Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

dress parade, scenes at the oficery' Quarters
and many other news Of an interesting nature.
FIRST LIEUTENANT HORACE e LowRx,
of Company E, Eighteenth Regiment, has been
ying 1t the point Of death during the past week
from an attack Of pneumonia, resulting from
exposure as Washington last month. Captain
r. W. A Simmons, Of the same regiment, who
has been seriously i'll from the same cause, is
reported a. slightly improved
CAPTAIN D. L. CROFT. Of the United States
army, who was supposed to have been sand
bagged and robbed in this city several weeks
ago, has been placed In the St Elizabeth In
sane Asylum at Washington. ID. @. He will be
ordered before the examining board for retire.
ment shortly. He weighs over 800 pounds and
originally came from this end of the State.
The West Point Cadets are to be in the
parade In New York City on the Both. They
always attract attention and favorable com
ment from the public. A number of them in
washington were thus described: They
seemed to be covered with buttons and 50
tightly laced and walked 80 straight, that
rsmrod looked puffy and humpbacked beside
them"
The Eighteenth Regiment will attend divine
services next Sunday in body. A convenlent
church in the central portion Of the city has
been secured and the chaplain of the regiment,
Rev. j. ]. Milligan, Of Allegheny will conduct
the services. The members will be in uniform,
Dut no music viii be used, as 1t is desired to at
tract as little attention while on the streets az
possible. The habit Of military organizations
attending divine services several times q year
has been tnaugurated in the East with great
success, and the Eighteenth is the first regi-
ment in this emo Of the State to try religion"
A POPULARITY ofthe parade in New York
City on the 30th will be that all the Assistant
Marshals of the military display will be direct
descendants of the Marshals who acted at the
Inauguration Of General Washington 100 years
before. General Schofeld has formally as
sumed charge Of the arrangements and has ap-
pointed Captain s. E. Blunt, of the United
States Army, his Chief Of Stan. The New
Yorkers are going down into their pockets
quite literally, and it is understood thar one Of
the main incentives to this little extraYagance
is q strong desire to have the celebration, IL
possible, overtop the display made by the
Philadelphians Is months ago. From present
indications their desires will be accomplished.
The announcement, by a telegram from Ad-
jutant General Hastings, that arrangements
have been completed by which the entire guard
of the State would be sent to New York on the
Both Of the month, to take part in the big CEN
tennial parade on that day, was received in this
city on Friday. 1t is a question, however,
whether the news Of the prospective trip
brought any Joy to the heart of the warrior
bold or not: That charming little excursion
to Washington, several weeks ago, certainly
put very large damper on the military ardor
OF the gushing youths who wear the blue, and
the prospects Of the local regiments taking full
Both the Fourteenth and Eighteenth will 20,
however, the officers OF the latter organization
having so decided at meeting held last night.
MANY of the older members of the National
Guard in this city, who attended the Centen-
nial celebration in Yorktown in 1882, will re-
member the dapper little Colonel who had COM
mand Of the French military battalions that
took part in the parade. France sent over
several Of her finest organizations to assist the
sister Republic in making the display that
year, and sent an officer in command of them
that has lately had his name most prominently
before the eyes of the world. That quiet,
little Colonel has since become General Bou-
langer. While he attracted but little more
than passing notice at the time, had it been
known that in so few short years he would
have ascended in such meteoric manner to
the Presidency of great Republic, and in the
twinkling Of an eye dropped into exile, it il
barely possible that we would have taken q
second look at this late edition of Napoleon.
COMPANY /, of McKeesport, certainly takes
the lead for being the most enterprising mill
tary organization in this vicinity. The COM
pany Is not only in prosperous condition as to
members and State property, but has also
nice fat bank account. The latest move among
members of the company is the formation of
business enterprise, known as the McKeesporJ
Investment Company, to be chartered by the
State, and the shares Of stock to be held by
members of the military organization ex-
clusively The object of the business arrange
ment is to look after the funds of the concern,
and see that they are invested in paying man.
ner. The rink building has been leased for
term of years at 800 per annum, and will be
let out for different purposes, thus bringing in
a nice income. Captain Coon certainly de-
serves great credit for the excellent manner in
which he has handled the company since he
took hold of IL,