The San Francisco call., 1906-08-13

n tional Guard, particularly Gu al-l in
San Francisco, where the First
Infantry, the First Coast Artillery. the
Signal Corps and Troop A, cavalry. were
orlNen out OF their armories by the fire
These organizations settled for the
Time being in what were formerly pri-
Nete residences. It is hoped to induce
the citizens, whose money paws for the
maintenance of the guard. to visit the
arnories and by their presence at drills
ana on ceremonial occasions encourage
the ofhcers and men. As there are no
reg gOlar armories in San Francisco at
Ihls ume II is proposed to interest the
cluzens In project to secure piece of
land upon which TO build a frst-class
armory in which to house all the organ
lzaJons. It viii have an assembly hall
IA which regiment may drill with
ease and ample company quarters. It
- argued IN favor of the project that
there is in the temporary armories, un-
Ger very slight protection against fire
or INVASION" a great deal of valuable
United States and State property.
Colonel Kelly. commanding the First
Regiment OF Infantry. who went East
short time ago, viii return TO his
station August 25-
The marriage fever has broken out
n the First Captain Herbert Choynski
formerly quartermaster under Colonel
Ftlmer, became a benedict recently;
Charles Messner, q leading musician,
has taken out q marriage license, and
within the next three weeks Quarter
master Levy viii take unto himself a
wife.
The overnight trip Of Company F,
Captain Herman G. Stindt, to Caliente
Stnoma County, a week ago yesterday,
was a success. Forty men and seven
officers, including Major Beasly, Cap
rain McColloch, Lieutenant Clifford and
Lieutenant Niddlestadt, made the jour
Cey- After spending Saturday night at
Caliente there was a march TO the his
tcrical town Of Sonoma Sunday morn
ing On the way there the company
received instruction in advance and
rear guard movements and in extended
orders. At Sonoma the visitors were
cordially welcomed and feasted.
. OUTINGS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
The trip Of Company E. Captain
Charles E Wesher. a week ago Satur-
day, 10 the foothills four miles west Of
The FOurteen-Mile House, in San Mateo
County. was also successful. On reach
ing their destination the men struck
shelter tents and remained under cover
until Sunday morning, when there was
drill in extended orders and IN advance
and rear guard movements. In the
afternoon there was target practice.
which included skirmfsh firing, firing
BE- company at 200 and 500 yards and
ir1dividuaI firing The men gave a sat
1sf8ctory account Of themselves. They
are anxious to have another outing be-
fCrC winter sets in.
- The First Infantry has received
part Of its uniform. What has come
to hand will according to Quarter
master Levy, 1T out 16S men. There
1rh "a ri
gins, but no blue shirts, belts or hats.
o.. Company quarters at the Waller and
Buchanan street armory have been
put into acceptable shape and this
week the companies will begin drilling
on Buchanan street The drills will be
continued from time to time until the
i. rainy season is at hand. During the
frst week in September the first bat
talon drill since the fire will be had
on Waller street.
A number Of the companies have
taken in recruits and during the week
the captains will place the new men in
the awkward squad to be taught the
''goosestep."
The headquarters of the officers Of
the First are comfortably arranged
Troop A Of the cavalry, Captain
Grenninger. is located at 1858 Eddy
street.
The Signal Corps OF the First Bri-
Kade is located in the Richmond Dis
trict-
The First Battalion of the Coast
Artillery took part in the exercises of
the unveiling Of the monument to the
First California Volunteers yesterday.
The officers and men paraded in civil
ian clothes. their promised uniforms
not having arrived.
Companies B and c of this bat
talon. formerly "the Nationals OF the
old guard Of this city, have rented a
seventeen-room building at 116O Eddy
street, formerly the residence OF Arch
bishop P. W. Riordan, for term of
years and viii 1T il up as headquar-
ters. The other two companies of the
battalion will retain the quarters at
501 Cole street.
NEED PRACTICE AT TARGETS.
During 1905 the National Guard Of
California was represented at the in
terstate shoot at Sea Girt, n. J., but
the team did not make a good show
ing. It ranked twenty-ninth among
the thirty-seven teams taking part in
the contest. That year the selection
OF the team was delayed so long that
II became necessary to make up
scratch team and it did not bring back
any honors TO the State. In the re-
port to the commander in chief of this
State there appeared the following
apology:
The poor showing made by the team
can be readily accounted for. In the
first place the length OF time neces-
sary August 10 September Z, made 1t
almost prohibitive for the ordinary
man TO participate in this competition.
so that many men who are really good
shots did not even attempt to report
any scores which might have placed
them in the team. The inability to Sc
cure safe ranges in many localities
prevented many from conducting pre-
liminary practice, so that comparative
" few scores were forwarded TO the
adfutant general from which to choose
the members Of the team.
The same dilatoriness that marked
the preparation for the team OF 1905
has marked the preparations this year.
The lesson OF the report was not heed
ed. It was known that there was to be
another interstate shoot, but no steps
were taken to secure a team that would
be able to make a more creditable
showing than was made the previous
wear. why" said enthuiast a few
davs ago, did not the upper Office take
steps TO nave prGctice Immediately af-
Ter the report Of the Sea Girt shoot
- haaD onnounced and give the men