The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
Annual Competition for
Sharpshooters Who Will
Represent State Now
On in Sacramento
BERKELEY COMPANY
OPENS NEW ARMORY
Equipped With Gymnasium,
Shower Baths and Library
for It's Members

The annual competition to select
team of the California National Guard
to be sent to Camp Perry, o., for the
National Guard championship shoot,
opened at the Sacramento rifle range
Friday under the command OF Colonel
/ D. A. Smith of the Fifth infantry. The
competition will close next Saturday
afternoon. Among the officers In
charge of the contests are camp ad-
sutant, Captain T. r. McReynolds,
Seventh infantry; surgeon, Major w.
/ j. Hanna, Second infantry: paymaster,
Major Z. A. Sterns, Fifth infantry;
quartermaster, Lieutenant c. r. Hop
pin, Second infantry; range officers,
Captain L. T. Stephenson. Fresno;
Captain J. ]. Borree Hayward; Cap
tain H. II. Sydenham. Sacramento;
Lieutenant w. w. Wright, Sacramento,
and Lieutenant D. E. Barney, Sacra-
mento.
The Berkeley company OF the Ma
tional Guard has moved into its new
arn3ony in Allston way. The officers
and members Of the company are
pleased with their large and comfort
able quarters. The armory Is consid-
cred as fine as any In the state oecu-
pied by one company. A special tea
ture is the large, well equipped gym
nasium, with shower baths attached.
The reading room Will afford pleasant
afternoons for the members.
At the last drill. Captain O'Toole ap-
pointed a committee consisting of First
Sergeant Parker, Quartermaster Ser
geant Auburn, Corporal HARRISON and
Private Goldman to arrange all details
for a house warming to be held Sep
tenber 2.
Visitors are welcome to the drills
Irnxr @trrfr e
at the armory in Allston way opposite
the Hotel Shattuck.
The bureau of militia affairs has
issued the following bulletin:
In reponse to a request for Information re-
Eardins payment FOR mounts r durhsnea .h oaneeps err
csmpments Of the organized militia OF certain
state. the assistant comptroller OF the treasury
under date of June 9. 1913, has decided that
no specific provision being made for the hire Of
mounts for regular army officers from the state s
allotment Of the fund appropriated under section
1851 revised statutes, and, unless the hiring or
such mounts can be regarded as an incident TO
the object for which the appropriation was made
not prohibited by law and not otherwise provided
for the appropriation in question Is not avail
Service under the details authorized BY section
70 of the militia act. supra. Is military duty
that may be required OF any officer In the reg
ular army Therefore, any authorized expense
In connection Herewith would appear to be an
expense incident to service as an officer of the
regular army. And since such mounts as the
government Is authsrized TO furnish to officers
Of the regular army provided for In the APP
propriations for the support Of the army. said
appropriations are exclusively available for fur
nishng mounts TO such officers as are entitled
to be mounted at government expense. The hir-
ing of mounts for officers of the regular army
NOT entitled to be mounted at government ex-
pense would be in the nature of an additional
compensa ton and prohibited by section 1765. re-
vised statutes. The question submitted is an
lwered in the negative.
Captain Lee Heimberger and First
Lieutenant George Aldrich have re-
signed from Company 1, Second in
fantry, stationed at Oroville.