The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
STATE AND NATION
TO COOPERATE,
Plans Completed for the
Big Celebration at
Monterey.
BEAR FLAG JUBILEE.
Fifty Years Ago Americans
Took Possession of Cali
fornia.
OF GREAT LEGAL INTEREST
San Fran ncisco's Exempt Firemen Will
Hold Ceremonies on Portsmouth
Square.
OF GREAT LEGAL INTEREST
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, |
9OS Broadway, June 3.

Major E. A. Sherman, chairman OF the
committee of arrangements OF the celebra-
ton of the jubilee anniversary of the
American occupancy OF California, has
completed his programme and made it
public to-day.
The celebration, which will be held
urder The auspices OF the Veterans OF the
Mexican War, is to be National and
State affair; and while there are festivities
under the direction of the executive com
mittee at Monterey to be held on the
three days previous under the special
management of Harry Green of that place,
which deserves every encouragement, the
celebration of the 7th of July to be COM
memorated is especially committed to the
hands Of the committee OF arrane ements
of the Associated Veterans of the Me xlcan
War, who originated the movement over
year ago.
General James w. Forsyth, U. S. A,
commanding the Department OF Califor-
MIA, and Admiral L. A. Beardslee; U. ).
N. commanding the Pacific Squadron, are
heartily cooperating to make the celebra-
ton worthy Of the occasion and grand
success Everybody and everything OF a
| historic nature connected with the
original event of the landing and hosting
of the American flag at. Monterey that
can be gathered there will be assigned a
proper place and due justice done to all.
limited only by time and space allotted
for the occasion.
The site for the Sloat monument was Sc
lected on Thursday afternoon last by Lieu
tenant ]. Reynolds Lands, U. s. A., the
officer designated by General Forsyth in
conformity with orders received from the
Secretary of War, in which he was as
sisted by Captain Cassius Gillette of the
Init Two 1S
Gated just north of the front angle of old
! Fort Halleck on the military reservation
| at Monterey on the axis OF the round OF
| the hill and fifty feet in front of the outer
| line OF the excavation of the old intrench-
ments. The plat is fifty feet square and
the base of the ground plan of the monu-
ment exactly twenty-four feet square. The
platform upon which the monument
proper is to be erected will have front
wall or face six feet in height composed OF
three tiers of stones furnished by the fifty
eight counties of the State, and by one
each from the army and the navy, and
the cornerstone representing the State OF
California, the latter being prepared al
the Rocklin granite quarries in Placer
| County. The Boards OF Supervisors OF
ten counties have already ordered the
stones to be prepared and others Will dc
| likewise, Solano County furnishing q
beautiful onyx stone from her own quar-.
ries and Alameda County fine polished
granite ashlar from the Rocklin quarries.
The site of the monument is about one
| third of a mile above and in sight OF the
whole harbor of Monterey and the ole
Custom house where the flag was ard is tc
be raised, which of necessity divides some
what the program me for the ceremonies o1
! the day, which require careful adjustment
as to time and locality. There will be 6
procession, the landing of the naval forces
the reading of Commodore Sloat's orlglna
proclamation, the raising of the flag with
salutes from the ships in the harbor anc
the batteries of artillery on shore, the Ger
emonies oflaying the stone, grafton
poem, songs by public school children anc
1 other incidents 10 connection Herewith
| The State of California and all the counties
and the army and navy will be represented
| by young lady chosen from each, or {
proxy supplied when one is unable to b'
present.
His Excellency, Governor James. Budd
has been chosen president OF the @ day
| United States Senators Stephen M. White
and George G. Perkins, General James W
Forsyth and twelve other officers of thu
United States Army, Admirals Harmony
| Kirkland and Beardslee, with ten Other
officers of the United States Navy, besides
distinguished citizens of all parties who
| have rendered service to the Nation anc
the State, have been impartialiy selected
J as vice presidents for that occasion, and
| the celebration is intended to be solely ar
expression of National sentiment and tc
meet with the entire appreciation OF every
citizen who may have the opportunity to
be present.
Major Sherman, with whom the cele
bration originated, said to-day:
| I'VE are now only awaiting telegram
| from the Secretary of War, which we ex-
| -, i,xf in, rn-
| sponse to letters and report sent of the
location of the site of the monument,
which telegram, as soon as received, will
enable US to complete the programme, as
| contemplated. Everything now promises
| to be complete success. Supplementary
| to the celebration at Monterey, the Ex-
empt Fire Company of San Francisco, at
our request, will at Portsmouth square
| have charge of the celebration of the 9th
of July, the fftieth anniversary of the
raising of the flag on the plaza and at the
| Preside by Captain ]. B. Montgomery of
the United States sloop-of-war Ports
mouth, after whom Montgomery street
! and Portsmouth square is named. Salutes
| will be fired at the Presidio by order of
General Forsyth, and from the vessels of
war in the harbor of San Francisco, in
| cluding the little monitor Comanche, on
the 7th as we'll as on the 9th of July.
"The ceremonies at San francisco under
the direction of the Exempt Firemen
should receive the support of every citizen,
for they have been on guard duty over
Portsmouth square since 1S49 and their
flagstaff is on the same spot where the
American flag was raised fifty years ago
by Captain Montgomery.
"The committee of arrangements of the
Associated Veterans of the Mexican War,
the executive committee at Monterey and
the committee of San Francisco, in aid OF
the celebration at Monterey, are workin g
together in harmony with the Sloat Monu-
ment Association included, to make the
celebration worthy of the Nation and OF
the people of the State of California
STEINMEYER DISAPPEARS.