The morning call., 1892-02-29
STATE GUARDS.
The City Has More Companies
Than 1t Can Handle.
Survey of Arms ordercd-Reg .men.al RIFE
Practice Massachusetts, Good Rule.
a Question of Authority.

That parade on Monday emphasized what
THE CALL said would be witnessed with
the attempt to apply the battalion forma-
ton and the double rank to the ridiculousy
weak companies Of the Second Brigade
when not considered as paper organizations.
II empkas zed even more-that companies
cannot parade sixteen files front double
rank-a company of thirty-fye all told.
The returns VIII undoubtedly show that
they did but returns made up in an aTmory
and noses counted in the street and in the
actual parade are widely different things. A
weaker condition of the State Guard cannot
well be imagined than that made in the pa
Tade on Monday with the notable eXcep-
tions of the light battery. the cavalry troop
and the two companies which formed
the second three-company battalion lof the
First Infantry, and which paraded twenty
files front, double rank. II anything were
needed 10 demonstrate that the National
Guard Of this State wants a thorough reOT
ganZation, without fear orr favor, and that
San Francisco apparently cannot maintain
three seyen-cOmpany regiments 1t would
seem that the parade on Monday did.
According to the returns the Second Artjl-
lely paraded field and staff. IA line officers
and 2S3 enlisted men as follows: A, sc
present and 7 absent; c. 40 and %; d. "a
and d; +, ii and 10; F. IS and %; q. A and
y; Ii, Al and II; total absent, III. Accord
ing 10 this each of the six heavy batteries"
could have paraded Is files front double
rank, and some with men to spare But
where were they2 With a membership of
432 and an inflated parade return of 30j, the
Second apparently paTaded G0.GO per cent Of
its strength. Taking out the staff and Light
Battery, and there are left 24l officers and
men III SIX companies, according 10 the re-
turn, ana 10 files front double rank, guides
and a commissioned officer (tOtal 3j) should
have turned out SIX full companies of 10
files front double rank and 81 men 10 spare.
Where were they IN the parade?
As seen in the parade, two companies of
the First Battalion paTaded sixteen files
front, and one twelve; In the Second two
Of sixteen and one Of twelve. Granting the
six were all IN double rank with two gCideS
TO each company and the reported fourteen
line officers. the total would be poo orthirty-
one less than the reported return. AsSum-
ing they were all Of sixteen files 'front.'
double rank, two guides each and the four
teen officers tOtal 42I and throw In SIX first
serg5antS, and the total number is still short
seventeen OF the reported 24l, remembering
that tile drummer5 are counted in the
company attendance present
The returns Of The other regiments, were
they IN, would, no doubt, bear analysis no
letter The six companies of the Fifth
Infantry paraded in their respective locaii-
ties. SO that their returns must be accepted
nothing being known 10 the contrary. The
returns show: Field and staff, present
and II absent; 4, 36 and 10; Is, IS and 20;
{, 10 and Z; ID, 81 aud is; +, - and 10; +.
30 and %; total present 200; total absent
lbs; percentage present 143. The band Of
twenty did not parade.
a SURVEY OF ARMS.
In connection witt the annual muster
and inspection next month the adjutant-
general has ordered a special survey 10 be
held before the 1st Of April Of all arms and
equipment If the guard of this State, for
which purpose ten details Of twenty officers
have been made. They Will infinitely eX-
anime each Piece ard report in detail its
condition and if uns IY.t cable state wherein
and what repairs ana spare parts are re-
qured and whether the condition Is such
that they should be condemned and turned
IN. The actual expenses and per diem Of
the officers Viii be paid upon proper youch-
eTS.
For the Second Brigade the details are as
follows:
First Regiment OF ]. faItry-Mai0r Charles I.
Sianley. ordnance officer second Brigade;
Captain Charles Jansen, Company ID, First In-
fan'Iy.
