The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
DOINGS OF u. s. SOLDIERS.
Where the Troops Are Stationed in the
department. of Catiforn ia, oldiers
at the Inauguration.

at the Inauguration.
The latest roster of troops of the De-
partment of California, embracing the
States of California and Nevada. COM
manded by General James W. Forsyth,
shows that the companies of the three
branches of the service are distributed as
follows: At the Presidio, Companies B,
c, and K OF the Fourth Cavalry. Com
panies c, f, G and K of the Third Artil
lery, Companies A, E. F, G, and K of the
First Infantry. At Alcatraz Island. Com
panies A and l. of the Third Artillery.
At Angel Island, Companies D, II and /,
Third Artillery. At Fort Mason, Com
pany E. Third Artillery. AT Benicia bar
racks, Companies r. and D, First In
fantry. At San Diego barracks, Company
II, First Infantry.
Second Lieutenant Milton F. Davis.
Fourth Cavalry. has been granted one
months leave of ab.ence, to date from
the 10th, and with perm ission to apply
for an extension of two months.
Post Chaplain John H. McComber in
charge of The schools at Angel Island,
recently celebrated the anniversary of his
sixty-hrst birthday. In the evening the
officers at the post and their families
called upon the chaplain to congratulate
HIM, and then there was inaugurated an
evenings entertainment of vocal and in
strumentsl music and games, after which
refreshments were served. The visitors
took their leave expressing the hope that
for many years to come they may have
the pleasure of congratulating him on the
recurrence Of the anniversary.
The following is list of the officers of
the army who will be retired during the
current year:
Captain George w. Dunbar, post chaplain,
March 8; MaJ0r-General Thomas H. Ruger,
general officer, April 2; Colonel Charles T.
Alexander, medical department, May 3; Briga-
dier-General Frank Wheaton, general officer,
May 8; Captain Henry Romeyn, Fifth Iufsn-
try, June l :Lieutenant-ColonelL Lewis C. For
syth, ,quartermaster's deparlme n |, June IL: Col
onel William ]. Lyster, Ninth Infantry. June
27; Major OTIS W. Pollock, Twenty-fourth In
fantIy. August z; Captain Joseph E. Irish,
post chaplain, August7 Leutenant-Co
Francis Z. Lacey, Third Infantry. August g;
BrigadierG neral George D. Ruggles, adjutant-
Thomas C. Sullivan, c. G. s., November IA;
Lieutenant Colonel William E. Waters medi-
cal department, November 10; Major James
jackson, Second Cavalry November 21; Major
Clarence E. Bennett, Nineteenth Infantry, De-
cember 2.
The troops that will participate in the
inaugural ceremonies in Washington on
Thursday next have been designated by
the Secretary OF War, and are the follow.
ing: The tour troops of the Third Cavalry
from Fort Ethan Allen; the band and
four troops of the Sixth Cavalry, from
Fort Myer; Light Battery E. First Artil.
lery, from Washington Barracks; Light
Battery D, Fifth Artillery, from Fort
Hamilton; three foot batteries of the
Fourth Artillery, with band, from Wash
ington Barracks, under a field officer;
tour loot batteries, from Fort Monroe,
GztI f.
battery. Fourth Artillery. from Fort Nc.
Henry; Gall of the foot artillery will be
under the command of Colonel F. L.
Guenther, Fourth Artillery); the Seven
teenth Infantry from Columbus Barracks.
The battalion of engineers and the CON-
pany at West Point will also take part in
the ceremonies.
General Charles G. SawteIle, quarter.
master general of the army having volun-
tarily retired. Colonel George H. Weeks
has been named as his successor.
Colonel Weeks graduated from the mill
tary academy in 1857, and held number
of positions in the army during the war.
He is we'll known on this coast. He was
chief quartermaster of the Department of
the Columbia from September 13 to De-
Gem ber s. 1866 acting chief commissary of
the Department of the Colum bia and de-
pot quartermaster and commissary at
Fort Vancouver, Was, to November 8,
1866; in charge of clothing depot at San
Francisco from December 81, 1866 to July
l, 1867; chief quartermaster, District of
Alaska, from August 13. 1867. to July 8,
1862 settling hi, accounts at Washington,
D. c., to January 1S. 1870; depot quarter
master at st. Louis, Mo-, from Febru-
ary 6, 1870, to June 80, 1872; at Buff
alo, N. Y, to March 30 1874; at
Baltimore, Md. to August %, 1874, and
at Vancouver, WASH, from September %,
1874, to May 80, 1878; chief quartermaster
Department OF Arizona from June %,
1878. to June IA, 1880; depot quarterma.ter
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, from June 26,
1880, TO April 80. 1882: at San Francisco,
from May 4, 1882, to October Is, 1887, and
as chief quartermaster Department of
California from July 2, 1888, to January
%, 1884, and of the Division of the Pacific
from August 8 10 Novem Der "a, 1883, being
in the field on General Howard's expedi-
ton in 1887 against the Nez Perces In
dians; depot quartermaster at New York
City from November 19, 1887, to January
19, 1888. and as assistant at same pot TO
Deem ber l, 1888; chief quartermaster
DEPARTMENT of Texas, from December g.
1888, to October Z, 1891; depot quarter.
master at Washin zton, D. c., from Oc-
tober TO- 1891, to November II. 1894, and
on duty in the office Of the auartermaster-
general to the present time.