The San Francisco call., 1899-07-09
NEW UNIFORMS
FOR THE MEN
OF THE GUARD
Inspection Report of
Second Brigade.
THE FIFTH'S NEW COLONEL
SIGNAL MEN WILL WELCOME
THE MANILA VETERANS.
Naval Militiamen Disappointed on
Of no1ou in tho Ar
THE FIFTH'S NEW COLONEL
SIGNAL MEN WILL WELCOME
THE MANILA VETERANS
Naval Militiamen Disappointed on
Account of Delay in the Ar
rival of the Steamer
Badger.

The National Guard of the State is. ac-
cording to orders, to be uniformed and
equipped at once. Last Friday the new
board on uniforms, Major General Dick
inson, Colonel Gutter (retired) and Lieu
tenant Colonel Geisting, met, discussed
the situation and decided to prepare the
specifications and issue them next week
The War Department will furnish the
rifles. haversacks. canteens and belts.
Major Jansen, brigade inspector of the
Second Brigade, has forwarded his report
of the inspection held in the latter part
of June to the Adjutant General. The
brigade, he says in his report, was made
up at the time of muster and inspection
of Troop A, the Signal Corps, seven COM
panies Of the Fifth Infantry and four hun
dred men of the First Infantry, who did
not go to the front for obvious reasons.
He says that the men who were in the
service during the recent war with Spain
and who have returned to the guard are
noticeable for their soldierly bearing and
discipline, and he suggests that captains
of companies use their best endeavors to
retain these men in the guard as their
presence will have a strong moral effect
which will be exceedingly beneficial. "As
rule says the inspector, changes are
too frequent in the companies, and they
tend TO cripple the guard"
The report gives the details of each
called to the fact that the men are not
in most of the companies uniformed, yet
in spite the fact that they were not in
regimental blue the bearing of those men
who were in the volunteer service was
noticeable and Is mentioned favorably. In
the Fifth Regiment the companies mus
tered officers and men as follows: A. 81
out of 64 b, "a out of 30; d, II out of Y;
E, "a out of ia F, 80 out of 5S c. 40 out
of 50, and H, 81 out of 81. The fact that
men were at work at distant points from
the armories and the short notice for mus
ter is given as the reasons for absence.
/ Troop A mustered 80 out of SO and the
Signal Corps 30 out of 80.
The inspector reports that Troop A cav
airy is short the following State property:
One Carbine, q revolVers, cartridge box
IS, 15 pistol holders, saddles. brides,
43 saber belts and several other articles.
from his report, but the inspector was
unable to have any order produced for the
dropping of such missing articles Cap
tain Burnett stated that the revolverS
disappeared while the late Captain jerks
was in command. Still the inspector holds
that Captain Burnett, who was lieutenant
at the time, is responsible for the prop
erty, and suggests that a board of in
quiry be ordered to fix the loss. He made
such a suggestion last year in regard to
the lost property in the troop, but no heed
was paid to it.
A. X Whitton who last week was elect
ed colonel of the Fifth Infantry, entered
the service of the State as a private of
Company B Of that regiment in March,
1882. and in December of that year he was
elected second lieutenant of the company.
year later he was elected captain, and
held that commission until 1889, when he