The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-11

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In general orders recently issued from
the office of Adjutant-General Barrett 1t
appears that the organized strength Of
the National Guard of California on the
1st of October was as follows: Com
mander in Chief and staff, %; division
staff, II; three brigades and stats, 81;
three signal corps Sc; four troops of cav
airy, $50; Naval Battalion approximately
First Division not reported at that date),
388; First Infantry, 952; Second Infantry,
557; Fifth Infantry, 500; Sixth Infantry,
81; Seventh Infantry, 775; total, Alb.
Cadet Company, First Infantry, 50.
1t having become officially known at
the office of the Acknowledgement that
Captain T. H. Teale, commanding Com
pany G, Seventh Infantry, First Brigade,
has removed from the limits of his bril-
gade and has absented himself therafrom
Tor more than thirty days without per-
mission he is deemed to have resigned
and his resignation is announced.
Captain John f. Connolly, First Lieu
tenant Thomas w. Sparrowe and Lieuten-
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to serve as the regimental examining
board of the First Regiment Infantry,
Second Brigade, to serve until July l,
current year.
There was a meeting of the officers OF
the Second Brigade on last Friday night,
at which there were present forty, who
were presided over by Brlgadier- General
WarfeId.
The brigadier-ge general took occasion to
make declaration that story published
in the fake journal to the effect that be
intended to go before the Senate at Sacra-
mento and prevent the confirmation OF
Division Commander n. T. James as
msjor-generaI was untrue, and that he
was not trying to or had even thought OF
suggesting that the Senate do not confirm
the nomination.
During the evening great many mat
tiers pertaining to the much-talked-ot pro-
posed amendments TO the existing laws
affecting the National Guard. including
those that have been suggested by the
Code Commissioners, were discussed, and
the fact that the Commissioners without
consulting with the workers in the guard
should make q number of amendments
was somewhat severely commented on.
A result OF The conference was that 1t
was decided to instruct the legislative
committee, consisting of Colonel Macdon-
aid, Colonel Fairbanks, Major Tilden and
Lieutenant Heller from the Second Brig
ade. to impress on the minds of the legis-
laiors that there is no change desired In
the organization Of the guard as 1t now
stands and that it having been so recently
reorganized it ought to have chance
TO determine if the present system is for
the best interest of the guard and the
State or rot.
Brigadier-General Warfeld, comment
ing on the proposed legislation, said that
1t was all nonsense TO talk at this time
about the reorganization of the National
Guard. why" said he, 1.-The men have
hardly realized the fact that there has
been a reorganization and are not yet
familiar with the new order of things
when up comes some who want to re-
organize anew. l say give the men
chance to see how the new arrangement
works. There is such a thing as too
much legislation, and they may go on and
amend and change ana reorgaDiZe and
what will the result be? I'll tell you-it
will be that the men will become dis
gusted and quit.
Then there will be no National Guard.
II will be all Iegislated out of existence.
We are like the Southern Confed eracy was
once-We want 10 be let alone. Ii the
Legislators are very anxious TO do some
thing for the guard let them provide
clothing, blankets, canteens, and urge
upon the United States Government to
arm the troop with the SpriDg feld mus
kets that have been discarded for the
ag-Jorgensens. That is what we want,
something that viii put the National
Guard on the footing that ought it to be
on"
A meeting of the National Guard Off
GERS Association was called for last Mon
day night for the purpose OF discussing
matters that are of importance TO the
guard, but only three OF the members re-
sponded. If the officers who have the
welfare of the guard at heart cannot de-
vote few hours 10 discuss matters of
I'm Importance, II Is no wonder that there
is growing all the time that the guard is
not treated as 1t should be. The officers
VINO can prevent such growing are the
ones VINO TAIL to give the necessary atten-
non TO important matters.
during the past week the several local
companies held their first meeting alter
the December vacation. These meetings
were Principally devoted to business, and
the drills will be resumed this week.
They talk about recognizing the
guard, SAID private of the Second
Brigade, on Saturday. They had peter
let that alone for while, and paw some
attention TO putting the existing companies
shame
and give them all that the law and the
regulations say they are entitled to. In
with member of the signal
corps day or TWO ago, he told me thai
more than year ago his company made
requisition for forty halters Tor tie horses
but to use his own words, they haven't
yet arriv'; and not hayirg any halters
they are without link straps, winch are in
use to link four horses together when. in
the drill, the order to dismount is given
and No. has to mind his own and three
horses AS necessity is the mother of
invent ton, when that order Is given now,
No. has TO grab the four sets OF reins,
and it makes a very unhandy handful and
it prevents him from handling the horses
as he could if link-straps were used. This
tod me that for want of halters
they have to carry hayropes to fasten their
horses, and if they have none of these
they have to take off their shoe facets TO
use for hitching lines. There Is also
regulation that requires the members of
the corps to be provided with coils OF rope,
to enable them to stake their horses when
out on bivouac, but they have not got
them. The same neglect to provide what
ought to be provided runs along the entire
,ine OF the brigade, and yet when an