The morning call., 1892-01-11
Trying the New Drill Regulations-A Point
CT Retired Rank-ThiTd Brigade staff
Street Poll Tax Ruling.

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conditions that must ne changed u The service IS
60 be placed on tie high plane II ShOulQ occupy.
II The euCOuu en- and Tie resultant court MdFtlali
soon 10 be held. were all there was of u, the mat
ten could De easily adiuSjedi but unfortunately
81 Is a deepeT and gfdVeT one ana duecls Tue Qls-
Ciglue and efficiency OF The entire service. Inc
root OF Tie difficulty IS The impefiect'on OF Tue
militia law by reason OF which troops can 9e or
dered ly their superior and responsible ClhceTs
into Tie field for duty, be sub>lSted ana tecoE-
ulZed and directed ly the CinceIs OF every grade
Up 30 aud including Tie CODmduuel-ln-CuieI, lAe
Governor and then be denied their pay because
illegally ordered into service ,.-.,.,.-.
Ii is patent on tie face or IL thaI no ulscllllue
or efficiency can be maintained under Such cir
CUWStauces. II II Is settled tldI every private
must be laWysr, or Alie one, lH otUet 20 PASS
upon he legality or consilulohaity Oh al OF
deIs and The laws uuGtT which they are Issued,
and is at liberty 10 obey them or mol Just as his
legal opinion shall determine, then there Is niue
hone OF maintaining service worth The eIlorJ'
and DO seifresu ectDg man With genuine military
iusIuCtS viii remain lu d. ether as an oUcel or
as private. is not tie money 10 NselI that
eudrdSmeu want but lie recognition Oh tue,t
POSITION rs soldiers and not a mere posse cont
talus, though doubtless the money ltstH Wou.u
be seTYlcedole 10 many OF them, VINO io>t more
iu salary and wages every day while on duty lual
their pay would come TO.
some OF them even lost lucrative positions by
beng suddenly called away These men could
not be hired 10 do The service they dld 10 the
mines and after the Seattle fire for five times the
Iay Of a solder on duly. They nave enilateu as
soldiers iu The service OF the STATE, like loyal
ctiZ-us, and as soldiers are prepared 10 DO lhelT
duty; and II they cannot do 10 as So,oleIs ana
have their lOsltiOn Is sucu lecosuI-tu us
prompt payment or auditing OF Their pay-I0A
they Will remain at home 10 future and et NE
Stale look elsewhere for lis posse cUmltdiuS.
WITHOUT JURISDICTION.
The court-maItial had q sitting Of three
DAYS and decided that it was without Juris-
dictiOn in the matter and so reported TO the
converting authority which approved It's
action. This should have ended the matter,
as q continuation Of the controversy was an
injury To the guard. But unfortunately the
Adjutant-GeueTal mIsInterpTeted Visit
made him by Colonel j. {. Haines, com
handing the First Regiment, accompanied
by the members OF the court, into personal
apology coming from the Colonel and so
published the matter IN the papers.
This called forth denial fIom the
Colonel discialmIng responsibility for any
language or action by any person other tnan
himself, and In letter 10 the General de-
MED having made an apology, all OF which
Of course left the situation still Irritating
and unpleasant In the meantime the pay
master q Colonel Haines regiment has pre-
scented petition to the Superior Court Of
King County, asking that the State Military
Board be required 10 show Why II has not
allowed the payroll Of the regiment.
amounting to S5-07 TO- for services during
the King County mining troubles.
The hearing was set for day but pend
ing the decision there IS little interest taken
in routine military work. Tie feeling IS
pretty general in the regiment that If the
petition Of the paymaSter be denied there
would be little lnduCement to remain IN the
service, and II would be 4 serious blow Il
tie discipline ana effectiveness Of the TeEj-
Uent. For this reason It IS to be hoped that
tie court viii decide that if the men are
subject 10 military orders they are soldiers,
and not mere posse cCuitaju>. ana tnal
when ordered on duty by their supeToTs
they are entitled TO their pay AL OF which
emphasizes the truth Of the Old coup.et:
In times or war. when danger is nigh,
To God and the soldier the people cry:
Gyd is forgotten and the soldier lighted.
IN THE NEW REGULATIONS.
