The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
SOLICITOR WANTED
FOR N. G. c. FUNDS
Organization OF New Regiment
for This City Is Delayed
in Consequence


/ the new regiment for this city is de-
| layed by the inability of the committee
/ in charge to secure a chairman Tor the
/ finance committee. to solicit subscrlp-
tions necessary to put the regiment IN
/ shape Meanwhile Governor Gillett,
Lwho is commander in chief OF the na-
tionaI guard of the state. wants 70 have
I II companies of coast artillery organ
/ lied and as many as possible located in
! San Francisco. but 1t Is probable that
/ if such companies are organized they
I will be distributed over the places
where there are coast defenses to give
the recruits chance TO practice with
/ the big guns.
/ Lieutenant Fl. r de Finnes. Lieuten-
ant S 7. Sehenk and Lieutenant c. r.
Creighton are organizing three COM
panies of coast artillery. 1t is eN-
/ pected that each organizer will have a
sufficient number of names on the roll
within month. Information about en-
J listment may be obtained at brigade
headquarters in the MonadnOck build
ing. RosevilIe, Placer county, wants a
military company. so IL is organizing
its young men with a view of having
] them enrolled in the national guard OF
/ the state. Forty have already signed
/ the roll and when 81 more eligibles
F., have been secured the organization will
be offered to the state. Lee Gebhart
and Fl. II. Brown have the matter in
/ hand
/
| The various commercial bodies. in
! cluding the Merchants association.
have OF late Interested themselves in
the bill now before the legislature. to
\ provide state armOry for San Fran
cisco. The officers Of the national guard
located in this city and the state in
! spectOr of troops declare that such a
K building is an absolute necessity.
| The band of the Second infantry To-
Gated at Sacramento. has been mustered
out of service. having fallen below the
authorized standard.
H. B. Ayers of A company and F. NJ
Weston of company. Seventh infantry.
who were discharged from the service
| of the state without honor some time
ago. have been pardoned by the COM
mander in chief and restored to civil
rights.
! Adjutant General Lauck complains
that some officers OF the guard fail TO
put sufficient postage on military let
ters sent to superior headquarters.
The time for preliminary target prae-
tice for this year has been fixed from
January to October The record prac-
tice must be held between May 1 and
/ October 81. There is no change in the
I rules.
The court martial ordered to try Sec
ond Lieutenant ]. W. Southwick of X
company. Second infantry, located at
Fresno, was in session yesterday to In
quire into the charges of disObedience
of orders and drunkenness.
Company I, Second infantry. located
at Vacaville. was inspected last week
by Colonel Wilhelm. assisted by Major
G. l. Holtum OF the Fifth infantry
Nand Lieutenant H. H. Delamater Of the
Second brigade staff
A company of Oakland. Captain Leon
c. Francisco commanding. and COM
pany of the same place. Captain George
II. Wethern commanding. are negOtiat-
ing for the establishment OF rifle
range two miles east of Richmond
c company. Fifth infantry is prepar-
ing for muster and inspection Febru-
airy II in the armory in Berkeley. The
company has had a noncOmmi ssiOned
officers school twice a week lately and
the extra company drill Captain Pape
expects to have 81 men on the floor
AS a result of the recent inspection
of F company Fifth infantry. at Oak
land. First Lieutenant L. r. Keller and
/ Second Lieutenant A j. CoelhO have
rendered their designations. which were
accepted.
The noneommissioned officers of F
company Of the Fifth at Alameda have
been placed in charge of First Lieu
tenant Ralph j. Faneuf. battalion adju-
tant.
The application OF Captain j. j. Heyer
of l. company, Fifth infantry. to be
placed on the retired list has been re-
/ turned to him with the information
that il can not be granted, as the time
\ of service which would entitle him
to retirement will not expire until
March 81.
The first issue OF the National
Guardsmen's Magazine Is to appear
February Is under the supervision OF
board of directors composed OF Adju-
tant General Lauck, Brigadier General
Roster and Major Mathewson. OrmO
lDeutch Is editor.