The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20
MILITARY NIGHT
IN SEPTEMBER
First Infantry of the Ma
tional Guard to Have COlOrs
Presented After Review
LAW SUSTAINS SMITH
In Spite of Technical OBJ
lection Major of Fifth
Is Continued in Office

On the night Of Thursday, September 21.
the First Infantry of the National Guard.
Colonel Filmer commanding will assem-
BILE in Mechanics Pavilion, when there
will be military athletics and the pre-
sentation Of colors to the regiment, a re-
view by Governor Pardee, races and
dancing.
The races will consist of shelter tent
pitching and equipment races. Possibly
there will be other races IN addition to
military evolutions The affair is being
arranged as to details by committee
consisting Of Captain H. G. Mathewson,
regimental adjutapt; Captain A. McCul-
loch and First Lieutenant D. A. Hagens.
Ten thousand tickets will be issued, and
all National Guard organizations within
easy distance Of this city will be invited
to cooperate with the regiment. An ap-
peal will be made to the merchants to
assist in the matter:
Captain Mathewson, regimental adju-
tant of the First Infantry Is at this time
having gallery targets installed In the
armory at Page and Cough streets in ac-
cordance with the gallery system adopt
ed by the War Department. The shooting
will be at reduced distances, with re-
duced charge of ammunition but the re-
suits will be practically as II shooting at
the regular distances-200, 300 and 500
yards. The installation will be completed
in about ten days
MEN OF FIFTH BIvOUAC.
Last Wednesday night Colonel Filmer
had the First Regiment of Infantry out
for street drill on Van Ness avenue. That
was the first time the regiment has been
ordered out for such drill since the pres
ent commanding officer took charge. The
three battalions made good showing
and the men did creditable work.
Thirty-f1ve men of Company F OF the
Fifth Infantry left Oakland last week
and marched eight miles to point
near Orinda Park, where they biv-
ouacked for the night and the next day
had military maneuvers under COM
mand of Captain Wethern. The men
on the march carried blankets, shelter
tents and two days ratfons.
The new armory for Company of
the Fifth at Twentieth street and San
Pablo avenue, Oakland. will soon be
ready for occupancy. 1t is to be mod
ern in every respect. When this is
land will be housed in f1rst-class style.
Company F has very comfortable quar-
ters in Maple Hall.
Company G of Alameda, which some
time ago was burned out, has within
the last few days been re-equipped and
will soon be actively at work again
E. G. Hunt, recently elected major in
the Fifth Infantry, has received his
commission, has qualified and in few
days will assume command OF his bat
talon. t4F
MATCH SHOOT AT NAPA.
Thirty men of Company B. Coast
Artillery, Captain Grattan command
ing, will leave to-day for Napa to shoot
a match with like number of men OF
Company H of the Fifth Infantry, Cap
tain Gardner commanding. at the Napa
range.
Companies A, F and G Of the Fifth
Infantry will make the shooting scores
this year at the Glen Park range.
When David Albert Smith. major Of
the Fifth Infantry, was reelected a
few weeks since, some one raised "a
technical objection to his continuance
In Office. The matter was referred to
the Attorney General and last week.
the point not being we'll taken, GER
tificate of reelection was issued to
Major Smith, who will hold Office for
four years more. He now Is not only
the senior major of the regiment. but
the senior major Of the State. The
major has been very active officer In
the guard for nearly quarter OF
century and In that time has been the
means of bringing about many reforms
nf guard.