The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
BR|CAD|ER ASKS
TO Be RETIRED.
General Jansen Desires to
Be Relieved and Roster Is
Slated to Succeed Him
ARTILLERY ELECTION
Match to Be Shot at Liver
more Butts at Three
Distances as Test of Skill

Brigadier General Charles Jansen,
commanding the Second Brigade of
California, sent a request yesterday to
headquarters in Sacramento to be
placed on the retired list. AS soon as
the request shall have been complied
with, Lieutenant Colonel John y. Kos
ter, whose commission as brigadier
general of that brigade has already
been signed, will enter upon the dis
charge of his duties for the full term.
General Jansen, who retires, has been
in military service since the early days
of the Civil War. At the age Of Is he
enlisted in Company E, Thirty second
Massachusetts Volunteers, and re-
NAMED with the regiment until the
close of the war, participating in every
engagement in which it took part. In
August, 1865. he enlisted in Washing
ton, D. c., in the First United States
Cavalry and came to this coast with
his regiment and in time went with
his troop to Arizona and was under
General Crook in several Indian cam
paigns. He was then ordered for duty
with General Mcdowell and was mus
tered out of the regular service in 1868.
JOINS NATIONAL GUARD.
Jansen's ardor for the military did
not cool, for he joined the National
Guard, enlisting in Company c of the
First Infantry. Subsequently he be-
came S6cOnQ VI SOIpdIy II
of the same regiment and then was COM
missioned first lieutenant. He resigned.
but later was elected captain of Com
pany D of the First and was reelected
twice. In 1898 he was elected major of
that regiment and upon the reorganiza-
tion of the guard during the term OF
Office of Governor Budd he was placed
on the retired list with the rank of ma
jor. He was taken from that list to
act as inspector of the Second Brigade.
which position he held for some time,
when a desire to be a trooper again
seized him and he was elected captain
of Troop A, Cavalry, was twice re-
elected and on June 5 was commits
oned brigadier general.
At an election held in Company B,
Coast Artillery. at its last regular
meeting, Captain Walker Scott Grattan
was unanimously elected to succeed
himself as commander of the company.
The captain has been a very active
member of the guard for a number of
years, and, as he has proved a most
interested and popular commanding Of
ficer, the organization concluded that 1T
did not want a change.
FARLESS MADE CAPTAIN.
In Company D of the Coast Artillery
First Lieutenant Ashley R. Farless was
elected captain, vice Keesling, pro-
NOTED major of the battalion. Frank
/ Mum. first sergeant of the company.
was elected first lieutenant, vice Ash
| ley, promoted. Both men in their re-
speetive positions have made good rec
ofds
An election has been called for in
| Troop for captain to succeed Captain
Charles Jansen, the next brigadier gen.
eral of the Second Brigade. Despite
statements to the contrary. General
| Jansen will not on his retirement be a
candidate for the position of command
ing officer of the troop.
Fifteen men from Company B, Cap
tain Grattan, Coast Artillery, will go
| to Livermore to-day to shoot against
| fifteen men of Company I. Captain Nc
Kown, Fifth Infantry, at 200, 500 and
| 500 yard distances to test the skill of
the men who belong to the two
branches of the service.