Second Regiment OF Aru'ery-Captain A. J.
htlitl-I. adJuJaut of second Artillery; Lieu
tenant J.. FarcIe, Inspector Of rife practice,
Iitst Infantry.
Tina Infantry and First Troop Cavalry-Ileu-
Ienaut-tOIouel h. W. Zelie, ordnance officer,
division; Lieutenant J. L. Mliiar, ordnance
officer. IBId Iufluuy.
Fiuh Regiment Of lnfantry-Major Charles I.
Stanley, ordnance officer, Second Brigade;
Cartaiu ". NJ. sullivan, Company ID, Third lu-
fautry.
First Sergeant George c. Boardman Jr. of
the Signal Corps has asked for an eXemp-
u "a
cadets of the Second Artillery in January,
1885, was IN the : gIal Corps. then In Com
pany Il, First Infantry, aud then in the bri-
gade signal corps.
Surgeon ". G.. Miner Of the Fifth Infan-
try has asked for leave Of absence fer
ninety days with permission to 90 beyond
tie State.
CREDIT GIVEN WHERE DUE.
A New York City paper, which has a mil
itaTy column, took from the Twenty
and gave TO the TWenty-third Regiment Of
New York The credit Of having hrst insii-
tuted rife practice In the National Guard as
q distinctly regimentaI undertaking. The
National Guardsman gives the facts as
follows:
AS matter Of record we would say that as FAR
back as 1868 under the administration Of
Colonel Josiah Porter. adjutant-Ceneral Of the
\. g.. 5. \. y. The Twenty ecCDd was the first
IN the Stale, if not IN the country, TO take up life
practice as part Of its system OF Instruction,
commencing al What IS called candle practice IN
the aImOIy. Constructed The aImOIy range
which was made OF wooden blocks suCG as we're
used al thar time Ia street pdTcmeuts. When in
camp II Long Branch IN 1868 they prJctleed
daily at the butts, using targets designed by
General Wngate. tlen captain OF Company A.
From 1870 q 1874 he caused TO be maintained
range for BIS regiment az Clifton y. j., at
which practice C0u q be had at from 100 to 600
Of marking and scoring II took his regiment
and wants Of II there frequently for practice
II tr..L M i'm fUfF s...rs H.svH.
least a year before Cteedmoor was named o. the
National Rife Association was organized. Other
facts can be readily PRODUCED II necessary to
make tie statement Of tie 1Wenty->econd ReCi-
meBt cOuect-thdt they were the FIRST regiment
to introduce systematized rifle practice IN This
country.
ReEmentaI orders Of the FiftE Infantry
discharged - enlisted men-9 for removal
and 2 each for expiration OF service and on
two-third rate; from Company f, 4 from
c, from 3 and ! from A.
FIRST Lieutenant L. A. LindbeTg Company
d, First Infantry, has passed the Examining
Board.
TROOPS AT THE DEDICATION.
Tie Committee on Ceremonies of the
World's Fair has made its apportionment of
the troops that will be present at the ded-
cation in October. The States and the num-
Der Of men each has been allowed are Michi-
gan, 800; Indiana and Ohio, 1000 each
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa.
100 each. ms does not include any ap-
p0rtiOnment for Illinois, but that State will
make up whatever is lacking Of the 10000
that will be present Besides these, it is
expected that there will be requests from
the Governors OF several States 10 be allowed
TO have ons or more companies present The
Governor of West Virginia has made re-
quest 10 send two companies. Then there
will be numbered Governors present, each
OF whom will. In all probability. bring with
him a military escort.
Captain A. b. c. DOhrman has complied
with orders and shipped twenty-one waist
belts and destroyed nineteen helmets,
thiriy-6Ve coats and fifty caps. Regarding
certain rlfes, he says he has been unable to
obtain any estimate Of the cost of repairing
them because they are IN ''too bad a cond-
ton TO get any gunsmth 10 undertake the
job"
Captain D0hrman has asked for leave of