The San Francisco call., 1899-11-23
Gov. Gage AppriSed of Adjutant
Generals Raw Work.
SeamanS Failed in an Effort to Force Ma
jOr Joseph G, GieSting to Sign an
Award of Contract to Petit
bone & Co., Cincinnati.

E=HE Legislature last winter appro-
priated $4,000 70 clothe the Nation
al Guard In military fashion. The
Governor IN due time appointed a
board 10 buy the clothing The
board consists OF Major General John
a. Dickinson. Colonel G. ID. Cutler
and Major Joseph Giosting. AdJutant
General Seamans. the gorgeous spectacle
~ the orange belt fancied until last
Tuesday that he had something 10 do
with the award Of contracts for clothing.
lut az the termination Of a stormy In
tery1ew with Major Giesung he ran OF
and told the Governor that the Adjutant
Generals Office had been slighted and
aIubbed
The Can ascertains that the contract
for trousers has been awarded 10 Petit
bone a. Co. OF Cincinnati. The Ohio arm
viii get from 5000 10 $4,000 on this con-
tract IL appears now that General Dick
iusol desires that the contract FOR blouses
shall be awarded 10 PetubOne. but Colonel
cutler and Major Giesting oppose his
plans in this respect. A proposition 70 al
low California dealers 10 supply 80 per
cent OF the blOuses encountered the OPP
position of General Dickinson.
The exact time that AdJutant General
Seamans entered the uniform arena can
not be stated. but when he 81 enter he
was fun panoplied IN the cause OF Petit
-
naughty and impcriOus manner with the
rest ~ his uniform and entering Major
G.csIng office commanded that the
major should sign the PettibOne contract.
Major Glesting was nOt 81 the happiest
frame OF mind anyway when Seamans
GaMucd on LiS horizon. II IL Conlectured
that he was musilg 10 himself that the
ears Ot Scalnars We're TOO long that the
nose OF Seamans was not on straight. and
that The uniform Of Scamaus should be
on some one worthy 10 represent Cali
fornia in the AdJutant Generals office.
NO matter what else Giestng was think
Ing about he was not thinking that Sea
mans was any good. Therefore when
Seamans abruptly demanded that Giesting
should sign The PettibOue contract the
major gave snort OF righteous wrath
and exclaimed.
What IN hades have YOU got 10 do with
Uniform Board"
Seamans FOR reply patted himself on the
breast three times, Giesting watching in
tenty 10 see u his adversary was padded
below the head When the adjutant gem
eral saw that the major was fully aD-
prlsed of his presence he exclaimed:
II am not member OF the Uniform
Board. sir, but j am ad1utant general OF
the State OF California"
Major Giestlng did not waste rnanv
words In giving expression 20 his personal
estimate OF the ad1utant general He
closed the Interview by threatening TO
tel Governor Gage the true inwardness Of
the Dicknson-Seamans scheme 10 give
Eetnhonc the contract Tor DlOuBes.
subsequently Colonel Cutler ard Major
Glestng saw Governor Gage but die not
get an opportunity 20 reveal all the facts
in great alarm General Dickinson and Ad-
sutant General Seamans hastened 10 see
the Governor and fll him up with their
version Of the affair. Here the matter
rests. Cutler and Giestng have not
signed the contract for Pettibone 10 sup
ply the hlouses.
Major Giesting was seen az HIS home on
Pine street last evening. Blouse con-
tracts had evidently disturbed his rest. for
he was not IN an amiable humor. and at
the mention Of Seamans' name few into
rage.
4 was requested by Seamans 10 sign