The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
Third Brigade.

Leave of absence for ninety days has
been granted to Frank A. Elliott, first
lieutenant of Company A, Sixth Infantry.
The resignation of c. E. Small, captain
Company A, Second Infantry, has been
accepted.
Upon his personal application William
B. Maydwell, engineer officer Third Bri-
gade, has been placed on the retired list
with the rank of major.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Sept. 25 Ever
since the close of the State Fair there has
been an increased interest manifested
among the members OF the National
Guard and drills have been more than
well attended. Company G will go to
Woodland October 2 for a three days
camp and will hold its twenty-sixth an
nual ball October 26 Company E viii go
out for a short camp in the latter part of
the month.
Troop 3 will shortly make a practice
march to Wood and, taking three days
provender for the horses ana three days
rations. The men expect to receive new
38-caliber Colts revolvers and regulation
carbines within short time, and some of
the members claim that new haversacks
and canteens are badly needed. They as
sert that the troop has as yet received no
aid from the STATE, althougl they have
been in commission for over year. They
claim to be poorly armed, having neither
regulation revolvers nor equipments and no
carbines, their saddles are OF the old artil-
| Iery type, ana there is great lack of am
munition for practice, while they pos
sess a full complement of targets newly
purchased. During the present month
the new on-cOmmissoned officers of the
troop will be appointed to fill vacancies
and the school for their instruction in
! formation and evolution of the troop will
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the local companies the troop will hold its
annual target practice on Saturday and
will give its mplimentary ball on or
about Christmas.
The findings of the court-martial, pre-
sided over by Captain Shoemaker of Com
pany to investigate charges preferred
against Privates Walter Pierce and Dor
sey P. Luttrell Of Company g, for neg
Letting to attend drills and target prac-
tices, are that both men be dishonorabIy
discharged from the ranks of the National
Guard of the State of California. This
finding having been approved by Colonel
j. w. Guthrie means disfrRnchisement OF
the men for year, unless they obtain q
pardon from Governor Budd, and it is
hardly thought that the Governor will in
terlere. Colonel Guthrie as issued orders
for another court-martial, to convene on
the 2Sth inst, for the trial o. such charges
as may be brought before it. Captain r.
<. Stearns of Company G will preside.
At the weekly target practice the fol
lowing scores were made: Captain Shoe
maker AZ. Sergeant McMartin As, Sergeant
Gunter 40, Sergeant Bessey Al, Corporal
Perkins a. Corporal Nutting IL. Corporal
Measure 81, Privates Gardner 40, Cutting
a, Trammell IL, Freeman "a, Holton 35,
Farmer 80. Showater Al, Lucie 80, Roman
81, o. E. Hughes AZ, Noon 43. Conners Al,
all OF Company Il.
Company G made the following scores
Captain Slearns 43. Lieutenant Rivett a.
Sergeant Klein AZ, Guth 3S, De Finnes AZ
Kellogg &c. Corporals Blair Al, Miliken 40;
Privates Stripen As. Seharden 49, Elliott a.
Cippa AZ, Aime IL. league 40.
Troop b, pistols-Sergeants Farrer A.
Pike 45, Boden IS, Corporals Kreuzberger
Al, Hunt AZ. Privates Howle 45, Maier a.
Kelly A, Sullivan a, Hunt Al.
Ex-Sergeant Charles ]. Atwater, Signal
Corps, whose term of service has iust ex.
pired, has gone 90 Boston for few weeks
stay: AT the meeting of the Signal Corps
on Tuesday evening Lieutenant Martin
appointed Corporal j. H. Watkins TO fiIl
the vacancy in the third sergeantship.
vice Y. J. Atwater, term expired. Charles
w. Taylor was promoted to corporalship.
1t has been decided by the corps to have
noun ed outing on October 4. Wood
land will be the rendezvous of the corps.
saber, flag and heliograph work will be in