The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1898, Page 5

THOUSANDS VISIT THE BOYS IN BLUE Volunteer Troops at the Presidio Receive Their Friends. Friendly Inerest Manifested by the Regulars—More Soldiers Arrive From the Interior. The camps of the First and Seventh .giments of Volunteers was the Mecca toward which San Francisco turned yesterday, ing untli retreat sounded and camp was closed at night, civillans of all| ages and both sexes paid homage to the brave boys in blue. During the morning hours the guards endeavored to keep the sightiseers without the regimental lines, but so had journeyed out to see friends and relatives in the ranks, that finally Smith and Berry concluded to relax discipline somewhat and allow their men to receive their friends. The result was that everybody on the res- ervation flocked into the company streets and the men found that Sun- day afforded them but little chance to T The members of the two regiments As for Lieutenant Nolan, he has 5 early began to fraternize, and the most ned everlasting gratitude for the Robe, U. S. A, \\'mvarrh‘e from Van- cordial relations soon existed. They | manner in which he dispatched rations | couver Barracks, “nshlnmon.:‘ It is exchanged visits, discussing the | and mp equipage to the troops after expected that these tr.ops will tem- S = ke e e | eir arrival at the Presidio. It is no | porarily occupy the barracks made va- | chances of being called in-- active ser- Lo provide for 2000 men, even | cant by the transfer of the First United | vice, and speculatine on which regi- “iven ample time, but Lieufenant | States Infantry to Tampa, Fla. The ment would be the first to start for | Nolan undertook it at a moment’s no- | battalion consists of Companies C. D, Manila. The regulars, too, found much | tice and performed the work most|E and F, officered by Captains Wil- and from early morn- | | Third Artillery and Fourth Cavalry. They are particularly indebted to Cap- tain Carrington and Lieutenant Nolan for the able manner in which those two officers have performed the onerous du- ties placed upon them. Captain Carrington has labored al- most unceasingly by day and night since he received his first orders from Washington to muster in the troops, and the rapidity with which he has pe: formed the work has excited the admi- ration of every officer and man in the National Guard. Every moment he austering in of the artil- , Captain Carrington put amp conferring with the intending th Y at the in commanding officers and arranging for the accommodation of the additional s. In the afternoon he had the from Sacramento sent out to the barracks for examination, and he is now ready to handle the two infantry battalions when they arrive to-day. | are used exclusively for actual field ser- R engaged, vesterday, in super- | Vice: wet down the ground and keep it thor- oughly sprinkled. With this nuisance abated the men will be perfectly con- tented. The First Regiment has already sub- mitted to the proper authorities esti- mates for wood, blankets, clothing, etc., and the articles are being delivered at the camp as soon as the requisitions have been approved and filled. To-day the Seventh, after being mustered into the United States service, will, through its quartermaster, submit similar requi- sitions for supplies. Captain Baldwin, the purchasing commissary in this city, is shipping 2 large quantity of rations to the post commissary at the Presidio, who will issue them to the volunteer troops as required. The contractor who furnishes fresh beef at the Presidio will also sup- ply fresh beef to the camp. The volunteers are armed with the “Springfield, .45,” and although it may not be the highest form of mili- tary rifle extant, its accuracy has for years been the boast and pride of the army in every fleld that has heard its bark. Even to-day among mfllm.ryl men it will, without doubt, hold its place as the best shooting plece at all practicable distances. The State tentage now in use at the camp is pot in the best of condition. The wall tents used by the officers and the common tents used by the enlisted men will soon be replaced by new tents to be issued by the Government from stock now on hand, or to be made, at the general depot of the Quarter- master's Department, 36 New Mont- gomery street. In addition to this sup- ply of wall and common tents, each man will be issued a half-shelter tent. These tents are about six feet long and A regular