The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-13
CAPTAIN w. S. BARNES
SEEKING PROMOTION
WANTS TO BE ADJUTANT GEN
ERAL OF CALIFORNIA.
Captain J. F. Connolly Praises the
Bravery of the California Boys.
The Battle of Malete.

The surprise sprung on the National
Guard last week was the announcement
that Captain William S. Barnes OF the
Eighth California Volunteers is an asplr-
ant for the office of Adjutant General OF
the State of California, to succeed Gen
eral Barrett. And another who has been
announced for the same office is Colonei
William Edwards. That, up to the pres
ent time, makes quite an array of candl-
dates, for in addition to these two are
those who were named last week, and
they are Major Jansen, inspector of the
Second Brigade, Colonel Stone, Colonel
Currier and the incumbent, General Bar
rett.
The work of reorganization, which was
interrupted by the election, will be re-
sumed on Monday night, when additional
men for Companies G, G and A will be ex-
amined as to their physical qualifications.
A petition has been received from fifty
applicants who desire to form Company
1 Of the First, the company that was COM
manded in the old First by the
met death before Manila. The pc
titioners will be called upon dur
ing the week to pass the REQUISITE m ha "a
been examined the applicants for other
companies will be called on.
The cadet company of the First Regf,
ment meets regularly at the regimental
armory for drift, and it is maintaining its
numerical strength. The company is at
this time commanded by LIEUTENANT
who is at the front with Company G of
the First California Volunteers, he having
enlisted as a private.
The Signal Corps of the Second Brigade
announces a social to be given on the
night of the 18th inst.
An election is soon to be ordered in the
Naval Militia to fill vacancies caused i,9Si by
the expiration of term of A. II. Elliott,
lieutenant junior. grade, and 7. s. Harloe,
ensign, both in the secoAd division.
Captain Turner, commanding the Naval
Militia. has fully recovered from his re-
cent illness and is now actively at work in
the interest of his command.
During the month of December there
will be no drills by the men Of the Naval
Militia. as that is a month of rest.
The officers of the Naval Militia have
made arrangements to resume the Off
GERS mess, which at one time were so
popular. At these reunions the officers,
after partaking of first-class menu pre-
pared at their individual expense, discuss
matters of interest and Importance to the
militia, and in the interchange of ideas
acquire much useful knowledge.
Shortly before the call for volunteers
for the war with Spain Brigade Inspector
Major Jansen inspected the Second Bri.
gade, and in his report, filed before the
mastering of the First California Volun-
teers, he paid high tribute to the worth
and courage of the men who composed
the First Regiment of Infantry from
which the greater portion of the First
California Volunteers was drawn.
BY the last arrived steamer that
brought mail from Manila there was a
letter to Major Jansen from Captain j.
F. Connolly. commanding Company of
the First California. The following eX-
tracts from that letter will prove inter-
esting to those members of the guard
who did not go to the front:
My Dear Major: BY your letter I note that
you still have that pride for the California boys
you always had Now you can feel prouder
than ever. When ever there anything to
be done California was there, and whatever
the California boys did they did well.
At the time you wrote your letter 20 me You
had not heard of the death of Sergeant Maurice
Justh. He died a soldiers death, and 1 know
that no man wore uniform who was
drawer or more patriotic than was poor Maui
rice. I have read the published accounts OF
the battle of Malete, and while they are in a
general way correct those who wrote them were
not in position to see things as they really
were.
He then writes of the work of the Cali
fornia boys in going to the assistance of
the Pennsylvanians, who were in the
trenches, and after describing how the