The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-17
Important Subjects
Will Come Up for
Discussion

The much-talkec- of meeting of off,
GERS of the National Guard from all
parts of the State to discuss matters
of interest to the guard, will be held
in Fresno tomorrow There will be
present representation from every or
ganization in the State, among the
number being Adjutant General Lauck
Colonel A. w. Bradbury, Brigadie1
General John A. Roster commanding
the Second Brigade, the promoter OF
the meeting; Brigadier General Rob-
ert Wankowski, commanding the f1rs'
Brigade; Major Humphreys, judge ad-
vocate of the First Brigade; Major
Jones, Quartermaster; Major keesllng
brigade inspector; Lieutenant Morse
head, Colonel Kelly of the First, Colo
mel Seymour of the Second, Colonel
Smith of the Fifth, Colonel Whittemore
of the Sixth, Colonel Finely of the
Seventh Infantry and a number OF the
officers Of their respective staffs-Cap-
tain Duffy, regimental adjutant of the
First Infantry; Captains Wehser, Stindt
and Varney, Captain Joseph p Nc
Quaide, chaplain, and lieutenants Hyde
Creighton, Tully, McNutt and Lowe OF
the same command; Lieutenant Butler
of the Fifth (Assemblyman- elect from
Marin County,, and Captain Bauer,
Lieutenant Commander Kammerer,
Lieutenants Harloe, MCGEE and Speck,
Lieutenant (junior grade) Conlin and
Lieutenant (junior grade) Assistant
Surgeon Westerfeld of the Naval Mill
tia.
The first business of the meeting will
be to make the organization a per-
manent one for the purpose of dis
cussing and advocating the most ap-
proved thoughts for the advancement
of the guard in this State. 1t was
thought at first to include in the MEM
bership all retired commissioned OFF,
GERS, but it is doubtful If such will
be admitted for the reason that they
are back numbers" not now directly
interested in the guard and not in
touch with conditions and the needs
of the present.
Under a recent regulation issued
from superior headquarters the sew
eral organizations of the State will
have to make good" or take the
chances of being mustered out. This
provides that any organization of the
National Guard of California parading
at any inspection or muster, or any
parade, encampment, practice march
squadron or battalion drill ordered by
the commander in chief, brigade, regi-
mental, battalion or squadron COM
its membership, must be reported by
the officer commanding to the adju-
tant general and by him reported by
the commander in chief, who may, in
his discretion, disband such organiza-
ton.
ANY organization whose member
ship falls below the minimum pre-
scribed in regulations or orders, must
be reported by the adjutant general to
the commander in chief, who may dis
band the same"
The State trophy of 1906, offered to
the First Brigade, n. G. c., goes to
Troop c, First Squadron of Cavalry
located at Salinas. this organization to
hold 1t until awarded to the organiza-
ton winning it for the year 1907
The following shows the rating of
the several organizations of the First
Brigade in connection with the COM
petition for the trophy of 1906, based
upon the markings Of the assistant in
spector general, the acting brigade in
spector and the reports of small arms
practice for the year 1905.
Relative
General Order