The San Francisco call., 1907-02-11

LITTLE HOPE FOR MOVE
Adjutant General Lauck, when spoken
to on the SUBJECT, said: Whenever
the Governor calls me I shall be pre-
pared to lay before him all the facts
OF the case and whatever he recon-
mepds will be carried out to the let
ter In my opinion it would be a
heavy blow to the entire guard of the
State to return these organizations to
their original form"
From this statement the chances for
reinstatement are not as hopeful as
they were when the committee left Sac
ramento. for, while the adjutant gen.
eral does not dictate as to what shall
be done with the companies of the
State, his opinion has great weight
Commenting further on this subject
the adjutant said: "The men who com
posed the mustered out organizations
can form new organizations, assume
the same letters and enjoy all their
former privileges. The facts are that
these companies were mustered out be-
cause they were not giving service COM
mensurate with the amount of money
they received from the State. They
were mustered out at the recommends
tion Of Colonel Wilhelm, whom every
body knows is fair and just in dealing
with the membership of the guard, and
also on the recommendation of Brigade
General Roster, brigadier general"
In regard to this, officers of the First
Infantry take exception. They declare
that it is all bosh to say that Companies
and H were mustered out because
they were not giving service commensu-
rate with the amount of money they re-
ceiyed from the State" They claim that
for eleven months Company A did not
receive cent of It's 500 snonth al
lowance from the State and that for
m . INV he
ceive any money, and that the two COM
panies had to be carried On the allow
ance received by the other companies.
ACTED AGAINST KELLY
They also claim that the companies
were mustered out on the recommenda-
ton Of Colonel Wilhelm. The colonel
as inspector for the State in his report
long before the fire recommended that
these two companies and others be
treated In drastic manner. or be mus
tered out, but no action was taken on
his recommendation until Colonel Kelly
went to Sacramento and in no uncertain
language told the adjutant what he
thought of him.
Whether that was wise move on
the part of Colonel Kelly or not we do
not care to discuss" said one of the
ousted officers at recent meeting, but
the fact remains that a determination
vas iCdCLcQ ludL nelly IHuSI 20 ana II
was brought about through the mus
tering out process upon the recon-
mendation of Brigadier General Roster,
who declared that he alone was respon-
sible for the muster out order"
The men of the First feel that a GER
tain amount of stigma attaches to the
regiment by two companies being mus
tered out for alleged inefficiency, and
say that the men of the companies
ought not to have that stigma because
of the laches of officers The men
were ready to do their duty. but the
officers were negligent. and they claim
that the officers having proved them
selves negligent should have been
hauled up before the death line board.
which would have dealt with them as
the conditions warranted. The men
claim that If that course had been pur-
sued Colonel Kelly would not have
taken offense and would not have re-
signed
1t also is stated that the stand taken
by the adjutant general was due to the
fact that he owed his retention in Office
TO the efforts of General Roster in his
behalf. and that he. in order to show
his gratitude, was bound to stand by
him.