
| ther presented him with magnificent
| floral wreath. Of these medals the First
| received the lions share as the pioneer OF
ganization of the State Guards.
The medal is of bronze and quite ornate,
! hanging by blue ribbon from bronze
bar for ten years service, 10 which may be
| attached and added silver bar tor fifteen
| years service and a gold bar for twenty
years service and over, Corporal Town
send, as noted. having served thirty-six
| years. The list of medalists is as follows:
| Corporal Louis r. Townsend, Company B,
| May 81, 1854, 36 years.
| First Lieutenant George Il. Strong, 1. R. p,
| February 20, 1867, % years.
| First Lieutenant William II. Frazer, Company
II. September 15, 1869, 81 years.
| First Lieutenant E. q Hughes. Q. NJ, over 20
years; Captain Ii. r Bush, Company ii, June 3,
| 1870. 20 years.
Captain John E. Klein, Company c. July 21,
1878, IT years.
First Sergeant Julius Klein, Company C, June
| 10, 1874, 16 years; Captain Charles Jansen,
Company d, over 10 years; Private Charles F.
| Waltham, Company q, over 10 years; Private
| William Ii. Jehu, Company c, August IL. 1874,
| 16 years.
Private Thomas E. Carson, Company C. June
| 10, 1876, IA years; First Lieutenant C. E.
| Thompson, Company G, Ii years.
Colonel John H. Dickinson, First Infantry,
April |. 1887, IS years; Major George r. Bur-
dick. First Infantry. April l, 1877, 13 years.
Sergeant Phillip X. Cox, Company II, March
| z, 1878, II years. Sergeant Edgar N. Shook,