The morning call., 1894-07-04
PRICE FIVE CENTS

| men were sent by messenger, telephone
| and in every other way available. By 8
| o'clock the company rooms we're well
| filled, men were tumbling into blouses and
overcoats with marked enthusiasm, and
the general picturesque confusion gave the
proceedings an aspect of peculiar earnest
ness.
At about o'clock couriers came hurry
| ing into the arm0ries of the First and
Third and Light Battery out on Pacific
avenue. There were later orders and they
| directed haste. and gave more assurance of
the previously half doubted importance of
such preparations. The orders called for
two regiments and included instructions
that the Light Battery should prepare to
move with them. In the Market street
and Golden Gate-avenue armories. there
was greater hurrying and a general in
crease in the excitement.
At the light battery building no time
was lost either. Captain Slime uniformed
few of the men present, mounted them
| on fast horses and sent them galoping
about town in search of members.
Through the prominent thoroug hfares
these red-striped troopers made their way
with clatter and recklessness that made
things look strike-wise in other places
than Oakland and Sacramento.
Then Sine hurried Gatling gun down
to the Second Brigade headquarters on
Bush street, below Montgomery. The
formidable piece of battle mechanism gilt
tered in the evening Just in front of the
building at 216 Montgomery street, until
General Dickinson happened along and
ordered 1t into a small street some dis
tance away near Sansome.
General Dickinson remained at his head
quarters during the entire afternoon and
evening. Major-General Dimoud estab-
lished himself on the fifth floor of t he
Occidental Hotel, where the most impor-
tant business was transacted during the
night.
In The Occidental Hotel couriers were
hurrying in and out, officers were giving
orders and receiving reports. and that
favorite hostelry had assumed for time
quite a warlike appearance. When the
roster of the two regiments had been COM
pleted Colonel Cutler announced that the
following officers would accompany the
command:
Ma1or-General Dimond will assume CON-
ma0d of the brigade after reaching Sac
DlCkIUSOD re-
naming in command up TO the time.
General Dimond's staff is as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel M. II. Hecht. pay
master; Lieutenant-C Colonel j. S. Giesting,
signal officer; Lieutenant-ColoneIG George
B. Sperry. commissary; Major w. B.
Hooper, ad-de-camp; Major George H.
Pippy, aid-de-camp; Colonel A. E. Castle,
assistant adjutant general; Lieutenant
Colonel A. d. Cutler; Colonel J. r.
Lane, surgeon.
Brigadier-General Dickinson's staff con-
sists of the following officers: Colonel
William Edwards. assistant adjutant-gen-
eral; Major c. t. Stanley, ordnance off,
Ger; Major E. F. Miles, signal officer;
Major Frank Vail, commissarv; Major J.
A. White, engineer officer; Major w. G.
Dodds, inspector rife practice; Major
George M. Terrill, surgeon. Colonel A E.
Castle and Colonel A. d. Cutler will re-
main in this city, with headquarters at the
Occidental Hotel, as representatives of
General Dmond, and the Second Artillery
Regiment will be held in readiness for any
emergency. Lieutenant-Colonel Geary is
in command of this regiment in the ab.
sence of Colonel Macdonald.
The Fifth Infantry is also in condition
to respond to orders at any time. 1t con-
sists of two companies in Oakland, one in
Alameda. one in Santa Rosa. one in San
Rafael. one in Petaluma and one in San
Jose. The regiments mentioned constitute
the Second Brigade, and no orders have
been issued to any other UP to the present
time.
The First Regiment consists of seven
companies, and is in command of Colonel
n. p. Sullivan. The Third Regiment COM
prises the same number of companies as
the First, and is commanded by Colonel
Thomas F. Barry. All told there were
about 200 men started for Sacramento last
night. Included in this number were de-
tachments from Light Battery A, and from
the Signal Corps, with Gatling gun. Two
Calling guns are in charge of the military
here. but one was left behind for any pos
sibie emergency which might arise.
The order issued from headquarters call
ing upon the troops was as follows:
Especial order No. 81
In conformity with an order from the com.
mander-in- chief, General j. II. Dickinson of
the Second Brigade Is hereby directed to detail
two regiments, gun detachment With Cat
tling gun and a detachment from the Signal
Corps for duty at Sacramento at as early mo-