The morning call., 1892-03-07
SOLDIER And SAILOR.
A Division Encampment Wanted
Now After All.
Bakersfield Has Company Staff Chang S
Retired 0fdcers-Trophy COMPETE
tion-Aunual Muster.

III after ali there will be an cucampment of
the division this summer. The Initiative in
the matter has been taken by the battalion
commanders of the Second Brigade, which,
after all. has always to take the initiative
on all subjects affecting the guard of this
State.
Lacking only the official declaration to
that effect. it had almost been determined
to forego division encampmeGt this year,
and Major General Dimond was willing to
accede TO anything that was thought best
under the circumstances. But other con-
siderations suggested themselves recently,
when a number Of field, staff and line
officers of the brigade accompanied General
Dickinson to Angel Island to witness a
dress parade of Colonel Skaters regiment,
aud an informal discussion of the encamp-
ment subject was had on the trip.
All were agreed that it were better to
have the division eneampment this year
than next on account OF the Worlds Fair,
ana the determination OF several battallons
and companies to attend the same. General
DimOnd had on severa. occasions given
way on this score, had been willing to do so
again. and the time was at hand for such an
epcampment-the first and only one having
been held IN 1SS5-aDd it being the desire to
have regimenial, brigade and division en-
campments come in rotation and to eStab-
llsh this as an unwritten law. The funds
would be sufficient, il is thought, TO
undertake a division encampment, and
moreover such an assembly would be Of
particular benefit at this time, considering
the adoption of the new drill regulations.
But the Second Brigade, while it has
taken the initiative as stated before, did not
pro; ose TO take any steps without consult
ing with the troops in The interior; and so
In all friendlineSs and courtesy has issued
invitations TO all brigade and battalion COM
manders Tor conference on the 29th inst,
at which the subject Will be discussed, to
the end that an encampment of the division
lie held this year, or at least of the forty
eight companies OF i've brlgades north OF
Tehaehapi. il the funds or the location of
the camp are such as not to permit of the
bringing together on one field Of the sixty
OF the SIX bTlgadeS. 1 his conference, by
the way, will take the form of a dinner
given by the brigade and battalion CON-
manders Of the Second at the Palace Hotel
in this city 10 the brigadiers and battalion
officers Of The other brigades.
BAKERSFIELD AND ITS COMPANY.
Bakersfield has determined to saddle
another company upon the State, though it
is oyerburdened with fifty-eight skele-
ton companies, the greater number of
which could tie mustered out with
out Gripping the States military. The
Bakersfield Republican gives an account of
the organization. from which 1t appears
that Lieutenant Rice, u. S. A., had good
deal to say. and that an election for officers
resulted in the choice of j. VI.
Reuck for captain; II. A; Blodget,
first lieutenant; Dr. w. II. Cook, sec
ond lieutenant. The account continued:
Some discussion arose on the question as
to whether the non-commissioned officers
should be appointed by the captain or
elected by the boys. 1t was finally decided
to defer the matter for month, or until
the boys had exhibited their manly figures
in line few times. name for the COM
paBy was then TO be selected and ii was
found necessary to cast ballot in order to
decide between the names Kern Guards
and Bakersfield Guards The majority
favored the former, 50 Kern Guards will
be the cOgnOmen that will 90 laundering
down the ages alongside OF 'Napoleon's
Grenadiers' and the Georgia Colonies of
Nisalia." OF course the company can have
no standing until first it becomes company
by having AZ least the minimum number for
one, as the account only pretended TO ac-
count for thirty or forty as taking part in
the organization.
With permission to leave the State, leaves
for sixty days. three and six months have
been granted Iieuteu ant- Colonel +. s.
Chadbourne, A. ID. c., Major w. G. Miner,
s., and Captain A. b. c. Dohrmann.
CHANGES IN STATS.
Lieutenant j. q. Giesting of the regi-
mental staff OF the Second Artillery is going
Oh the staff Of the maior-geneTal as aid de
camp with the rank OF major. One or two
more changes and Colonel Macdonald will
have no staff al all. General Dickinson was
figuring on the lieutenant for brigade in
spector, but the division commander made
up his mind twenty-four hours earlier.
And now Major E. c. Hughes, the quar-
termaster Of the brigade, has asked to go on
the retired list, and his application has gone
forward with reluctant approval Of the gen.
eral making three vacancies on his staff
The major has been quartermaster since
April, 1883, and one of the best. but ne was
in the First Infantry years before that date.
The couit-martiM in the First Infantry
dishonorabiy discharged two enlisted men,
one Of whom was also fined So which, as
usual in such cases, he Will never bother
himself TO pay.
First Lieutenant Christopher Seitz, Com
pany ID, Second Artillery, passed the EXAM
lining board on Friday.
ASSOCIATED RETIRED OFFICERS.
The charter membership of the "As-
ISOLATED Retired Officers, y. G.. c." num-
bers SO, one of whom is also an honorary
member. Classified there are brigadier-
generals, 6 col6nels, 4 lieutenant-colonels,
majors, captains and ieutenants. The
annual meeting is set for the 9th of Sep
TENDER, but IL that day falls on Sunday
then the evening of the day appointed for
the Admission day parade OF the n. q. c.,
which is very Indefinite, because no parade
is more frequently the order.
The condemned property Of Company C,
ordered condemned and shipped TO head
quarters. with the exception of two rifles.
which will be repaired at the cost of the
State.
First Infantry, has asked for his exemption
certificate. lie began soldering IN Feb
ruary, 1885 in the Chico Guard.
Commissary +. S. Pott DR., Fifth Infantry,
qualified before Captain Charles A. Hagan
at San Jose on the ODD ult.
ToBIN TROPHY CONTEST.
the annual competition in the First In
fantry for the TobIn trophy will be held on
the 10Th. The contest is between companies
{, and Il, though Colonel Sullivan will
not be disappointed IN the hope that out of
respect 10 the memory OF Colonel Robert
Tobin, in whose honor the trophy was pre-
sented to the regiment by his family, that as
on the two previous competitions each COM
pany Will be fully represented, and that the
final results Of the shoot will excel those
then made. Teams will be composed Of
twenty men from each company, each man
firing ten shots.
Regimentai orders Of the First Infantry
discharged for February three enlisted men
for removal, two OF two-thirds rate aud
one for expiration Of term.
Colonel Sullivan has applied for certifi-
cate for Wales l.. Palmer as an honorary
member OF the cadet company.
Captain A. b. {. Dohrnan, Second Artil-
lery. First Lieutenant Z. I. Pouter, Fifth
Infantry, have passed the examining
board.
ATTENTION TO MUSTER.
Aside from the light battery on Wedpes-
day evening, the First Infantry will be the
first battalion in the brigade to be mustered
and inspected on the 14th. Colonel Sullivan
has given warning that the inspections will
be made TO thoroughly ascertain the actual
cod ton of CONF anes as to, first, their
drill, discipline and efficiency; second The
arms, uniforms, equipments and other
State property IN tIeir possession; third,
their finances. records and the quarters occu-
pied by them.
Major Burdick will sit OH Wednesday