The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANC 0 CALL, WED AY, APRIL 27, 1898 THE GOVERNOR'S INITIAL fnrolled Members of the Organized Division of the National Guard of California Get the First Chance to Enlist in the Volunteer Army of the United States. Other Enlistments Will Be Received to Again Recruit the Guard to Its Normal Strength. The Gommander in Chief Directs That Four Batteries of Heavy Artillery Be Immediately Organized---Order to Open Emergency Rolls. RDER T0 THE TROOPS AFTER TWO BATTERIES. Late last evening General R. H ok qualified mer volunteers teries of hea Ninth and Tenth streets COCO0000000000 C0000CC0O000CO0C0O00C00C0COC0O00000000Q00C00Q G. C,, received orders from the Goverrior to at once proceed to enroll two batteries of heavy artillery, 200 men in each battery, for service he quota of troops called for by the War Department. eer and enlist for two vears, unless sooner discharged. Mem- onal Guard will be given the preference between the ages of 18 and 45 years need artillery called for, one company will Angeles. one in Sacramento and two in San Fran- Applicants can present themselves at any time after morning, at the old armory on Wa ield, commanding Second Bri- Such men in volunteering. Market street, between O00000000000000 C 70T e £ e ) '_. / § / DIVISION ( |AVAL BAT TALION CO H 2% INFANTRY sleep in for the present without using the new ones. Lieutenant-Colonel George Peppy of the Governor’s staff was also at head- quarters. During the fore and after- noon there was a continual stream of officers and civilians pouring into head- | quarters who desired information and a chance to enlist. The commander-in- chief, Generals Barrett and Warfield and Captain Carrington were busy re- cefving and sending dispatches and at- | tending to the numerous detail duties attendant © upon their offices. The scenes presented were those of anima. tion, and upon the arrival of The Call’ special war bulletins, which are posted every hour in the adjutant-general's | office, the officers congregated around them and eagerly discussed the latest information from the seat of war. Sergeant H. B. Sullivan of B Com- pany, First Infantry, of this aitv, ar. rived at headquarters about 2 o'clock and reported to the adjutant-general that his company on Tuesday night had passed upon thirty-two applications for 1bership in the company and select- ed fifteen new men. The non-com- missioned officers of the company are acting as a board of investigation, and they are using the same prec: -tion to select only men best fitted for the ser- vice as is done in times of peace. S geant Sullivan reported the greatest patriotism and eagerness to serve the Government existing among the rank and file of his company, and,.in fact, a similar spirit pervades the remaining rank and file of the entire regiment. Many of those who called at head- quarters to see the ranking officers of the tional Guard upon other than military business were denied an audi- ence, as the urgent press of Govern- ment business prevented their being heard. Steckton and Sacramento and other points in the State were in constant communication with the Governor over the long-distance telephone. All of these conferences we- held in the Gov. ernor's private audience rooms and their nature was closely guarded and have received it officially from the ‘War Department. However, I take it that the telegraphed copy of the letter furnished me by The Call is exactly similar in wording and lan- guage to the one thathas been mailed me by Secretary Alger. 1n the letter it says: ‘The rendezvous for your State will be in San Fran- cisco. If for any cause it is found necessary to change point of concen- tration your recommendation is re- quested.” ”? There is no haste at present and no action can be taken by myself until I receive the letter, but at pres- ent I am of the opinion that one reg- iment at least will rendezvous at Los Angeles, and the remainder, in all probability, at San Francisco. The letter received by the press is, as I understand it, a circular letter that has been sent out to all the Gov- ernors, and the letter of details, re- ferred to in the dispatch of Monday, that I received from Secretary Alger, is on its way here. Colonel Patton held a conference with Governor Budd late in the afternoon, and at its conclusion he gave out for publication the statement that he had been assured that in the event of the | National Guard beiug ordered East, th> Regiment of Southern Colifornia Vol- unteer Cavalry would be given the preference of the second call, and, in fact, would practically form the nu- cleus of a new National Guard. Captain Carrington, U. S. A., was first made acquainted with the fact that he had been detalled by the United States Government to muster in the State troops through one of The Call's | Special War Bulletins. He said: “I don’t know until I recelive