The morning call., 1891-02-19
VETERANS MEETING.
Plans Proposed to Popularize Thei
Sessions.

Plans Proposed to Popularize Their
Sessions.
Among the applicants admitted to mem
bership last evening at the quarterly meet
ing of the Veterans of the National Guard
of California were the following named |:
Captain E. l. Sheehan. Third Infantry {;
Lieutenant John Hey, Company A, First
Cavalry; First Sergeants Conrad Young
and Herman Huber, Company c, Second
Artillery; Sergeant John r. Regan, Com
pany b, Third Infantry; Corporals John
T. Dispaux and William H. Jehu. C. First
Infantry, and Private J. NJ. Dwyer, d,
Third lnfan try.
The association has now in its treasury
S1234 40, and according 1urther to the report
of the Financier $50 veterans have affiliate
up to date, number reduced to 303 by eight
deaths, fifteen expulsions and four resigna-
tion5,
Past Commander W. c. Little urged some
timely action on the death of General w. L.
Sherman, once a Major General of the Cali
fornia State Militia, and w. G. Little, Rev.
Thomas I'll. LarKin and Joseph G. Wall
were named as the committee to present
resolutions of coincidence.
Memorial resolutions were read on the
death of Sergeant J. w. rBelden. w. r. Smed-
berg, A. ID. Grimwood and s. /. Kellogg
were ap ointed u committee to draft a
memorial on the death of Colonel David
Wilder, and Comrades Kenny, VIII and
Burns on the demise of Sergeant Thomas f.
Walsh of Vallejo.
Veterans Townsend and Kellogg urged the
organization of rifle corps in connection
with the association to enthuse the MEM
bers, and particularly the old-time shooting
cranks. and in their scheme asked the pat
ronage and support of the association. The
proposition was well received, and Veterans
Townsend, kellogg and Burns-"the three
cranks." as the Financier called them--were
charged with the organization of the Shoots
ees.
The annual banquet will take place in
May, and as the committee to have charge
of the same j. A. White, V. ID. Duboce, A.
j. Ruddock. Z. Benedict and E. Nj. Green
way were appointed.'
Veterans Marmedel, Armstrong and Null
Ter were next named as the committee TO
make nominations Of officers for the ensuing
election.
A general discussion was then had as to
the best methods of popularizing the ses-
sl0ns of the association, the rifie-corps at
tachment being one of the ideas suggested.
Past Commander Little and others warmly
urged .'nigh inks or low jinks," as
others called them, and Veteran Townsend
became so enthused as even to suggest a
uniform for the members, while another
grizzled veteran unbosomed himself of the
idea to send a committee 10 the Legislature
and have enacted measure whereby the
veterans could be quartered, free OF charge,
in some regimental armory of the State, for
getting, however. that the State does not
control one arm0ry in the State.
But when Netera,s fSenny announced that
he had in his minds eye as prospective
member Matthew Nunan Of the Hibernia
Brewery and limited that beer would be q
necessary thing at a low jinks, the idea
spread in its popularity and it was tacitly
understood that the quarterly meetings will
hereafter be made more joyful with beer
and other liquids, tobacco and pipes and
cigars, beans, hard-tack, and also the other
things which are generally served at jinks
and which have popularity come to be under.
stood as peculiarly the soldiers proyender