The San Francisco call., 1897-07-06
MAJOR JANSEN
HITS HARD RAPS
His Caustic Report as In
spector Of the Second
Brigade, N. G. G.
He Shows Up Companies and
Men Who Do No Come Up
to the Standard.
The Cadet Company, Boys High
School, Comes in for Very Severe
Censure-A Waste of Money.

| Major Charles Jansen, brigade inspector of
| the Second Brigade OF the National Guard of
California, in his report OF his inspection held
| last May and published In General Orcers No.
| 4 fr m brigade headquarters, has occasion to
| find fault with umber OF the companies OF
| the First Regiment, and he does not stand on
ceremony in expressing himself.
| In the orders Brigadier-G &c neral Warheld
| very mildly, in view of the caustic criticism,
says:
In submitting the inspectors report herewith
| is inducement to the various commands 10
put forward their st efforts TO overcome the
! oricomings as revea ed thereby
The inspector, IN his report 10 the adjutant-
general, says OF the Second Brigade:
| The numerical strength at the previous muster,
| 1896 was 1855 officers and men, present at mus
| ter 1894 or 50 per cent; strength at this years
muster, 1856 officers Id men, with SO per cent,
decrease in strength of 20 men from last yea.
rigiu inspection made OF all The companies or
the Second Brigade by myself personally, assisted
! by Captain Darlington, U. :. A.
Notwithstanding the decrease In the numerical
strength of the sade and the large num-
b'r OF recruits in the RANKS the scipilne en- EN-,
cheney and care Of property is far better than iast
| year. The men are Inc Iigeat heatny, OF good
| ply sique ana the making of good soldiers
| In the line of subject that has on several
| occas .ons been dwelt upon in the National
| Guard department of THE CALL the inspector
| says:
| The ncncom missioned officers did remarkably
| vel considering The fact that they very 50 dom
dri companies The non-commissioned 1 Ill ers
| 1 s a " hole ale bri bit set of melL Their Stand
ard should be elevated to the highest degree pcssl
BILE. They in line OF promot ON tu become COM
mssioned officers a d should be able o instruct
| and command men. TO accomp lsh this they
| snoud have fr quent schools or theoretical ara
| pr. C. ical ins especially In giving COM
MAIDS as a rule commands are not given as LAID
down in the drlbook.
| The latter part of this is ra ther severe and
| does not reflect to he credit OF the superior
! officers. In case OF emergency should the
mem bers of the National Guard OF the brlgaoe
named be called upon to join forces with the
| regulars il would place them in q very awk-
! ward posi- lion II they we're unable to obey
| orders throu IN failure on The part OF the
officers who drilled them to give commands
| rs aid down in the dIilbook." Continuing
| in this line the inspector adds
When excellent proficiency has been obtained
by The non. comm sson, d officer, he Will command
| more respect and obedience from the prlva.e 'ol-
commits stoned officers ctevrohs on his arm 1hs
captain ould fnl the imp ovemen. Of his COM
pany more rapid with gooI and Ell. lent non-com-
mssioned officers than with pJor on s.
| OF battalion drills he says:
Battalion drills cannot be perfect unless tie es-
sentIal is peif CT, leading aid firing is H. most
es sent of all. ana should be tb- most perfect OF
all the drill, yet it is not Hard company exc,
| Cutes til movement as prescribed in the drul
| regulations.
OF the inspection Of the First Regiment In
fantry, he says il was inspected III fatigue uni
| form and he finds gratifying improvement
| since the last muster in Appearance, discl-
pline, drill, condition of uniforms and equip
| ments and adds "there is still room Tor i'm
| provement and much hard work will neces-
sarily have TO lie done 10 bring the regiment
| up TO the required standard. There is, how
| ever. ,tter esprit de corps among the oh-
| GERS than W hen first consolidated
The present efficiency of The regiment Is
| due, ne says, to the able management and ad-
| min stratlou of Lieutenan: Colonel Duboce
| who was in command during the greater part
OF the time since last muster. lie predicts
that the plans of Colonel NTH, now in COM
| mand. wi i elevate the reg ment 10 the highest
| possible standard.
| The aggregate shows that at the muster
there were in the regiment total of S21 Off
! GERS and men, OF when three officers and hfty
men were absent from muster. Only two
| com pa les showed full strength a muster in
| these com panies, and l. In his detail OF the
| inspection OF the indlyi iuaI companies the
| inspector cTiticiZes quite freely:
| Company a. Captain Connolly, is found in
] good cond ton.
| Company B, Captain Filmer-"Finanees due
| Captain FIlmer $500 10, showing poor state
OF finance. The company made very good
| appearance, with the exception that two men
| appeared in line with hght-c1lored russet
Shoes"
| Company C, Captain Drum mbell-Finds the
| company in good condition, with the excep-
| ton III at two men appeared IN line with rus
| set shoes. 1.-The men were drilled with snap"
| Company D, Lieutenant f. V. sullivan Cum
| not very well taken care OF, as considerable
J property mas been lost since last year Cap
I tain Marsh all recently deceased, therefore no
| correct account can be gwen of how the prop
erty became m ssing. Records good. No off.
| GERS meeting; no non-commissloned ofhcers
meeting"
| Company E, Captlin Fitzpatrck-"United
| States and State property well taken care Of;
records good formation lat muster) good;
| manual fair; drill lair; appearance OF men not
good, thirteen men wltnouI cross niles on their
n thraa in n Nvif at Shn
| uniforms several men in very unlidy
| condition. The average attendance at drill
! since last muster was fair This company has
| made no progress whatever"
Company +, Captain Milier-Property in ex-
cellen condition: Credit is due to the quarter
master-sergeant for the manner in which the
| property is kept. The field equipments are
| all hung on p gs, mum bered 10 correspond
with each mars uniform and ready to be
| issued a a minutes notice i'll case OF an emer-
| gency cal.
Company G, Captain Suttliffe, is pronounced
| in good condition, but at iormatio on muster
there were three men in line with russell sho, S,
Company H. captain Warren-"Compauy
mo tiy recruits The company did very well
| in consideration thereof. The captain had
| had hard time to get along with his men. l
| believe the Cal tain has done the best for the
| interest of his men, but some of the men
| think otherwise, which has maze things IN
| harmon Gus in The Organization Lieutenant
Judge has been of no assistance to his cap.
| tain, has performed no duty as officer since
! his election and no excuse has been given the
captain for such neg ect. This is the smallest
company In the regiment" The company is
commended Tor the care OF property.
| Company /. Captain Richter-This company
! is highly commended for ke ping of property,
lockers, equipments and records, Sin clu0Ihg
descriptive book containing the description
! and history of every man in the CO paliy; it
! is the best book of The kind have seen in the
| brigade"
Company X, Captain Cunningham: This
company is also highly commended for drill,
| manual, biyonet exercise, appearance of men,
! squad system and equipment arrangement for
! emergency call.
| Company L, Captain Eggert: No fault is
| found with this company except that at mus
! ter there were Two men in line with russet
shoes.
| Company NJ, Captain O'Neil: There is no
| complaint of this company.
| First Infantry Boys High School Cadets,
| Captain Lloyd E. Edwards :.'"Ptoperty not well
| taken care OF. Rifles badly rusted. l do not
| believe they have been cleaned since last
| muster: equlpmenls dirty. there was not