army officer was heard to remark vesterday, when asked what he thought of California’s volunteers: “T am greatly surprised to see the ma- terial of wi.ich the Californfa National Guard is composed. This looks more like a camp of regulars than a camp of volunteers.” This morning a_battallon of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, commanded by Major Charles F. Two ENDS of A TENT, | Corrze Sunday Scenes at the (HE FELL OFF A CRALKE R-BOX-) /// (o3} Il AnD Poraroes rom A Company Camp on the Presidio Plains. to interest them at the camp, and those | satisfactorily. The onty thing that who we not on guard duty spent|bothered him Saturday was to get most of the day with the volunteers. bread. Flour there was in plenty, but They were heartily welcomed, and or- | there were no dutch ovens to bake in, | ders were issued allowing them to come | and the accommodations at the Pre- and go whene they saw fit. sidio Barracks were entirely inade- The youngsters were anxious to profit 1 experience of the regulars, who much valuable advice re- ling camp life. They took the s in hand, taught them how 1d their blankets czcording to itions, open up the tents and in- le other little things the men | irn, and when once learned add to their comfort and wel- he forenoon Generals Dickin- | rrett, Colonel Burgin of the Colonels Macdonald, | Stanley and Barrere and Dohrmann of the National 1 upon Colonels Smith and headquarters, and later Miller, Third Ar-| panied by Lieutenants Woodward, Lieutenant | rriss, Fourth Cavalry, with | Yolan, rode over from the i their respects to the lonel officers of | two regiment. Captain | Jaldwin of the Commissary Depart- | ment also visited the camp and dis- | cussed the prob) and the Thy hus m of feeding the men | feeling between reg- volunteers—officers and on _aturday, was blished. The regular ) their praise of the personnel of the two regiments, and do , i not he: ate to sa that the officers— fle taff and line—are most efficient. T recognize the fact that with so | 3 who owledge of milit. the volunte before them ibsolutely no v duties or discip- | officers have a hard | 1 converting the raw | mater into perfect fighting ma- chines, but they are satisfied t] are fully equal to the task. s 3 On the other hand Colonels Smith and Berry, and th subordinate offi- cers, keenly appreciate the good will manifested toward them by the regu- lar officers, and thank their good for- tune in being quartered so close to the quate. However, he overcame that dif- ficulty vesterday by contracting with downtown bakers to deliver a sufficient quantity of bread daily to satisfy the demand u..til other arrangements can be made. Camp ovens will be provided, and Colonel Smith has discovered a first-class cook in his regiment who will be detailed to educate a number of men in the art of bread-baking. Colo- nel Berry will also adopt this plan, and in a few days the men will partake of bread of their own making. It was amusing to watch the boys preparing their meals over the field stoves, which are not intended for the preparation of fancy dishes. Most of the boys are only amateur ¢ooks at best, and their struggles with refrac- tory steaks,jacketed potatoes and wash boilers filled with steaming coffee taught their civillan friends a highly | prized object lesson in camp life. One thousand pairs of blankets were issued to the soldiers Saturday, in ad- dition to those they took into camp, so they have no trouble on that score. To most of them it came rather hard to | roll up in their blankets on the hard ground. Yesterday a large quantity of straw was hauled from the barracks, and last night the boys were made more comfortable. The greatest annoyance the soldiers have to endure is the dust.. The camp is located on the eastern extremity of the immense drill ground that is des- titute of vegetation and across which the wind sweeps with almost hurricane force. The tramping of the great erowds yesterday ground the top cover- ing of clay and the sand underneath into dust, which was blown in stifling clouds over the camp, filling the tents and causing the men to comment audi- bly on the weather. Colonel Morris, when he visited the camp, was quick to observe this disa- greeable feature, and informed the offi- cers that he would send the post sprinkling carts over in the morning to | | of its surgeons, and this will be used | | officers sat down to their first breakfast | who needed a physiclan's attention re ) liam M. McCammon, Frank Taylor and | John Murphy; Lieutenants Willlam S. Biddle, James Mitchell, Charles R.