The San Francisco call., 1897-03-08

Montrose Company X 10 be corporal 80 per cent:
porai, 80 per cent: Private Warren +. Jieb, Com
pany a, to be corporal 80 per cent; Private Ed
waro costello Company A. 10 be corporal, so per
per cent; Private c. a. schneider, Company II, TO
be corporal, "a per cent Private NJ. O'Connell,
COMPANY +, 10 be corporal "a per cent; Private
Lawrence E. Twomey, Company r, to be corporal
80 per cent; Private George +. Hersinger, Com
psny d, to be corporal rs per cent.
The Signal Corps, Second Brigade.
The members OF the Signal Corps, Second
Brigade, have become very enthusiastic IN
their work OF late and during the past two
months not a Sunday has passed but some of
the members have been out on the hills prac-
ticing with flags and heliograph and making
themselves familiar with the Meyer code of
signals, which is now used in the United
States army and has lately been adopted for
the National Guard of this State. The work
is hard ana difficult. but the young men who
belong 10 the corps are Jealous and they are
doing remarkably well with the new code,
which is made up wholly of combinations Oh
l. and 3. Yesterday they were engaged the
whole afternoon in signaling between Alta
! Plaza and Lafayette Park
| SANTA ROSA, CAL, March Cover sixty
| wide-awake young men generally answer the
| roll call at the meetings OF Company of the
! Fifth, and more sociable and merry crowd
! would be hard to find. Dramatic and musical
/ talent abounds among the members and an
I entertainment is given about once a month.
| At the last social Captain C. Z. Haven, who is
! not much given to things dramatic, was, by
! false preteuces, lnvelgled upon the stage dur
! ing the performance and then and there pre-
sented with handsome gold-mountcd sword
as gift from the company. Lieutenant
| Holmes made the presen tatlon speech.
| Orders have just been received here from the
| Acknowledgements Office for sergeant R. z.
Smith and Corporal J. R. Mailer to hold them
selves in readiness 10 participate in the State
championship shoot to be held al Sacramento
on March 27. MeSsrs. Smith and Mailer are of
the cham plonshlp class and wear gold medals
! for previous high scores.
| 1t is now considered certain that q new
armory ana drl room will be erected by local
capitalists for the use of Company Z. The
plans call for floor space 1O0x120. with dress
| lng-rooms, stage and Ill modern conveniences.
Another improvement contem plated is a
! better shootlng-range.
| range for the 200, 800 and 500 yard tar
! gets has been secured near Melitta, about four
/ miles east OF the city. Upon the compile ton of
! the new electric railroad the targets will be
moved to that pot.
! A committee consisting of Captain c. E. Ho-
ven and Lieutenants Holmes and Bean Jour
neyed to Petaluma recently for the purpose of
presenting Company of that city with the
handsome trophy won by it in the recent
shoot. The committee was right royalty re-
ceiVed and well entertained by the members
of Company with minstrel show, ball and
banquet.
Elections were held recently to fill the civil
Offices of the company resulting in the selec-
ton OF W. II. Kidd as recording secretary, E.
A. Hutchinson as financial secretary, and W.
r. Cootes as armorer, with Captain G. E.
Haven treasurer, ex-otticio. Company Z was
organized more than ten years ago, and has
grown steadily in membership and efficiency
since It's inception.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 5.-Under the
efficient management OF Captain Shoemaker
of Company E, the Third Brigade is rapidly
coming to the front both in point OF numbers
In driQ and field movements. The members
all manifestilg a great interest in their
work and scarcely drill night passes but
finds full attendance. Last night was de-
voted to field and setting-np work. The mem
bers of the command are justly proud of heir
record al the butts, and hope TO become the
crack company IN the State in this regard,
possessing as they do some of the best rifle
shots in the community in their ranks.
Troop b, cavalry, presented fine appear
! anee as 1t lett its armory on Sunday last,
mounted on fine gray sorses, fer a days out
ing aud practice in the saddle. The cavalry
men took an easy Jaunt through the surround
ing country, stopping some five miles out-at
Perkins station-for lunch.
Owing to the threatening condition of the
weather, and not being equipped for storm,
an early start was made Tor home arriving at
the armory shorty after 4 o'clock p NJ The
practice drill was greatly enjoyed by the
mem oers of the troop, who all showed up in
fine form and who are rapidly becoming very
proficient und r the able handling of Captain
Cooke, who insists that duty shall be per-
formed correctly and 1ully possesses the conf
dence and esteem OF his men. Fifty-two men
participated IN the outing. and Joined in vot-
bers have been sworn Tor one year: Corporal
Gerber, Privates j. l.. Sullivan and William
and Musicians Hastenplug and Schach:-
Company held meeting last night for
the purpose OF perfecIng u system to 6e used
at emergency calls. After several hours dis
cussion the following system was agreed
upon; Upon an emergency call being
two Heutenants. each OF whom will
notify two sergeants. who, in turn, Will
notify the corporas each OF the latter will have
he o6 of ri afas nf hn,,, ba
n uSt notify, they being grouped i'll regard to
their place of resideu ce, so that each officer
will have certain territory to cover, and can
cover his rou;e IL the east ossible time. The
sergeants viii follow the corporals, and give Il
second notice, tnat each private will be
almost absolutely sure 10 receive notice In
the event OF the bsence or the illness OF any
officer, this duty Will devolve upon the next
ranking officer.
week ago Thursday the company ap-
pointed committee of seven to draft olu-
tons on the cuban question. The r, solutions
were presented to the Cuban lea. ue Wednes-
day night and published Thursday in the
press.
The non-commlssioued officers last night
held school," whereat they discussed mill
tary etiquette. The main subject touched on
last night was etiquette i'll letter and order
writing.
The company has resolved that in event OF
no camp appropriation being made this year
1t Will go Into camp, the members pa ing
their own expenses, and are looking about for
penses
Captain Stearns is very proud of his COM
pany and especially OF his non-comm iss ioned
officers.
The State report for the last year shows that
iorty-thTee men out of the total membership
of sixty-one qualified in the three shooting
Classes.
Wire-puliing has begun for the coming
company election. Everybody is out for office,
and 1t is n case of the dark horse
Work will soon be commenced on the ne w
800 and 500 yard ranges. They will be situ-
ated immediately north of the present range.
In spite OF the very unsettled weather of
last Sunday, the signal corps OF the Third
Brigade did some very sat sfecfory heliograph
work. 1t is very seldom that the corps misses
an opportunity to take advantage of a Sunday
"when the sun Shines and, instead of pistol
practice. which has been the usual line of
work during the rainy season. stations were
established al Sacramento and Newcastle, Ser
geant Bailey taking charge Of the home sta
tion on the Caption dome and Lieutenant Mar
tin running the Newcastle station, thirty
miles distant
Notwithstanding the ciouded condition of
the atmosphere and the poor equipment of the
in