The San Francisco call., 1897-06-23
sigraI Corps, Third Brigade.

Lieu tenant Fred L. Martin, commanding the
Signal Corps, Third Brigade, has recsived from
Lieutenant Colonel T. j. Hay, acting assistant
Acknowledgement and inspecting officer of the
Third Brigade, copy of his report Oh the an
nual inspection Of the corps.
The inspector in his report compliments the
corps very highly. Efficiency OF commissioned
and non-commissioned officers is declared ex-
cellent Percentage present is given at "a AZ;
average merit, 4.IS, maximum being ) neat
ness as 10 person, Uniform and equipments,
general bearing, solderly appearance and
knowledge OF duties are all gwen the highest
degree, namely, that OF excellence; condition
OF uniforms, arms aud equipments excellent
verg clean. The following is from the report:
The lieutenant commanding and armory detail
in uniform, reported promptly when tue boari
met for Inspect on of prop p'rty. All property
neatly arranged and exposed for inspection.
Prompi ana efncient service during inspection Of
properly. he hsldwork Of this corps IS taken IN
every opportunity. They are in the field aim st
every sunday and holidays that present proper
atmospheric conditions They are rapidly gaining
exec lent proficiency in their work. They ara
using ne Meyer's as wei as the MCrs code ana
ar pronclent IN both. An effort was made TO WORK
between Auburn and Sacramento sunday, May
16, 1897 ttwo days pre- vious 10 inspectlon) but a
cloud y day prevented suck e5s
The inspector recon mends that the de-
hciency in carbines be supplied and the CORDS
be provided with Webb belts for carbine am
munition.
The location of camp of the corps is n OF vet
known. 1t will be remem bered that the corps
was excepted from general orders calling for
brigade ampm ent at Santa Cruz on August
Id with a view 10 establishing a connected
slgual line throughout the. Sta The lack OF
the necessary number of heliOgraphs, tee-
scopes and other equipments may make the
proposed signaling I'm possible. There is likely
10 be held In san Francisco N the near future
meeting OF the signal officers and comm land
ing oHlcers OF ihe various brigades to deter
mine definitely what steps 10 take. Should the
signaling mentioned be abandoned the Third
Brigade Signal Corps Will probably establish
camp IN the mountains for the first ten or
fourteen days In August. ]. II. WATKINS.
The following letter needs no explanations:
ARNoRY company D. SIXTH INFANrRY,)
THIRD BRIGADE, y. G. e.,
MODESTO. Cal, June 19, 1897 }
Dear Sir: Having I, ad in the columns of / HE
CALL some me ago that Company B, n. G. C.,
claims TO be the only company OF the guard that
r gulary decora.es the graves OF deceased
Tades, l would like TO say that CompAny D. Sixth
Regiment Infantry, Third Brigade ". q c. To-
cateo at Modesto, has regularly decorated and
nred salute over the last Testing-place Of its
parted Comrades for the last eleven years, or
since its existence as a company. The com many
was mustered into the service on 4 pril 10. SS6
On May 80, 1886 Decoration day), the COM
paay paraded 10 he cemetery, decora ed and fred
salute over The grave Of a. II. scott, who died in
1885, and who was a member Of the companv
each and every Decoration day thereafter Com
pany u has performed The services at the
grave OF PrlNate Scott until the present day. In
1894 two more members of the company died ana
on every Decoration day since their graves have
been decorated and sa utes fired by their surviv-
ing comrades so Company % claims TO have
regularly decorated the graves Of its deceB sed
members since It's existence. am. yours respect
fully, d. w. NORRIS
Captain Com BANDING Company d, Sixth Regl-
ment, Third Brigade n. q. L.