The San Francisco call., 1897-08-24
OLD SOL BEAMS
ON THE GUARDS
Men of the First Find
Camp Mcdonald a
Warm One.
Several Cases of PrOstration
From the Heat During
the Drills.
General A. w. Barrett One OF the
Late Arrivals at the Ukiah
Quarters.

UKIAH, CAL, Aug. 23.-This was q
busy day for the militia at Camp McDon-
aid. The men went out at Z A. N. and did
not return to stack arms until $40. There
were company drills at first, then separate
battalion drills in extended order and
finally drill of the whole regiment in ex-
tended order. The regiment stayed with
its work we'll IN spite Of the heat and
made a fine showing. Several cases of
prostration from the heat occurred and
the sufferers were Immediately taken to
the hospital. The sanitary corps is being
efficiently worked under the direction of
Major McCarty, and Colonel Smith praises
it highly.
Lieutenant Tobin went out to-day and
superintended the surveying OF the rifle
range. The targets are all in place and
the sharpshooters of the regiment will get
a chance to display their skill tomorrow.
Competition for the Mcdonald trophy is
exciting Keen interest.
Adjutant- General A. W. Barrett was ex-
pected to arrive at noon, and deputation
of about thirty officers was in waiting for
him at the depot. A banquet had been
prepared in his honor, but he did not
l
to wire until late in the afternoon that he
would not arrive until evening. When
the ad djutant.general arrived on the even
ing train he was met and escorted to camp
and salute of eleven guns fired. Cap
tain Darlington of the United States army
was expected also, but his failure to come
was, perhaps, due to the fact that he may
not have finished clearing up the work
left over from Santa Cruz.
Lieutenant Adler OF the London, Paris
and American Bank, junior officer of the
| night guard, arrived in the evening. He
is a popular officer and was given cordial
welcome.
At the dress parade and guard mount
late in the afternoon the men showed a
the day before. There may be others like
Colonel Smith in seeing that his orders
are carried out to the letter and yet hold
ing the firm respect and admiration of his
men, but the boys say they feel sure they
can't be found.
A computation by the sergeant-najor
gives the following number of men in each
company. with captains: Company A,
Captain John f. Connolly, A: B. Captain
George Filmer. 33; c. Captain James w.
Dunn brell. Al; d. Captain T. J. McCreagh,
4S; e, Captain E. Fitzpatrick 35; F, Cap
tain ]. A. Miller, 43: G, Captain E. G.
SutIiffe, "a; II, Captain f. w. Warren, 33;
/, Captain inhold Richter. "a; 4, Cap
tain L. ]. Cunningham. 81; L. Captain, ].
F. Eggert, 45; Nj, Captain T. F. O'Neil,
43. There are thirty-seven men in the
field and staff and twenty-five in the sani-
tary corps.
Major Charles Boxton is commander of
the First Battalion, Major Hugh T. Sine
of the Second and Captain Cunningham
acting commander OF the Third.
Companies f and G have been affording
the townspeople an entertainment and
music at the camp every evening. The
prominent actors and players are Sylvan
Newman, Sergeant GilIies, Sergeant Phil
Newman, B. II. Hawkes. and Harry Tur-
ton.
Chief Engineer Zook of the San Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railroad and
wife arrived in town to-day and visited the
camp. President Foster was nearly over
come by the heat, but Judge Morse ar
rived on the scene with prescription and
the sanitary corps was not called upon.
Chief Food Inspector Dockery paid the
camp a visit and was heartily welcomed,
especially by the Commissary Department.
Colonel Smiths wife, as well as Captain