The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-26
STATE GUARDS.
Increasing the Strength of the
Organized Militia.
Boards Of Survey ordered-saD Diego Wants
It u-0roville's New Company Another
Court Of Inquiry.

ject of the naturalization Of the National
Guard, and when even the cupidity has been
aroused of two certain army officers, who
for the sum of $50 in hand, paid and ac-
knowledged, were willing to deliver GER
tain lecture outlining a scheme by which. IL
a certain number of "ifs" came to pass.
cavalry troops and batteries might be en-
abled to gouge out of Uncle Sam $4,000 for
the first and $4,000 for subsequent years, and
infantry companies $1,000 per year The
writer takes the ground that perhaps the
most promising form just now of Increasing
the strength Of the organized militia through
the action of Congress is that of creating
new bodies of il for special functions, as in
The recent organization OF the naval re-
serve. AluSiOn is incidentally made to the
CutcheOu bill for the creation of a volunteer
heavy artillery, as also not open to the OBJ
lection which must always exist against the
establishment Of an auxiliary force to COM
pete with the existing system and tending to
undermine It. The writer tlen draws the
following conclusions:
Tie two dangers to avoid are, first, injuring the
State forces By building up competing system
encrOschnG upon the same ground, ana, sec
ODdly, such a natiOnalZtng OF The State forces as
Will Cestroy them By imposing conditions foreign
10 the well-uuderstoOd pecullarltes OF lhe clu-
ZEN soldier Tie distinction between militia en-
gagged IN tie ordinary occupations OF civil lie
and professional soldiers IS fundamental, out
properly viewed, one organization IS the supple
ment OF the other. COmp te uniformity cannot
be hoped for Win The conditions sodlneTenI. But
the creation Of morc centralized mIlIta.ior the
mere sake of Capitalization IS DANCE Gus aud I'M
desirable III the highest degree IOf sun OlheE
reasons.
BOARDS OF SURVEY ORDERED,
Major CIuT, Captain DOld and Lieut. en-
ant Singley were to have assembled at san
Rafael on Monday as Board Of Survey to
recommend some disposition FOR the best
interest of the State service" OF lot oil
property chargeabe 70 the Captain of Com
pany ID. Fifth Infantry. And such prop
ertyl There was in TIE lot Of promiScuOuS
military tIappiugs a desk, blanket rolls,
chairs cockadeS, bed-tckS, lanterns, tin
plates knives, forks and spoons. The
actual expenses of this board will be paid
upon proper vouchers. Without compensa-
ton Major Gaary and LIeutenantS Behne-
man aud kinsman inspected on the same
day lot of stuff OF Battery {, Second
Artillery, and Captain Huber and Ljeuten-
ants Mcguire ana Carroll on Wednesday
evening rlif-rHH Of Company 4, First In
fantrY. The hrst-named board DID not as
semOle on Monday, bat on Saturday, be-
cause il was ordered by 5. O. NO. 10, daIed
the 18TH inst, and these were not received
at division headquarters in this city until
the 18Th the same day that he board should
have assembled at san Rafael. and at
brigade headquarters not until late in the
not speedy time between Sacramento and
San Francisco.
The latest accepted designations are those
of LieuteuRnts Charles j. NesSon and
George Is. Thomas, of Company b, First
Infantry, and the First Troop of Cavalry,
respectively.
GIVE SAN DIEGO THE BATTALION.
The San Diego Sun, in mentioning the re-
turn of Lieutenant Nerney from San Fran
cisco after attending the election here
for l. acknowledgements OF the Naval
Battalion, reports him as saving that san
Diego had named the Lieutenant-Com-
mauder, and would have two members Of
the statf-Paymaster and Surgeon; also
FIJI complement of acting officers as re-
quired by a skeleton battalion. and that
ship would be stationed at San DIEGO -
either the Adams Or the NlpSlc. HE GALL
moves that the entire battalion and both
the Adams and the Nipsic be turned over to
San Diego, because of the frantic endeavor
of the tail in San Diego to wag the dog in
San Francisco the tail Will be ''hurted."
