The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-04
WANT NO MORE
OF ARMY LIFE
Few Recruits for the Ma
tional Guard.
MUST BE BUILT UP ANEW
THE MARTIAL SPIRIT HAS BEEN
CRUSHED OUT.
Experiences Of the Men in the Mill
tary Camps Have Taken From
That Life All Its
Glamour.
MUST BE BUILT UP ANEW
THE MARTIAL SPIRIT HAS BEEN
CRUSHED OUT.

During the past week there has been
some talk about taking immediate steps
to reorganize the National Guard of the
State Of California, but up to the pres
ent time no action has been taken look
ing toward that end.
When such a step is taken 1t will prob
ably be in the matter Of recruiting the
First Regiment of Infantry of this city
as the indications are that the members
of that regiment who were sent to the
Philippine Islands will be held there for
an indefinite period. A move may also
be made in the direction of reorganizing
the Sixth and Seventh Regiments of In
fantry, when the Sixth and Seventh
United States Volunteers from Califor-
mia are mustered out. There is an idea
prevalent that many of the men will re-
turn to the commands from which they
enlisted, but it is probable that the ma
jority, with the experience they have had
at the Preside and Camp Merritt, will
not want to do anything more in the line
of soldiers duty. Should that prove to
be the case 1t is more than likely that
those regiments, like the First, will have
to be built up anew. During the war
fever, there were many young men who
were ready to enter the ranks of the
guard to fill the places of those who en-
listed in the volunteer army but of late
that enthusiasm has waned and it will
require extraordinary conditions to revive
it,
Some of the officers who still feel an in
terest in the National Guard are prepar-
Ing law based on one existing in the
State OF Indiana, which will be presented
to the Legislature at its next session. The
purpose of the proposed law is to pro-
hibit any person. not a member of the
National Guard of the State, from wear
Ing uniform or the insignia of Ma
tional Guardsman. This is aimed at bod
les of men who of late have been parad-
ing the streets in uniforms similar to
those worn by the Guardsmen.
"A bill is also being prepared for presen-
tation to the next Legislature that will
authorize the appointment of a board of
competent officers whose duty 1t shall be
to revise the laws of the State bearing
on the National Guard, and codify them
with a view to replace the RED Book"
which is absolutely useless as a guide for
the Guardsmen.
Second Lieutenant C. w. Penniman
of Troop A has rendered his resignation,
which has been accepted.
In general orders the announcement is
made that Thornhill Germany. P. c..
Knapp, Emmett Jones and William J.
Stock of the Second Brigade Signal
Corps have been discharged from the
service of the State by reason of remov-
al. They also announce that W. c. FL
lingwood of the same corps has been dis
charged at expiration of term of serv-
| ice. The first four named are of the five
who enlisted in the United States Signal
| Corps when there was a call for volun-
| teers for that branch of the service They
are all in Manila at present and have
been since the 31st of last July. except
petition and reached there later. Knapp,
Jones and Stock, as well as Henry F.
Jurs of the same corps, but who is not
| included in the list of discharges, were
| In service at the battle just before the
surrender of Manila. These are the first
volunteers from the National Guard
| who have been discharged by reason of
removal.
+ n Henton has been appointed first
sergeant of the Signal Corps; Lance Ser
geant w. P Garfield has been appointed
sergeant; Corporal S; c; Pritchard,. ser
sergeant. and Privates r. c. Ward and
| V. e. Mathews, corporals. Charles Hewes
| Is captain of the corps, and c. w. Ha-
zeltine lieutenant.
| All the men who enlisted from the
| naval militia for service in the auxiliary
| navy have been mustered out of the ser
vice, and a number of them feel rather
| blue, for after the service they rendered
| they found themselves the proud posses
| sors Of some clothing and a few dollars,
some of the men having only Is cents
coming to them. Some will return to
| the naval militia, but not many.
The officers who were on the tugs. hav-
| ing been commissioned from the naval mi
litla. are, with the exception of Lieu
tenant Gum, on shore leave. In short
| time they will be mustered out. Lieu
| tenant Gum is still in charge of the af-
fairs of the auxiliary navy.
The Iroquois, one of the auxiliary
navy. is to be used as tender at Mare
tender to the Pensacola when she is
placed at Goat Island as training ship
and the Active is to be used as tender
on Puget Sound. The armament has
been taken off each of these vessels.
The Marion is at this time in charge
of Lieutenant Dennis. The drills are be-
| ing kept up on the vessel and on shore
by the men of the two divisions at this