The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
death of General w. H. Dimond, division

death of General w. 81. Dimond, division
commander of the National Guard.
The Governor is not troubled in the
slightest by the lack of application. 1t is
said that Brigadier- General r. S. War
field, Second Brigade, would like to wear
the stars of the high rank, and that Adiu-
tant-General Barrett would take pleasure
IN making out General Warfeld's commits
sion. The matter could be arranged so
easily that the Governor would have moth
ing to do but sign the commission.
But there are others; and rumor goes
around the camp that Thomas ]. Clunie,
x-brigadier- general, who bravely led the
Sacramento brigade to many inaugural
balls, would shake hands with the Gov
ernor over a maior-generaPs commits
sion. The eloquent Tom and the impul-
sive Jim have not been on terms of cor
diality since "Andy" was turned down to
give William M. Hinton the desirable
berth of Registrar of Voters in San Fran
cisco. Indeed the general left the Gov
ernor's Office one day with his mind made
up never to cross the threshold of the ex-
ecutive room in the State Capitol while
Governor Budd was inside
In these days fraught with great issues
and holding forth prospects of great
honors, wise statesmen change their
minds and able soldiers change front. So
now it is considered sure that General
Clunie would accept a favor from Gov
ernor Budd; also that Andy's grief in see
| ing Hinton commanding at the registra-
ton Office would be sensibiy lightened by
seeing Thomas ]. in command of the Ma
| tional Guard.
To the front comes Major D. E. Miles,
making a gallant contest in behalf of
| Colonel William Macdonald, First Infan-
| try, n. g. Q. The colonel is now in Hawaii.
Indeed, he is the most unfortunate OF Ma
tional Guard officers. Nothing happens
when he stays at home, but everything oc-
ours when he leaves town. When the
troops were ordered to Sacramento two
years ago the colonel was East. He
hastened home with all the. speed posi-.
BILE, but the strikers impeded travel, and
so while the colonel was across the noun.
tains cursing fate that deprived him of the
chance for promotion, his subordinate
Lieutenant-Colonel Geary, was at the head
of the Second Artillery gathering ur
glory by the yard-the West Oakland
yards.
Now the colonel was at Honolulu when
the vacancy in the major generalship oc-
CURED. He is absent while Warfield is on
the field personally directing movements.
But Colonel Macdonald's tried and true
friend, his trusted champion and able
subordinate, Major D. E. Miles, is not idle
He is doing the work of two majors in the
cause of the absent colonel.
Ex-Major-General Walter Turnbull, who
commanded the troops in the celebrated
engagement at Tripe Hill, Santa Cruz,
during Governor Stoneman's administra-
ton, is on the list OF applicants for the
honor of leading the division.
General Turnbull has the advantage Of
being q Democrat as well as a soldier.
while several of his competitors in the
contest are Republicans. General Turn
bull got his former commission as major
general without much ado or DELAY. but
he did have a monkey and parrot time
with the late Adiutant- General Orton in
getting on the retired list with the rank ot
maior-general. If Governor Waterman
and Marcus D. Boruck had not sustained
1 General Turnbull with great gaIlantry
and fortitude the latter would have gone
on the retired list with honors shorn and
| rumpled. No question was ever raised
about General Turnbull's puIchritude
patriotism or proficiency, but General
Orton had some ideas about the length OF
service required for retirement and re.
fused to accord the rank.
Last but not least in the list of appli-