The morning call., 1891-12-21
NATIONAL GUARD.
VIII Colonel Barry of the Third
Succeed Himself.
Captain Huber Notwithstanding Wrong
With the Cadets-Al Drills Suspended.
Acknowledgment of Services.

| yaSslng TO agree upon a candidate and TO
assure his election. There is quite little
| fight as to who should succeed to the
| Colonelcy, and while two secret caucuses
have been held no promise of choice has
resulted.
Atuhis election. according to present in
| dications. twenty-one votes will be cast, or
| eleven to choice if there is more than one
candidate, as undoubtedly there will be. OF
| the twenty-one line officers one will not
have qualified or been commissioned before
| the election and the other is absent from
| the city. Added to the nineteen are the
the votes of the Lieutenant-C Colonel and
| Major, total twenty-one. Not unlikely, it
| is reported, the Major may not vote, but
| this would not affect the necessary vote for
| choice. The second caucus was held on
| Friday evening with seventeen votes repre-
| sented, Another will be held on the coming
| Friday evening
At the second the name of James V. Cole
man was put forward, it appearing that be-
| fore gong East he had given assurances that
| if elected he would accept and qualify The
! first secret ballot taken resulted Barry Z,
| O'Connor 3, Coleman 4, blank l; total pres
| ent II. Second vote, Barry 8, Coleman 6,
| O'Connor /. blank / total IT, 1t is asserted
that Colonel Barry's full strength is repre-
| sented by the nine votes, though unac-
| counted for at the caucus were the votes of
| the two field officers and of two line officers
| which latter are said to be against him,
! likewise the blank vote.
Brushing aside all SPECULATION, the senti-
ment seems to be that Colonel Barry will be
| defeated by very close vote by Coleman;
and il not this, that LieutenRnt-ColonelA Al
| Conner may be settled upon as the compro-
| mise candidate, for there is no DENYING that
| Colonel Barry has hurt his standing by his
| application for retirement aud his unsettled
| stand on this point. But whoever is elected,
| the Third Infantry will have for time the
| LETT OF brigade line, both In city parades and
| in camp, the First giving IN these places for
| the center in city parades, ana the left cen
| ter in camp. Even with Colonel Barry's re-
| election this would be so, for his commits
| sion would date from the day of reelection,
| he being now on the retired list, which
would make him the junior ranking Colonel,
| although before his retirement the second in
| rank of four.
| \ SUBSTANTIAL. ORGANIZATION
| Brigadier General j. c. Breck enridge,
! nspector-General, U. S. A., says in his re-
| port: " 1t is safe to assume that substan-
| tia! organization of the volunteer militia of
| the nation is now assured, and, with the
| support of the General Government and
| from the States themselves, which they de-
| serve and which experience las taught it is
| economical to give. an efficiency will be at
| tanned in which all may feel a lust pride
and the nation rely for its security"
| Lieutenants Thompson Sullivan and WILL
| Jams, First Infantry, have been detailed for
| duty On the board for the examination of
applicants Tor corporals' warrants, and will
| meet Mt the reglmental armory on the even
| ing Of the second Thursday each month
| Captain Kelleher, Adjutant, and Lieu
tenant Macdonald, Ordnance Officer, Sec
! Gnd Artillery, have received their commits
! sions-proof that the move on" in Sacra-
mento has not yet exhausted ITSELF The
| Captain qualified during the week.
| Second Lieutenant J. r. Mahoney of f. of
| the Second Artillery passed the examining
| board on Friday evening
CAPTAIN HUBER SURPRISED.
| Captain Huber and his officers were most
| agreeable surprised on the last drill night by
| the enlisted men of the old company. The
| Captain was seduced from the bosom of his
| family and then inveigled by Lieutenant
| Colonel Roster and finally introduced TO the
| company quarters. A band of twenty-five
| pieces had been assembled and then fol-
! lowed a season of lollfcatiOn and merry
making. But oh, what a difference in the
| morning"
Appointments in the First Infantry have
| been announced: Private L. L. Blrdick,
| 3, to be Corporal; Sergeant Davies aud Pri-
| Yates Fishbeck and Van Nostrand of the
cadets, to be First Sergeant and Corporals
respectively.