| ;\;raulhflfi, P. L. Miles and Ora E. unt. General Thomas M. Anderson, with | the headquarters band, and Companies | A and E, Fourteenth Infantry, sta- tioned at Skaguay, Alaska, have re- ceived _instructions from _General | Henry C. Merriam, commanding _the Departments of the Columbia and Cali- fornia, to proceed without delay to | Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and | thence to San Francisco. General | Anderson, who was recently appeinted | brigadier general, will be placed in| command of the regulars and volun- | teers encamped at the Presidio. He will form a brigade of the troops con- centrated in San Francisco. Captain Carrington has received or- ders from Washington to organize a hospital corps for the volunteers, con- | sisting of two stewards, two acting | stewards and fifty-eight privates. The First already has an excellent sanilar.\" corps in the field under the supervision as the nucleus for the new corps. The | Seventh also has a fine corps of | twenty-three men, all of whom arei practicing physicians, druggists or| students. This corps was not brought | up with the regiment, much to the dis- appointment of the members. who had | disposed of their practice or business | in anticipation of beir- called into ser- vice. When Captain Carrington received his orders, he conferred with Surgeon | General Hopkins, and the latter, after | a brief talk with Colonel Berry, tele- graphed to Los Angeles to the corps to come to Lao Francisco at once, and the men will start this morning. They will be added to the corps, which, Cap- tain Carrington thinks, will be one of the most efficient ever orzanized. i DR DOINGS OF THE FIRST | An Eventful Day to the Vol- unteers in Camp at the Presidio. Promptly at 5:450'clock yesterday morn- ing the long and unbroken rattle of the drums sounding the first call for reveille awoke the soldiers of the First Regiment of the United States California Volun- teers to thelr second day of duty. At the first tap of the drum the men turned out from their camps with the alacrity and precision of regulars. Ten minutes later the call was sounded for company forma- tion and the men fell in and answered their names to the sergeant's roll-call Then followed a short drill in the manual of arms, and at 6:10 o'clock the men and in camp with such appetites as they had never had before. At 7 o'clock the sick call was sounded, and thcse of the men ported to the hospital, where Captain Réethers and his corps of wide-awake assistants were ready to prescribe for them. s Yesterday being Sunday there was a church call at 10 o'clock, and those who desired to do so Were permitted to attend church, being issued passes so that they could get through the lines. Guard- mounting was at 8$:45 o’clock, and the as- sembly was sounded fifteen minutes later. The routine duties of camp life made the forenoon pass very rapldly, and when the call for dinner was sounded at noon men and officers alike were only too glad to artake of the substantial meal that ncle Sam provided for them. Just as the sun sank to rest out beyond the blue waters of the Golden Gate and the evening gun from Fort Point boomed out its salute to the flag, retreat was sounded and the men gathered in their | respective company streets to prepare for supper, which was served a half hour later. After supper until tattoo the men amused themselves by visiting each other in their tents, singing songs, telling jokes and availing themselves of the many things that help to brighten the life of the men who serve in the ranks. At 10:45 the call to quarters rang out upon the night air, and the noise and bustle of camp life quieted down as the men sought their tents preparatory to turning in for the night.” Promptly at 11 o'clock the wel- come sound of taps was blown and the lights from many lanterns were imme- diately extinguished, and the quiet and peace of night settled down upon the sleeping soldiers. This is a brief outline of the daily life of the volunteer soldiers of Giie Iirst Regiment, who have sworn | allegiance to the Government and whom Uncle Sam is rapidly turning into perfect fighting machines. he scenes in the camp at the Presidio yesterday were such as will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed them. Every man who wore the blue, it mat- tered not if there were no chevrons upon