Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-14
SEVENTH GAINS
ADDED STRENGTH
FROM COMP ANY B
ANOTHER BAND OF MEN JOINS
COL. SCHREIBER'S FORCES
HARRY B. LIGHT is CAPTAIN OF
LATEST CONTINGENT
viii Take the Place of MllitIamen of
San Diego Who Have Been
Transferred to the
Artillery

Another new company has been added
to the Seventh regiment of the National
Guard of alifornia-company b of
Los Angeles Colonel Schneider has
assigned First Lieut.. Harry B. Light
to command the company until the Of
ffcers elected are commissioned. The
order approving the organization OF the
company has been received from the
adjutant general and was read 10 the
members last night.
Although company is the latest
addition to the regiment, it has more
veterans than any other, as its MEM
bers is composed, with a few excep-
tions, of Spanish war veterans who are
members of Camp Roosevelt. Every
member has seen at least year OF
active service. There are sixty-three
on the rolls and seventeen additional
applications
The officers elected are: Captain,
Harry B. Light; first lieutenant,
Charles McLachlan; second lieutenant,
e. L. Head. The non-commissioned
officers will be announced by the new
captain following the routine of re-
ceiving commission, which will prob
ably be in two weeks.
The company takes the place of COM
pany B, formerly at San Diego, trans
ferred to the coast artillery corps as
be Obliged to take quarters in the drill
hall under the balcony, owing to the
crowded condition of the old armory.
Dress uniforms have been requisitloned
and the company expects to make a
crack showing by next month. Meet
ings will be held Monday nights
The three members of company A
who were on the state team at Camp
Perry are expected at the armory to-
night to tell the members of Captain
Copp's company about their eX-
periences. They are First Lieut.. Bert
A. Demmitt, Sergeant Herman Decius
and Sergeant George T. Kellogg. They
have been making leisurely trip home,
visiting on the way.
Maj Paul A. Adams, surgeon of the
Seventh infantry, has been active In
the local organization of the Red
Cross, and the military and medical
branches of the work have been
worked out mainly through his plans.
The rumor that company II of Long
Beach would be transferred to the
coast artillery corps is not given much
credence by Brigadier Gen eral Wan
kowski or Colonel Schneider 1t is be-
lieved that the development OF the reg
ular army fortifcations at San Pedro
and the presence of coast artlllery
corps there will bring about change
for company II, but not prior to that
time.
Company r held an "at home at the
armory last night with the large at
tendance usual at its social functions.
Capt. r. B. Braden has returned from
his honeymoon trip.
Company A, signal corps, has OBJ
tained a large map about six feet
square of the section in Los Angeles
and Orange counties between the
mountains and the ocean, showing all
roads, elevations and other important
features. 1t will be used mainly in the
work of the balloon squad.
At last nights meeting of company B,
Lieut.. E. L. Head, who has just re-
turned from the sixth national encamp-
ment of the United Spanish War vete-
rams at Tacoma, announced the result
of the ballots for officers. Southern
California obtained it's share of the
officers, as ]. I. Mclaughlin of Camp
Roosevelt, Los Angeles, was elected
Junior vice commander in chief; Capt.
J. d. Jones of Ensign Bagley camp,
Pasadena, chief signal officer, and
Capt. Joe Cannon, of Vellejo, chief
mastering officer. The other officers
elected We're: Edward j. Gihon, Mas
sachusetts, commander in chief; Emry
F. Marshall, Illinois, senior vice COM
mander; DR.. e. M. Brown, Washing
ton, surgeon general; Jay H. Upton.
Oregon, Judge advocate general; Rev.
II. A. Myers, Oklahoma. chaplain in
chief; Morris l.. Thomas, Pennsyl-
vania, paymaster general; Henry C.
Schimler, New York, commissary gen.
eral; George r. Moore, Maine. chief
Of engineers; Harry r. Stevens, Mon
tana, chief of ordnance; Charles
Schumacher, Wisconsin, chief of artil-
lery; William o. Tucker, New York,
national historian.
Gen. Robert Wankowski and the
other members of the committee on re-
ception for the United States National
Guard association are at sea regarding
the plans for the meeting of the as
sociation in Los Angeles, September 81.
They do not know whether the visitors
desire to get through the program and
then take up amusments or to mingle
work and recreation. They have a
program ready which will meet all
emergencies. The board of supervisors
yesterday voted $500 to the fund for
entertainment of the delegates and
other officers who will attend.