The record-union., 1898-06-27
.FLAG-RAISING AZ THE PARK.
A BATTLE-FLAG FLOATS OVER
CAMP BRUNER.
Battery AS Men Gathering for
the Mastering in Of Hart's
Brigade.

Brigade.
Snugly and comfortably situated at
Agricultural Park is Battery A OF Wnal
| Is known as the Hart Flying Artlllery
Brigade, volunteer organlzatlon
which it is expected will be mustered
into the army if another call is MADE
for troops. The organizer of the brig
ade is ex-Attorney General w. II. H.
Hart, a gallant soldier of the rebellion,
who has been enrolling men in Cali
fornia, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and Col
| OradO.
! w. A. Desborough is Captain of the
battery that is being recruited in this
city, and has established the camp at
Agricultural Park There is now only
the nucleus of battery there, but he
says he has on his roll the names OF
| many more men who are not prepared
to go into camp, and who will not give
up their employment until the troops
are ready to be mustered in. The Of
ficers are: w. A. Desborough, Captain;
| F. p. Pike Senior First Lieutenant.
B. N. Hulburd Junior First Lieuten-
ant; S. NJ Pickett, Second Lieutenant;
J. E. D. Baldwin, Junior Second Lieu
tenant.
Yesterday was the day fixed for rails
| ing the flag over the camp, and
large crowd of people gathered to wit
ness the event. At the conclusion Of
the ceremony the visitors accepted
Captain Desborough's invitation to en-
ter the camp and see how comfortably
his men are situated. Everything was
neat and clean, and in the two tents
of the officers were pals of clear and
and they were well patroniZed.
The men are young and bright-look-
ing fellows, but owing to the absence
Of uniforms or equipments of any sort
they could not make a very striking
appearance.
ADDRESS OF ALVIN J. BRUNER.
From the north end of the grand
stand, overlooking the neat and cosy
camp of the battery, and addressing
the throng of well-dressed men and
women gathered about and on the
ground below, Captain Desborough in
troduced Alvin j. Bruner, who, he said.
would address them.
Mr.. Bruner was warmly received, and
when the applause was concluded he
| addressed the assembly in clear and
ringing tones. He referred to state
ments that had been made to the ef-
feet that the Hart Brigade had no
standing, which he said was not true.
He had seen letters showing that if
| another call for troops should be made
and one iS expected by the 1st Of
July-that the Hart Brigade would be
! accepted Senator Perkins had writ
ten to that effect.
General Hart, who is an old and
gallant soldier, has been recruiting the
brigade in five different States, and
when the call comes will be prepared
to offer an excellent body of men. Per-
sonally, he was proud of the honor
shown him in having the camp of Bat
terry A named after him.
Reverting to the flag which was
about to float over the camp, Mr..
Bruner said it was the old battle-fag
of the Fifth Ohio Regiment that had
been carried through the storms and
battles of the Civil War, and the stains
on it's folds were honorable ones. He
then said:
''The American flag is the emblem of
sovereignty of the AmerNan people, 1t
| represents the power and majesty of
the nation. To-day we are assembled
| together for the purpose Of unfurling
that flag, and calling on the patriotic
sons of California to rally around it
and do battle for the fatherland
Our country is now in the throes of
a mighty conflict. She needs soldiers to
fight her battles, and we well know
what the response will be. AS fast
aye, even faster than they can be
mustered in, upon our broad plains and
majestic mountain sides will be heard
the steady tramp, tramp Of the flower
I of the youth of our glorious State, re-
spending to the call, and the only de-
mand that they will make will be,
Send US to the front that we may
meet the foe.'
No need for conscription here. In
Europe every man is by law enrolled
as a soldier, and when his regiment is
called upon he must respond He Is
forced, whether he will or not to serve
his country. How different in this free
land. In times of peace we have but
the nucleus of standing army, but
Government is Immediately over
whelmed with offers of men ready and
anxious to fight it's battles.
What an inspiring sight to the
American soldier is the Stars and
Stripes. Beneath it's folds the immortal
Washington led the revolutionary faith
ers to victory, and ever since then its
!, history has been written in characters
of living light
There is something in the soil of our
free republic that brings out the nobleSt
and most patriotic impulses of men,
Our Nation is but little more than a
century DID, and composed of the sons
of all the peoples of the earth. The
statesmen of Europe have pointed at us
in scorn, and said that We are hotch-
potch nation and that when the supreme
moment comes to test to the utmost the
patriotism of our people, that then we
will fall. How different this reality.
When our Government calls for SOL
diers, and men present themselves, we
never question their patriOtism-we
never ask where they We're born. 1t
makes no difference whether they are
from England, from France, from Ger
many-aye, even If born in sunny
Spain, we receive them with open arms,
with full confidence that when our COM
mon country-their adopted country-is
in peril and needs them that every man
will do his duty.
Look down the long muster-rolls
!. and see the names inscribed thereon.
One would believe that all Of Europe,
Asia and even far-off Africa had been
culled for men. The Anglo-Saxon, the
| Teutonic, the Slav, the Latin, the Celt,
and the Gaul-all vie in friendly emula-
tion to advance the honor and glory of
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