The morning call., 1892-05-02

the land of the brave
and free in 1850 and 1t. Col. Edwards
save fer the accident of birth is American
to the backbone Lieutenant Colonel Ed
wards has been with the guard and the
brigade since April, 1885, when he was APP
pointed captain aud aid-de-camp by General
Cutting, promoted quartermaster with the
rank of major one year later and assistant
acknowledgement with the next higher rank
in August, 1889, vice John A. Roster, who
had been elected a field officer Of
the Second Artillery. During the admins
tratiOu Of the Incumbent, the relations be-
tween brigade headquarters. as represented
by him, and regimental headquarters were
established on the most friendly basis.
and general was the satisfaction when the
a. a. q. was continued in that important
department by General Dickinson. His
military training was obtained through
membership in Golden Gate C0mmandery.
Lieuteuant-Coon Edwards is great So
clety and club man. de is member OF
Excelsior Lodge, +. and a. NJ; of Caiif0r-
mia Chapter No 3; of Golden Gate COM
manGery. Of which be is past commander;
of Islam Temnle. Mystic Shrine; Of the Boz
hemian and Union League clubs; director
OF the Pacific Yacht Club, and last but not
least, vice-pTesident of the San Francisco
Stock and Exchange Board.
The law now requires that obsolete and
unseTvlceable arms. equipments, etc, be
turned in TO the War Department by the
States aHd the proceeds turned into the
treasury, wherefore Secretary EIkins has
transmitted TO Congress letter from
General Flagler, Chief of Ordnance, point
ing out the objections 10 this arrangement.
Instead Of their full shares OF the annual
preparation by Congress they receive
those shares minus the aforementioned
proceeds. The allotmeHts are already too
small and besides this the States,
IN husband THAR aHOtmpnfS
and knowing that the value of whatever
obsolete and unserviceable material turned
in is lost TO their allOtments. the resulting
tendency, ard consequently the fact, Is to
prevent the States from turning in such bad
material, but TO induce them to retain arms
and equipments which are often of little
value and sometimes entirely worthless,
thereby lessening the military value of the
National Guard. and in some cases Of
course making it entirely valueless. Cen
erai Flagler suggests that the law be so
amendef that when the States turn in
obsolete material to the War Department
the estimated value thereof snail be placed
to the credit of the States.
Two of Colonel Lehe's companies have
incurred the displeasure of the g. A. r.,
whose recent department encampment at
Fresno adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t has come 10 the knowledge of
this eucampment that Companies and b OF The
Sixth Regiment. n. q. C.. located al Stockton,
have In tie past selected Memorial day for The
purpose OF Iicnics and dancing.
RfsOltcd That this encampment deprecate
such action and earnestly urge q dscOutinuance
Of these uupalrlOtlc proceedings.
ReS0lred, That the Governor Of this State be
requested, az commander In. chief OF the Ma
tional Guard Of California, 80 forbid said organ-
cation holding pedics or any other festivities
on Memorial day.
The National Guard has not mastered yet
the school OF the company in the new drill
regulations for infantry. yet here comes
another bugabOo in the announcement that
Lieutenant Bachelor. U. S. a., is going to
Washington. d. c.. in connection with his
work on firing tactics which will make 1t
volume of $50 pages and will be published at
the national capital.
AT the election on Tuesday evening in
Company II OF the First Infantry unani-
NOUS choice was made of First Lieutenant
Edward G. Eisen and Second Lieutenant
Thomas A. Evans To be CAPTAIN and first