The San Francisco call., 1908-03-17
Advocates of Armoy Postpone The Work
of Collecting Funds for Building

Grattan will preside. to MI the vacancy
Company X. Captain Mund command
ing. will give social at 147 Buchanan
street on the night OF March 1S-
First Lieutenant Ralph j. Faneuf has
been detailed TO promote the small arms
practice In the Fifth infantry
The following have been appointed
noncommissioned officers in the Fifth
, infantry:
Company A-Corporals Donald Sweet
and Hewitt Bond and Private Russell
Gillette Bates. to be sergeants: Privates
Raymond Lawton Nichols and Tracie
SkeIly. to be corporals.
Company C-Private Michael Nye. to
/ be corporal.
Company Corporal Joseph Homer
Sweeny and Private Walter Ruf. to be
/ sergeants; Private Andrew Nagnus
/ Johnson. to be corporal.
+ Company I-Corporals Fred simmons
Young and Norton Jasper Fletcher. TO
be sergeants; Privates William Albert
Mitchell and Erwin Waggoner, to be
/ corporals.
COMPANY GIVES DRILL
There was big muster OF the mem
/ bers of Company E. Fifth infantry To-
Gated at Santa Rosa. on the occasion
/ of a street drill last week. The men
were put through the various move
ments by Captain Virgil Butts and
/ Lieutenants Rooney Noona and Claude
Sanborn- This company Is reported as
/ improving at a remarkable rate. It's
new quarters in the Mcdaniel build
/ ing are being fitted up to meets its
needs The -noncOms" OF this company
will give ball in Martins hall on the
night of March 2T.
/ Company l. of the Seventh infantry.
/ located at Santa Ana, made such a
/ Z n AZ nd fr
recently that 1t stands a good chance
/ of being mustered out on recommen-
/ dation OF the inspecting officer. So
/ strong was the intimation in that
/ direction that Colonel Elect ". O.
/ Screiber, who is TO command the regi-
ment. requested Major Wilhelm. the
Inspector. 70 withhold his report until
he could have an opportunity TO In
vestigate and discover what trouble
/ there is in the organization 1t has
been decided that there shall be an
other inspection inside Of 80 days
The colonel elect. Colonel Finley. and
Major Vestel paid a visit last wek 20
Company L. and Colonel Elect Schreib-
/ er. in talk to the officers and men.
/ said:
Il came here to see what is the mat
/ ter. Major Wilhelm has reported that
things are in pretty poor shape IN the
company. I requested him 20 withhold
his report until I could see what was
wrong. and il there is any way in
| which this company can be put on its
/ feet again. 1 do not want TO see Com
pany L mustered out OF the service;
/ IN fact, do not want to see any COM
pany mustered out OF the Seventh. If
/ there is any way to remedy matters
/ here I viii help YOU If your trouble
/ is with the noncoms get rid OF them
I 1t is an easy matter 70 relieve them
\ or their stripes II the trouble
t.
/ is an easy matter to have them step
/ out l do not believe in making
/ threats, but I viii say this. II Com
pany L is mustered out Santa Ana will
never have another company You will
/ be inspected in about three months
and in that time il is possible TO bring
/ the company up 10 the standard re-
i quired by the government
/ This talk was followed by a drfll by
the officers, then by the first sergeant
/ and the colonel elect.
/ COMPANY's POOR SHOWING
More than four months ago this. as
/ well as other companies in the state
was warned that IL it did not come up
I to the standard at inspection IL would
/ be slated for removal by the muster
/ out route, yet no attention was paid to
/ the warning, and when the inspection
was held the company made mis-
cradle showing-so miserable that IL
4 seemed QOOmeQ-
/ Company D. Seventh infantry, Cap-
tain W W. Afidgley located at Po-
mona. was recently inspected. and IL
made a favorable impression on the in
/ specting officer. and the officers and
/ members look for hatterinZ report
The captain OF the company recently
resigned the position OF lieutenant
colonel OF the Seventh to assume
charge OF the company and bring il I'D
4 10 the standard or efficiency. First
/ Sergeant Homer L Duffy was recently
elected second lieutenant After thu
recent inspection there was a social
session at which the large number OF
persons who witnessed the driu and
I inspection were entertained.
The following have been elected as
the oHcers OF the California state rife
association Tor the current term. Can
| tain j. G. Lee, commanding Cornpanv =
at Woodland. president; Colonel D. A
Smith. commanding the Fifth infantry
vice president. Colonel A W. Bradbury
assistant adjutant general. executfve
ofncer; Lieutenant c. B. Nichols. Com
pany F. Second infantry. secretary. and
4 Colonel H. T. Seymour. Commanding the
Second infantry. treasurer
i Captain Lee, the new president of the
organization. has been deeply interest
ed in rife shooting for many years.
and 1t will be his aim during his term
or ONCE TO advance target practice all
over the state where there is a com
pany OF the national guard. Colonel
Smith. the vice president. is also a
/ strong advocate Of making the men in
/ the ranks familiar with the weapon
/ they handle and making them hrst
/ class marksmen- He proposes to as
sist the president in his endeavors to
make rife shooting a prominent feat
ure in the guard
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