The San Francisco call., 1898-07-01

1. of placing :1nuskets in the: hands of their E: 4men: as soon as they. could. count feaIrs f enlisted man in the. Eighth California, f 'non-eom'. and private, may as we'll make up his mind to a. thorough: course 1 Tn the. settlng@up exercises, :facings, etc, I Tor there will be sno beginning at.the top I.and building down in: tEiis, command; no |. extended order formation until the men |. i5Ii knew how to. stand at attention and
 about face:" ..:.c .. <'.' ss:: :: 'a' I Chief Surgeon. shiels. and his assist | ants. Iieutenarts Dudley and Yost,, made rapid progress to-day in the examination Of; the men. Company B was .c9mpleted this morning with the. result that six teen were rejected .out of: a total Of 1Zi which: leaves some men for one of. the companies that has less than the maxi mum. Company M of Woodland went be- fore the surgeons this afternoon and out of Ill enlisted men only one was rejected. This is the best showing. so far made by any California company entering the vol unteer service and it is doubtful 1T any State in the Union can beat that. record. Woodland may well be proud of the stur- dy sons she has given to. her country. Following Woodland came Company E of Santa. Rosa, the. members of which made almost as good a showing as Com= pany M. Ninety men were examined ana only three. rejected. Twenty-eight men remain to be examined in the morning Captains Elliott, Ravens and Partridge and Lieutenants Smith, Heller and Meg gett have passed the examination, but so
 
 have been mustered into. the service
 The announcement that Lieutenant Col onel F. A. Forbes, of the Second Intan- try, has been appointed major of the Third Battalion, completes the field and staff of the Eighth Regiment. Major Forbes was District Attorney of Yuba identified with the National Guard of California for twenty years, his first ser, vice being with the old Camptonvllle company, long since mustered out or the service. He is a strict disciplinarian and is cassed as one of the best drill mas ters the State has ever had in its ser vice. His appointment gives both regi- ments from which the new command IS formed representation in the field, Major A. K. WhittOn, commanding the Second Battalion, coming from the Fifth:
 afternoon in company with Colonel Hem shaw and Lieutenant Colonel Darlington. He was presented to the line officers drawn from the old Fifth, and made d most favorable impression among them. Colonels Henshaw and Darlington have postponed the date of their mastering in until tomorrow. Both officers visited the camp to-day, however, and expressed themselves as well pleased with the. dis Cipline of Captain Elliott, who as senior line officer is in command of the regi- ment.
 This afternoon most of the men were marched over to the bath houses and in- dulged in the delights of a plunge in salt water.
 Adjutant Smith and Quartermaster Heller are up to their eyes in work, but as both officers are very proficient they will soon have their duties well in hand
 Captain Barnes has not joined his com pany yet, but is looked for tomorrow when he will give Surgeon Shiels an op- portunity to measure his girth.
 Captain Baldwin put in an appearance for 8 few minutes and when he visited the Marysville company he was given round of cheers. He was formerly cap- tain of that company.
 Inc oft tHo z,1R ton of the regiment is discussed by of ficers and men to the exclusion of al- most everything else. That the Eighth will be ordered on foreign service in the near future is accepted as a foregone conclusion, and the only thing left to set tie in the minds of the warriors is whether it will be Cuba or the Philip pines. The rumor has been started that the regiment is destined to Cuba and Colonel Henshaw and a majority of the officers are credited with favoring that campaign. while Lieutenant Colonel Car rington and some others are said to pre- fer the East as the scene of their opera