his sleeves or straps upon his shoulders, was a hero in some one's eyes. It may have been a loving mother, a devoted wife, an admiring sister or a faithful sweetheart, but in every instance some heart beat in sympathetic response to the one beneath the blue, and while the sense of separation was painful the knowledge that the son, husband, brother or lover was doing his duty more than recom- pensed for the heart’s sacrifice and the severing of sacred tles. Down in the company streets the soldlers showed girls through their quarters, while along offi- cers’ row every possible courtesy and at- tention was shown by Colonel Smith and his officers to the visitors. The men are rapidly getting into the ways of camp life and they take to the exacting routine with the best of good will and display the greatest desire to master the many smali details that make up camp life. They have been supplied with blankets, their rations are whole- some and bountiful and in a few days when everything has been placed upon & perfect military basis of operations they will have ceased to remember that they were ever civilians. Colonel Smith, whom the men have aiready dubbed “Fighting Jim Smith,” has shown such executive ability and displayed such a genius for managing military details that he has only increased the love of the men and officers and tneir confidence in and re- spect for him. Many of the men and officers came into the city yesterday to see their families and friends. Colonel Smith left the camp | in the morning for several hours and | Lieutenant Colonel Duboce assumed com- mand during his absence. In the morn- ing Colonel Duboce, Surgeon Rethers | and Captain O'Neill made the inspection of the camp and found everything in ex-| cellent shape and condition, ‘and the men | showed the greatest desire to acquire all | Setans regarding the placing of their | company Streets and tents in shape. | Captain T. F. O'Neill, Company M, was officer of the day vesterday, and Lieuten- ant O'Brien, Company H, officer of the guard. The guard consisted of thirty- &ight privates, three corporals and one | Sergeant. The band quarters are just | back of Colonel Smith's tent, and “the kitchen and offic: mess is just to the right of headquarters at the end of offi-| cers’ row. A telephone has been placed in Colonel Smith's headquarters for the use and convenience of the officers. The | guard tent had several prisoners in it vesterday, but their offenses were of a | minor nature, having been committed | largely through ignorance of military rules. One member of the regiment will be dis- charged on account of disability. He was seized with an epileptic fit and it was some time before he could beresuscitated. He said it was not the first spasm he had ever had, but the surgeons think it would | be inadvisable to continue him in serv- ice, especially if the regiment is ordered away. The following orders were issued by Colonel Smith yesterday, outlining the daily duties of the command while in camp. HEADQUARTERS FIRST REGIMENT 1FORNIA, U. S. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. Presidio, May 7, 183. Regimental Order No. 2. 1. The following hours of service and roll call applying to this camp are promulgated for the information, guidance and observance of all concern First call (revellle), 5:45 m.; revellle, 5 CAL- s m.; assembly after sound- ing off (drill manual of arms): mess call (breakfast), 6:1 m.; sick cal fatigue call, .3 drill call, -assembly, §: recall from drill, $: m.; guard mou 10 a. m.; assembly, 10:13 a. m.; first call inspection, 10:50 a. m. bly, 11 a. m.; recall from fatigue, a. m. first sergeant’s call, 12 m.; officer’s call, 12 m. mess call (dinner), 12:10 p. m.; fatigle call, | 1 p. m.; recall from fatigue, 5 p. m.; retreat (a0t Teart, ‘see time tabje); assembly: mess | call (supper), p. m.; tattoo, 9 p. call to quarters, 10 P m. SUNDAY a. m.; as- sembly, 9 a. m.; church celi, 10:45 a. m. Recrilt drill will be held daily from 7 to| 30, 9 to $:30 a. m., and 1 to 1:30, and 3 to p. m. Sergeant Maurice J. Sheehan, Company 1, is hereby detailed regimental clerk. Private Frank C. Young, Company K, Is hereby detail- ed clerk at headquarters. 