The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
THE REGULAR
ARMY NOTES
Muster and Inspection on the
Last Day Of the Month on the
Preside Parade Ground.

The review by Inspector
Burton which it was expected would
have taken place last week will not be
held until this week, but the date has
not yet been fixed.
The monthly muster and inspection
will be held on the large parade
ground at the Preside on Friday, the
31st inst, commencing at about 8
o'clock A NJ. This is always an inter
esting feature of life at this post and
all are welcome to witness it. This
portion of the military reservation is
at this time in splendid condition; the
recent rains washed down the dust
from off the trees and shrubs, the
moisture caused the grass to spring up
and the slopes, that by the summers S
sun We're rendered brown, are now as
fresh as in spring.
General Alexander ]. Perry (retired),
who at one time was quartermaster Of
the Department of California, is, with
his wife, visiting this city and they are
stopping at the Occidental
Second Lieutenant Charles T. Boyd,
Fourth Cavalry, has been reassigned
to duty in connection with the Pro-
gressive Military Map and ordered to
Join the party with Second Lieutenant
James n. Pickering, First Infantry, at
Stockton.
Work is still continued at the Fort
Point fOrtificatiOns. Between now and
June next there will be placed in posi-
tion one 12-inch disappearing gun, two
10-inch disappearing guns and sixteen
mortars. The mounting of this part
of the coast defense is by the foot bat
teries stationed there.
George Talham of the Fourteenth
Infantry, having been found guilty of
desertion after trial before a court
martial at the Preside, has been SEN
fenced to be dishonorably discharged
from the service of the United States,
forfeit all pay and allowances and be
imprisoned for eighteen months at AL
catraZ.
Sergeant John Wolthman, Company
G., First Infantry, for having been
drunk and been insubordinate to a
superior officer, has been sentenced to
| be reduced to the ranks, be confined at
hard labor for six months at the post
where he is serving and to forfeit SIC
of his pay per month during that time.
Private William S. Sloan, Company
H, First Infantry, found guilty Of alb
sence without leave, has been SEN
fenced to be confined at hard labor fol
/ three months and to forfeit SO Of his
Hospital Steward Herman 10th has
been transferred from Alcatraz to the
! Preside and acting hospital steward
| Frederick Bottcher has been assigned
| to temporary duty at Fort Baker tC
relieve Gustav Knapp, who will re-
! turn to his station at the Preside.
| William Allen, a private of TrooI
! B, Fourth Cavalry, is to be granted g
! three months furlough.
The War Department having come
| to the conclusion that it is i'll advised
| to change troops during the winter
| there viii not be any change at any OF
| the posts of the Department of Cali
! fornia for several months.
There has been issued from the Wal
! Department an order giving detailed
| instructions to officers and men nrela-
tiOn 10 the modern high-pOwer guns
their care and the care of mounts anC
appliances.
The new shoes that have recently
been on trial at several posts have
| given so much satisfaction that it is
! proposed TO order 500 pairs for the pur.
pose Of filing out depleted sizes. The
new shoes viii eventually be ISSUED
regularly to the service.
Captain. w. T. SpurGin, treasurer Of
the United States Military Academy
has invented a simple device for hold
ing linen collars to the dress coats OF
| adopted on all such coats. At present
the men are forced to fix linen collar:
in position by means of pins. a method
which, while at times satisfactory, i:
not always certain. The new device
| is clasp securely fastened to the col
lar Of the coat, and which holds the
I linen collar at the desired height
1t is proposed to substitute for tn,
present white tents for the army tent.
of drab color. The proposition seem!
to meet with general favor with bu
one exception, and that is that OF
dark days the light would be excluded
to such an extent that no one could
read or write under the tentage.
While the recent tests with emer.
gency rationS have proved that mer
C subsist on them without inconven
ience the subsistence department, afte
having carefully considered the re
ports of the officers who had charg.
of the trial by two companies of tn,
Fifth Infantry in Georgia, do not con
slider the test as of much value or af
fording any adequate estimate of tn,
practical value of the rations.
Secretary Alger is preparing an or
der to be issued shortly that will de
fine clearly the relations between tn
officers of the army and the enlisted
men.
The retirement list shows that il
the regular course of events there will
be retirements as follows during tn
approaching year: Adjutant- Gen
erals office !, quartermaster's depart
ment 2, subsistence department
medical department g. pay depart
ment 1, ordinance tore-keeper /. cav
airy 8, artillery and infantry S
These are scheduled as retirement
for age.
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