. Review of reviews and world's work. crificing his [)lan for at-tending his daughters wed-ding, and, x-eserving to him-self the questions of policyinvolving relations betweenthe army and the civil au-thorities and with the workof voluntary relitf, restoredto General Funston the actual direction of thetroops in and about San Francisco as a legitimatepart of his work as department questions of policy were serious, and of adelicate nature, requiring tact, faithful compli-ance with the law whenever possible, and yet awillingness to face new situations and accept re-sponsibility for
. Review of reviews and world's work. crificing his [)lan for at-tending his daughters wed-ding, and, x-eserving to him-self the questions of policyinvolving relations betweenthe army and the civil au-thorities and with the workof voluntary relitf, restoredto General Funston the actual direction of thetroops in and about San Francisco as a legitimatepart of his work as department questions of policy were serious, and of adelicate nature, requiring tact, faithful compli-ance with the law whenever possible, and yet awillingness to face new situations and accept re-sponsibility for unprecedented measures. One other agency, second only in importanceto tlie army, must not be overlooked, the pres-ence of which caused one of the numerous com-plications with which General Greely, GovernorPardee, and Mayor Schmitz have had to is the National Guard of California. Gov-ernor Pardee has held, and with entire justice,that the State is responsible for the maintenanceof order, and has refused, even on the request. Photograph by C. C. Iierce & Co., Los Aiisreles. THE DOME OF THE CITY HALL, FROM THE MARKET .STREET SIDE. of the mayor and the Committee of Fifty, towithdraw entii-ely the National Guard. An ar-rangement was soon effected by which one oririore of the districts into which the city wasdivided for military purposes were to be assignedto the militia, while the entire responsibility forsuch military force as was necessary in Oaklandand other places affected outside San Franciscowas also assumed by them. The National Guard,like the army, did efficient work, and the crit-icisms which were showered so freely in the news-paper dispatches and current rumors of the firstfew days appear to have had little, if any, foun-dation. Under the direction of the Mayors FoodCommittee, of which an influentialJewish J. Voorsanger, was chairman, and among 686 THE AMERICAN MQNTHL Y REI^IEIV OF REI^IEIVS. wliose energetic associates were John ])runiniand Oscar Coo
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