The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-23
Indians at AIcatraz Island to
Be Sent to Their ReSer-
walton.
WARsHIPS IN THE HARBOR,
Transfers and Asslgnments-Dai
Duty at the Presidio-Mare
Island Items.

mander Folger.
Captain +. ]. Higginson, who COM
manded the Monterey on the recent cruise
of that vessel to Callao, has gone East in
| obedience to orders from the Navy De-
! partment. He was censured short time
ago by the Secretary of the Navy for
reprimanding Engineer James NJ. Pick
erell in the presence of other officers
aboard the ship. This censure had nothing
to do with the order transferring him from
the Monterey for duty on She Atlantic.
| 1t is contrary to the regulations of the
| navy for an officer to administer reprl-
| mand on the quarterback, and when the
| engineer reported the facts of the recent
| reprimand to the department there was
| nothing to be done at Washington but
censure the captain. 1t is all right for the
| commanding officer to call subordinate
! into private room and there, iguratively
| speaking, walk up and down the backbone
of the offender, but the commander must
not lose his presence of mind and give
| vent to his feelings in public.
! Commander Curtis, United States navy,
4 will soon relieve Commander Nichols of
| the responsibility of administering the
| affairs OF the Twelfth Lighthouse district,
| San Francisco.
| The Thetis is preparing to sail south on
| a surveying trip under the command OF
| Lieutenant Commander Knox.
The Philadelphia and Thetis are in San
Francisco bay. The cruiser Philadelphia
is lying off the City. The officers of the
vessel have been entertaining and been en-
tertained by the society people of the City.
The officers in a body, from the admiral
down, have received the privileges of the
leading clubs of the town, and are having
time to participate in pleasures ashore.
l. klnI
to the officers of Her British Ma jesty's ship
Ayacinth. The Marion is fitting out for
sea, and will leave Mare Island in a few
days for the Hawaiian Islands, and the
Monterey is in the drydock there for re-
pairs.
The bids recently submitted in Wash
ington for building of torpedo boats o. 7
and were: Moran Brothers Company,
Seattle, Wash, 1853, 500 for one; Wolff d
Zwicker Iron Works, Portland, Or, $685.,
700 for one; Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco, $175, 900 for one; Herreshoff Manu-
featuring Company Bristol, R. l., $144,-
900 for one or three at the same rate on
plans of their own. The limit of cost
placed by the department on these boats
was $15O,OO0 each. All of the Pacific Coast
bids were above this figure. 1t is expected
that competition will be reopened.
The revised army regulations are now
in the hands of the public printer at
Washington, D. c. The new edition will
be ready October /.
General Schofield's retirement will take
place September 49,
Two special military trains for the pur-
pose of conveying troops in case of need
from the Atlantic to the Pacific is the
latest addition to the equipment OF the
Canadian Pacific Railway. The subject
OF rapid transit for United States troops is
engaging the attention of the War De-
partment at Washington.
The work of constructing the new double
brick barrack buildings at the Presidio is
going forward vigorously. The new quar-
tiers may be ready for occupancy before the
heavy rains of winter set in.
Recent orders from General Forsyth,
commanding the Department of Califor-
MIA, permit most Of the routine duty of the
garrison, such as drills. parades, ETC., to be
performed during the morning hours.
Under this regulation an officer whose in
clination leads him to the study of some
particular branch of military science can
have uninterrupted time for his work dur
ing the afternoon. Equal advantages in
this respect are also extended to the en-
listed men.
Fifty-two young officers were graduated
at West Point Military Academy this year,
and two of the youngsters have been as
signed to duty in the Fifth Artillery at the
Preside.
In the choice of posts the Preside stands
we'll to the front. The preferred places are
Washington barracks, New York harbor,
San Francisco, Fort Sheridan (Chicago)
and FortsLeavenworth.
The Indians that were sent to Alcatraz
Island some time ago for purposes OF dis
cipline will leave the island for their
southwestern reservation to-day. Lieuten-
ant Treat will conduct them to Arizona.
Following is the official order relating to
the transfer:
Pursuant to instructions from the Secretary
of War, the commanding officer of Alcatraz
Island, California, will on Monday. the 23d
inst, send the Moqul Indians, now in conhne-
ment at his post, to the Navajo Indian Agency,
Fort Defiance, Arizona, in charge of an officer
with guard of one non-com mlss1oned officer
and three privates. Upon arrival at the agency
the Indians will be turned over to the acting
Indian agent and upon completion thereof the
officer and guard will return to their station.
The quartermast ers department. VIII 1urnlsh
transportation by rail between San Francisco
Cal, and Gallup, n. Mex. At the latter place
wagons will meet the party for transportation
thence to the agency. The subsistence depart
ment will furnish travel rations, including
funds for the purchase of liquid coffee.
1t happens occasionally that an Indian.
becoming unruly, refuses to accept the
gospel of civilization as taught by the
agent and exemplified by the army officer.
He manifests his contempt for education
by refusing to send his children to school.
To remove from his mind the idea that
ignorance is bliss and instruction failure
the authorities send him to Alcatraz where
the University of California may be seen
every day when there is no fog. After q
season of reflection on the "Rock" the
savage is returned to his reservation, pre-
sumably wiser man and better Indian.
DR.. Stevenson has been ordered from
Vancouver Barracks to the Preside. He
will leave his Northern post of duty when
relieved by DR.. Worthington.
Lieutenant Gatchell, who has been on
college duty in Vermont, has been ordered
to this department.
Lieutenant Newcomb has been ordered
to Alcatraz from the Artillery School at
Fort Monroe, Va.
Lieutenant Parker, additional second
lieutenant Tenth Cavalry, attached to the
Fourth Cavalry, is visiting at the Presidlo
Lieutenant Thomas R. Adams, Fifth
Artillery, has been appointed regimental
auartermaster. vice Lieutenant Albert G.
Blunt, transferred TO Battery of the same
regiment.
sentry on duty at the Fifth Artillery
monument in the National Cemetery at
the Presidio last Friday night was led to
believe that two men were approaching his
post. He challenged the corners and they
ran away. AS they refused to obey the