The San Francisco call., 1896-11-23
G. w: Nevin. S. Goldstein, Herman Cohu,
Frank Dunn, Sam Dannenbaum. Leo
Heringhi, Julius Wolff, C. Samuels.
REGULAR ARMY POSTS.
Troops on Duty at This Station-Regi-
mental Rivalry in Field Games.
Cavalry Horses

The event in military circles last week
was the return of General Forsyth. He
is on duty again as department COM
mander. Colonel Shafter has assumed
command at the Presidio. The house that
General Graham so long occupied Is being
renovated and will soon be the home of
Colonel Shafter.
The post at Alcatraz Island is garrisoned
by Batteries A and l., Third Artillery
Captain James Chester commands the
post. Second Lieutenant Thaies 1. Ames,
Battery A. is adiutant. recruiting officer
and signal officer. First Lieutenant Ben
lamln II. Ra 1dolph is in charge of the
prisoners. First Lieutenant David j.
Rumbo bough is with his battery, a. Cap
saln Frank w. Hess commands l. Battery.
First Lieutenant Henry II. Dudlow is in
charge OF the school. First Lieutenant
William Il. Haan is quartermaster, COM
mlssary in charge of the exchange and
ordnance and range officer. Captain Har-
Ian &. McVay is assistant surgeon, treas
urer and librarian.
The headquarters, field, staff and board
OF Third Artillery and Batteries D, III and
u are at Angel Island. Colonel Edmund
z. Bainbridge is in command. First
Lieutenant Charles T. Menoher is adju-
tant and recruiting officer; First Lieuten-
NhO OhdAiCo w OOQW ID
ter, commissary and police officer; Major
benjamin f. Pope is surgeon and First
Lieutenant Paul +. Straub assistant sur
geon. John II. Macomber is post chap
lain. Captain Charles Humphreys COM
mands Battery D, Captain James O'Hara
orange officer) Battery H and Captain
Henry c. Danes Battery l. Second Lieu
tenant Edward p. O'Hern is ordnance
officer and treasurer and Second Lieuten-
ant Lloyd England signal officer. First
Lieutenant Charles w. Foster is on duty
with his battery, l.
Battery E, Third Artillery. garrisons
Fort Mason. Captain Sedgwick Pratt is
post com mander, First Lieutenant George
w. Hobbs quartermaster and commissary
and Captain George NJ. Wells assistant
surgeon. Second Lieutenant James Ham
ilton is on duty with his batterv,sE.
The field, staff and band of the First In
fantry are at the Preside. The post COM
mander is Colonel William r. Shatter
The garrison consists of Companies a, E,
Batteries G and f and Batteries and K,
Third Artillery, and Troops b, G, and K,
Fourth Cavalry.
The cavalry will return from a tour OF
duty In the mountains early in Dece NJ Der.
The post adlutant is First Leutenant
Louis z. Brant. First Lieutenant Leon S.
RoudleZ II Quartermaster, com nlissary, K
change and police officer. First Lieute n
ant John D. Miley, Fifth Artillery tat
tached), is ordnance and engineer officer.
The assistant quartermaster is Captain
Robert r. Stevens. Major Robert H.
White is surgeon. Captain Guy L. Edie
and Captain Euclid B. Frick are assistant
surgeons.
Some rivalry in the field OF athletic
sport exists between the First Infantry
ard the Third Artillery. There will be a
field day at the Preside on Friday, No.
vember q, and the games may be then
vigorously contested. In addition to the
regular games there will be tug-of- war
and baseball match.
Twenty-eight cavalry horses recently
furnished by William Frazier, contractor,
were duly inspected by Colonel Young of
the Fourth Cavalry and accepted The
Government paid $133 80 per head. The
horses came from Southern Oregon.
Corporal Alonzo c. Richardson, Battery
K, Third Artillery, has been granted a
furlough.