Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-13
JUST BEFORE THE CAMP.

LIEUTENANT GEORGE n. SANDS, Of the
Sixth q. 8. Cavalry, Ia visitings friends In the
city.
CAPTAIN SHANNON, Of the Washington In
faItry, has suspended the weekly drills of the
company until September on account OF the hot
weather.
ALEXANDER j. BLAIR, Second Lieutenant
OF Company q, Twelfth Regiment, has been
discharged under the provisions Of section 81
OF the military code.
COLONEL CHAMBERS MCKIBBEN and Lieu
tenant Charles l. Brown, both former MEM
bers Of the Eighteenth Regiment, will spend .
lew days at camp next week, as the guests Of
the headquarters officers.
THE vacancy on the stan Of the Eighteenth
Regiment, caused by the resignation of Sur
geon W. I. English, has been filled by the ap-
pointment of DR.. W. F. Robson, . prominent
young physician in this city.
ABOUT q dozen applicants for commissions
appeared before the Second Brigade Examin-
ing Board. at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, last
Monday night. All the gentlemen are pre-
sumed to have passed the test satisfactorily.
BATTERY has decided to leave for camp
next Saturday morning at 7:30 A. M. The guns
and other heavy material will be loaded to-mor-
row afternoon in five gOndola cars at the metal
yard, corner of Eleventh and Liberty streets.
CAPTAIN J. P. SHERWOOD, of Company B,
Tenth Regiment, Second Brigade. N. G. p. has
military shoes for the camp at his own expense.
Company ranks as the first COMPANY In the
Tenth Regiment.
LOCAL officers who expect to take horses to
camp are now skirmishing around town look.
ing for mounts that are warranted not to get OF
walk at the sound of q cannon. Since the in
PRODUCTION OF cable and electric cars there
should be plenty of military nags on the mar
kst.
LIEUTENANT O. o. WERLICH. Of the United
states Navy, has arrived IN the city for the
course Of construction at the Linden Steel
Works There are now about dozen naval
officers stationed In this Vicinity on Inspection
details.
cAprAfr THOMPSON. Of Company q, -Four.
teshth Regiment, has issued an order requiring
all msnbsfs and sGsHsmbsfs Of the company
10 turn III any State property In their posses
sion gh Tuesday evening, July TO- Members
refusing 10 obey this order will be open 70
MAJoH ". W, GREENLAND. auArtsrmasssr
of the Second Brigade, spent = portion Of the
psst week In the East, looking after TIE details
of tile camp work, ~ Ia understood thsFs will
be quite \ scarcity OF ies on tbs grounds nest
week., and tbs iasps N The various commands
Will be consequently small
A. THE Eighteenth Regiment will he ons
Of the ifst 10 arrive Oh the camp grounds, Uo.
onel smith has received word that his fsgis
lhs1t lnsy w Inspected hsht Saturday should
he dssfe, The fact that but AVs days eaH bs
made the Adjutant ueRsfai 4 tFiHs ahEleis ~
10 how The matter can DO worked,
ABOUT 200 men tHFHed out Thursday evening
for the last battalion drill OF the Eighteenth
Regiment prior 70 leaving for camp The
Eighteenth has had the benefit OF more drills Of
that character this year than any other Tsgi-
meht ~ this end OF the state, and a consequent
good showing - expected in battalion move,
mehts at inspection Ie1t week,
The several companies of the Fourtssnth
Regiment will leave for camp next Saturday
OF the regiment at East Liberty, Captain A. q,
Tim, with detail OF ten men from each COM
pany, will leave on Thursday evening in order
TO prepare Ihe camp before the arrival Of the
regiment All the heavy baggage of the regi-
July II.
THE resignation OF Lieutenant Horace Low
~, of Company E, Eighteenth Regiment,
which was rendered to Colonel Smith some
time ago, has been returned with the indorse-
OF General Wiley that Mr.. Lowry 10 too valu-
able an officer to leave the Guard, and 1t Is
hoped he will reconsider the matter. Mr.
Lowry VIII probably proceed to camp with his
regiment, and after that time In all probability
some changes in the company will take place
that will render his resignation unnecessary.
COLONEL SMITH. of the Third Regiment, has
had the recruiting order of 30 days limit re-
voked in the case Of his regiment, and will con-
tinue to enlist men up until the hour of leaving
for camp; The cause Of this change in the case
of she Third Is due TO the followers OF exColonel
Bonahon refusing to appear for the tour Of
duty at Mt. Gretua. Captains of weak COM
panies In other regiments could probably have
the limit taken of In their cases also II applica-
ton was made to the Adjutant Generals
office.
The order forbidding ladies in camp this year
at Mt. Gretna got black eye from Captain
Hunt, of Battery b, at meeting Of the officers
Of that organization few nights ago. The
officers were going over the necessaries for
mess at headquarters when the Captain said: |
Nv ell, boys, how much headquarters whisky |
do we wantf / want to add here that this IS |
greater curse In the National Guard camp |
than any ladies were ever admitted. II they |
would make an order forbidding its use it |