The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-12
QUEER CONTRACT
. FOR BLOUSES FOR
OUR GUARDSMEN
One Bidder Allowed
an Excess.
SEVEN HUNDREDDOLLARSINIT
INDIFFERENCE AS TO "LoST"
STATE PROPERTY.
New Colonel for the Sixth Infantry.
Change in the Matter of
Naval Militia
Drill.
SEVEN HUNDREDDOLLARSlNlT
INDIFFERENCE AS TO "LoST'
STATE PROPERTY.

DCdIu, COHSlSJlLB OF 0SneTd4 LICK
inson, Colonel Cutler and Lieutenant
Colonel Geisting, in the recent awarding
of contracts for blouses At the meeting
held on the 25th of October the bids pre-
sented were as follows:
Brown Bros, 81 80 each for blouses and IS s5
for overcoats.
Pettibone & Co.. SO 81 for bouses, IS 50 for
oVercoats.
]. NJ. Litchfeld. 50 IA for blouses SO IS for
Mande Pursch & Wiener, So 92lA for blouses
and s. "A for overcoats.
At a subsequent meeting Of the board
the contract for the blouses was by vote
of Colonel Cutler and Lieutenant Colonel
Geisting, General Dickinson vottrg in the
negative, awarded to two of the bidders.
! onehalf OF the 1000 blouses to be fur
nished by the Pettibone Bros. Manufac-
turing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, at
| SO "a per blouse and the other half to be
furnished by Mandel, Pursch & Wiener of
this city at SO 92l5 per blouse.
The GuardSmen are OF the opinion that
each firm must have furnished samples
that came up to the specifications ana
given assurance and bonds that the goods
| to be delivered would be up to the stand
ard required, else the two firms named
would not have been awarded the con-
tract but they want to know why the
majority Of the board should vote to pay
3Sha cents more to one firm than to the
other for presumably exactly the same
kind of garment. They want to know
why the fund set apart for uniforms
should be drawn upon to the extent OF
$40 to procure from the second named
firm exactly what the first named firm
will furnish for that much less moIey
The reason that Colonel Geistng has
given for lis action is that he wants TO
patronize home Industry. The Guards
men think that this is very peculiar
state of affairs. There is a possibility
that the attention of the Governor Will
be called to 1t and that there may be
some delay in furnishing uniforms to the
Guard. The contracts call for the dellV-
cry of trousers, blOuses, oVercoats ana
caps sixty days after the order Is given,
and the orders have been given for all
but the houses. If there is any unusual
delay in regard TO them the men will. for
an additional period be without uniforms,
for without blouses the trousers, over
coats and caps will not uniform them
1t seems as If ii is not the duty of any
one 10 care for the property of the State.
In his inspection report two years ago
! Major Jansen, inspector Of the Second
Brigade drew the attention of the then
| adjutant general 10 the fact that a certain
amount of property that had been in
! trusted 10 Troop A, including twenty Two
| pistols was missing. The value of that
property was considerable. The pistols
! alone, being new, were worth about $500.
| Time passed and no action was taken in
regard TO this loss of property Last June,
I in his report of inspections, the major
| again called attention to missing property
| of the State in Troop A and specified 1t as
! follows: "One carbne, q pistols Zone hav
ing turned up since the previous report,
5 cartridge boxes, 10 pistol holders, sad
| q
| 60 saddle blankets, I saber sings and 8
canteen straps" In his report he sug-
gested that the matter be inquired into
and that it be ascertatned who was or is
responsible for the loss of this property.
| He also stated that Captain Burnett, COM
handing the troop, had informed him that
the pistols were lost while the late Cap
tain jerks was In command. The major
added: Captain Burnett was senior lieu
| tenant at that time and he ought TO know
what became of the pistols and the other
/ nrOnert Y - This TeDOrt presented
| last June, and up to this time no action
has been taken in regard to the lost prop
| erty. 1t IS true that Captain jerks is
dead, but If the matter had beeen acted
upon during his lifetime he or his bonds
men would have had to make the loss
good to the State. From the apparent in
difference OF the previous adjutant gen
eral and the present one to the loss OF
State property it is fair to infer that
of the Second Brigade or else neither
cared or cares what becomes of the prop
erty of the. State even If its value runs
up into the hundreds Possibly it's case
Of 'the State is rich and the commander
in chief or his factotum don't care
The members of the division staff have
| been ordered to report for the third of the
series Of the annual target shoots, on the
| 18th inst
w. R. johnson has been elected colonel
of the Sixth Infantry, Major Gus G. Grant
Jones of Company major, vice Grant,
advanced
| Inc resignation OF captain William
Lewis of the Seventh Infantry has been
! accepted.
Dr. Galloway, surgeon general, has been
/ granted a further leave of absence of
| four months from October 30.
The officers meeting for the purpose Of
discussing the reorganization of the First
Infantry which had been arranged for
last Monday, will not be held until the
| 10th inst.
The men of the naval militia at this
port are being instructed weekly In sea-
manship. After the first of next year the
different divisions of the militia will all
| drill the same night.
Preparations are already being made
| for the cruise next year
Lieutenant w. E. Morrison, Lieutenant
T. S. Harloe, Lieutenant Gunor grade)
G. e, Kamerer and Ensigns ]. F. Murphy
| and J. c. Kelly have successfully passed
| the examining board.
Lieutenant c. C. Denis has applied to
be placed on the retired list.
| Brigadier General J. B. Brown (retired)
| Lieutenant c. V. Otto and Lieutenant
| Gunior grade) G. P. Smith have been de-
| tailed as an examining board for the fifth
division Of the Naval Militia