San Francisco Call, Volume 95, Number 88, 26 February 1904 — ANNUAL INSPECTION OF TROOPS AT THE PRESIDIO [ARTICLE]

ANNUAL INSPECTION OF TROOPS AT THE PRESIDIO

Cavalry and Field Artillery Will Pass in Full Review Before Major Wisser To-Day. The annual full review and inspection of the cavalry and light artillery stationed at the Presidio will take place at 9 o'clock this morning on the golf links. Major John P. Wisser will review the troops. Major John Bigelow Jr. will be in command of the joint forces. First on the programme will be the full dress review, then will follow inspection and general maneuvering, winding up with pitching Sibley tents according to the rules of actual campaign service. The 600 marines that are to go on board the transport Buford will go from this port as soon as the vessel returns from Portland, where she is now loading lumber. For what point the Buford is intended has not as yet been made public. Captain W. H. Adams of the Royal Irish Lancers paid his formal farewell call upon General MacArthur yesterday. Captain Adams will sail to-mor-row on the China for Japan, sent there by the English Government to acquaint himself with the Japanese language. Captain Thomas C. Woodbury will leave this morning at 10 o'clock to join his new regiment, the Third Infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky. The transport Thomas, now on the way from Manila, is bringing 413 Philippine scouts under command of Colonel Frank de L. Carrington, en route to the St. Louis Exposition. The Twelfth Infantry was due to arrive late last night from the East, and early this morning it is expected to go into camp at the Presidio.