my official orders whether I shall open my office [ N R R NN RN RN RRRRNRIRRNNNRRRRRRR| LOVERNOR BUDD'S FIRST ORDER. About 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon Adjutant-General Barrett, acting under the instructions of Governor Budd, issued the following letter from headquar ters, which explains itself : SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 1898. The following circular .of instructions is issued for the information and guidance of all concerned: A call will soon be made by the President of the United States upon the Governor for two regiments and two battalions of infantry and four batteries of heavy artillery—in all about 4000 men—perhaps for service without the State. Such men must be vol- unteers and enlist in the army of the United States for two years, unless sooner discharged. Members of the National Guard will be given the preference nUNRLNVULR 0 8N o ] in volunteering, and present formations will be pre- é‘ served as far as practicable. All officers, both com- 3’} pany and regimental, must be appointed by the 51 Governor. It is absolutely essential that only physi- -Xi cally qualified men between the ages of 18 and 45 ”‘, should volunteer, and those with families dependent | upon them for- suppcrt should not be allowed to g volunteer. Report at once to general and also to | R, . : 8| division headquarters direct number of men in each | of your companies qualified as above and who will g] | kept secret from the press. lunteer. Also open eme 1l | ' Lieutenant Sydney Amos Cloman, U. volunt pen emergency rolls for as many g‘ | | SA, who has charge of the corps of as will volunteer of like qualified men. The Na- £ i cadets at the University of California, % : S 2 l( | called at headquarters to pay his re tional Guard must be recruited and maintained even s ) spects and ascertain the latest infor- H 2 ) © | mation from the front. Rabhi Voor- |8 after these 4000 men are furnished, as we must | ' sanger also called upon the Governor | s | { | and held a private conference o short always be prepared for duty, and theré may be a de- = \ duration with the State’s chief execu- . \ tive. It is thought that his visit was mand for troops for the defense of our coast. By B3 ) relative to matters pertaining to the |3 order commander-in-chief. 3 2 ; 2| b A. W. BARRETT, Adjutant-General. g/ ~ i; The letter was the result of a long conference held by & N ¢ Governor Budd with his trusted military advisers, This ac- | o SAESQ'%NISG TR N ¢ tion was taken in anticipation of the orders from the East, g | 3 2% INFANTRY ) SIGNAL CORPS 15 BRIGADE N :3 which are expected at any time, 5 5 8 i PETALUMA N PR LR R L R A e oL D . i 57 (NFANTRYY N rett, Dickinson and Warfield and Cap- | here or in Los Angeles. I will prob- | \ tain Carrington, U. 8. A. At 4 o'clock | ably have offices in both places. I| B STOKTON Governor Budd gave out the following i will open my office in this city near the | N » | statement: 5! armory and employ a fo: 7 ks | SAN FRANCISCO %9"5(N’F§Afi¥g‘( N ' “The letter of instructions sent out | and rush the business thl;%eugc}g"cmrhs ST INFA - 9 ~ by Secretary Alger has been under ‘i (Ta;,:tainhcarringtop was of the opin- | = BRIGAQE ¥ ified i R ’ e what modified in many particulars. 2 DIVISIONS NAVAL BATTALION N 5 Generals Warfield, Lgst andfir;(uller] e will be requested to furnish from their | 3 brigades companies tc man the heavy < artillery. General Warfield is expected j & Lo ‘fux:inlsh two companies and the other : ) 4 rigades one company each. 3 SANA(, dson \_ The news of the blowing up of the 1 DIVI ‘ N California Powder Works at Santa INAVAL BATTALION 3 Cruz created considerable excitement > A, 7 E SNO N at headquarters. Regarding the rumor SALINAS COS CAND T R th:ue tsha ?x}];losig;\ thm(d; been due to 2z N some Spanish subject, General Barrett MAP FOR THE WAR DE- LK‘SB&S 67" INFANTRY : said that the information he had o ceived was too meager to permit of hi; PARTMENT. eMvaLIA > expressing an opini. Lo or S & SR ° O E. 3 R thsm'v‘.‘te d:&ys agroGGovenllosr Budd called & 8™ e attention of General Shafter to the 9 Ciptin Carington, Tist United © INFANTRY D exposed condition of the powder works, © the California National Guard, has © & \ Qr;;?;i;s ;gssgfihtr%?tstfioe g\grd th: © been directed by the Secretary of O N 3 officers of © War to forward to the War De- O ; © partment immediately a map of ©Q 3 \ * o © California, showing the rallroad © © lines of the State and also the © 2 © towns In which regiments{ comd- 8 N © panies or other organizations o X © the Guard are stationed. s © ) BARERSFIEL A © cordance with instructions Cap- C © tain Carrington yesterday trans- © 6™ INFANTRY N © mitted a map on which was delin- © © eated the location of every organ- ©Q n © lzation of State troops. [*] o o o e - C00CCCO0O0000C00000 THE VOLUNTEERS. State Troops to Go Into IDl = G Cpinp at Ban Fane o uAvAL BATTALION) (i 7 hy and Los Angeles. : 05 Al s Bright and early yesterday morning | ¢ora nis arrival at headquarters, had COSA.C.ANDF °o D (SRIVERSID L7 General Barrett's headquarters were|yoig 5 conference with the Attorney- 77 INFANTRY. 