The San Francisco call., 1898-03-14
Artillery Matters Now Attract the Greatest
 Attention.
Troops Selected to Do Patrol Duty in the Yosemite
 Valley.
An Academy Dinner to Be Held This Evening at a French Res
 uaurant

By direction of the Secretary of War First Lieutenant Charles w. Foster, Bat tery l, Third Artillery, First Lieutenant George b. Sage, Battery L, Fifth Artil- lery, and Captain William A. Kobbe Bat tery M, Third Artillery, have been di- rected to report to Colonel Marcus P Miller, Third Artillery, president of the examining board appointed to meet at the Presidio, for examination as to their fitness for promotion.
 The following is a list of the Third Ar ttllery officers who will receive promo tion under the new bill to increase the army by two additional regiments of ar- tillery: Lteutenant-Colonel (now ColonelJ Edward R. Williston; Major Wallace F. Randolph. Fort Riley, Kans, to be lieu tenant-colonel; Captain James Burbank now on duty with the National Guard of New York State, to be major; to be cap- Randolph, Angel Island; First Lieu tenant Henry R. Lemly, Fort Monroe. Va; First Lieutenant John R. Williams, military attache at Berne, Switzerland; First Lieutenant Henry H. Ludlow, on duty at the Mis- sissippi Agricultural College; First Lieu tenant Charles B. Satterlee, Fort Baker, at present on sick leave until July IT, 1S9S; First Lieutenant Charles B. Foster, Angel Island; Second Lieutenant Frank C. Mauldin, now on duty at West Point, to be first lieutenant.
 Colonel Edward B. Williston of the new Sixth Regiment of Artillery left San Francisco for the East Saturday after noon. Colonel Williston goes to Fort Mo Henry, Md, instead of Fort Slocum, N dered.
 The following appointments of non- commissioned officers were made last week at the Presidio: Lance Corporal A. H. Jones, Troop k, Fourth Cavalry, to be corporal, Troop k; Private II. Guyer, Troop k, Fourth Cavalry, to be lance corporal, Troop K; Private John C. New ton, Troop C, Fourth Cavalry, to be cor Poral, Troop c; Corporal Michael Fee han, Company c, First Infantry, to be sergeant, Company c; Private Arthur M. Wales, Company c, First Infantry, to be corporal, Company C.
 The following sergeants of the Fourth Cavalry, stationed at the Presidio, have been discharged from the service of the United States: Charles II. Rankin, Troop |, r. ". Crawford, Troop l, and J. $.
 Information has been received at tho Presidio that the War Department has airy, Captains Harry C. Benson and George H. G. Gale, commanding, for pa- trol duty in the Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant National Parks. These troops performed similar duty in the parks last season and the officers and men are pleased with the detail. Last
 
 i've summer camps and left the Presidio in time to reach their destinations about May 25. ,,, {t is presumed that the same. course will be followed out this year.
 On the 18th of last month the Presidio Association Football Club was organized with following officers: President Captain James S. Petit; vice presidents First Lieutenants John M Neall and Charles G. Menoher; captain of the team, James F. Keilty of Troop K: EiCe-capta1n, Joseph Fernandez of Troop hS5 secretary, treasurer and manager FRst Sergeant James c. Robinson of Troop B; committee on management Sergeant Moffitt of Troop B, Trumpeter Dimmick of Troop B and Private Moyse of Company D. There are twenty-nine players in the club, nineteen from the cavalry arm of the service and the in fanJry arm is represented by ten mem bers. The team plays under the Associa- uon football rules. The club played it's grounds Saturday afternoon with @ team organized by Rev. S. Hewitt Fullerton of the Seamen'S Institute, 8 Steuart street. The soldiers won by score of to 2 team: Fullbacks, Captain KeiIty and Rachford; backs-Sergeants Mofitt O'Marie and Trumpeter Mercy; goal keeper, Private Moyse; forWards-Trump- eter Dimmick, Privates Smith, Fer nandez, Steele and Carey.
 The Secretary of War has granted fur Robert C. Robinson Company B, First In fau;Ty, Benicia Barracks, and Private Michael BaUmgartner, Company D, First Infantry, Presidio. A furlough for four months has been granted Private George D. Carpenter, Battery l, Third Artillery,
 Acting Hospital Steward Henry B. Staley has been transferred from Angel Island to the Presidio. The vacancy at Angel Island has been filled by the trans fer of Acting Hospital Steward Otto Schifnann from Alcatraz
 Tn accordance with instructions from the War Department Private Clarence Boatman of Troop A, Fourth Cavalry, and second-class Private John H. Long, ordnance department. Benicia Arsenal have been discharged the service of the
 By direction of the Secretary of War, Private Edward Bussard, Troop K Fourth Cavalry, stationed at the Pre- sidio: Private Guy Coulter, Battery A, Third Artillery, stationed at the Preside; Private Charles W. Albert, Battery l, .ss hird Artillery, stationed at Angel Isl Tud, and Private Frederick Gfbke, Bat Very M Third Artillery, stationed at Fort Canby Wash, will be transferred to the hospital corps as priVates.
 So much of the sentence awarded by a general court-marttal to Private John l.. ncia Barracks, as shall remain unexe- cuted on the 18th inst is remitted. In January last Private Ward was tried and found guilty of fraudulent enlistment, and sentenced to be dishonorably dis charged from the service, forfeiting all | pay and allowances, and to be confined at hard labor at Alcatraz for a period of 1 four months.
 Recent orders from Washington direct that all hrst-class gunners be provided with ana shall wear the gunner's badge. 1 me gunners badge Is a bronze disk the |