The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22

tary appearance of the cantons and
their proficiency in the trying maneu-
vers Of dress parade.
Brigadier General Brewer explained
that the degree of Patriarchs Militant
is purely military and for display pur-
poses and that all civic matters per
tanning to its membership can only be
arranged through the encampment
branch Of the order. The unit of or
~3niza ton Of a degree is a canton.
~ d must consist of a least fifteen
me-uberS. The cantons throughout the
United States are organized into bat
talions. regiments. brigades. divisions,
army corps and an army
The Department of California shows
that there are nineteen csntons. eight
battalions three regiments and one bri-
sade, with total Of 956 members.
AFTERNOON DRILLS.
-Four well drilled cantons each exc
cuted seventy-siX specially selected
movements at the competitive drills
for visiting odd Fellows yesterday af-
ternoOn. Tonight the military judges
viii name the winners of prizes. In
The interim friends of San Jose. Santa
Barbara. Vallejo and Watsonville can
tons must remain on the anxious seat.
The schedule of drill was carefully
arranged so as to carry the corps
through the school of the soldier and
the company. Grand captain general
Of the Patriarchs Militant NJ. A. Raney
Iamed Colonel Patterson. Major f. T.
Brown and Lieutenant II. L. Ianders
Of the United States army, Coast Ar
tillery. TO act as judges of the merits
and demerits Of the competing cam
tons. There were two classes in the
drill. San Jose and Santa Barbara in
class &, with twelve men and three
officers. and Vallejo and WatsonVille
in class b, with eighteen men and
three officers. San Jose was sched-
Uled TO come on the floor first
Captain F. r. Colley commanded
san Jose and his officers were Lieu
tenant J. W. Darling and Ensign Lewis
Jackson. Santa Barbara followed at
the expiration of the thirty minutes all
lotted for drill. Captain w. H. Thomp-
son commanded Santa Barbara No. 36
and had with him Lieutenant II. il
Mitchell and Ensign John p. SmitR
In class 3 Vallejo No. II came on
the floor first with Captain F. ]. Wal
ter i'm command. assisted by Lieutenaht
A. L. Edgcumbe and Ensign F. A..
Shortridge Watsonville No. 80 fo1k
lowed with Captain 4. E. Hall in COM
mand. assisted by Lieutenant Pader
Anderson and Ensign /. Hartvigsen.
PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS.
cadence in quick time and the follow
ing preliminary movements. Form
canton single rank, open ranks for in
pectiOn. inspection of swords, inspec-
ton of uniforms inspection of mill
tary appearance and steadiness. Close
ranks. present and carry swords. The
re gular drill then opened with the
manual of arms.
San Jose began the drill with few
Slight errors in the manual d11p
lack Of unison, but improved as the
drill progressed. In the facings there
was some delay in time and in dress
ing preliminary movements: Form
prompt enough in perfecting the
alignment The right and left turns
were very well executed and were ap-
piauded.
Backward guide right pleased the
experts and left by files" to form
three. left obliaue" were good.
There were some slight errors in dis
tances in deploying column of threes
in open order and in forming column
Of platoons to the front there was a
hitch in the alignment. The general
drill effect was exceedingly good, how
ever.
Santa Barbara came on the floor with
an improved cadence and was a little
snappier than San Jose in executing
orders in the manual of arms Santa
Barbara's corps seemed to have paid
especial attention to this part of the
drill There were some errors on the
right of the line. In company front the
step of the canton was firm and quick
and the alignment almost perfect. In
the cblique marching there did not
seem TO be much difference between
San Jose and Santa Barbara. There
seemed TO be an impression that Santa
Barbara will win the prize for class G.
Vallejo in the class B drills made
fine showing and only two serious
errors will mitigate against the corps
being strong favorite for first place.
The fraters showed that they had
practiced carefully and devoted much
time TO military detail and they will
probably win Notwithstanding the mis-
takes during the opening movements of
the test. One of the files dropped his
sword just before the company was or
dered to fall out for reformation and in
the sword inspection file on the left