7 INEANTR m opened and another day of active Work | General. SIGNAL CORPS 3™BRIG S NS was commenced. Captain Carrington, | - colonel J. F. Smith of the First In- TROOP D. CAVALK SANTA ANA Colonels Bush and Burgin were bUsy | ganery was one of the early arrivals = during the early part of the day pre- | 5¢ headquarters and was closeted for \ paring a report of the equipments, SuP- | gome time with the Governor, as was g plies and ammunition to be forwarded | [ feytenant-Colonel Patton of Los An- N ::;;‘: (_f:i’::";f'm' These reports were | geleg of the newly organized volunteer Red Cron izath N the élasclfir-atxndrge dlfmmél ~blanks, of | cavalry regiment of that county. Cap- ra(;wbl ;.oa; g‘;fxefia h‘;,"bo;?;‘lg e{;}“e“' 15 il DRObaBilty “hmgh Will be | tain D. A. Smith, the adjutant of the | ¢k who joined the group of atafs Sm: €0 B. 7™INFANTRY Shortly after noon, 'fi:p(.e_ Hiant, Fifth Infantry, reported to General | cers in General Barrett's anteroom. | DIVIS\ON A s e FOVETNOr, ac- | Barrett that the new uniforms pur- | Major Naphtaly of General Warfield's AVAL BATTALION A, Hved at headquarters ‘Li-general, ar- | chased by the State for the Fifth had | staff was also among the officers at P SAN DIEGC et i eps et ine and he was|peen turned over to him. He desired | headquarters. : d L\ e *d 2 copy Of the letter of instruc- | to know what disposition to make of ( The Governor was cal'ed upon by e tions ‘from Recretary of War Alger. | them. Captain Smith said that if the | Several persons who desired to have an This letter, which is a copy of the one mailed on Monday from the War De- partment, was furnished the Governor by The Call, which had it telegraphed here by its Washington correspondent. The Governor, it was ascertained be- men were to be ordered out and mus- tered into the United States service he thought that their present uniforms would suffice, and he did not see the use of issuing the new ones to the men. The old uniforms were good enough for the soldiers to fight. travel and audience relative to civil business, but he did not see them, and he issued the strictest orders to admit no one, as his time was entirely occupied in the con- sideration of purely military matters. The Governor was in conference dur- ing the afterncon with Generals Bar- | rarily taken from post to post by Gov- | Third Artill | is upon his own application transferred | to Troop I, Sixth Cavalry, and will be | amauga Park. | taining to the medical supply depot in | | this city to Lieutenant-Colonel John V. | D. Middleton, deputy surgeon-general | to know that in case the President re- | HARBOR DEFENSES IN GOOD HANDS A1l Artillery Troops Placed Under Command of Colonel M. P. Miller. Captain Henry C. Dames Will Be Placed in Charge of the Dynamite Guns Mounted at the Presidio. As announced exclusively in yester- day’s Call Colonel M. P. Miller, Third enough to send one of her cruisers around here to salute the people of Ban Artillery, has been placed in command Fl"rtllnr,lsm) with ?‘hm :md1 s‘hh&n.r o e he trustees discusséd the formation of all the artillery troops and defensive cf auxiltar mpanies of artillery and works of this harbor. text of the order headquarters: Following is the from department also the fitting out auxiliary cruis- ers to protect this city and coast. Nothing, however, was decided on at the meeting; the wholé question being laid over till to-day, when the trustees will again hold a meeting, at which representative citizens will be present by invitation to comnsult on thc modus operandi of carrying out the views of the trustees on the proposition. General H. C. Merriam, commanding the Departménts of Columbia and Cali- fornia, was represented by Major Ed- ward Field, Second Artille U. 8 A, acting adjutant-general, Department of California. Francisco, No. 6. Colonel M. P. Miller, Third Artillery, 1s | hereby placed in command of all artillery troops. guns and defensive works, and in controi of all war materials in and about San Francisco harbor, for purposes of in- struction defense. Post commanders ile exercising their functions in post administration will sub- | ordinate all other considerations to meet | the demands of Colonel Miller he im- portant duties signed him in t order. Officers and detachments may he tempo- ernment transportation, at the discretion 7\ of Colonel Miller, for necessary instruc- NAVY SERVICE' tion without change of station. T It is expected that all officers and Gov- ernment agents charged witn functions | Admiral - Kirkland Directs connected with harbor defense will keep in close touch and hearty co-operation | HOW Applications Must for effective defense at