3. Private Emanuel Levy, Company G, is detailed clerk in the quartermaster's de- partment. i. Private Edward M. Gorman, Company B, is hereby detalled as a laborer in the com- missary department. By order of COLONEL JAMES F. SMITH. A. J. KELLEHER, First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Regi- ment California U. S. Voiunteer Infantry. Below is a compiete roster of officers of | the First Infantr: Field and Staff—Colonel, lieutenant-colonel, Victor D. Duboce; major, Charles Boxton; major, Charles L. Tilden; major, Hugh T. Sime; -rst lientenant and adjutant, Alfred J. Kellehe rst lieutenant | and quartermaster, Frederick W. Dohrmann | alion adjutant, James F. Smith; Jr.; first_lteutenant and John J. West; first lieutenant and_ battalion | adjutant, Herman Huber: first lieuténant and battalion adjutant, Willlam H. Tobin; sur- | geon, Willlam D. McCarthy; assistant surgeon, | Patricinne J. H. Farrell; assistant surgeon, | | Theodore Rethers. Line Officers—Captains—Thomas F. O'Nelll, Company M; Thomas J. Cunningham, Company K; Frank W. Warren, Comapny H: Edgar C. | Sutliffe, Company G: John F. Connolly, Com- | pany A: John F. Eggert, Company L; James W." Dumbrell, Company C; George 'Filmer, Comapny B; John A. Miller, Company F; Rein- | hold Richter, Company 1; Thomas J. McCreagh, | “om- | Company D; William R. Kobertson, pany E. First L D. Finley, Com. pany K; Company L Charles 'E. C: George T. Ballinger, Company A; Thomas W. Sparrowe Company G: B. B. Sturdivant, Company B Tirmen A. Nippert. Company F; Otto F. Huber, Company 1; Edwin F. Davis. H; James H. Jordan. Company Hogan, Company M; F.' McGurren, Company D. Second Lisutenants—Carlton W. Sealy, Cor m- | pany K; Albert C. Adler, Company L F. Ramm, Company B;: Joseph A. Brow) pany A; George J. Petty, Company C; | N. Swasey, Company G: Timothy P.’ O'Brien, | Company H: Otto B. Schwerdtfeger, Company | 5 Edwin W. Rivers. Company M; Frank K. Moore, Company I: Fred L. Brown, Company F; James A. Hutton, Company D. Non-Commissioned * Staff Percy L. Badt; quartermaster- H. Wilkins. Regimental Non-Commissioned Officers—Chief musiclan, George H. Hollister; principal mu- sician, Jullan Altken; principal musician, Wil- Jard F. Pidwell; hospital steward, Kenneth S. Mackinzie; hospital steward, George L. Paint- e hospital steward, Emil Bertand; sergeant | hand). | Colonel Smith issued an order yesterday | that in future the families and friends of | the enlisted soldiers should visit the camp | only on Tuesdays and Fridays, between | 2 and 3 o'clock. The order, the colonel sald, was not intended to cause any incon- venience to the relatives and friends of | the soldiers, but to give the men a chance to attend to their duties without interrup- tion. Forty-seven cases of illness and_ acci- dents were reported to the hospital dur- ing the day. None of them were of a se- rious character. Most of them were of minor complaints due to the change in the mode of living for the men. A few bruises and trifling cuts due to slight accidents were dressed. THE NEED OF THE HOUR Rev. Oliver C. Miller of the Church of the Holy Spirit, 2127 Jackson street, preached yesterday from the text—I Cor. xvi:13: “Watch ve; stand fast in the faith, quit you like men; be strong.” In part he said: We must watch and fight as well as . In thislite nothing good Is obtained or malh: tained without contending for 1 Our text is o quotation from the address of the Phil- intine meneral to his soldiers before gofng into battle. “‘Be strong and quit yourselves like men, that ye be not servants; quit yourselves Ike men and fight”” What a soul-inspiring summans it is, not to be servants while in- humanity and injustice triumph over us. Sturdy manliness and supreme courage are the need of the nation to-day. These are not born of cemmerefal life, nor during peace but on Yloody battleflelds. The stirriag admonition of the Holy writ speaks to-day 10 our nation: “Ye have not_vet resisted unto biowl striving against sin. Both We as a nation and our ene- mies have sinned, and there is oniy one thin that will put away in, and that Is blood. This is why we should believe in this war. It was inevitable. accomplish his own purposes through it. has been now thirty-seven vears since our iast war. We read in the Book of Juiges this significant sentence: “’And the land had rest for forty years.”” This rest wae the price .f Plocaascd ~ Peaceful pursuiss do nat give sym- metrical development to national life. After ods of prosperity and rest, war seems to ‘:{:h;. %mn wvéns discipie perceive we the Taid down' bis lite tor Henry Sergeant-major, ergeant, Martin | me & necessity. of Jesus has said: love of God, because he FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1898. us; we