The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01


This drill is one calculated to place the
men on the defensive and Is con sidered by
military men one of the most useful for
city companies. The battalion turned
out well and executed the several move
ments in good style.
Third Brigade
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 26.-On
Washingto Birthday the Signal Corps.
Third brigade, communicated all after
noon with Davisville by heliograph. COW
ering a distance of sixteen miles. The
weather was beautifully. clear and the
boys only regretted that they had not
sent the outside station farther away, as
Mount Diabo and the Buttes were plainly
discernabIe from the home" station on
the Capitol dome at Sacramento. Lieuten-
ant Martin had charge of the Sacra
station, while Sergeant Bailey looked
after the squad at Dayisville.
The. following evening (Tuesday)
signaling was successfully executed from
the Armory 10 the Capitol.
At special meeting of the corps, held
Tuesday evening, the foil wing resolu-
tions were unanimously passed:
Resolued, That it be the sense OF the Signal
! Corps, Third Br:gtde National Guard of Calf
/ fornia, that are heartily in sympa thy with
/
| endeayor 10 enlist public sympathy in isvor of
| the people OF Cuba, who are battling for their
! independence.
! Resolved, That we further indorse the actions
! OF said league in urging our Government to
exercise more yig1lance-and force ii neces-
| sary-to protect from Spanish brutality citi-
! zens of the United States who are arrested in
! Cuba.
! ReSoLred That two copies of these resolutions
! be transmitted to Colonel C. II. Hubbard,
Mayor of the city OF Sacramento; one for the
Sscramento' branch of said league, with the
request that the other copy be forwarded 10
headquarters OF the Cuban League of the
United States of America in New York City
Sergeant Watkins and Private LeitcL
were delegated to present the above reso-
tions TO The Sacramento branch of the
Cuban League, which was esta Dlished the
same evening, and, on reading the same,
vote OF thanks was passed to the corps.
Officers of other local Companies were
present at the meeting, and expressed
their confidence that similar resolutions
would be forthcoming from all other
National Guard organ cations.
Lieutenant Martin will take squad to
Newcastle On Sunday, and open stations
between there ana Sacramento at 10
o'clock. If the clear weather keeps up
there is no doubt Of success.
In short while the new Myer system
Of signaling, at present used by the Q nited
States army ana navy, will be put into
effect for use in the signal corps of this
Stale. The code preseAts many advan-
tages over the old Morse system. espe-
cially for heliograph work, nota BILE among
which may be mentioned the entire ab-
sence OF the space in he various char
acters and of the long fl lush except when
used as conventional" signal.
Sergeant Bailey has re-enIlsted after
much persuasion from the mem bers of
the corps. with whom he is great IA
vorite. He offered to do so on the condi-
ton that Lieutenant Martin would beat
his score at the target range last Sunday.
Result ofthe score was A to ~ in favor of
the lieutenant.
The field drill of companies + and g.
which took place on Was dngton's birth
dav, was an unqualified success, and the
boys showed more than marked i'm
provement in their company movements
and drill, at times showing all The steadi-
ness of the regulars, and greatly pleasing
their commander, Colonel. Guthrie. This
days outing fully demonstrated the util-
lty OF the "non-com" school, and the vast
improve ment visible among the mon
CONS" insured more regularity in the
movements OF the rank and file. The
school for mon CONS" has become very
popular among the boys. and has devel-
oped great deal of good-natured rivalry
among them, as they are at all times at
tempting 10 dig up some puzzling ques-
tion on tactics, which invariably leads to
discussion, and in consequence far bet
ter knowledge of the rules and regula-
tions.
During the field drill it was found that
the ammunition used, "being reloaded
shells, would swell in firing and become
jam bed in the guns, and two of the men,
bers were quite severely injured while ex-
tracing the shells by aid of their ramrods,
Sergeant Guth laying his index finger
open to the bone with the point of his
bayonet and Private Hill of Company G
splitting his thumb by the same means.
Troop b, cavalry, will go out for field
day next Sunday, and expect to make an
extended iaunt through the surrounding
country, camping for meals by the way
side, The troop will have a team shoot
two weeks from Sunday, the losing team
to entertain the winners with a smoker.
The competing mem bers have not as yet
been selected. but all the mem bers are
pracuclng at every opportunity in order
TO obtain places on the teams. Last SUM-
day the highest score made with carbine
was A, by Corporal jennings. The high
est scores made at the butts on Sunday
are as follows:
Company E-Captain Shoemaker "a. Ser
geant Hughes Al. Sergeant McMartin 49, Ser
geant Gunie 40, Sergeant Bessey 80, Corporal
Nutting AZ, Corporal Measure 81, Corporal
berry 80. Private Sydenham SO, Private Jones
81, Prlv1ie .. + Hughes A, Private Love SO,
Prlvate Torpey 80. Private Gardner 80. Private
Mestfail 80, Private Fleckenstein 80, Private
Lucy 80, Private Thompson 80, Private Moon
40, Private II. Sweeney 30, Private j. Sweeney
"a, Private Trammell 40. Private Myers 29
Private Connors 80, Private Pollard 49, Private
roman 40, Private Sabin AZ, Private Hancock
"a
Company G-Captain A. E. stearns IS, Ser
geant Klein 80. sergeant de Finnis 43, Ser
geant Guth 49, Sergeant kellogg SO, Corporal
koetZ 40 Corporal johnson 40 CORPORAL Lieb-
ilng Al, Private Aine AZ, Private Thomas SO,
Prlvat, kles 80, Private Bat, IS 81. Private Kel-
Iogg "a, PrlYale f. A. Brown 81, Private P. A.
Brown Al, Private Richer 81 Private Wilson
AZ, Private Faulkner SO. Corporal Millikin 43.
Private StriT lin 40, Private Cook "A Private
Scholefield Al. Private Bohn 80, Private Gre~n
70. Private schardln SO, Private Pummer "a,
Prlya Mac6ford 80, Private Montgomery II.
Private Day 80, Prlvaie Kiees "a.
Signal Corps-Lieutenant Martin a. sar
peant Bailey IL, Corporal Cosby 81 Corporal
Byrne 81, Corporal Robin %, CORPORAL Tav
lor 81, Private Lietch 80. Private Warren 35,
Private Hay 8 l, Private Hoil 36. Private Terry
3S, Private Hector 40. Private Mason 81.
Cavalry Troop (pistols)-S xeant Pike Al
Sergeant Boden Al. Corporal Morrison AZ. Cor.
poral Lee AZ. Corporal Kreuz berger 40. Cor
pora Hunt 80, Privates 5. Jenniug A Powell
43, Kelly AZ, Sullivan az, Hunt AZ Rietzke 40
c. Jennings 80, Meyers 3S, Kirk 36, Mnnning
SO, Garcia 80 Ziegler 81, Ferral %. hackman
u. Wara 81, Staiger 19, Bugler F. Schadt 80 |
Major Wallace 40.
WOODLAND, CAL, Feb. 26-Everythine
in military circles is little quiet al pres
ent. On Washington's birthday this com.
pany turned out sixty men for drill in ex-
tended order. Each man had twenty
rounds of blank cartridges and the drill
was gone through without a bobble.