The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL GUARD
New Rules for Reloadinq
Ammunition for State
Contests.
The Sanitary Corps Officers to
Be Held to a Strict Ac-
countability.
jerks Is Out OF the Military Service
OF the State-Blumenberg's

This is the last week Of the holiday
| season for the members Of the Ma
tional Guard and after the first Of next
year drills by squads. by companies, by
battalions and by regiment will be in
order and carried out. If. in San Fran
cisco where the twelve companies Of
infantry are located orders as to bat
TALON and regimental drills are issued
there may be marked improvement In
unity Of movement by the several COM
panies.
General orders No. 10, issued last
week, notice the following changes
since the issuance Of previous orders:
The date following each name is the
date of rank: First Infantry-George
Filmer, reelected captain of B, rank
August II, 1895; ]. H. Jordan, heuten-
ant of E, vice Ralph, resigned. No
vember IL. 1897; ]. W. Dumbrell, re-
elected captain Of c, January %, 1885;
! r. B. Sturdivent, reelected first lieu
tenant of B, August II, 1875; w. X.
| Robertson, captain of z, vice F1tzpat-
rick, retired, November 90, 1897. Cadet
| Company-C. G.. Bartlett, captain; M
E. Deutsch, first lieutenant, and w. J.
Buttgenbach. second lieutenant, NO
vember 90, 1897.
Second Infantry-Lon Bond, second
| lieutenant, vice Jackson. term expired
| November 10, 1897.
| Fifth Infantry. J. Abel, first lieu
| tenant and commissary, vice Derby, re-
| signed, January 4, 1894; J. NJ Vaughn,
| first lieutenant and battalion adjutant
vice Cobbledick, resigned, November 5,
| 1897.
Sixth Infantry-G. L. Adams, first
lieutenant of E. vice KILLER, term ex-
pired, November 9, 1897; c. A. Speir,
second lieutenant of E, vice Adams,
promoted, November 9, 1897; G. H.
| Freitas, first lieutenant Of D, vice
Johns, transferred, and H. L. Walthall,
| second lieutenant of D, vice tTeltaS,
promoted, July Is, 1897.
Seventh Infantry-W. D. Johnson,
| first lieutenant of L, vice Graham, re-
signed: w E. Richardson, captain OF
z. vice Metcalf, term expired; M. D.
Saw. first lieutenant Of E, vice Capito.
resigned, and o. G. Kenny, second
lieutenant of E, vice Richardson, pro-
NOTED, all of November 15, 1897; 5. G.
Biggin. captain of G., vice Underwood,
resigned; G. NJ. Smallwood, first lieu
tenant, vice Bigsin, promoted, ana
Lewis Palmtag, second lieutenant, vice
Smallwood, promoted, all of November
II, 1897.
Naval Militia-Thomas A. Nerney,
lieutenant and executive officer, orig
inal November %, 1897; G. r. kings
| land, lieutenant commander and chier
| engineer. vice Christy, resigned, NO
vember %, 1897.
Sanitary corps-Joseph G. Morrissey1
! ensign and assistant surgeon, assigned
| 10 naval militia, June "a, 1897.
In addition to Lieutenant Walter >
| Hughes, L. S. N, who has been de-
| tailed as inspector and instructor OF
the first, second and engineer divisions
of the naval militia and such stan OH
| GERS as are located in San francisco
the Secretary of the Navy mas detalleo
| as inspector and instructor Com
| mander Frank Curtis, y. S. N, fol
the third, fourth, fifth and sixth di-
visions and such staff officers as are To-
Gated outside Of San Francisco. The
adiutant directs that they shall be
respected and obeyed accordingly.
RELOADING AMMUNITION.
In the past all ammunition for
| Springfield rifles used in the State
| contests by the National Guard was
furnished to the regiments ready for
use from the agents. but a new order
| has been issued, and this requires that
! colonies of regiments shall make ar
| rangements for the reloadtng or all
| such ammunition, and that all reQutsi-
| lions for materials for reloading and
all communications relative to the
Colonel Park Henshaw, Inspector gen
eral Of rifle practice, at Chico. All regi-
mental inspectors Of rifle practice
have been directed to place themselves
in communication at once with Colonel
Henshaw to the end that a uniform
system of reloading the ammunition
| shall be inaugurated.
THE SANITARY CORPS.
The major and surgeons of the SAM
| tary Corps, who have been assigned to
duty with the colonies commanding
regiments and the lieutenant and sur
geons of the Naval Militia and the sur
! geons who have been detailed with the
signal corps and the cavalry. will be
| held responsible for all property of the
Sanitary Corps with which their re-
spective detail is equipped All prop
erty in their possession or under their
| control must be reported by them to
the surgeon general in January and
June of each year. All reports and
| communications of surgeons will have
| to be forwarded through channels to
the surgeon-general for his indorse-
ment.
NOTES.
CaDtain Howard Ford OF COMPANY