The San Francisco call., 1897-02-01

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There is still a:feeling."of Unrest. in: the.
=National@Guar OF tfis State, "a 1a that Is
particularly the: ca Sc in=tte eonlpa 1ies To-
: Gated in San Francisco. 1T Is. alison: ae-.
count OF the that: there IS no certainty
as to what tne1legfsfatiire may: do. !. Toe.
. much legislatfonj in the opinton of: the
rank and file, VIII. bring on. such .deInoy=
..alization that he men in, the sand.
if il were not for them tiesezwould. not be
: any necessity for gold: lace: and: brass but
= tons-wiH find "good and Sufficient. ex:
cuses'' to quit the: service and. :. the: State
will find itself ut"1ts@soidier Police II
there should be need for il, The proposed.
legislation, OF which so much has: been
said of ntei. does:n o t. app ear 10 be for*the:
benefit otthe guard but: to crafty the per:
sonaI vanity. Of SO ME- individuals who
would like TO be. att he head of d division, :
a brigade, a regiment ora. bat ttaAon, ,. and
= being unable to secure the desired end. by
merit or deyotion.to the .setvice*seek to at:
tam by: legislItion: a: revolution: that Will
necessitate changes and enab bic. the IA to:
secure place. ~. : -: =: " =,
If the Military Com lnittee of each. house:
that about all: that The: guard needs. at this
time are those things which*aEe ecessary
to placeit on a=seryicea bic 10 ting; !. proper
: accoutermerts, proper clothing proper.
camp equipment bIankeis:and :: oyerc0ats.
Then ii wants the: PRONUNCIATION of uni
form rules that officers and -ineil thor
oughly. understand and, appreciate: their
- duties and be: able to perform the M:
= In. 1S94.Jhere: was n O enca n;p|ne ent. of%the
National Guard because the str ke:was: on;
IN 1885 there was no. Ell caInpment :becaIse
there was no appropria ion ;; and in 1896
there wa no. enc mpment because: there
was reorganization of the guard and
there was no tmc TO prepare for amen
. Campment.e What 1897 will bring: fo<th is.
. unknown. -" Ii therejs no approprIati9H:for.
-encampments this Yearthe ecertainly will
>. not be a week or;ten days of: f::fieid exercise
for the men,: They claim that they are
entitled. to encamFment, and it cannot
be said that their claim Is not a just one.
- There does not seem to be any strong
effort being made. IN that direction in
Sacramento al this time, but there appears
to be very strong movement TO assist the
- bill introd uced to secure two camp sites
one in the northern part of the State and
tie other in the southern part. While
camp sites are good in their way, there are
many in the guard who are OF the opinion
that they are not OF the necessities "a This
period. They say that there never has
been any difficulty in securing sites, and
that it were best at this juno ure TO let
the site. go to some future session, and TO
DO some practical work in the line of
having camps, or approximation for the
same. The DILL for sites was introduced
by Cross of Los Angeles, and the men,
bers OF the guard think 1t somewhat
singular that 1t should name as Commits
sioners to secure such sites a man from
Los Angeles, Adjutant-General Barrett,
who is from the southern part OF the
State, and leaving one Commissioner to
be selected from anywhere, but he would
be In the minority in that com mission.
These sites are to be secured either by do
nation or purchase, andif by purchase at
cost not to exceed $4,000.
In the First Infantry, Second Brigade
there is now being made an attempt to
make the filling OF the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF Colonei Macdonald
quite interesting. Lieutenant- Colonel Du-
boce is in the field; Major Huber, retired,
has been put forward posi- bic candi-
date, and now Colonel Frank V. Sumner
Is said TO want to be at the head of the
First. The order for the election has not
yet been promulgated, but it will be be-
fore the legal time for so doing expires.
That there has been some 1nisunder-
standing in the First. Infantry Second;
Brigade, as to-unif9rms is apparent from
the following, which has been given out
out what IS to be understood by the terms
full dress, fatigue and service: .:
The troops of this command when ON DUTY
must appear at all tmes n the prescr be uni
form either in full dress, fatigue or SERVICE as
the occasion requires -
Full dress=h eilnet dress" coat. uniform:
pants, white gloves standing collar, shoes
gloves, standing collar, shoes polished.
. SerVice-Campalgn hat blouse, uni form
pants, 1eggins, ana "woolen or cotton shirt
Tan shoes must not be worn on inspections
o. or parades.
There is not an officer in the First In
fantry, Second Brigade, that is in favor of
the bill recently ihtrod uced by Senator
g Pediar TO change the regiment from in
'.fantry to artillery, and the people a Sac
'ramento have been given to understand
o in language that cannot be m misunderstood
that the change is not desired, so it is
probable that the bill will not be pressed.
The officers OF the Fifth Infantry Sec
. ond Brigade, have secured a sample oven,
such as they would like to have when the
regiment is to 60 into camp. 1t has been
sent 10 Sacramento, so that the mem bers
o. The Military Committee may look in to
its merits.
The shooting challenge seat out by this
regiment to the First of the same brigade.
TO shoot match, has not yet been
answered.
There is some doubt as to what is going
to be done in regard toState shoots, now
that new regulations have been adopted
TO go into effect.on the 30th of next Tune.
Possibly the djutant-generaPs office will
in course of time throw some light on this
matter.
There is probability that the bill that
has been introduced TO provide a sanitary
corps for the guard will pass. That will
create a surgeongeneral and. a retinue Of
subordinates.' This is said to meet with
the favorable view of all classes and the
men say it is good thing. :. :.
A battalion drill of the First. Battalion
is ordered for Friday evening"; Fe bruary
&C. at $3.50 O'Clock, Captain Robert "A
Marshall commanding, under the; super
vision OF Major Charles Boxton.
Around Woodland:
WOODLAND. CAL, Jan. 29.-Owing to-
the inclemency OF the weather, every