Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ster hereinafterpublished. The War Department has manifested great interest in sending in-structors and literature, and furnishing information and supplyingequipment for the infantry of the National Guard, all of whichhas added to the labors and responsibilities of the National Guardofficers and National Guardsmen, and has made it more difficult tosecure enlistments than it was before such added duties were placedon the soldiers. Procuring enlistments in the National Guard is ag
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ster hereinafterpublished. The War Department has manifested great interest in sending in-structors and literature, and furnishing information and supplyingequipment for the infantry of the National Guard, all of whichhas added to the labors and responsibilities of the National Guardofficers and National Guardsmen, and has made it more difficult tosecure enlistments than it was before such added duties were placedon the soldiers. Procuring enlistments in the National Guard is agreat problem. With the decline of patriotism among our people, whichis surely occurring, the difficulty in securing enlistments concerted attempts have been made to have a militia pay billpassed by Congress, which, if passed, would have the effect of partiallypaying militiamen for their services. A bill has recently been passedby one house of Congress, providing for pay for militiamen, but it hasbeen hedged around by so manv conditions that I donl)t if it will be of v»V»;|(ig*§**«6»-^|W*K. OFFICERS OF FIRST Brigadier General Robt. Wankowski, commanding First Brigade. 2. Colonel David , commanding Fifth Infantry. 3. Colonel Wm. G. Schreiber, commandingSeventh Infantry. 4. Colonel Lon Bond, commanding Second Infantry. 12 REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAI^. an} service to the National Guard in its present form. Young menwho enlist and serve in the National Guard, without any compensationor attraction whatever as an inducement, do so from such downrightpatriotism as they may be imbued with, without the assistance of thestate or federal government. The greatest mistake of the officials ofthe War Department and of the inspector-instructors that are con-cerned with the success of the National Guard, is that they seem toassume that there is no difficulty about securing enlistments, that allthe} have to do is to lay out work and have the guardsmen p
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