The morning call., 1892-04-18

Improvement was made in the general ap-
pearance and tidiness OF enlisted men, the
cleanliness OF arms and clothing, polished
or cleaned boots, clean and ell-ftting
gloves and the wearing in nearly all cases
OF standing collars and black ties. Belts in
many cases were worn too loosely, and the
center OF the breastplate not on the line
with the buttons on the coat. Then the ex-
act position Of The cartridge box seems not
70 have been generally understood, for it
was worn anywhere from the hip to tia
center OF the back. While all are well and
properly kept, still there is lack Of uni
formity In keeping books and vouchers
showing disbursements Of State funds.
The report concludes with the generals
comments, which are as follows:
The general commanding cougraulates the
brigade upon lis Advancement during the past
year. for the inspections have never before been
so thorough aud rigid as This year neither has
the result thereof been so satisfactory. The new
drill regulations having been but recently
adopted, not much proficiency was expected In
their use, yet the progress which The majority of
the commands have made In this respect Is par
ticulary worthy OF commentator. although
there were some companies. noiiceably three in
the Third Regiment Infantry aud one in he Filth
Regiment Infantry, that. from The manner In
" hch they formed line and prepared for inspec-
ton seemed not TO have heard of the new drill
regulations az all, and The formations were very
bad. even In accordance with The former tactics.
Many Of the men and some or tile officers ap-
peared upon line with collars not such as the
regulations require, namely, a standing collar
SHOWING even viii lHe lOn OF Inc collar OF the
coat or perhaps a little above IL. There IL no
excuse for an officer or man appearing upon line
with turned down collar or with large stand
Ing. faring one. Ii is easier 10 conform TO the
regulations than II Is not 10 do so.
The number OF unbacked boots and shoes
which appeared al the fnSpe elton was uoiieeaDly
small ana when an officer or man did appear
without his shoes blsekened lie attracted most
marked attention.
Tie belt plates In the majority of the COM
panles were placed between the two lower but
tons, or else placed mon top Of the lower but
ton. This is not right, The belt plates should
cover the lower button. which should be in the
center OF the belt plate and underneath IL.
There was no uniformity In the manner In
which the cartridge boxes were worn. Al IN
spections and on parade they should always be
WON In the center Of The back.
The entire command was remarkably we'll
gloyed at this inspection, and more particularly
than In any other respect was The comparison of
this years INSPECTION with the last favorable In
this matter. The only criticism 10 be made upon
the gloves this year Is that in TOO many instances
they were too large, which made the hands look
untdy.
While II Is very commendable that all OF the
members of a command should be prevent, still
the fact that one or more are absent does not
necessarily reflect upon the company aud Its
efficiency.
With this weeks quota is ended the list
of company badges and vignettes in the
First Infantry. Some of these have been
a most pleasant surprise to men, tie oldest
who had almost forgotten all recollection OF