The morning call., 1891-02-16
STATE SOLDIERY.
Measures for 1t Agreed Upon at
Sacramento.
Barlini Not in the Shoot for Championship.
An Extraordinary Parade-University
Battalion Service Medals.

The legislative correspondent has now di-
reeted MS deadly fire on the National Guard
Oh California. According to one of these the
Assembly Committee on Military Affairs
mas agreed on substitute for all bills before
II and reported it to the House. and so ''the
new Dill increases the Governors staff to
Tour colonies aud sixteen observation-disclosures.
ana likes the terms of commissioned officers
| IN the militia at two years" There has
been no movement to change this staff.
| winch now consists of a brigader-general
hve colonies and eight lieutenan t-colonels.
| The term of commissioned officers has
been and Is two years in the National
Guard, but the change proposed was four
years.
AN commissions are to be issued by the
Governor has always been the law; and
so for years also that enlisted men join for
three years." militiaman not enlisting be-
cause being only an available for military
duty; that rolls of the men enlisted must
be made in triplicate" for the annual muster
mas always been the law; that leach brigade
may muster signal corps of not exceeding
ten men for each regiment, to be commanded
by brigade staff officer, is so now. and is not
the point at all; that 1.-THE staff of a colonel,
Northumberland or major commanding a
battalion are TO be ap, ointed by him" is
ludlerous. for no one else has ever appointed
them, and so on down the purpose of every
amendment has not been discovered, and an
lndescribable tumble results from the at
tempt to inform the National Guard Of Cali
fornia of legislation in its behalf.
VERY SLIGHT VARIATIONS.
Now, as a matter of fact, the substitute
bill differs very slightly from the original,
embodying the recommendations of the
National Guard Officers Association of
California. These are TO amend Section
1857, that commanders of batteries not at
tached to regiments have like authority with
regimental and battalion commanders as
regards non-commiSsioned officers lis this
the entering wedge to detach the Light
Buttery p; Section 1859 that all enlisted
men entering the service need not sign
company roll, which is not done anyhow,
and Section 1870, that the annual inspection
and muster be held in March and not in
July, doing away also with the list of
| ordnance, stores, acc0uierments and the
| other returns now demanded yearly.
Section 1890 is amended to drop the Signal
| Officer from the staff Of a battalion COM
mander and adding the Drum Major. Sec
ton 2O6J, that officers and priVateS shall,
while on active duty in the service of the
| State. rec-ive the same pay and allowance
40 i.iDSC III lut u UllCu CtdltS AIIlH OIL
similar grade serving on the Coast. pro-
| vlded said pay shall not be less than 81 per
| day, yet no pay shall be allowed to any
officer or private when on duty in any
camp" mentioned in Section 2022.
Section 209f Increases from S. to 81 80
per month the regimental and battalion
commanders the allowance for each COM
nany in his command for clerical expenses,
stationery, printing and postage" added;
also the sum oil $500 per month TO the COM
r.F
more "Gatling-gan Battery: Section 2095
is amended relative To the allowance of
claims to Go away with certain accounts of
expenditure, but permitting demands for
| uniforms and to promote rifle practice to be
| made at any time, and Section 2G99 TO do
| away with a certain itemZed statement.
RECOMMENDATIONS NOT FAVORED.
| Now, as regards departures from the
recommendations. the committee did not
| concur in the proposed amendment to Sec
| tion 1918, that the Majrr-General be "a citi-
| Zen of the United States and of the State"
| and hold office until his successor is appoint
| ed and qualified, the peculiar reading now
| of the law leaving doubt whether these
conditions do not apply only TO the brga-
| diers, provided for by the same section.
The proposition OF having commissioned
| officers hold for four instead of two years,
under Section 1850, as amended, was not ap,
| proved, nor the proposed new section, that
| Brigadier-Generals shall hereafter be elect
Ell by the field and line officers of the vari-
| Gus organizations composing the brigede.
Medulesome country officers, representing
| no one but themselves and moved by per-
| Sonal reasons narrowed the ears of the legis-
| lators in advance IF the responsible commit
| tee representing the recommendations urged
and voted on blythe officers convention, and
| had these two measures cooked before its
| coming. The action of these interior soliiers
| was without warrant and, to put il mildly,
| discOurteOus TO the majority opinion of Off
| GERS after full discussion at meeting which
| the TuralS did not even see fit to attend.
THE SIGNAL CORPS.
Section 1880, regarding signal corps, is
| amended to read as follows:
Each BTigader General commanding brigade
| with the consent of Tie COMMUNICATIVE chief may
muster IN and attach TO 1t signal cOrps consist
| Ing not to exceed ten members for each regiment
| In his brigade; said signal corps shall be under
| the direct command OF The signal officer upon The
| stan OF the Brigadler-General commanding the
brigade in which IL Is organized, and there shall
| be no other signal corps in the National Guard
| except as herein provided. Signal cnrps mus.
tered in in accordance herewith shall be differed
| as follows: Where The corps consists of ten men
and not less than twenty it shall have one First
Lieutenant two oeTgeantS and four COrporaIS.
| In all corps Of forty or more members in number
there shall be one Captain, one First Lieutenant
| Que Second Lieutenant, three Sergeants and six
| COrporals.
All Captains and Lieutenauts shall be elected
| by The members OF their respective corps; shall
| qualify and be Commissioned in all RESPECTS as
|
| National Guard are. ana all SeIGeants and Cor
| porais shall be appointed by their respective
| brigade commanders upon the recommendation
| OF The signal officers In command OF tile corps
In signal cOrUs, when for drills or In The per-
| formance of duty II shall be mounted IN whole or
in part, there shall be allowed the same per diem
| for horses as is. or may be- allowed for cavalry
| horses.
In all other respects the provisions OF this coue
| relating o COMPANIES shall govern and control
| SAID signal corps whenever applicable
| ENCAMPMENT ALLOWANCES.
| Section 2O22 is amended TO read as follows:
The commander-Iu- chief shall annually order
! an eneampment for discipline and drli either
| by division, brigade, regiment, battalion Or
| unattached company. and every division,
| pany assembled and encamped under order OF
| the commando r-in-chief for not less than seven
| days shall receive from the State transportation
| 10 and from It's place OF eneampment. aud in
| addition sum equal to 81 % perday Tor each
| officer and man regularly on duty in such camp
provided that The aggregate OF such last men
! toned allowance Isl 20 per day. shall not eX-
| coed The sum OF $500 per company: and, pro-
| vided further that when a division or brigade Is
| regularly assembled and encamptd for discipline
aud drlll for not less than seven days. then, in
| addition to the above allowance, each General,
officer ana staif officer on The general staff shall
receive from tine State tie sum Of 81 % per day,
| while regularly Oh duty in such camp; and, pro-
| yided further that in any camp held In pur-
| Suance OF orders from the communicable CHIEF
| all mounted officers and enlisted mcu shall like
| wise receive an additional sum of So per day for
each horse necessarily used by them at such en-
| campment-
Out Of Section 2O94 was also knocked out
the proposed allowance TO a regiment or
battalion of SIS per month for the organized
drum corps enlisted as a part OF the band ;
| reduction of $50 from $50 per company
per year to keep uniforms in repair. aud
from $500 to $1,000 per annum TO the Al
| ju,ani-General to promote rifle practice.
The scheme to establish naval battalion
is not it hobby Of the n. q. c., and its officers
| are silent upon 1t.
| HERE AND THERE.
| The Eemarkable Parade of Two Certain