Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.

NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
THE National Guard of Ohio has been called
into action l6 times In the last ten years.
The commission of Captain R. W. A. Sim
mons, of Company H, Eighteenth Regiment,
expires on the 9th of this month.
GENERAL E. BURD GRUBB, who, up until
few weeks ago, commanded the Philadelphla
City Troop, is candidate for Governor OF
New Jersey.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ANGLocH. of Com
pany E, Eighteenth has rendered his resigna-
tion. Private business absorbing his Whole
time is the cause.
DURING tue mouths of August and Septem-
ber, So commissions were issued throughout the
State. of which one went to the Fourteenth
Regiment and five to the Eighteenth.
THE pay roll of Company c, Fourteenth Reg
iment, for services at Johnstown amounts to
SI0,9l6 The boys are waiting for it patiently
and will have little ''blow OUT when 1t ar
rives.
OWING to the inspection of the Fourteenth
Regiment on October Is, the date of the shoot
for the Brown & Hirth medal has been changed
to October D Entries can be made to Leuten-
ant Brown up until October 10. The medal was
won last year by Adjutant Robb, of the Four
teenth.
THE Washington Infantry had well at
tended drill at the company armory last Friday
evening Lieutenant Neibaum. who has been
absent from the city for some time on account
of the injuries he received in the West Penn
wreck Of few months ago. is back among the
boys again, more or less recovered.
CAPTAIN o. c. Coon, of Company, Nc
Keesport, has offered very pretty gold medal
to the member of his company who makes the
highest score in qualifying, with sharpshooters
barred. Captain Coon expects to qualify every
member Of his company this season. as he
already has S. men through, II of whom are
sharpshooters.
THE commission Of Captain William E.
Thompson, of Company !, Fourteenth Regi-
ment, expired last Wednesday, and an election
will shortly be held to fill the vacancy. Captain
Thompson has not made up his mind yet
whether to accept a reelection or not as he is
somewhat tired of the manner in which certain
things are run in the regiment. He has made
an excellent company commander, and the
Fourteenth will miss him sadly.
REMARKABLE amount of activity is at
present being displayed in the National Guard
of Ohio. Besides issuing new overcoats and
rifles throughout the different organizations
the State has decided to form signal and tele-
graphic corps, and Lieutenant Walshe, of the
Government Signal Office. will probably be
detailed to lend his assistance ana knowledge
in forming the new organizations.
COMPANY of the Fourteenth Regiment
Captain Nesbit arrived home from Johnstown
last Thursday evening, after tour of almost
four months continuous duty. Of course there
were numerous changes in the company dur
ing that period. but many of the members re-
manned during the entire tour. Some of the
boys have over 100 days pay due them from the
State, the funds being expected to arrive last
night. This is the last of the militia which
was stationed at Johnstown.
THERE is considerable trouble in the Gov
errors Troop. the cavalry organization of the
Third Brigade stationed at Harrisburg At
recent meeting of the company Captain Per
klns dismissed Is members who were plotting
TO have General Goblin, Commander of the
Third Brigade discharge Perkins for ipcnm-
potency and because he was unpopular. The
trouble began at The Mt. Gretna encampment
when Captain Perkins took Lieutenant Wake
myers sword from him for insubordination,
and now Walkemyers friends are trying to oust
the Captain.
COLONEL NORMAN N. SMITH was unani.
mously reelected Colonel of the Eighteenth
Regiment last Tuesday evening. and immedi-
ately afterward rendered the officers of his
command a banquet at the Duquesne Club,
Colonel Smith has reappointed his entire staff,
which is made up as follows: Surgeon, DR.. C.
c. Wylie; First Assistant Surgeon, DR.. W. T.
English; Second Assistant Surgeon, Dr. O. s.
Brumbaugh: Adjutant, Charles Reese; Quar-
termaster, Charles E. Brown; Inspector of
Rifle Practice, A. L. Pearson, Jr.; Chaplain,
heN- MllIlSdus OOuluissdIg, a J. Logan; PaV-
master, w. H. Davis, and Assistant Quarter.
master, Harry F. Davis.
The date for the inspection of the Four.
teenth Regiment by Adjutant General Hast
ings has been changed to October Is at IL A. M.
The inspection will be held at Banm's Grove in
the East End, and the companies Of the regi.
ment are expected TO assemble at Union
station ats A. NJ. sharp. Refreshments for
the men Will be served on the grounds. and
Colonel Parchment extends an invitation to
the general public to be present on the occas-
ion. After the inspection proper. the regiment
will be exercised in battalion movements, guard
mounting, and finish up with a dress parade.
AS it is the first inspection of the kind held in
this city for some years, il is expected that
quite number Of visiting officers will be pres
ent.
THE Second Brigade Examining Board met
at the Monongahela House last Wednesday
and Thursday evenings. and looked into the
qualifications of 40 or so candidates for COM
missions IN the National Guard. Applicants
from the Tenth, Fourteenth and Eighteenth
Regiments were examined Wednesday even.
ing while those from the other organizations
of the Brigade were heard Thursday evening.
The examinations taken as a whole were the
since the board was organized, and it is safe TO
say that at least half dozen applicants will be
rejected. Aside from tactical questions. can.
didates were rigldly examined in history
geography, spelling and writing in fact were
put through as severe test as generally given
for admission to West Point