Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-03
MILITARY NOTES AND GOSSIP.

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down with the Eighteenth last night.
THE staff of the Fourteenth will wear the
new leggins lately received in the parade to-
| morrow.
Ex-CoLoNEL GLENN, of the Fourteenth, &C
companied his old regiment last night as the
| guest of the officers.
The election in Company II, Eighteenth,
| has been postponed for ten days from last
Tuesday at the request of Captain Simmons.
| SERGEANT MAJOR HoLMEs, of the Eigh-
teenth, was compelled to give up going to WASH
1ngton yesterday on account of sudden sickness.
LIEUTENANT II. W. HARRIsoNand Lieuten-
| ant Charles II. Harlow, both of the United
States Navy, accompanied the Eighteenth last
night as the guests of the officers.
| QUARTERMAsTERs PATTERSON, Of the
! Fourteenth, and Brown, of the Eighteenth,
left for Washington one day ahead of their
regiments in order to have everything in readi-
ness for the arrival of the men.
THE Washington Infantry looked well last
| night as they marched up to their two special
car At Mid the Union depot They took with them
quartered at 4S8 Maine street, near The Capitol.
The largest drum corp in the big parade to-
morrow will probably be that OF the First Regi-
| ment. 1t consists of q drums, % flies and 20
buglers. The corps of thelFourteenth Regi-
ment will consist OF about IS men, while the
THE marksmen's badges, won by the various
| contestants during the past season of rifle
practice, arrived in the city last Friday from
the State arsenal at Harrisburg. The number
| o. qualified marksmen had increased so great
~ last year, that the manufacturer of the
badges was delayed somewhat in sending them
| out on this account.
PROBABLY one Of the most common errors
to be noticed In company drills, and almost
every drillmaster In the State passes it by with
out notice, is in the dressing of men to the
hight or left. Paragraph 3S of Upston's Tactics
states that IN this movement the eyes alone are
cast TO the right or left as the case may be, and
the turning of the head is incorrect. How
this?
The City Troop of Philadelphia will not be in
the big parade tomorrow, but will view it as
spectators. The troop was organized as the
bodyguard Of General Washington, and have
served In that capacity at every Inauguration
since then without regard to the politics of the
President. As President Harrison has refused
TO recognize them in that capacity this time,
but selected his old regiment for the place of
honor they, for the first time in 100 years, will
not be In the inaugural parade.
A BILL was introduced in the State Legisla-
ture last Thursday providing for the establish
ment of naval battalion in the National
Guard, also prohibiting dishonorably dis.
charged members of the National Guard from
officers The naval militia is to consist of four
companies, under a lieutenant commander
who shall rank as Major of Infantry, and the
battalion is to be raised as soon as the United
States Is ready to furnish arms, equipments
and vessel of war.
MANY of the local officers took their evening
dress suits with them to wear at the inaugural
ball tomorrow evening. Why they did this is
not known, as they should be proud enough of
the uniform OF the State of Pennsylvania to
wear it to an assemblage in which there will be
nundredS or ofncers from other States and the
regular army who will appear in military garb.
True, it is only fatigue uniform, but it repre-
sents a commission in the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, and should be sufficient guar
antee of the standing of the wearer.
COLONEL A. L, HAWKINS, of Washington,
Pa, was chosen to command theTenth Regiment
last Wednesday night, by the line officers of the
battalion, for the third time. Colonel Norman
M. Smith, of this city, conducted the election
After the election banquet was rendered
Colonel Hawkins and the visiting officers pres
ent. The headquarters of the Tenth are per-
haps the best in this end of the State, consist
ing of six elegantly furnished rooms, but owing
to the manner in which the different companies
are scattered the officers have very little chance
to enjoy their pretty quarters.
THE Eighteenth Regiment expects to have
quite crack dress parade this evening in the
rear of the White House. A feature of this
regiments appearance in the inaugural parade
tomorrow afternoon will be the pioneer CORPS
which was detailed by Colonel Smith some
time ago for that purpose. Pioneer corps are
something entirely new in this State, and the
Eighteenth takes the honor of being the first
regiment to make a move in this line The
corps in this case consists of Is men under the
charge of sergeant and will march directly
in the rear of the drum corps. They will have
their blankets swung around the body and will
carry axes, shovels, block and tackle and
lanterns. The corps is to be permanent
feature Of the regiment, and will take the
place of the details usually called for about
camp time.
THERE were good many disappointed young
men last night as the troops were embarking
on the trains. The fact is that many of the
companies could easily have been recruited to
double their regular quota, had the captains so
desired. The armories for the past month have
been besieged by applicants to enlist, but only
a few of the better class were selected as most
of the companies were full. The troubles of
four years ago, which received such an airing
through the press of the country, were due to
the fact that many captains had filled their
companies with substitutes for the trip and as
consequence had no control over their men,
This time none but those regularly enlisted
were taken, and one of the regimental com
manders has given instructions to his line Off
GERS to waste no time with refractory men, but
place them immediately in the hands of the
Washington police