ot ¢ to lay down our lives for the brethren. % t speaking of the heroic lives of the saints, the same disciple says: “And they loved- not their lives unto death.”) Let us in the strength of Jehovah the God of battle, defend the precious legacy of our forefathers, who fought and labored that we might enter into their labors. Everything pre- clous to the life of our nation was bought with blood, and by blood it must be maintain- ed. Let us prove ourselves worthy to muin- tain the blood-bought legacy of our heroic dead. But let us be sure to go into the conflict with prayer and with faith in God, as did our fore- fathers of whom it may well be said, “The world was not worthy.” We must either be patriots or paupers. Let us not partake of the blessings of liberty and not ralse our hand ‘to maintain it. Let us fight for our firesides ard our chiidren, lest they scourged beneath the lash of Inhumanity and oppression. Ours is a just cause and there- fore has the promise of a just God. Let us honor him and he will honor us. Give thanks to him for our victorles and even the stars in thelr courses that fought against Sisera will_fight for us. The essential principle of the herolc life is falth; it catches sight of the highest good and pursues it at all hazard America has a heroic ancestry, and dars not degenerate under the influence of a cursed money-getting, pleasure-loving spirit. Let us catch the words shouted down the ages from & myriad of herofc lips now speechiess forever, and yet never dyin Quit you like men, be strong!” FOR THE WHOLE WORLD Extracts from a sermon preached by Professor Warren H. Landon of the Theo- logical Seminary at San Anselmo in Cal- vary Presbyterian Church, San Francis- co yesterday from the text—Mark xvi:15: “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” This was Chrl in it no home missions or foreign missions, distinguished one from the other, ~but evangelization of the entire world. If the Bible knows anything about home or forelgn mis- sionary work, that is home missions which lies nearest Calvary, where Christ was crucified, and where tbe Christian Church began, namely, Syria, Persia and Egypt and the like, foreign mission countries being those more remote, such as this new continent upon which we live. Missions originated with Christ. Dr. Van Dyke of New York has well said: enterprise is not the church's afterthought. It is Christ's forethought. It Is not secondary and optional. It is primary and vi “All the world,” says the text. 1 tions,” says Matthews’ account. “'All nations,” says Luke's gospel. ‘In Jerusalem and in all Judea and In Samaria, and unto the uttermost Part of the earth,”” siys the account in Acts. Either Christianity is a religion for the entire last command. There is as th | world_ or its founder was mistaken. But what has this last command of Christ to do with us? What relation to us as individuals? What relation to us as a church? That depends mainly upon our relationship to him who gave the command. Why have some men gone from California to New Orleans and to Tampa, and are ready to sail for Cuba, while others of us remain in San Francisco attending regularly to our business as if_there was no war with Spain? Because they had enlisted and were bound by their oath to yield prompt obedience to the orders of their commanding officers, whithersoever they were sent. They enlisted mot for service at home or abroad, but for service wherever the Gov- ernment_directed. So we see some bound for Cuba. We see some bound on our naval vessels for Porto Rico. We are likely to see some sailing for the Philippine Islands. It seems to me something like going into all the world, some to the far east, some to the far west, wherever the enemy is, and wherever the Gov- ernment directs. Where has there been any hesitation? Where any lack of enthuslasm in the army or in the navy? By what right, then, do we sit still when he says go? he says advance? I believe the whole church needs to ask the question, who is captaln here? Whence came the orders the Christian is bound to obey? This is a missionary com- mand given by a missionary commander. The great “'go’’ of our text was spoken by one who went first himself. The Son of God stayed not in_heaven to issue orders to go forth. He came hither himself on a mission world-wide in its scope. What battles he fought! What victories he won! Our nation i& engaged at the present time in_a forelgn mission enterprise. Why_ should this nation be at war with Spain? "She has not raided our borders. She has made no un- just demands upon us. It was not for the purpose of acquiring territory. Some of the excitement which precipitated the conflict may have been caused by so-called *‘jingoism,™ some by ‘‘vellow journalism’; but underneath all is_the spirit at work, a spirit of self-sacri- fice for humanity’s sake. This nation has gone beyond its own borders In the interest of another people for bumanity’s sake. It is a foreign mission enterprise under another name. We are fighting, not for our own country, but for another people, in whom we have some commercial interest, but no other important interest except our interest in humanity, in righteousness, in justice. Well will it be if there is awakened by this war a still deeper and wider interest in humanity, an interest to be shown not by sending out cruisers and bat- tleships, but by sending forth in greater num- bers the embassadors of peace under the ban- ner of the cross, an interest to be shown by withholding the evil and sending forth more of the good, an _interest to be shown as the Congo convert would have it shown. He wrote the following letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, said to have been the first one ever written in_ English by a Congo native: ““Great and Good Chief of the Tribes of Chris Greeting! The humblest of your servants kiss- es the hem of your garment and begs you to send to his fellow servants more gospel and less rum. In the bonds of Christ. Ugalla.” Rum goes not only from England but also from Boston and other American ports to destroy the nations of Africa. There Is not a_soul among ue but believes there ought to be a heartler obedience to the last commaud of Christ. - BOYS IN BLUE ARE HONORED. Owing to the fact that a number of the young men of the First Christian Church in this city have volunteered to go to the war and that there is also on board the battle-ship Oregon one of the young men of the church, the congregation yester- day morning passed the following resolu- tion: WHEREAS, The spirit of patriotism has prompted some of the young men of our con- gregation, to_wit: Brethren F. S. Brown, A. & Wagner, Edward Norton and W. E. Flu- hart, to respond to the call of our President for Volunteers to defend and uphold our belove flag In the cause of humanity; therefore Resolved, That it is with great regret we see these brethren go from us to expose them- selves to the dangers of war, though we can but recognize the nobllity of spirit which prompts them thus to respond to their coun- try’s call. Resolved, That the sympathy and the pray- ers of this church are with these young men, that God may protect them from the dangers of war and return them to us in safety. Resolved, That we commend them to God and to the word of his grace, which s able to Puild them up and give them an inhéritance among all them that are sanctified. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the church and a copy transmitted to each of these young ment RED CROSS EXECUTIVE MEETING. OAKLAND, May 8.—Mrs. G. D. Abbott, president of the Red Cross Soclety of this city, has called a meeting of the execu- tive committee for Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the Ebell Socfety rooms. A delegation from all affiliated socleties— educational, beneficial, social and relig- fous organizations—are requested to be present. They have issued a call for comfort bags, good reading matter and $2000 in cash for the California Volunteer: who, it is expected, will leave on Saturda; for Manila. Donations may be left at Bowman's drug store, Broadway and Ninth street, and Wheeler's grocery store, Broadway, near Fourteenth street. PREPARING FOR THE MATINEE. The managers and attaches and per- formers of the Orpheum Theater are hard at work preparing specialties for the monster benefit performance to be given on Thursday afternoon for the benefit of the l.ed Cross fund. The members of the orchestra will excel themselves on that Gav.. Special music will be the order and Director E. M. Rosner and Leader B. Jaulus are already preparing selections and arranging for rehearsals. The musicians are enthusiastic and they romise many startling features. The rpheum orchestra is well known to every theater-goer in the city and it has never been known to make a faflure yet. T AT a «THE CALL'S" PRAISES SUNG. 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