The San Francisco call., 1898-01-17
Some of the Appointments on the Division Staff
 Are Not Popular.
Candidates for Governor Will Be Questioned on Military
 Affairs.
No Full-Dress Uniforms for the Jubilee Parade-A Model of
 the Marion.

Much of the time of the National Guardsmen in this city was taken up last week in making preparations for the grand jubilee day parade, consequently there was but little of general interest going on in guard circles.
 Colonel H. B. Bush whilom assistant adjutant-general on the division staff, has turned over the office to Colonel Thomas Cuff. his successor, and every day at noon the new adjutant is to be found at headquarters in the Baldwin Hotel. Dur ing his absence the office is in charge of Major Schmitt, a medical student at the University of California. who pro- noted from a nOn-cOmmiSsioned officer in the Lowell High School Cadets to that of aid on the division staff with the title of major. While it is true that Major Schmitt is an active, bright, we'll educated young man. who. no doubt, is very ambitious, there are many of those who have business to transact at head quarters who are of the opinion-and they have not been reserved in their expressions thereof - that positions of that character should be given to men who have had practical experience in the guard and who are sOldiers-men who by hard work have acquired knowledge that cannot be gained by theoretical instruction.
 As the time for the gubernatorial cleo
 
 the office of Governor, who is commander in-chief of the National Guard, are loom ing up. they will in the near future find that there is a force quietly at work in the ranks of the guard. It is proposed to test those who will be candidates for the office of Governor on National Guard matters, and one matter that they will be particularly questioned about will be their position in the matter Of taking the office of adjutant general of the State out of politics. The men say they are get ting tired of having new adjutant gen eTal once every four years, and that such an officer should be appointed during good behavior and only retired for cause or for age.
 There is considerable complaint about the rule that prohibits State shoots on Sunday. The men who belong to the Ma tional Guard are willing to face the tar gets, but as the majority of them are em- ployed in business from which they can not get away without q great deal Of 1n- convenience during the week, the result is that there is but very small percent age of the men who attempt to become marksmen. Previous to the new order they could, on their day off. get to the targets without inconvenience and make The companies of the First Infantry will shoot between the following dates, January 9 and %, not including Sunday, the 23d As they have not yet secured their range near Ingleside they will have to go across the bay.
 AS yet the companies of the Fifth Reg
 
 instructions in regard to the January shoot.
 Infantry, Major J. H. Hendy, engineer of ficer of the Second Brigade. and Captain W. D. Elliott of D. Fifth Infantry, have passed the examining Board.
 Colonel Thomas Cuff, assistant adju- tant general; Lieutenant-COlOnel J. 4. Huber, commissary; Lleutenant-Colonel Barrere, inspector of rifle practice; Lieu tenant-Coonel Henry F. Emeric, pay master; Lieutenant-ColOnel C. T. Stanley, Quartermaster, and Major J. c. FftZger- ald chief aide, recent additions to the di- vision staff, passed the examining board on Friday last.
 The entertainment proposed for the benefit of the rife range fund of the First Regiment of Infantry will not be given until after the close of Lent.
 The Board of Officers of the First Regi- ment of Infantry has selected the several committees for the year and following are the chairmen thereof: Finance, Major Charles Boxton; music, Captain A, J Kelleher; library, Captain John 4. Miller At the first business meeting of Com panies C and c, First Infantry, at the Ellis-street Armory, in the presence of a full attendance of both companies; the following civil officers were elected for the current year: C. P. Lebreton, treas urer; J. s. Macabe, financial secretary G. T. Phelps, recording secretary; T. Me Gilvery. librarian; J. F. Morton, A. E. Anderson and J. P. Heibron, range com nittee; c. J. Petty, w F. and c. w SWasey, armory committee; and s. H Palmer, C. Meyer and O. C.. Baldwin auditing committee. Last Monday these companies had the annual distribution oi medals and prizes for shooting after which there was, as usual, Nationals good time. The medal winners are Championship class, c. Meyer, Company C; first class, Sergeant F. J. Porey, Com pany G. second class, Y. F. Northrup Company C; third class, Sergeant J. H Mcknight, Company C. The prizes that were distributed to the next best shots numbered about seVenty-five.
 The election for a captain to succeed Charles A. Jenks as commander of TrOoI A will probably be held this week.
 The idea that the First Regiment In fantry should on jubilee day parade ap pear in full dress uniform has been aban doned, and the men will appear in ia tigue dress. and this came about becaus some of the sections of the Second Bri gade have not full-dreSs uniforms. TwelV, companies could have made Q very fin showing, but because two or three com panies of the brigade did not have full dress uniforms the citizens will be de prived of the opportunity of seeing hoy the First looks Tn full dress. This Is an other case of the tail wagging the dog or of a minority ruling the majority Nevertheless, the three majors of tn First, or, rather, two indjorS and on acting such, for Major Charles L. Tide has been on the sick list and has not don any active duty for many months. vii this week inspect the full-dreSs uniform of the several companies.