The San Francisco call., 1899-09-09
THREE MAJORS TO
EVERY REGIMENT
Of VOL LUNTEERS
OneVexing Point Well
Settled.

| sented TO the lucky men yesterday. and
with them came the promotion right
down the line. Captain O'Neil and Cap
tain Cunningham are the new majors.
! but there Is a chance yet for Captain
/ Connolly, who has been acting as major
| since last spring, and IN his chance lies
| an interesting question for the volunteers.
! When Major Tilden was discharged and
| Major Slime was given a commission in
| the Eleventh Cavalry, Captain Cunning
! ham and Captain Connolly We're made the
acting majors. Captain ONeil was the
! senior captain, but ne declined the pro-
motion. An attempt was made to pro-
mote Major Boxton TO be lieutenant colo
/ mel and to appoint three majors, the orig
! inal complement of the regiment, but his
was not allowed by the authorities 2t Ma
| Mia. II was declared that the regiment
was governed by the old army bill. not
/ the reorganization measure, and there
fore the lieutenant colonel would have TO
| command the first battalion and. two
majors were all the regiment would be al
/ lowed. AS q consequence no promotions
were made. The regiment got along with
no lieutenant colonel, Boxton as the only
major, and Captain Cunningham anu
Captain Connolly as acting majors.
Yesterday the tide suddenly turned ana
all on account of Principal Musician
/ Julian Aitken. 1t was found he held a
position under the old law, which proUd-
ed for two principal musicians and the
mastering officers declared they could not
/
/ The reorganization bill allows but one
/ principal musician, and he would have TO
! be reduced.
II looked bad for Aitken for a while.
/ but il was suggested that If the law
/ worked one way, 1t should also work an
/ other, and if the reorganization bill pro-
/ vided for but one principal musician, II
/ also provided for several band sergeantS
and corpOralS, a quartermaster OF the
/ rank Of captain and a commissary onlcef
/ of the rank of first lieutenant, besides
] 3 "a I'M n
! could not be mustered out except under
! the reorganization bill, it was entitled TO
! all the reorganiza ton bill allowed Hence,
/ the third major, and the recommendation
/ OF Captain Connolly.
| The recommendation of Connolly was
/ made out at once, and was sent TO the ad-
/ iutant general Of the state At the same
/ time there was forwarded an dpphcatol
/ for the promotion Of First Lieutenant
! Otto Schwerdtfeger, regimental quarter
master. 10 be captain, and the appoint
/ ment OF CommissaTy Sergeant CHHord to
! be first lieutenant and comnlssary. All
/ ken, the cause OF it all, was not forgot
/ ten. He was reduced from principal mu-
] scian TO private Of the band, and was
! then raised to sergeant oil the Dahd.
/ He is the regimental trumpeter.
There is every indication that the posi-
/ ton taken by Colonel Duboce VIII oe up
! held. as there is no doubt about the mus
! tering out OF the regiment under the re
organization bill. II Is matter that
should greatly interest the volunteer resl-
3
The list Of promotions announced to the
regiment yesterday were as follows;
70 be raajcrs-Cautain Thomas F. o Neil
Company NJ and Captain Thomas J. cunning
TO be cia-ptains-First Lieutenant Charles J.
Hogan. Company NJ, ana FIRST Lieutenant CdIl-
ton ". Seeley, Company "a
To be first Ileutenants-S Second Lieutenant
lieutenant Ashley r. Farless. Company X
To be second lieutenants-F1rst sergeant
William NJ. Swan. Company NJ, ana First ser
gedut Frank j. Grundman. Company ~.
Under the ruling of the mastering out
! officer that the reorganization bill! ap-
piled TO the regiment, the Following rec
concentrations Tor promotions nave been
sent in by Colonel Duboce.
To be major-Captain John f Connolly.
To be csptain-tirst Lieutenant George I.
| BaiI!n-er. r,-.
To- be second ieutenant-First Sergeant c. /.
/ O'Donneu. All are from Company A
The following promotions among the
men have been made:
! Ouarternlaster Sergeant Arthur II. Clifford,
! to be regImertal commissary sergeant; Mano
/ D. Zan to he corporal, Company b, William X
REID TO be corporal Company B, Corporal
! Howard p Coleman. 10 be sergeant Company L.
Edward H. Sengstack. to be corporal COMPANY
L. Robert n Weiss to be eorpor1i: 4. S9mpamy
! Company NJ: samuel j. Flanders, 10 be cor
| poral Company NJ, Alfred \. Adams, TO be
I
! sergeant CT the band; Gus Folet, TO be sergeant
! o. the band, George Z. Crump, TO De corpora!
OF the band Thomas Flanagan, to be corporal
/ Of the band; Thomas l. ingram, 70 be corpo-
raj of the band; Edward l.. Worth, 70 be cor
! nora OF the band: Charles L. Morgan, to be
corporal Of the band; James NJ Foley, to be
corporal Of the band; Don Clare Kay, 10 De
corporal OF the band; Francis H. Sehanck, TO be
corporal of the band; John yCn Stauen, IoH-
many / to be drum major; Principal Musician
Julian Aitken. to be reduced to private ana
then appointed sergeant OF the band;
The First California Regiment is pre-
pared TO pay all honors 10 the bodies
| of those of its comrades which came home
on the transport Sheridan. The bodies
OF CAPTAIN Rheinhod Richter, First Ser
geant NJ Justh and John V. Dunmore Will
be buried in the National Cemetery at
the Presidio. That of Edwin A O'Neil
viii be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
| There will be a suitable escort from the
regiment at the funeral of each, but as
the men of the First have given up their
arms there may not be firing squad. 1t
is possible that arms may be borrowed
but that Is a matter for future arrange
ment The funerals OF those TO be buried
in the National Cemetery will not take
place before Tuesday next.
There was delicate attention paid to
Lieutenant Frank Willard yesterday by
the men of his command, Battery d of
the California Artillery. He was called
before the battery yesterday afternoon
and was presented with a sa6er as a
token of the esteem in which ne is held
by his men. Lieutenant Willard is one
of the recent promotions from the ranks
made since the artillery battalion re-
turned from Manila. He was the first
sergeant of Battery D all through It's
service in the Philippines. and he earned
for himself the kindlest feelings of both
officers and men.
The Colorado men have been mustered
out and great is their rejoicing thereat.
They have served faithfully and there is
no regiment that brings home a military
record that can better theirs. They have
been soldiers when the time came and
they have been gentlemen whenever the
occasion required. There has been no
trouble with the men, they have had no
prisoners ana no breaches of discipline
or of law to report. and they leave the
service with clean bill OF military
health and leave a vacancy IL will take
a good regiment TO fill. Their command
ing officer, Colonel Mccoy, is quiet un-
assuming man, trained in the National
Guard and willing to admit he is not
soldier by profession, and to him is due
the credit for the enviable reputation the
regiment has made for itself If another
war should come there will be at least one
good regiment TO report from Colorado.
The regiment was paid off yesterday
each man getting three months paw and
as much of his clothing allowance as he
had left for himself besides his travel
pay, amounting to between $50 and SEQ a
man. In the morning before the first
man had been discharged Colonel Mccoy
issued the following order:
Headquarters First Regiment Colorado Infan-