Before the assembled General and staff
officers Of the brigade and the line others
of the regiment the nOn-cOms Of the First
Infantry were drilled IN the new regulations
on Wednesday evening BY Major BITdick,
and. remarkable to state, the drill was most
satisfactory, Notwithstanding {. ere was no
Inspector National Guard Of California;
present to suggest pointers" The attend
ance was pOOT-60 present Of a possible I25,
or 1912 per Cent-but all IN proper uniform.
Then. as usual with some Of the cOmpa-
MES at the TegmeD'al aTmOTy, details were
late in reporting, and not few, on the ac-
cepted theory IF better always late than
never struggled IN Indian file after the COM
p8ny had been divided of into pl3tOOus.
These drills should be at O'clock, and
not al s 20. Those who had 70 come from
the other aTmOTIes were present, as they
always are before the appointed hour
FIRST SeTgeaDts acted as SeTgeants and
guides, and Second SeTEeants as C0rpOrals,
and the drill was in the sizing ana f0rma-
ton Of the squads and company, the faCings
and salutes, manual Of arms, not including
loading and firing, al gnmeDts, the ODliQue
march, turns open and close ranks, march
iug in columns Of fouTs and changing Of
direction, forming line from column Of
fCurs.
il being the first drill, the Major was ex-
cUsable, among other little things, for Civ
ing such commands as in place rest" and
side step" 10 tbe right and LETT but taken
all IN al, seldom has better drill been wit
messed. One seems to take naturally to the
new tactics"
C0lOnel Barry was reelected on the Both
Ult. but the Wasp, to be abreast Of the
times, came ont on the 9th inst. with
c0lOnelcy bOOmlet for the genial Adjutant,
Captain Delaney.
MAJOR HUGHES RETIREMENT.
Special orders under date Of November
Is, 1888, retiring James T. Hughes, Of + Of
tie Seventh Regiment, with the rank Of
Captain, from December 90 1887, have been
revoked, and his name has been placed on
tie retired list, with the rank Of Major,
from March 10, 1881. He was retired with
this rank on April 7, 1885, but Te-entered
the service on December 20. 1887, and, upon
again being retired and placed on the list
should have had bis former rank, which is
the opinion Of tie Acknowledgement.
Appointments in the Second Artillery
have been announced Of Priyates Newton
D5puy a. j. Kaufman and L. ID. Quinlan.
OF g, and Harry IuTtOn OF ( ~ be cor
porals.
The change Of officers in the Signal Corps
is announced IN general orders, yet no COM
miss Ons have been Issued
Captain O'NeiI Of q Of the Second Ar
tiileTy has asked for certificate Of honorary
membership for Charles A. LatOn.
Colonel Barry Of the Third Infantry
passed the examining board Oh Monday
THIRD BRIGADE STAFF.
BrigadieI-G General Muller Of the Third
Brigade has made the following staff ap-
p0iutmeHts Alfred j. PediaT, to be Lieu
teuant-COlone and Surgeon; Reel b. Terry,
Judge Advocate; Hermann e. EggeTs, Ord
nance Officer; Marion de Nries, Inspector
Of fle Practice; William H. Wood, Pay
master, all with the rank Of Major, and
Frank w. Dudley, Aid-de-Camp, with the
rank Of Captain.
Musician Andrew S. Groth has been re-
leyed from duty as First Sergeant of the
drum corps Of the Second Artillery 10 Te-
port TO his company, g. and Sergeant Will
lam 4 W0Odall Of G has been reduced to
the ranks at his request
The resignation, under date Of the 18th
uIt, Of Captain L. w. Burts, Adjutant
First Infantry, has been accepted. Second
Lieutenant A. r. Williams Of ( will be the
next Adjutant
Begmental orders of the Second Artil-
lery discharged one Corporal aud three
pTiYates-one from Z and three frcm Light
Battery A.
Leave. Of absence until May 1st on ac-
count Of illness has been extended to Cen
eIal j. w. Freese Of the Sixth Brigade
SOME ONE WAS PREVIOUS"
Major George NJ. Teriu, who was ap-
pointed shortly before departure to Europe
in The summer Of 1891, only qualified ON the
30th nit. as engineer officer Of the Second
Brigade. This being so, what was Dr.
TerrIll in the military when be appeared in
uniform on the 18th Of November and pre-
sided at an election in Company ID, First
L.