The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-08
FORTY-SECOND
INFANTRY FROM
FORT NIAGARA
Arrival of the Last
Battalion.
COURT MARTIAL APPOINTED
TROUBLE FOR MEN OF THE
VOLUNTEERS.
Desertion the Principal Offense of the
Privates-More Official In
vestigations as to
Fitness.

The other half of the Forty-second Reg
iment arrived yesterday and joined the
companies already at the Preside. The
second half was the one delayed by the
accident, and besides the story Of the &C
cident it brought in story of a derailed
train, twenty men slightly injured and
one man suffering from concussion Of the
brain. The man suffering from concus-
sion of the brain was left behind in the
hospital.
The second section of the Forty-second
came in under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Beacon, who, until the regiment
reaches Manila will be senior officer of
the regiment. Colonel J. Milton Thomp-
son is colonel of the regiment, but he is
already in Manila, and not until his
twelve companies arrive there will he
come to the duties of the spread eagle.
Lieutenant Colonel Beacon reports a
quiet trip out from Fort Niagara. He
takes pride in the fact that there was
not one man missing, not man under
arrest, nor a man chargeable with any
minor infraction of the military laws. He
brings forty-five officers and over 1900
men, all well drilled, but little lacking
in target practice 1t was the lack Of
target practice which kept back the regi-
ments already here, and it is plain that
the Forty-second will have to spend a
ROOQ zeal OF the time lett IL before Ge-
parture for Manila on the ranges at the
Preside. One thing the Department of
California demands from the men who go
from it IS accuracy Of fire, and whenever
q regiment lacking in target practice ar
rives 1t must put in at least certain
amount Of practice at the ranges before
it is even spoken Of for transport.
There is more trouble about incompe-
tent or apparently incompetent officers
among the regiments arriving from the
East The latest orders have another
batch of officers to appear before the
mental examining board and a second lot
TO appear before the medical board. The
board, by orders, is the same as before
Colonel Freeman, Colonel Rawles and
quire into the fitness in every way Of the
officer ordered before it. The latest or
ders to appear before the board include
Captain Paul B: Limo. Captain William
]. Walden, First Lieutenant Andrew ].
Brown, Second Lieutenant Frederic Hus-
man, Second Lieutenant Charles j. Vein
heimer and Second Lieutenant Daniel G.
Mendel, all Of the Thirty-eighth Regt-
ment. There is also an order that the
following officers appear before the medi-
cal examining board heretofore appointed
ness to perform the duties attached to
their rank: First Lieutenant Thaddeus B.
Seiglle Of the Thirty-,eighth Infantry, U.
of the Fortyfifth Infantry, U. S. v; First
Lieutenant A. R. Castle of the Forty
fifth Infantry, U. S. "; Second Lieuten-
ant r. u. kellond OF the Forty fifth In
fantry, U. S. V. Second Lieutenant A.
r. Jones of the Forty-f1fth Infantry, =.
s. V.
The officers named will report to the
Harvey, surgeon. United States army
The offenders of the recently arrived
regiments have been attended to By or
ders appointing the following courts
martial. Court-martial for the Forty
fourth Infantry: Lieutenant Colonel w.
S. Scott, Major H. B. Mccoy, Captain
Thomas Leonard Captain A S. Cross
field, First Lieutenant w. J. White, Firs
Lieutenant o. r. Perry, Second Lieuten-
ant F. L. Dengler. Second Lieutenant A
J. gladden.. Second Lieutenant w. E. Par