The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-23


George C. Pardee. appointed TO his present
position. Surgeon Pdrdee is an earnest
soldier and a member of the City Council Of
Oakland, in which body he has made as
many sensations as while surgeon in camp
in calling for watermeons and hot plates
at ali meals. Surgeon PaEdee is one of the
most companiOnable Of men and most dearly
loves a joke.
A general order has come out with the
circular Of the acting inspectOr-general OF
rife practice on the subject of the annual
target practice next month. The circular
follows previous orders verbatim, changing,
however, the distance for ulstOl from 10 10
90 yards and permitting officers on the re-
tired list TO report for practice TO Colonel
:. /. Kellogg, who Is authorized 10 supervise
the scores as provided for companies, and
report as provided for others. Among the
new portions Of the order is the following:
Success In rife firing being, in so large de-
gree, dependent uDon the Interest taken III the
subject, all officers should eHdeaYOr 60 awaken
the enthusiasm ard emulation OF Inc men,
and while encouraging the successful Shots
should be careful not TO shear;en the less pro-
hceGt reminding them that attention 10 insiFuc-
ton and persistent effort viii ultimately be amply
rewarded. command In which all the
men have been brought to attain falr degree OF
accuracy IN rifle-hging IL OF much greater in-
pOrtaGce than IL only tie ability OF some lew eX-
pertS shots has been DEVELOPED and The instruc-
Governor Markham has bowed TO the re-
quest of the g. A. Il. expressed in a reSou-
ton adopted at the department convention
at Fresno asking him, rs commands rim
chief Of the y. G. c., to forbid the orSant-
cation holding plcnlcs or any other feStlvi-
ties on Memorial day. He says in general
order
OUT Of respect to the wishes OF the Grand Army
OF tie Republic OF this state, as expressed In
said resolution, aud In accordance win my own
] 49, ias n IN
order hat 10 organization OF the National Guard
Of California as such organization, participate
May known rs Memorial day, and as the
comm nder-in-chlei | most earnestly request the
individual members Of said organization 10 OBJ
serve tie day as day OF mourning Tor Tie loss
of those brave men whose patriotism you, as
soldiers of tile National Guard, should ever strive
| 10 emulate
COMPANY commanders have been ordered
| to notify general headquarters Of the days
of the week upon which regular drills are
| held, as official visits Will be paid them
| from time TO time by representative from
! "the Office at Sacramento" Without con-
sidering the selt-evdcnt proposition that
general headquarters should have N ITS
pasSPSsiOn the Verv information which lt Is
| now begging. the plan is an admirable one
| IL honestly pursued, but 10 10 l the ONCE
will not make public the counting of noses
| and the actual cOnd ton OF affairs noted at
| these official visits Such an exposition
| would knock the bottom cut Oh lhe SO-Cailed
! figures of merit"
! Captain Thomas II. Barry, First United
! States Infantry, will proceed TO Sacramento
| on June ! and report in person to the
! Governor for duty as instructor and in
| spector Of the National Guard Of this State
! until October /, when he will return to his
| proper station. At this early date also
Major James Jackson, Second Cavalry,
United States Army stationed at Fort
Marcy, Y. Mex, has been ordered to Salem.
Oregon. fer temporary duty in connection
with the guard OF that State. Up to this
| time such details have been made Tor Yer
mont. Ohio and Tennessee.
The manual prepared by Brgadier- Cen
| eral Albert Ordwav. ID. c. NJ, for pitching
! and striking tents, has been published in
! circular form for the information and
| guidance of the Y. G. c.
Hurrahl A paragraph in S. o. Z
publishes the following for the informa-
ton and guidance Of al Concerned;
| Especial Order not printed"
Major Victor d. DabOce, the gentlemanly
inspector Of the brigade, is great secret
society man. He is native OF Springfield
H., born in 1896 and came to San Francisco
after the fire in Chicago He was for time