The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-25
NATIONAL. GUARD
OF CALIFORNIA
CAPTAIN DUMBRELL TELLS OF
COMPANY C AT MALATE.
Complications Likely to Arise Out OF
the Movement to Form New
First Regiment Infantry.

The recent order of the commander in
chief to reorganize the First Regiment
of Infantry of the National Guard is be-
ing carried out. 1t is under the provisions
of section 1851 of the Political Code, which
provides that whenever a sufficient num-
Der of persons resident of any county of
this State, subject to military duty, sub
scribe a call for the organization OF a
company, the adjutant general, upon the
application of such persons, and with the
approval of the general OF brigade, must
present the same to the board for the or
ganization of the National Guard" Quite
a number of individuals who wish to be-
come guardsmen have signed petitions,
and among the number are men who are
of the four hundred of the regiment VINO
were not accepted in the volunteer serv-
ice.
This presents a state Of affairs that
never before has existed In this or any
other State Of the Union. Military men
who have given the subject much thought
saw that the four hundred men who re-
NAMED in this city by reason of not be-
ing accepted are still the First regiment,
and that in each company there is nom
commissioned officer who, in the abb
sence of ranking officers, is in command,
and that in two companies there are still
commissioned officers. namely, one lieu
tenant in each These men, they say,
have never by any order been discharged
from the service of the State, conse-
quently they are still members OF the
First Regiment. They hold that. the men
titions must, If accc"ted, go In as entirely
new members, and that they VIII lose
the credit of service in the past ana VIII
not be able to apply for seven-year ex-
emption certificate until they shall have
served full seven years unoer the new
organization Quite, a number OF these
have already served several years, and
If they are accepted their service will
go for naught Then they say that an
other matter will arise, and that is, What
will be. done. with those of the four nun
dred who will not affix their names to the
petitions? If under the petitions the
twelve companies of the regiment are
who already are in the ree,ment? It is
claimed that they cannot be forced to
sign the petitions and cannot be mustered
out unless they come under one one r OF the
can be mustered out or discharged from
the service of the State. At present it
looks as If there will arise many compll-
just. The mode of procedure that has
been adopted for the First is being fol-
lowed for the Fifth Regiment of 1nfan-
try 1t is probable that some legislative
action will have to be taken to straighten
out the prospective tangle
Major Jansen has been ordered to pre-
side at an election to be held October 5
for second lieutenant of Troop A, vice
Colonel T. NJ. Cuff, adjutant on. the
sence for thirty days to enable him to
visit the East.
general of the State is in course TO prep
aration.
Captain L. H. Turner, having received
his discharge from the auxiliary navy.
has been ordered to resume his former
position as the head of the naval militia.
1t is probable that in the near future
there will be number of changes in the
militia with a view to a betterment.
The Signal Corps of the Second Brig
ade, Captain Hewes commanding, was. it
appears from the records, during the I'M
pieasantness with Spain, treated very
much as was the Seventh California Vol
unteers In addition to the five from that
corps who were accepted there were a
number who would have gone to the
front, but through some influence, which
is suspected but not positively known,
they were turned down and told that
there was no further need for signal men,
while at the same time men who were
without any experience were being
taken into the ranks Then they ex,
pressed q desire to enlist In other
branches Of the service. and when that
fact became known the information was
impaired to them that they had better
walt a while. as another corps was to be