The San Francisco call., 1897-09-27
NOTES FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD
A Red Book" for the
Guardsmen That Is Not
Up to Date.
The Days Fixed for the State
Shoot by the Several
Regiments.
A Handsome Souvenir Has Been
Issued by Company A of the
Seventh Regiment.

What the Blue Book is to the regular army
the Red Book is to the National Guard OF Cali
fornis, with this difference, that the Blue
Book is UP to date, lille the Red Book was
issued in 1889, and in view OF the many
changes that have taken place since that date
is about as useful guide for the national
guar isman as an almanac of ten years ago
would be- There is much complaint about
this volume and il is about time that the ad-
jutant-generaPs office should place the book
ii the hands of some competent person or
persons, who shall revise the many sections,
eliminate those that have become obsolete, in
corporate the new laws and make the regula-
tious conform to the laws as they now exist.
The Red Book contains great deal about target
practice, for instance, but that has been all
done away with by the new firing regulations,
and the rules that are laid down for the guild
ance of a court of inquiry and court-marttal
are such that it is somewhat dittlcult to un-
derstand them. The Red Book needs revision
TO make 1t com prehenslve, and ii needs that
revision bad.
The dates for target practice for what is
known as the Estate shoot" have been set.
The First Regiments dates have already been
announced, but that body is in a quandary in
the matter OF carrying out the orders as laid
down in the new firing regulations, for the
reason that they are unable to find a range
Al hich they can fire as required by IN ose
regulations The chances are that the men
viii not be able to compete from ina bility to
do so.
fxed as follows: Companies and B,
Sc ptember 25 and October %; c, September
%, October %; D and Il, Septem Der % and
October 2I; Z, September %, October 27; +,
September 2l, October 10; u, September 27,
October 20; I, September SO October so The
field and stuff will shoot at The point nearest
10 loo ton.
October %; and F, September 20, OCTOBER
26; g, Seple plembsr 27, october 27; H, Septem-
Der %, October %; D, September %. OCTOBER
%; a and B, Seplem ber 80, october 80. Field
and staff It point nearest TO location.
Seventh Regiment-Company A, september
2S, October IA; B, Septe N Der 2S. October 2;
{. September %. OcIob-r 20; D, Sebt III ber
"a October 13; Z, Septem Der q, Oriober 19;
+, September p, October 16; &. Seplem b-r
o. October 20; H, Septem Der "a, Octo Der Is;
!, September %. October Is; h, September
27 October IL; i, September q, October u
n. september 23, October u; band, Septem-
ber %, October IA. Field and staff at the
point nearest 10 location.
The dates Tor the Fifth Regiment win be set
by the inspector OF rife practice, Lieutenant
Heller.
Since the previous orders issued from regi-
mental headquarters the Filth Regiment has
discharged fifteen men on account OF removal,
Two twO-thirds vote, three tor the good OF
the service and one at expiration OF term OF
service.
an election TO be held fol first lieutenant OF
Company D OF the First Regiment
Hay Franklin OF Company B and L. J.
ReuboId, Company K, First Regiment, have
applied Tor exc mpt certificates.
sylvan Hornsberg of Company L, First In
fantry, has been appointed staff orderly on
the division staff, vice Schmitt promoted.
William Ashburn. Company c, Second In
fantry, and E +. Botteron, Company K, First
Infantry, have applied for ten years service
medaIS.
Iieutenant-ColoneI Colin Chisholm of the
Sixth Regiment Cf Infantry, who entered the
service as private of Company c, Sixth In
fsntrv, June Is, 1885, has applied to be placed
on the retired list
There are g great many officers of the guard
who complain that they cannot receive papers
and demands from the adiutants office until
after long delay. On investigation IL ap-
pears that in q great many instances the Off
GERS who make the complaints are themselves
to blame by reason OF neglect in preparing the
returns. The returns must be correct in every
particular as either no attention will be paid
TO them or they may be sent back for revision
two and three times consequently there is de-
lay. The blanks prepared are very simple,
and 1t seems that no person OF ordinary intel
lgence could make mistake, but some do,
anQ ii can be attributed only to carelesSness.
The expectation that the old fashioned
Spring field rifles would be shortly exchanged
for the more modern ones recently discarded
by The regular army for the Krag- -Jorgensen,
will not materialize SO far as California is
concerned, as at the laStheld session OF Con-
greSS q law passed on this subject which
benefits only three or tour States, and Calitorn ia
is not one of them. II the California National
Gusrdsmen want new pons they will have
to wait on CalifOrnia's representatives and
induce them TO have the recent law amended
The reports of Captain Darlington, Z. S. A.
who inspected the recent camps of the Ma
tional Guard of the State, viii contain de
tailed account OF the working OF the sanitary
corps OF this State.
Tne new officers OF the cadet company of the
Second Brigade, with headquarters in the
Lowell High School building, are: Charles G
Bartlett, captain; NJ. Z. Deutsch, first lieuten
ant ana w. w. Buttgenbac second lieuten
ant. Next Friday the corps will leave fol
Fairfax, Marin County, to go into camp tol
week. The camp viii be called CamI
Smith, for the colonel OF the + irst Regiment
to which the corps is attached, and arrange
ments VIII be made 10 conduct IL purely OIL
military lines. The camp will be visited By
Captain Darlington. U. S. A, inspector Of th(
National Guard OF California, and by mum
Der of the officers OF the First Regi giment 1t i
xpected that the new corps viii turn ou
seventy cadets at the camp.
Company A, one of the most energetic com
panies of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
has just issued g handsome souvenir, il
which there is given portraits OF Brigadier
General c. F. A. Last, his officers, the line off
GERS and the non-commissioned officers OF the
company, picture OF the armory in the cit
OF Los Angeles and several group pictures
showing all the members OF the company IL
various attitudes OF the soldier, and sever a.
picturesque groups OF the company while en-
gagged in target practice. In the forty-pag
souvenir there is an interesting history OF tn
company. which was originally the Eagl
Corps, organized May 27, 1881, with W. H. II
Russell as The frs captain. Prior TO the re
organization OF the guard the corps, whicl
had divided into Company A and a cadet com
pany, became attached to the Seven til Regi
ment and Company was then, as it is now
the crack company OF the reg ment. Sool
after the reorganization the present com
mander was elected captain. The line officer
are Robert WankOwskI, captain; Harry A
Bates, first Lieutenant, and Gabriel Allen, sec
ond lieutenant The company, rank and file
number fifty-four, the majority OF them activ
young men and g credit to the NatIons
Guard.