The San Francisco call., 1899-09-07
TWENTY SEVENTH
HAS JOINED THE
WAITING TROOPS
Reached the Preside
Yesterday.

The Twenty-seventh Infantry, under
command Of Colonel Ned Bell arrived al
the Presdio yesterday and is now camped
on the hill with the Thirty-first ana
Thirty-fourth. The regiment commenced
to arrive in the morning and all day sec
tions of it kept coming in to the Preslulo;
Bv the middle of the afternoon 1t was all
IN camp.
The Twenty-seventh is from Camp
Meade. Pa, and all of its men are from
the New England States. The trip out
here was made without incident except
in the case of Lieutenant Kennedy OF
Company l. who picked fight with the
conductor and received a flesh wound IN
the leg for his pains.
The story is that the conductor made
some remarks about the men which Ken
nedy resented by striking the conductor
in the face The conductor drew mis-
Docketknife and in the mix up which FOL
lowed Kennedy was cut in the leg. lie
is now in the general hospital There is
some talk of a board to inquire into his
conduct.
The Thirty-fourth Infantry will get
awav first after all. The vanguard Will
90 on the transport Columbia and the re-
nalnder Of the regiment, force of seven
companies. will sail on the Belgian King
which is nearly ready to leave. Inc
Thirty-first will go on the Sherman about
September Is or l6, and the IWenty-SeN
enth will sail soon after on the Grant
probably about the 18th inst.
The Twenty-seventh Regiment mas had
no target practice, and saturday morn
ing it will be sent out 10 me sHoo1iIe 100 iIl9
ranges to put in week under the m
struction OF Captain Hughes, the IN
structor in rife practice me reglmehi
had built a range at Fort meade dlld
was preparing Tor target prdcIce "heH
il was ordered West. e.,. 49,.
The Thirty-hrst and Thirty-fourth nave
been having target pracuce rlght dl0Hs'
and now their officers are mixing IN drlllS.
The Thirty-fourth gave dress parade
Tuesday evening in honor OF Adnlrai
KalltZ who called upon Colonel hennoh
at the camp. Yesterday evening tht
I'hirtv-frst was on dress parade on
the infantry parade ground IN the
meantime two battalionS OF the Ihlrty-
fourth were having skirmlsh drlI up on
the hills back of the post buildings. They
We're using blank cartridges and the rat
tie of their fire walked the echoes.
Two twelve-inch rifles have arrived al
the Preside within the past few days
and they are now being mounted by FIRST
Lieutenant McNair, Third Arullery,
ordnance officer OF the post, with a de-
eight-inch rifles now on the Preside
wharf awaiting transportation to Whert
they VIII be mounted on the heights.
The following Oincers nave oeen ordered
out here to await transportation to tn,
WiIns +. Coleman, Ninth Infantry; Du-
pont b. Lyon, Sixteenth Infantry: Ar
thus Y. Watts, Fourth Infantry and lIi
l.. ADMIRE, twenty second Infantry
Omaha Nebr.; William y. Hughes il,
Thirteenth Infantry, columbus Barracks
ONO; Leslie A. /. hapman, First Cavairs
Two candidates from the Third Artiller!
have been recommended TO the board -
examination for commissions as secou-
Iieutenants. They are Private James ii
Como and Private John 8; Davis, both ..
Battery l. The board Will meet to exam
inc them tomorrow.
The band of the First California Regi-
ment will play this afternoon in UniOI
Square and afterward 1t will be given a
banquet by the ladies of the Red Cross
Gate Park and at the Garfield memoria
services The band will not turn in its in.
struments until the last moment posi-
Bile Several of the bandsmen own then
made 10 have the Government take then
and refund TO the owners their purchase
price.
Heavy Artillery, was taken TO the gen
eral hospital yesterday with q badlt
burned head and face. He was trying L
extract the powder from loaded siA
FOUNDER shelf, when part of the powdel
exploded He is not seriously injured.
George e. Hicks, Company E, Idah,
regiment, was buried in the. post cemeter,
Yesterday afternoon. He died at the hos
Dital Monday of dysentery.
The North Dakota regiment will b.
given two months pay tomorrow. Or
ders were sent out that all the ordnance
stores of the regiment should be turned
i'm by noon tomorrow, but the regimen;
is scheduled TO escort the Minnesota mel
10 camp so their arms VIII not be giVel
up until after the Minnesotans shall hay,
Major Major George w. Fishback, paymaster
has been assigned to duty in this depart
ment.