The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-03
ALONG THE FRONT
The Naval Battalion Does
Some Shooting.
Company D Visits Angel Island to
Learn How to Fight-Highbind-
ers Want Little Foo Poy.

One section Of Company D OF the Naval
Battalion. under command of Lieutenant
Gunn, manned a cutter at the foot of
Broadway wharf yesterday morning and
rOwed merrily away in fighting trim for
Angel Island.
The occasion of this movement of the
citizen sailors caused an immense amount
of mirth among the old salts who watched
them embark. not that Company d was at
all "land-iubberly' in its movements, but
there is a natural affinity between an old
salt AMI a smile whenever the green hand
heaves in sight.
The object of the eOmpany's trip to the
island was to practice at what Lieutenant
Gum terms silhouette shooting" or In
words better understood by tile uututored
landsman, shooting in line of skirmiShers
at dummies placed in a row in front of the
firing company.
At distance Of 600 yards from the target
the battalion was deplOyed in line of
skirmish. advancing at duuble-Quck at
the command and firing at every interval
of fifty yards. When within the last fifty
yards # the goal an order was given to halt
| and fix bayOnets, company front was
| formed and charge made in double time.
The boys did exceedingly we'll" said
Lieutenant Gum. Their shooting was
above the average, and their seamanship en-
I )ui6 u tue l-Ihuu as naturally ana veil
assumed as the department OF any tar
afi0at."
The Naval Battalion is using the Lee
magazine rifle which is modelled upon the
same principle rs the Mannlicher. car
fridge case of light tin which is discarded
! when empty, holds the five 44-caliber car
| tridGes which constitute the rifles load.
| The Lee rifle is hammerless. and is an ex-
ceedlngly light gun.
The boys of Company D did not appear
-, FU.-s,- a,
| and hong row and marched homeward with
| steady step and perfect cadence.
Little Foo POy, pretty Chinese girl, at
tracted quite good deal of attention at the
| ferries yesterday afternoon. She was In
company Of several stalwart Chinese pro-
! tectOrs, but close in their wake were two
| low-browed highbinders, whom Foo's
| guardians averred were watching an Op-
| portunity TO steal her away. Foo, guardians.
| highbinders and all got on the O'Clock
boat for Oakland and there it remains to be
| told if she is still safe and sound with her
| friends.
The new ferryboat Ukiah was crowded
with passengers for FL Campo yesterday and
made her trips without accident.
The pretty little steamer R0salip, which
! created so much conjecture along the water
front before her business was known,
| started on her first Southern excursion yes
terday morning with good complement Of
passengers.
The American ship Henry B. Falling ar
rived Yesterday afternoon from New 7 Ork
with mercandise for Balfour. Guthrie & Co.
A seaman from one of the English vessels
In port, who had more of a cargo of LIQUOR
aboard than he could conveniently carry,
misUouk the Clay-street landing for a ga
loon entrance last night about o'clock and
walked off into the bay. His cries attracted
several passers-by, who hauled him out and
sent him on his way considerably soberer for
his involuntary bath.
Thu Marahont.S ~
that they have augmented their forces be-
cause of an increase of patrons and not on
account of any anticipated trouble with the
warning sailors factions.