The San Francisco call., 1898-06-06
NATIONAL
 CUARDSMEN The Standing of Those Who Volunteered.
WHAT MUSTER ROLLS SHOW.
AN OFFICER DISPLEASED WITH
 SECOND BRIGADE MEN.
The Fifth Infantry Regiment May Know This Week if It Will Be Included in the Second
 Call.

tional Guard of the State at this time, for the. reason that there is nothing def1- nite as yet as to the reorganization, ex- cept one thing, and that is that In the future no one will be accepted as a mem Der of the guard who is not qualified from a physical standpoint
 The Attorney-General has under con- sideration a question which, when an- swered, will determine the standing of the men who as National Guardsmen en- listed and became United States Volun- teers. Upon that decision will be based the standing of the men who have al ready gone to the front and of those who are in waiting to be sent there. Judge Advocate Dwyer of the division staff has given opinion that these men have severed their connection with the guard, are no longer in the service of the State and should be discharged therefrom. AS to commissioned officers the law is quite plain. It is that no one can hold two commissions.
 If the Attorney-General should agree with the Judge-Advocate of the division staff then the First and Seventh Infan- try Regiments will have to be reorgan- ized anew and also the Fifth Infantry, should it be sent out on the second call Tor troops.
 FOR THE SECOND CALL.
 It is expected that early this week there wln be received instructions that Will give joy to the members Of the several companies of the Fifth Regiment of h. try or doom them 10 disappointment. They will know whether they will be sent to the front or not. If the regiment Is to be accepted as a body Of the National Guard Of this State there wlll have to be an addition ot four companies to bring 1t up to its maximum strength. These IL is proE osed to take from the Second Infantry The second call demands that certain number or men Q0l6) shall be enlisted to nIl up the companies previ- ously accepted. so as to bring them up to the maNImum of l03 rank and file But as yet it has not been determined whether they will be taken from the Ma tional Guard. While the guardsmen who willingly go as guardsmen and as a body, there IS not a manifestation of great de- sire to be mustered in and distributed where they could fill vacancies.
 THE FIFTH INFANTRY.
 Regimental orders issued June 1 from headquarters of the Fifth Infantry show that since the issue of orders the pre- vious month there have been discharged from the service of the State, ten men from Company for removal two from Company for removal, and two at ex- plraton of term of service, and four from Company for removal and four at ex- plratlon or term Of service, twenty-two in all.
 The following appointments in the regi- ment are announced: Sergeant J. B. Dickinson to be first sergeant of Company ', vice A. H. Cassidy promoted; Private Ernest H. Workman to be corporal of Company H; Privates E. J. Marois and George l. Wildberger to be corporals of the same company.
 THE SIGNAL CORPS.
 Upon the call for volunteers from the Nau@laI Guard for the signal corps Lieu tenant Colonel Miles, signal officer on the division staff, sent in fifty-eight names, twenty-five from the corps of the First Brigade, twenty-two from the Second and eleven from the Third: The signal officer IS not pleased with the results obtained rom the Second Brigade corps, and has not taken any pains to conceal his dis pleasure. When there was made public the announcement that there would be call Tor volunteers, Captain Perkins now lieutenant in the volunteer signal corps then commanding the corps of that bri- gade, asked how many of his men would volunteer in case a demand was made for signalmen. To this demand thirty-two of the forty-five men sgnified a willingness 10 go. When the call for such was made mere were put twenty-two names to send III 10 the mastering otncer and when there was can appearance before the mus terlng o1ncer there were but twelve who were willing to undergo examination Of thls number six were rejected principally Tor defective eyesight, and the other six were accepted and mustered into the ser wee. 1he next day, however one of these was dropped from the list and there remain but five. These are P. c. Knapp William J. Stock, H. F. JurS Emmett Jones and Thornhill Germany. Jurs was
 
 listed and Knapp was corporal These nVe who were mustered in as recruits were on last Wednesday promoted sig naimen of the first class Lieutenant Colonel Miles is in hopes that tha men rom the other corps will make a better showing in proportion to the number of men who have volunteered.
 FIGURES FROM THE MUSTER
 From the muster rolls received at head quarters Of the division commander sorne . IntereStng figures are obtained as to the Tirst hegiment of California Volunteers me roll before muster showed 19 fiaid snd star officers and after muster R Tba !oIiowlng are the before and after mus Ib,cb ter or haS each of the companies except I, Which mas not yet reached headona rfers! A. So-S0; B, 123-77; c, 57-34; D. 11SNes. F; 4SaS9; %.63; G, 55-2S; H, 96-65: K
 Not mustered: A. 6; B, c, D and F o4 eeaacn; and G, 16 each; K, 2O L. 2S. and
 Rejected for physical disability. O.. d6. do. I; ., IS; D, B; E, 19; F, IS; c. 15: H ~: K, s; l.. 22 M. 3. A'' ih' Remaining: Field and staff. $: A 3a. R 22 6. SE p, SI; F; S5; F, S4; c, S3: H. 4S:
 Number who did not volunteer: Field and staff. 0; A. 0; B, 12; c, B: D 10. P i11o 11 K '.