all times. By | d command of Brigadier-General Merriam, | Be Made. = The following circular has been is- EDWARD FI ) Major Second Artillery, Acting Assistant | c sued by Admiral Kirkland: NAVY-YARD, MARE ISLAND, Cal., ‘Adjutant-General. | Yesterday Colonel Miller visited the | o A s pril 25, 1898. Presidio, and after conferring with LR A All applications for appointments in the navy Lieutenant-Colonel Louls T. Morris, | must be addressed to the Honorable Secretary Fourth Cavalry, commanding the post, | of the N selected the g ters recently vacated by Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace F. Ran- dolph. | Battery G, now at Angel Island, and Battery E, at Fort Mason, will take DG, eir ages, places of 1 n board at Mare Is ¥ r} A i 8-S station at Fort Point to-morrow. o A It is talk among artillery officers that ———— the command of the pneumatic dyna-| FEARLESS RIDERS. mite battery will be assigned to Cap- tain Henry C. Danes. Battery I, Third United States Artillery. Captain Danes is a native of South Carolina and entered West Point July | 1, 1879. He was graduated June 13, | 1883, and appointed second lieutenant Third Artillery; February 10, 1891, he was appointed first lieutenant Third artillery; a year ago he received his captaincy in the same regiment. An order v i yesterday from A Regiment of California Rangers May Be Offered. The offielal call for volunteers from California embraces only infantry and heavy artillery, but it is possible that an organization of mounted men, known as the California Rangers, may be accepted in addition to the regular department headquarters suspending | quota. further carbine practice of the cavalry | The organizers of the regiment, troops at the Presidio, required by gen. amohg them George W. Fox, H. D. eral orders No. 2, current series. Knight and Thomas O'Brien, assert Troops B, C, I and K, Fourtn Cav- alry, now at that post, are prepared and ' ready for field service, and are now waiting for instructions from the ‘War Department ordering them to the front. | About three days now intervene be- tween guard tours of the regular cav- alrymen. Previous to the departure of the First Infantry for New Orleans | and good marksmen. The Tegiment i3 ten days Intervened between guard du- | {o he recruited from the State at large e 4 _ |and when the enrollment is complete By direction of the Secretary of War | the organization will be tendered to the rivate Christian Ploss, Battery A, Secretary of ¥, now at the Presidio, | 5 | PULLMAN BERTHS. p, Chick- | that 800 rangers have been recruited and that the material is the best. George W. Fox, an e Union army, who participated in many of the campaigns of the Ci War, will probably command the T Hehasbeenrecommended for a ¢ commission. Many of the men of the regiment are fear 15 sent to the station of that troo; The Pullman Palace Car Company is Colonel Charles R. Greenleaf, assist-‘ in the ranks of the patriotic, as this ant surgeon-general, U. 8. A., who has been selected by General Nelson A. | letter testifies: Miles as one of his staff officers, has | Pullman's Palace Car Company. Office of been directed by the adjutint-zeneral | {he, Gene uperintendeut, Chicago, of the army to transfer his duties per- A elon, General Su Relative to P s_Entering the Unite Mr. J. P. Meehan, Superinte Francisco—Dear Sir: The aqu been raised as to whether posi be kept open for empioye enter the Uni connection sider such and chief surgeon, Department of Cali- fornia, who will perform them in addi- tion to his present duties. It is rumored by those in a position o desire to ¢, and in this we will con- an indefinite ves as on leave of absence, and restore their posi- tions on the expiration of their enlist- stores retired army officers to active | duty, General O. D. Greene, adjutant- | general, U. 8. A, retired, now living in this city, will be assigned as adjutant- | general, Department of California, and | Colonel J. G. Chandler, assistant quar- | termaster-general, U. S. A. retired, | Iving in - erkeley, will be assi chief quartermaster, California. | At the meeting of the trustees of the | Chamber of Commerce yesterday after- | noon, consideration was given to the | proposition of aiding the Federal Gov- | fornia Garrison No. 101 be ready to ernment in every possib’ way to meet | take the field after forty-eight hours’ Spain should that country be foolish | notice from national headquarters. Yours truly, General Superintendent. C. A. GARCELON, READY ON NOTICE. ment. gned as | Department of | 54 the meeting of California Garrison No. 101, Regular Army and Navy Unlon, U. S. A., a resclution was unan- imously adopted to the effect that Cali- \ consideration of the letter, however, | the company replied that protection for that will be impossible until I was not needed CAPTAIN F. DEL CARRINGTON, Enrolling Officer of Volunteers for the Department of California.