Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02
GOSSIP OF THE MILITIA,

CAPTAIN CHARLES HOLMES, of this city,
left on business trip West, last Friday
night.
CAPTAIN R. w. r. SIMMONS is confined to
his home, on Crawford street, with severe at
tack of the grip"
faDtry Will be held Tuesday evening" March 4.
There is some talk among the members of a
trip to Cleveland on Memorial Day.
E. VI. MCCoMBS, for many years Captain of
Company c, Eighteenth Regiment, but who
resigned some time ago on account of throat
troubles, has benn appointed paymaster of the
regiment by Colonel Smith.
THE companies in the Fourteenth Regiment
are actively engaged in making preparations
for the coming inspections by Colonel Perch
ment The Colonel will issue order this
week fixing the exact date for each company,
LIEUTENANT BROWN, of the Fourteenth,
has decided that the shoot for the Johnstown
medal will take place April Is. at the Satworks
range. The medal is at present in the possess
sion of Chief of Police Wymard of Braddock.
LIEUTENANT CoNNEELY. of Bradford, a
member of the staff of the Sixteenth Regiment,
spent few days in the city last week. Lieu
tenant Comedy is the heavy weight of the
Second Brigade, tipping the scales at go
pounds.
A wELL-ATTENDED meeting of the Board of
Control of the Eighteenth Regiment was held
at HEADQUARTERS. on F1ILQ avenue, last evening.
The officers decided to give up the present
quarters used for the past three years, and will
make arrangements for another room tenn
porarily until the new armory Is in shape to be
occupied.
THREE important elections were held in the
Eighteenth Regiment last week, Companies
C and ii, Tuesday night, and Company
Wednesday night. In the latter COM
pany Charles Holmes was elected Captain and
w. H. Wassell. graduate of West Point, was
named for the First Lieutenancy. In Company
C, ". H. Davis, who has heretofore been a
member of the honorary staff, was selected
Captain and Corporal Charles Zuck was pro-
NOTED to the Second Lieutenancy. In Com
pany Il, Frank e. Doak. a well-known young
business man of this city, was chosen for the
First Lieutenancy.
ARRANGEMENTS were made last week for
match between teams from the different or
ganizations in the Second Brigade. to be held
at Blairsvile, Pa, the last week in August.
The teams are to consist of seven men and two
reserves from each organization, with seven
shots each at 200 500 and 800 yards. The match
will be quite an incentive to shooters in this
brigade, and the regular State matches at
Mt Gretna will probably be held the following
week. some good work may be expected. At
the brigade match the Delamater trophy and
badges will be the principal objects to be con-
tested for, but several other prizes will proba-
bly, be hung up for competition at the same
time.
AT the meeting of Inspectors of Rifle Prac-
tice. held at Washington. Pa. week ago. a
number of interesting topics relative to target
practice were discussed. A recommendation
was adopted, to be forwarded to the higher au-
thorities, asking that all commissioned officers
be hereafter armed with revolvers. under any
scheme that would appear most feasible. and
that system of rules be promulgated covering
revolver practice. The recommendation meets
the approval of all officers who have given the
subject any consideration. for under the
present system in Pennsylvania an officer
would have but little protection with his light
and comparatively useless sword, which at
present is his only means of defense.
COMPANY A Of the Fourteenth Regiment is
said to be the best equipped company in this
end of the State, with reference to the State
property. Captain Schmidt is reported to have
at least $50 complete uniforms in good order.
Company A must certainly be in receipt of
numerous applications from weaker organiza-
tions TO borrow for the spring inspections as
several requests of that character were made to
Captains of local companies, last week. by COM
mandants of rural organizations. Aside from
the fraud it is perpetrating on the State it must
certainly require a large amount of nerve"
for an off Ger to send many miles and borrow
property with which to pull his company
through an inspection. Yet such cases actually
occur and will be repeated this spring.