The San Francisco call., 1906-09-17
Burned Silver Trophy to Be
Duplicated by the Firm
That Manufactured It
WANT THE ARTILLERY

tlons that had lost or had had property
DESTROYED to file reports in due form.
This has now been done In the mean
time the Government furnished such.
uniform clothing as it had on hand,
principally khaki. Now that all affida-
Wits of loss have been filed it is prob
able that within short time all COM
panies will be properly uniformed.
All the organizations Of the Second
Brigade have received pay for the SER
vice rendered during April and the
month following the rear guard hav-
ing been paid by Colonel d. A. Smith.
In order to accomplish this the adju-
tant general of the State worked hard
to borrow the necessary money from
the banks on the credit of the State
The disbursing agent having liquidated
all the claims in the brigade named, be-
ing about to assume command of the
Fifth Infantry, some one else will have
to be detailed to act as disbursing agent
for the First Brigade.
The beautiful trophy that was made
for the State, to be given to the COM
pany that prior to and during the re-
cent muster inspection, made the best
showing, having been destroyed by
the fire in the store of the firm that
manufactured it. the firm announced
that 1t will duplicate the burned silver
trophy, which cost $780, and as soon
the company that earned it.
INSPECTION REPORTS.
All reports in connection with the
recent inspection having been finally
transmitted, the report of the condition
of the State troops as found by Major
Wilhelm, u. S. A. .(retired), acting for
the War Department and the State, will
be forwarded to headquarters in a short
time.
There has been great deal of gossip
and many rumors during the past week
in regard to the citizen soldiery of Cali
fornia The brigade commander, Gen
eral Roster, has most emphatically de-
clared that he will not resign. The Of
ficers of the First Infantry declare pos
itively that they are in the guard to
stay those of the Second and Fifth In
fantry have transmitted the fnforma-
tion that they are not going out, all but
three of the artillery battalion say that
they are going to stay with the organ
ization, and none of the officers of the
other branches of the service have sig
nified any desire to sever their connec-
ton with the soldiery.
General Roster says that some time
ago there was a strong feeling among
the officers of the Second Brigade about
staying in or going out because they
felt that the officers and men had not
received lQot dQpf lAOy oSSSA'S -
for what they did during the strenu-
Gus times The officers in San Fran
cisco. as well as the majority of the
men. saw. their armories and their
homes destroyed bys the flames, yet
Instead OF acting upon that strong
impulse which prompts men to save
their belongings they did not desert
the post of duty. but remained on guard
SO that their fellow scitizens might be
protected.
"Public and private criticism of the
whole guard because of the acts of
few proved most discouraging," he
said ait is no wonder that the officers
and men were disgusted."
FIRST INFANTRY,
During the current week active work
in the First Infantry will be resumed.
and drills will be taken up again. and
during the week it will be determined
when the battalion drill which was to
have taken place under Major Mathew
son, but had to be postponed on ac-
count of the strike, will take place.
An election has been ordered in Com
pany B for first lieutenant, vice Rus
sell. who resigned a short time since
to go to New York, where he has taken
up his residence.
Company A has been without cap
tain for nearly a year, when Ballinger
resigned. Since then the first lieuten-
ant has been in command, and quite a
number of inquiries have been made as
to why no election for captain has been
ordered.
There is to be a meeting tonight In
the armory of the First for the pur-
pose of discovering If there is not some
way by which the four Companies
which retired from the regiment to
form the First Battalion Of coast artil-
lery or possibly. two of them can be
induced to return to the regiment with
the idea of forming the First into a
| twelve company regiment or three
battalion one of three companies each.
If it were possible to have two of the
! companies return one would have to
be consolidated in order to have nine
companies. 1t is doubtful, however. II
anything in that line can be accom-
plished. Companies B and c, compos-
ing the civil and social organization
within the artillery and known as the
National, will never so back to the
| First.
Regimental Quartermaster Levy has
called a meeting of the non-coms. for
| this week for the purpose of making
| arrangements for high jinks to be
given by the enlisted mems club be-
fore the close of the current month.
The regimental quartermaster. after
in the regiment. has signed and had
forwarded to the proper Office $50 affl-
davits of loss.
SHIRTS FOR THE MEN.
The regiment has received an invoice
of blue shirts for the men, and these
will be apportioned to the companies
during the week. All that the regf-
ment needs now is its quota of cam
paign hats and webb belts. and then it
will be ready to make creditable pa
rade
The members of Companies B and c.,
First Artillery Battalion. have taken
possession of the building at 1850 Eddy
street which they recently purchased
for $4,000 and are having 1t fitted up
in order to maintain the social feature
of THE Nationals" club composed of
the membership of the two companies.
The contracts for making the altera-
tions of the building have been let
and the work was commenced last
week. This building contains seven
teen rooms. The three on the ground
floor will be converted into a large
salon; in the rear there will be the
kitchen, for use if at any time 1t is
desired to have luncheons or supper