The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01
THE EIGHTH AT
 CAMP BARRETT
Arrival of Companies From Bedding, Woodland, Grass
 Valley and Petaluma,

CAMP BARRETT, FRUTTVALE, June S0.-With the arrival of the companies from Bedding, Woodland. Grass Valley and Petaluma, to-day, the Eighth Cali fornia Volunteers is completed and under canvas. The examination of the men is progressing more rapidly, and will be con- cluded by Saturday night.
 The first company to reach Camp Bar rett was the Bedding command, 123 off, cers and men, which reached Sather sta ton shortly after s o clock this morning. The officers are: Captain, w. E. Smith; first lieutenant, James c. Estep, and sec ond lieutenant, Ed S. Reynolds. The men left home at 9;SO last night, after being the recipients of the greatest ovation in the history of the town. They were greatly fatigued after their all night jour- ney. and have done little to-day beyond getting their tents up and their baggage distributed. &Yreka contributed thirty-two men to. the command, all the members of which are ;inured to hardships, and give promise Of making excellent soldiers.
 The:WOodland company, IF officers and men, under command of Captain Ward and Lieutenants Peart and Marden, reached camp at 10 a. m, being accorded @ rousing welcome by their comrades. Grass Valleys contingent, which arrived soon after. in command of Captain Riley and Lieutenants Terrill and Miller, looked d They were followed soon after by the pride of Petaluma, 104 strong, commanded by Captain MaCClay, who, though he has resigned his commission, could not deny himself the pleasure of leading his men into camp. LieutenantS Cassidy and Emerson also came with the company, and will enter the volunteer service.
 The Petaluma company has the distinc- ton of reporting for service the best equipped of any company in the regiment. It has drawn it's new uniforms from the and wa dad ', pants and blouse The boys had passed through the hands of the Red Cross So- ciety of San Francisco, and they bore full evidence of it, for every one of them looked like a huge bouquet But while the San. Francisco ladies took care of the Petalumans, the ladies of Oakland and Alameda were at their posts early to pro- vide for the others, and their ministra- tons. were most acceptable and heartily Cheered. -:'s,.
 While there are many men in camp in citizens clothes, Quartermaster Heller has large. supply of new State uniforms on hand, and as fast as the companies are examined and acquisitions made the men are fitted out. The uniforms are far superior to some of those issued to the troops at Camp Merritt, and Gov ernor Budd will have the satisfaction of knowing that the Eighth will be turned over to Major General Otis the best equipped of any volunteer regiment as- signed to the Philippine expedition.
 Some of the companies were sent out by field work will be done until the men have been mustered into the service. When that is accomplished and the real instruction begins the men will find that they will have little use for the anti quated old muskets provided by the State and that they will be practically without arms until they draw their ordnance from the Government. Colonel Henshaw and Lieutenant Colonel Darlington are too thorough soldiers to make the mistake almost every volunteer officer has-that