The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-19

County. It is not to be wondered at that
Captain Levy and his men, after the treat
ment received, held the service OF the State
in such slight favor as not to care 10 remain
longer in It. Hardly a man under similar
circumstances but would have done like
wise.
REGULATIONS NOT FOR THEM.
In giving the San Diego company of the
Naval Battalion the letter IA IN the bat
talon, when practically it was the last or
gauZed of the four, the Adjutnnt-GeneraPs
Office manifestly betrays its ignorance OF
the contents of 'the little red book" issued
from that same bureau. and again lays
itself upan to the charge Of fayoritism TO the
military In the south. Section 24S OF Artl-
Gle VII, Of the Rules and Regulations, reads:
On the organization of a regiment, or battalion,
the companies receive a permanent designation
by letters, beginning with 4, according 10 the
date of organization OF companies.
1t is not until after application for leave
to organize company under Section 1871
Of the Political Code that under Section
1852 if the company is accepted. the BrIga-
dier-General VIII appoint person TO organ
ize; and it is not until then that under Sec
ton 1858 such person must proceed with
the organization. Yet in violation Of these
plain provisions the Adjutant-General gave
the letter, mot ac 'ordng to the date OF
organization" blt to the company practi-
cally the fourth, but really the third organ
I'D, and why? Because he says il was the
first TO apply for leave to organize, thus
ignoring the difference between "a call for
the organization of a company" and an or
gauizltiOn under law and orders of an ''ac-
cepted company" But Company of the
battalion is the senior, and orders cannot
deprive an organization OF an established
right"
They will not have bow-leIged men in the
New Y ork National Guard Surgeon-General
Bryant in lis recent ORDER IN relation TO
the examination of men for enlistment IN
the guard, has drawn the line at them.
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Bush's attention is
respectfully called to a rival movement in
the First Brigade. Major James E. Mack
of the Ninth eulOsiZed Colonel Splemau at
the nO-wiue banquet at San BeTnardino and
said that the Colonel, who is wealthy, has
spent both his time and money in the inter-
est of the regiment, and that il is his earnest
desire that the Ninth be the regiment that
goes from this State TO the Worlds Fair in
1898. OF course. after this fiat declaration.
the First Infantry will at once abandon its
scheme, so as to leave no obstacle in the
way of the Ninth's going. These fellows in
the south are so modest that San Francisco
will give way at once.
New York is considering the proposition
to change the helmet now worn by the guard
for the cap worn by the French Chasseurs.
Anything is more desirable than the he'll
met, which is, at best, an lll-fttng and un-
Sdlniy lll4LdklOu "a Ill GeIu ldu piGhlS-
haube"
Major Stanley o. O., has been detailed
to preside on the evening of the 28th at an
election for First Lieutenants Of the cavalry
troop.
GENERAL MILES Is FIGHT
The National Guardsman puts the thing
in a nutshell thusIy: Now that General
Miles has expressed his disapproval of the
scheme TO place the National Guard under
national pay and supervision the plan will
probably be laid on the shelf Pending
satisfactory solution Of the problem, why
would it not be well to Increase the appro-
priati0n made by tho National Government
each year for the support of the National
Guard? While the number of States Is
continually increasing there has been no
augmentation OF the original APPROPRIATION
Of 100000.
The applications of Captain Henry Levy
and Lieutenant Martin Ryan 10 be placed
on the retired list has been sent on approved
by brigade headquarters, and thus to re-
ward political services rendered in Butte
County the n. G. c. has, in the Captain,
lost one of its best officers.
The bylaws Of Companies G. and B Of the
Naval Battalion have been returned by the
Commander in Chief approved.
FEATURE IN THE SOUTH.
Tie QuartermasteT Sergeant of the San
BeTnGTdiuO company Of the First Brigade
was banqueted on Monday evening, and the
daily Index Times, reporting the affair,
adds: Zone noticeable feature Of the even
Ing was the absence of wine from the BAN
quet board, which is greatly to the credit of
Company L ninth Infantry and will make
the company much more popular with the
citizens Of San Bernardino." The banquet
must have been an awfully dry one.
through, with eleven toasts, long poem"
and no wine.
The opening Of the drill season of the
Twenty third y. Y. n. G. with orders from
the Colonel that the fatigue uniform with
white gloves and regulation" collars SHALL
be worn, suggests how many companies in
the n. 6. c. wear white gloves at drill, save
perhaps at battalion drills, and then what
gloves
Brigadier General Dickinson and staff
have accepted the invit tito to be present
at the review rendered by the Boys Brigade
to Brigafier- General Ruger U. S. A, at the
Pavilion Oh Friday evening.
REDUCING THE MAXIMUM.
Colonel Dowd Of the Twelfth New York
n. G. is discussing a plan with his officers to
reduce the maximum strength Of each com
rany to eighty or eightyfve men, believing
100 men too large a company to drill In an
armory, and that # the companies are
smaller the standard can be raised. No
such problem agltaics the n. G.. c. Colonel,
whose bette nOire is 10 keep his companies
from falling below the minimum, about
which figure they are always too danger
ousiy near and then at a very low standard;
how the troops Of the Bay State have been
fred out of Boston's parks, and they can
shake hands with the boys of New York
and "cuss" the Conservatism of the Park
Commissioners of both cities. The Park
Commissioners of Boston deem 'the fight
ing of sham battle or military maneuvers
and exercises of this character INCOMPATIBLE
with the proper purposes" of park.
Tie company given to Orovile at the OK
penSe Of tie Second Brigade for political
services rendered in Butts County was to
have been organized on Saturday.
NOTHING IF NOT CANDID.
The National Guardsman says: 1.-THE
San Francisco CALL is nothing if not can
did, particularly is this the case in matters
military. When they have anything to say
ii Is couched In plain, unmistakable Ian.
gu re, regardless of who is hit. 1t goes
without saying mat metaphorically speak
ing there are at all times several broken
heads among the National Guard journalists
in consequence
Corporal John F. Madden of c of the Ma
tlonals, who was seventh of ten that passed
OF twenty young men in civil life examined
for appointment to the grade of Second
Lieutenant in the army, has been assigned
TO the Fifth Infantry, Colonel Nathan w.
Osborne, stationed in tho South, with head
quarters at st. Francis Barracks, Fla. The
Fifth is General Miles former regiment.
The application Of Colonel Barry Of the
Third Regiment to be placed on the retired
list has been sent on approved by brigade
headquarters.
A Minersville (Pa.) man, whose wife has
sued him for non-suppnrt, makes the cOun-
for cha rOp that Ghp had shot him -