Another setback has ben given the y. u.
c. Leave Of absence has been extended for
six months from the 10Th inst. to Lleuten-
aut-ColoneI VI. II. Hecht, DIvisina Pay
master. The way the guard is hampered
BY having 80 many officers Of tAe Gov
errors and tie division staff absent from
tile State on leave is playing sad havoc With
the service.
The Third Infantry will escort the Second
ATtllleTN rom It's DatEaCAs Oh blONS SLlcCb
to the new armoTy on Page and G0u-h
streets whenever that movement Will be IN
dertaken.
The scheme of holding a field-day at the
Preside has gone by the board.
oRovILLE's NEW COMPANY.
The new military company given to Orc
willie at the expense OF tue Second Brigade
for political services rendered in Butte
County has muster roll containing sew
enty-nine names, and, according to Adlu-
tant-General Allen. IS one OF the finest
bodies ut men in the National Guard. lie
says great interest is being taken by the
members, aud the success Of the orgauiZa-
ton is an assured fact. The new company
was mustered in on Saturday night one
week aEo, aud elected as its officers: Cap
tain, Warren Sexton; First Lieutenant, II.
D. Lausou, and Second Lieutenant L. a.
General ORDERS No. 10. under date of
the 18th inst, make taTdy announcement.
under the hetd of the second Artillery"
that the officers of the signal corps of the
Second Brigade have been commissioned
with rank from May 10, 1891. A special
order from brigade headquarters has been
issued de ailiug Board Of Surgeons to eX-
anime Car tain William +. Brown OF the
corps, who has applied to be retired on &C
count of disability,
At the election on Monday evening in
Company Z Santa Rosa, Fifth Infantry,
/. w. Juilliard was reelected CAPTAIN;
j. Dunbar, First Lieutenant; and {. II.
Hnlms Jr., Second Lieutenant
Captain John +. Hayes of Company F
Oakland, Fifth Infantry, is dangerously
i'll with pneumonia
TO LEARN WHY AND WHEREFORE.
Major Easton and Captain Dodd of the
brigld staff have been appointed Court
of Inquiry TO meet at brigade headquarters
on Wednesday evening to thoroughly in
Vestgate the financial condition of Light
A ri ar
Second Brigade, y. 6. c., with view to
ascertalning why it is indebted to the eX-
tent that it is how that Indebtedness has
arisen, and what its expenses, income and
resources are" Il is said that the battery
is some $500 in debt.
According to the orders from Sacramento
the officers OF Company B of the Naval
Battalion rank from Date of August 22d;
those Of A (San Diego from September 18th;
those Of & from September 2Slh organized
on September 81, and recognized on the
28th), and those Of ID from September 29th
(as a matter Of fact organized on September
llth) Yet the letter "a" was given to
company which was not the nrst organized
First Sergeant Whitcomb of Company a
Oakland Fifth Infantry, has been dis
charged, having earned his exemption GER
tificate. 1t is reported that Sergeant l. l..
CavassO will wear the diamond.
Lieutenant Martin Ryan, Company c,
Third Infantry, has upon request been
service Of eight years."
AND THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH.
The entente coIdiale between Adjutant-
General Allen and General Dickinson was
emphasized on Friday. when the first
named gentleman presented the last named
with pretty little gold watch-charm in the
form OF knapsack, Inscribed on the front
and back: TO Brigsde-General John II.
Dickinson, Second Brigade, n. G. G." and
''From c. c. Allen, Adjutant-General, Cali
fornia, 1891"
COT the Second Artillery is the latest or
ganization winch has resolved to go to Chi
cagO in 1898. In the resolution to 90 ii has
the company Of ID Of the regiment besides
the First, Third and Ninth infantry regi-
ments, which have all said that they ARE
going" The list, in 1893, Of have cones"
will be very much smaller; that goes with
out saying
Company q, First Infantry. U. S. A.,
which with 106 points won the trophy at
Camp Macdonald, will prob ,bly have to
look to its laurel5 c and 6 of the First and
B of the Third, n. G: c.. still think they