The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07
AN APPEAL TO DIMOND.
Vallejo Citizens Endeavor to
Have Company B Retained
in the Guard.
POPULATIONS OF A RECRUIT.
A NaVy-Yard Thief Tried by Court
martial and Sentenced to
imprisonment.

VALLEJO, CAL, July 6.-The Philadel
phia is lying in the stream at Mare Island.
From Commandant Howison it is learned
that the flagship is here under orders from
the Navy Department merely to be locked.
When asked to-day if the ship stands in
need of radical repairs the commandant
replied:
mo; she could 60 to sea again tomorrow
morning were her services required. Her
bottom, though, is quite FOUL and it is for
the purpose principally of having this at
tended to that she is here. That there are
many minor matters about her mechanism
which it would be as well to have looked
after now that she is here L have no doubt,
but have no knowledge of any serious
defects in the ship. Then her long abb
sence from home makes it quite likely that
officers ana crew have considerable shop
ping to do, replenishing clothing, small
stores, etc. Within a few days Chief En-
gineer Kutz and Constructor Baxter will
visit the flagship with view to ascertain
just what attention she needs"
That the Philadelphia will remain in
port some length of time there is little
doubt. 1t will be the 22d inst. before the
Hartford is fit to come out of the basin,
and small repairs will hardly be begun
previous to the inevitable confusion incl
dent to docking.
The recent expressed intention of the
State authorities to muster out Company
B, n. G. c., of this city has created consid-
cradle excitement. The local company is
acknowledged to be one of the best drilled
in the Second Regiment, and the surprise
was general that it should be done away
with. A mass-meeting resulted in the dep
utizing of three representative Vallejo
men to interview Major-General Dimond
and learn if anything could be done to
save the company. Those chosen were
George Roe. editor of the Vallejo Times,
ex-senator James McCudden and Sergeant
John A. McInnis, q. s. NJ. c., retired.
On Friday General Dimond was waited
upon at San Francisco. While he could
not give the mem bers of the committee
complete assurances that the company
would be kept in the ranks, he left the
impression on the minds of his visitors
thot he would favor such action. There is
hope yet, and the citizens committee will
continue its labors and use all efforts pos
sible to keep the company in the National
Guard.
A man named Sherardin, recently re-
cruited by the marine barracks at Mare
Island, has been tried by summary court
martial and sentenced to thirty days i'm
prisonment, after which he will doubtless
be dishonorably discharged from the
service. Sherardin seems to be afflicted
with kleptomania. His regulations might
have gone on for some time to come had
not suspicion accidentally rested on him.
A brother marine had a new pair of shoes,
which he had just bought. In a short
time he missed them, and, suspecting
Sherardin, asked the latter if he had them.
Receiving a reply in the negative, but still
unsatisfed, he notified the superior officer,
who ordered search to be made, and the
shoes were found IN Sherardin's trunk.
This trunk was study In it were
many articles which, during six months,
have at different times disappeared mys-
teriously. Some were carefully wrapped
up and labeled. Evidently Sherardin stole
simply for the pleasure Of taking things
belonging to others, but not with any view
to realizing on them.