The San Francisco call., 1897-12-20
An Important Election
VIII Be Held in the
Sixth Infantry.
The Officers Of the First Listen
to an Instructive Lecture
on Signaling.
Rules for the Guidance OF the Sanitary
CorPs-Spars and Rigging Of
the Marion.

c. s. Shafer Of G, Fifth infantry. has
rendered his resignation as an officer
of that company.
Captain J. J. Ward, First Lieutenant
C. C. Peart and Second Lieutenant
Hollisker of T, Second infantry, have
successfully passed the Board of Ex-
aminers.
Lieutenant Colonel Hay has been or
dered to preside at an election for
lieutenant-colonel Of the Sixth infan-
try, to be held on the 9Th of next
month to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Lieutenant-Co Colonel
Chisholm There viii be quite a con-
test for this position, as it carries with
il possible promotion as colonel Of the
regiment, Colonel 5. S. Wright having
declared his intention of resigning the
command next spring. The candidates
for the Heutenant-colonelcy are: Cap
tain ". H Johnson Of Company a, To-
Gated at Stockton; Captain w. II.
Cook of Company q, located at Ba
kersfeld and Captain George w. Jones
Of Company f, located at Fresno.
Major Charles J. Evans, signal offic-
er of the Second brigade, Will on
Thursday next preside at an election
for first and second lieutenant of Com
pany 3, Fifth infantry.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Barrier has been
appointed inspector on the division
staff, vice Nearny; Major c. T. Stan
ley has been appointed quartermaSter,
vice Barrier, promoted, and j. @. FitZ-
gerald has been appointed senior aid,
vice Wetheren, on the division staff.
Captain J. NJ. Smith, Company B,
Seventh infantry; King H. Lee, ser
geant of Troop B, and John Maher of
Company D of the Fifth have applied
for exempt certificates.
A peculiarity of the law in the mat
ter of the appointment of surgeons for
regiments has but recently been dis
covered in the law that was passed at
the last session of the Legislature.
This law tells what the staff of
colonel of a regiment shall consist of
and among others names "one surgeon
with the rank of major and one as
Sistant surgeon for each battalion with
the rank of captain" And then the
law goes on to say that all the staff
officers except the surgeons shall be
appointed by and hold at the pleasure
of the colonel, or until their successors
are appointed and qualified" Another
section of the law says that surgeons
for regiments shall be appointed upon
the recommendation of the colonel of
the regiment. That gives the colonel
the power to nominate surgeons and
they become a part of his staff, but he
has not the power to dismiss any of
them should he feel at any time in
clined to do so, as he has the right to
do in the case of any other member of
the staff.
Colonel John GaTwey, NJ. D., surgeon
on the division staff. is preparing a code
or rules for the guidance of the officers
and men Of the Sanitary Corps, that
has been recently organized under the
provisions of the recent act of the Leg
1slature. This new idea in the Ma
tonal Guard-that of a Sanitary Corps
is not yet understood, and the sur
geOn general and those under him have
not yet received the hearty support
that they expected, but it is probable
that when the position and duties of
the corps are more fully understood
that the support looked for will be
given.
December is the month in which
there are no drills, consequently there
Is not much TO draw the men to the
armorieS. 1t is probable that with the
new year there will be considerable ac-
tIVity, and that the members of the
First Infantry located in this city will
in addition to drills in the armorv
nave number Of battalion drills in
the open, and that the regiment will be
called out a number of times for regi-
mental drills. These drills will do
much to perfect the men in the duties
that are required of them, and will
make them much more familiar than
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side of those Of the company.
Last Thursday Captain A A. Hanks
lIeIlfedJ lectured in the quarters of the
Signal Corps Of the Second Brigade ir
the Ellis street armOry before aboul
100 officers Of the Guard and members
or the corps on the subject of signal
ing. His lecture, a very interestine
one, was illustrated by members Of The
CORPS in order to make all points clear
TO his audience. The several system!
OF signal work were explained in E
most comprehensive manner anC
many points in the work of the corp,
which were not thoroughly understood
by some of the officers We're made com.
prehensive. Lectures of this charac.
ter on number of subjects that inter
est the Guard would be of great value
to the officers.
Colonel H. P, Bush, adjutant on th
division staff, delivered a very instruc
tive and interesting lecture las
Thursday afternoon before the Cade
Corps at the Lowell High School. Th
subject was Active Duty of the Ma
tional Guard" and the lecture was Al
exhaustive address on the liability am
responsibility of officers when calIet
for active duty during riots and Ioca
disturbances. In the explanation o
this liability and responsibility tn
law, read from decisions bearing ol
the subject and gave the young stu
dents DATA winch VIII be of materia
assistance to them if they desire t.
continue in the Guard and wish to IA
miliariZe themselves with what thei
legal rights and responsibilities are
The lecture took an hour in it's deliver
and the many citations and authori
ties presented on the subject prove,
that the colonel is a close reader an
researcher, and has considerable lega
ability.
Company T of the Fifth Infantr
has issued cards for a reception an,
ball in the companys armory in Oak
land on the evening Of the 31st inst.
Some time since there were order
issued to the several commands of tn
Guard for acquisitions for new uni
forms, but all have not yet responded
another proof of diIatoriness. Their
were some who were hopeful that tn
new uniforms would be here in tim
to enable the companies located i
this city to parade in them on the oc
casion of the Golden Jubilee mex
month, but in that they will be dis
appointed, as they cannot reach her
by the 24th ult And when they d
reach here they will in all probablit
have to be altered to fit, for the uni