The San Francisco call., 1896-07-27
MARCH TO SANTA CRUZ
A Summer Outing for the First
United States In
fantry. F. =
The Quartermaster General of the
Army Will Retire To-Day-Ap.
piicants for the Place.

It has been decided that seven COM
panies of the First United States Infantry,
under Colonel Shafter, shall go to Santa
Cruz for practice march and camp OF in
struction in field exercises.
Last Wednesday Captain Charles q.
Starr, Company f, and Lieutenant Sydney
A. Cloman, Company E. started in an am
bulance for Santa Cruz. They have gone
in advance to select a site for the camp
and grounds for the maneuvers.
Four companies of the regiment are at
Angel Island and three at Benicia bar
racks. They will leave San Francisco Au-
gust 10 for Santa Cruz and will remain
there until the middle of September. The
troops will march to Santa Cruz via San
Mateo. Belmont, Redwood City, Los Gatos
and thence over the mountains to the sea.
An army re firing board has been ap-
pointed to meet at Chicago. August TO- or
as soon thereafter as practicable, for the
examination of such officers as may be
ordered before it. Detail: Major-General
Wesley Merritt, Brigadier-GeneraI John
X. Brooke. Colonel James +. Wade, Fifth
Cavalry; Lieutenant-C Colonel William II.
Forwood, d. S. g.; Major Calvin de Witt,
surgeon; Lieutenant-ColoneI w. Clous,
| D. ]. A. G., recorder.
Major ]. a. Darling, Fifth Artillery. has
been ordered to report in person TO the
president of the retiring board in Chicago
Colonel Crofton of the Fifth Infantry
has determined to contest the authority
of the board to retire him. Army officers
generally entertain the opinion that the
colonel has made mistake of Judgment
in forming this decision.
r. n. Batchelder, qnartermaster-genera
of the army, retires to-day. General
Batchelder entered the volunteer service
early in the Civil War, and displayed so
! much ability as Quartermaster that he
was promoted and. commissioned in the
regular army.
While stationed in this department he
planned and executed many improve
ments st the Presidio reservation. Men
who did not give him credit for unselfish
motives started the report that he was
largely interested in San Francisco real
estate adjacent to the reservation. The
report was accepted as correct, so when
General Batchelder was in this City few
weeks ago he was asked about his real
estate holdings here. He replied that he
never had any property interests in San
Francisco. He will probably make his
home henceforth in or near Washington,
where he has acquired some real estate
and made other investments.
General Batchelder'S successor. 1t is
thought, will be Colonel c. G. Sawtelle, the
ranking colonel, although the latter will
| retire May 10, 1898. Colonel NJ. Il. Lud-
ington is the second ranking colonel on
the list and as he will not attain the age
of retirement until July 4, 1908, it is
fancied that the President may yet decide
to give him the preference. Colonel G. H.
Weeks, who reIires February 3, 1898, and
Colonel Moore, who will not retire until
October 26, 1901, are applicants for the
position.
A general court martial convened at the
camp of the Light Artillery Battalion,
Santa Cruz, last week for the trial oi
Private Benjamin A. Barlow, Battery D.
The following officers constitute the court
Captain Charles Morris, Captain Frank
Thorp. Captain Euclid B. Frick. assistant
surgeon; First Lieutenant Wilmot E.
ElIis and Second Lieutenants William G.
Ham, Thomas w. Marston, Louis r.
Burgess, Charles P. Summerall and
George 6. Gately. The last named i:
Judge advocate.
The order appointing the court contain.
this paragraph: 1.-THE trial of the case
being necessary for the sake OF immediate
example the court will sit without regard
to hours"
Leave of absence for ten days has beer
granted to First Lieutenant W. w. Gal
braith, adiutant Fifth Artillery.
Furloughs have been granted to Thoma,
Powell, Battery E, Fifth Artillery; Cor
poral Charles w. Holiday, Troop D
Fourth Cavalry; Corporal Charles Morri
son and Alban DaumIer, Battery L, Fiji
Artillery. and William A. Martin, Com
pany II, First Infantry.
During a single food of the Yangtse
Kiang, in China, 100000 persons wer
drowned