Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-27
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH, /,


AND j. B. HOWELL,
NEAR UNIoNTowN, July 26. y
Soon the sound of bugle and trumpet will
cease to echo and re-echo through the val.
leys and the mountains, calling sleepy sol
dier boys from their slumbers. The ma
jority are just beginning to realize what q
pleasant place they have struck, and would
like to stay the IA days allowed by law. A
few are homesick, though, and others are
beginning to feel the pressure of business.
About 20 in all broke camp to-day and left
for their respective homes. Captain A. j.
Logan, of ,.he Eighteenth Regiment, was
about the only officer of the party.
To-day will certainly 90 on record as the
quietest day of the encampment. Visitors
were very scarce, with the exception of a
small crowd at dress parade of the Eight
eenth. the last drill of the encampment.
LAST BATTALION DRILL.
The Tenth had battalion drill in the
afternoon, as their final work of the encamp-
ment. All the morning was devoted to
rifle practice in the Tenth. Lieutenant
Critchfeld, Inspector of Rife Practice, Sc
lected ten of the best marksmen from each
company. and each of the companies did
good shooting except Company G, OF Union
town, the wind getting so high as 70 make
accuracy impossible. The Eighteenth had
no rife practice during the emcampment.
In the Tenth shoot, Company B, of New
Brighton, made the highest average grades,
with Company E, of Mt Pleasant, as a close
second. Lieutenant Critch6eld expects to
select his regimental team from those Sc
lected to-day to compete in the shooting at
Mt Gretna next year.
Several elections we're held in the Tenth
last night and to-day. Company c elected
Lieutenant Augendobler First Lieutenant,
and First Sergeant Gustav Schaaf Second
Lieutenant. CompanyI elected Regimental
Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Donohue,
Jr., First Lieutenant In Company E,
Private James Harkins was elected Second
Lieutenant Company elects a first
lieutenant tonight.
THE PHOTOGRAPH FEATURE.
A feature Of to-day's work among officers
and privates was that of examining the
almost hundreds of photographs taken dur
ing the encampment. Nearly everybody of
importance has been photographed except
Imogene, the huge mastiff owned by Major
Kay. Everybody in camp had their quar-
tiers preserved on a dry plate and often as
many times as the group in front of the
tent changed.
The guardhouses of each regiment con-
tanned very small aggregate of prisoners
last night. The same guard that is on to-
day remains all night.
The Eighteenth Regiment Band furnished
considerable amusement by mock serenad-
ing. They got themselves up as a German
street band, and did there best to wiring out
inharmOnious sounds
The Clinton House, Uniontown, was the
af Oh
officers of the Eighteenth gave an assembly
for some of their Uniontown friends, and
it is safe to say it was
THE BRIGHTEST GATHERING
of ladies and gentlemen ever seen in Union
town. The whole upper floor, parlors and
dining room was thrown open for their re-
ception and beautifully decorated. A guard
OF enlisted men from the Eighteenth Regi-
ment stood at the doorways, giving the
affair military appearance. The gentle
men from Uniontown, without exception,
were in full evening dress and the officers of
the regiment in full uniform. The ladies
were all in elegant evening dress. Mrs.
Chambers McKibben and Colonel Smith
and Mrs Speer received the guests in the
ladies' parlor. The following officers of the
Eighteenth Regiment were present: Col.
Smith, Colonel Rutledge, Colonel McKib-
Pearson, Lieutenant Charles Brown, Lieu
tenant H. f. Davis, Captain w. H. Davis,
Captain A. ]. Logan, Captain j. P. Penny,
Captain William Awl, Lieutenant Horace
Lowrey, DR.. G. c. Wylie, DR.. W. T. En-
glish, DR.. Oscar Brumbach, Major j. G.
Kay. The music was given by ten pieces
OF the Eighteenth Regiment Orchestra, and
was said to be the best ever heard at q
Uniontown assembly.
AN ELEGANT SUPPER
was served at II o'clock. The affair broke
up at 2:30 A. NJ, when the officers took car
riages to camp.
The Eighteenth Regiment gave the fare
well dress parade this evening and had out
all their Uniontown friends. The band
gave its last concert tonight.
The Tenth will break camp first in the
morning, and will probably be on their way
home by 10 A. NJ. The Eighteenth will
leave little later in the day and will ar
rive in the city in time to give parade
along Liberty and Fifth avenues,