The San Francisco call., 1897-06-10
NOTES FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD
Military Encampments and
the Allotment of
Money.
A Company That Does N t For
get Its Comrades Who Have
Passed Away.
Changes on the Staff of the Colonel o
the FIRST Regiment of I1flntry.
The Signal Corps on Par ade.

Inc OF the NdtlOual Guura OF LnlS
State Will shortly be armed with the new, or
more properly the latest issued of the Spring
field rifles that were discarded by the United
States army for the Krag-Jorgensen pattern.
In addition the guardsmen will be iurnis he'd
with haversaeks and centeens, and there viii
soon be supply of uniform fatigue hats, so
that hereafter the headgear OF the guard will
not be OF all sorts Of shapes and shades OF
gray.
Tne division of the fund for encampment
purposes has been the subject of some talk in
the guard during the past week and of con-
siderable criticism as to the adjutanrs office
in the allotment of the funds.
The law passed by the last-held Legislature
provides as follows:
Thh commander-in-chief may annually order a n
encSmpm mt for discipline AMI drill either by d-
vision, brigade, reg Inn mt, attalioL unattached
company. and all troops assembled and enoamp@d
under orders of the mander-in q chief for not
81 20 per day for each OH er and man regularly
on du.y IN such camp; provided, that The aegre-
gate for each comrahy OF such last mentioned
allowance OF 81 20 per day shall not exceed the
s u M OF 400 per company: ali officers and men
shall IT celye in addition TO the above allowance
the actual fare TO and from the place of encamp-
ment; aud provided further that when the divl-
siou or bigade is re-u arly assembled and en-
cRmped for discipline drill for not less han
seven days then in addition 20 Ihs above allow
ance the m maior-genera, brigader-gener al, the
ard each staH officer the general staf shall re-
ceive from he state the su N of 81 20 per day
while regularly on duty in such camp; and pro-
vided fur, her that in any camp held in pursuance
OF orders from he commander-in-chief Ali mount
ed officers and enlisted men shall receive the sum
of 81 per day for each horse necessarily used by
them at such encampmeni; and provided further
mat b. ali officers and enlisted men companies
formed anoat Aforesaid GlI0lCdnceS shall be paid
only loten appropriations are made sufficient for that
purpose.
The purrose of this law contemplates that
he a. q rd M 70 10 lfrn
into camp, and The last clause seems to direct
that a sum sufficient for the purpose shall be
provided, but it is not ss 1t ought 10 be 10
make 1t perfectly clear, and if ii we're, there
would not be much OF the jealousy that now
mRniiests itself in all sections. If the law
were mandatory no difficulty would present
ITSELF To carry out the provisions oil the law
quoted 1t would take $43, 600 10 meet the de-
mands for eneampments. The Legislature saw
ii TO allow but $4,000. so in order to come
within the limit there has been scaling
down, with the result that some OF the organ
iZatons will have 10 raise contribution, or
call upon the citizens of the locality at which
the camp is TO be held TO help, and even with
that the organizations will have 10 beg for g
reduction IN the rates of transportation. In
other words the members of he guard may be
ordered out by the commander-ln-chfet for q
certain city for q specified number OF days, in
order Tn at they may become proficient III mill
'ary duty, but the necessary provision is not
made Tor the carrying out OF the object. In
| the State of Massachusetts and in other
States not only is ample provision made TO
meet all the requirements, but the men are
| allowed per dem, so thai when they are abb
| sent from their duties each man may have
| some thing with which to pay the substitute
| left in office store factory whie the
! guaTdSman IS in camp.
| Some comment has Teen made upon the fact
! that twelve company regiments have been al
| lowed less in proportion to what eight COM
| pany regiments in the interior have been al
lowed. This is explained by ihe statement
that the appropriation is not sufficiently large
| 10 allow the payment of the allowances pro-
| vided for each man, and tn in order 10 make
ends meet and give each man week in camp
/ a certain amount was allowed for subsistence,
and then the remainder was parceled out TO
| each company, regiment or brigade on the
\ basis OF the cost OF transportation, but In no
| case will the amount allowed come up to the
| regular rates of fare to and from the point OF
| departure to the place OF general assembly.
There Will be encam pments at Los Angeles,
| Fresno, Santa Cruz and Ukiah, and the head
! OF the National Guard, the division COM
mander and his staff will. IL is expected, visit
| these. For the expenses of transportation of
the ma ajor-general and his staff to the several
places the sum of 5000 has been set apart.
II. Z. Bush, VINO retired with the rank of
colonel, was un III last week judge-advocate on
the division staff with the rauk OF Lieutenant
colonel. He has been restored to the rank of
colonel by being assigned TO the Office of as
sistant ad jutan ant-general. recently made vacant
by the reSIRuRtiOu of Colonel Currter