Exemption certificates have been received
at brigade headquarters for Charles E.
| Dillon, late First Lieutenant Of G. First
| DcIBedul L. L. CdNhSSO Oh n. anu SeIB6duI
Charles ). Putnam of C, Fifth In
| fantry.
Sergeant I. L. Cavasso has been appointed
first sergeant OF A Oakland, Fifth Infan-
try, vice WhitcOmb.
| SUSCEPTIBLE To CRITICISM
The meeting night of the Board of Officers
| of the First Infantry. has been changed
| from Wednesday to Tuesday in the month
| at the request of the Captain commanding
| the company which drills on Wednesday
night and because it subjected that co NJ
pany to too much criticism by the as
| sembed officers. What has the Captain
who drills on Tuesday to say?
| Regimental orders of the Fifth Infantry
for Govember discharged % enlisted men, s
each from A and +, I from band. from c,
II for removal" for expiration of service
and on two-thirds vote of their fellow
members.
| Regimental orders of the First Infantry
! discharged four enlisted men from G, two
! from G and one from f, but all for re
| moyal" besides which two from Is and
one from A were 'let out" on two-thirds
| vote.
Junior First Lieutenant C. W. Tinker
! and Second Lieutenant John T. Stone of
| the cavalry troop have passed the Examin-
[ ing Board.
| THE THIRD Is DELINQUENT.
All the returns for the Second Brigade
| were in at headquarters before Tuesday,
|
| quarters. The exception was the Third
| Infantry and its returns have not yet left
regmental headquarters. Probably Lieu
| tenant-Colonel O'Connor has forgotten that
| he is in command of the battalion.
Corporal John f. Madden, Company G,
| First Infantry, Acting Right General Guide,
| has been honorably discharged from the
service of the State. having passed the ex-
animation and commissioned Second
| Lieutenant of the Fifth Infantry, u S. A
| Appointments in Battery III, Second Ar
| tillery, are announced of Corporal John A.
| Farrell to be Sergeant, Privates John b.
Laninger, J. E. Pollock, Thomas j. Rock,
| Patrick J. McCabe, William L. Wall,
| be cOrporals.
Corporal John c. Piver of the cavalry
troop. reduced to the ranks for insubordna-
| ton, has also been expelled on two-thlrds
| vote of the members.
| First Sergeant Muller of the Cadet Com
pany has been appointed Second Lieuten-
ant.
! SERVICES ACKNOWLEDGE.
| Colonel Macdonald has placed on record
| "hls acknOw ledgment of the valuable sery-
| ices rendered by Captain Pike (retlred) to
| the regiment as Signal Officer, Quartermas-
ter and Adjutant. and to state that he re-
| grets the Loss of such an efficient officer"
December is the month in the year when
things are at complete halt in the n. G.
| c. All drills are suspended and the only
sign of life is in the schools for non- CONS
| With the new regulations this gentry has
something to keep 1t busy.
| The last active duty Of CAPTAIN Coon
nell lin connection with the n. G. c. has
| probably been his attendance at the BAN
! quet to the Governor on Tuesday evening.
| A. S. Newhurg, relieved as staff orderly
to Colonel Fairbanks. has been ordered to
report for duty to his company, c, Fifth
| Infantry.
Captain Juiliard and Lieutenants Dunbar
and Holmes, Company L, Fifth Infantry,
| have qualified.
| SOMETHING WRONG IN DENMARK.
There must be something radically wrong
| with that cadet company of the First In
| fantry. Where once it had a mem bership
of over 20 and 50, now it has come down to
q beggarly 80, much below the minimum al
| lowed by law Tor a regular company.
| Connecticut has JUST been aroused to the
| need and organization of Gil officers asso-