The San Francisco call., 1896-10-24
ARMY OFFICERS
GETTING SETTLED
Like Their New Quarters
and the Change From
Florida's Heat.
Lieutenant.Colonel Williston Is
Still Putting Up at a Hotel
Downtown.
WHO THE NEWCOMERS ARE.
All. Of Them Are Veterans of the
War and Have Seen Hot
Fighting.
WHO THE NEWCOMERS ARE.

The officers and men of the Third Artil-
lery, who have just arrived from the far
Southeast, are rapidly adjusting them
selves to their new conditions and sur
roundings, and all of them freely confess
to being pleased with the change.
Lieutenant Colonel Williston, with his
wife and daughter, are still stopping at
the Occidental Hotel, the colonePs quar-
ters at the Presidio not being fitted up as
yet. Colonel Bainbridge, however, is al
ready located at his quarters at Angel
Island, the headquarters of the regiment.
There are four batteries still to arrive,
two light batteries and two foot batteries.
They are on the way ana are expected to
arrive within week. Two Of them come
from Washington and st. Augustine,
where they have been located for the past
four years, and two of them from Key
West.
This, by the way, is not the first tour of
duty that Colonel Balm bridge has served
on this coast. He was graduated from
West Point in 1856 and therefore had been
in the service about four years previous to
the beginning of the war, most of which
had been spent here and at other points
along the coast. Colonel Bainbridge
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war, chiefly with the Fifth Artillery.
He served later as lieutenant-colonel of
the Third Artillery Regiment, and two
years ago was advanced to its com mand.
Lieutenant Colonel Williston entered
the regular service in 1861 by appointment.
He served in the Second Regiment until
two years ago. Both colonel and lieu
tenant-colonel are about 60 years of age.
Captain Chester. commanding Battery
A, stationed at Alcatraz Island, is the
sen ior captain of the regiment. He has a
handsome army record, WHICH begins at
Fort Sumter.
Captain O'Hara is next in order of rank.
He is graduate of West Point, class OF
49, He has command Of Battery III. Cap
tain Hess of Battery L comes next. He
is at Aicatraz with Captain Chester. He
was a major in the Pennsylvania cavalry
during the war;
Captain Sedgewick Pratt, commanding
Battery e, stationed at Fost Mason, was a
graduate OF the class of 81, West Point.
Captain Humphreys OF Battery d served
through the war in the volunteer
the close Of the trouble in 66. He is sta
toned with his company at Angel Island.
Captain Joseph M. Califf, in command
of Battery G., is stationed at the Presidio.
He entered the regular army also at the
close Of the war, having served three
years in the Army of the Potomac.
Captain Kobbe, commanding Battery
M, goes to Fort Candy, at the mouth Of
the Columbia River. The command comes
from Fortress Monroe.
Seven of the eleven batteries have come
from points in Florida. The headquarters
of the regiment was at st. Augustine.
Stationed there with Colonel Balm bridge
were Captains Pratt and O'Hara and their
commands. Lieutenant-Colonel Williston
and Captains Chester and Califf were at
Barrancas. Captain Hess and Humphreys
were at Jackson Barracks, New Orleans.
rhe others, as stated, came from Key
West and Washington.