Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
GOSSIP OF THE MILITIA.

MAYOR W. w. GREENLAND. Quartermaster
of the second Brigade, spent few days in this
city last week.
LIEUTENANT HORACE F. LOWRY is still So
journing in the East. He is expected back in
the city this week.
MOST of the companies in this city will resume
drills this week, and continue them regularly
during the fall and winter. No work of any ex-
tent has been done since camp. owing to the
warm weather.
LIEUTENANT BROWN, of the Fourteenth, has
been hustling the boys Of the Salrsworks range
in lively manner lately. The regiment is 60
the number Of qualified marksmen than it did
last year.
SOME Of our local regiments which groan un-
der the expenditure of 5000 $500 year for
field music will no doubt be surprised to learn
that the Twenty-second New York Regiment
pays Gimore's Band $4,000 year for music,
besides giving them an annual benefit
CAPTAINS W. h. DAVIS and John P. Penny
returned from an interesting tour Of the East
ern watering places last Thursday. While
away they visited number of armories in New
York city, the encampment Of the Sixty-ninth
Regiment at Peekskill and the West Point
Military Academy.
AN election for Second Lieutenant In Com
pany G.. Eighteenth Regiment will be held
next Friday evening at o'clock. IL viii De
conducted by Captain r. W. A Simmons- NO
Candidates have yet announced themselves Tor
the commi sion, although several names are
mentioned in that connection.
LIEUTENANT CHARLES NJ. BUNDsHUH, Of
Company B, Eighteenth Regiment has ten
dered his resignation to Colonel Smith. Lieu
tenant Bundshuh mas been connected with the
regiment for number OF years and has shown
considerable efficiency. Ill health and pres
sure Of other business causes his leaving.
The Washington Infantry will hold its regu-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday evening. at
whichi business of Importance will be trans
acted. Company drills will commence Friday
tember Is, the company will hold it's annual
target contest for the Washington Infantry
Sreinruck & RoSley medals.
AN inspection of the headquarters of the
Eighteenth Regiment was held by Colonel
Smith last night. With the exception of one
room they were all found in excellent condi-
ton. All the ole 50caliber pieces were turned
over to the Inspector of rife practice
at tae same time. Tney will be sent to Harris
burg in exchange for new 45caliber rifles.
LIEUTENANT KERR, Inspector of Rifle Prac-
tice of the Fifth Regiment, at Indiana, reports
having successfully arranged all the details tor
the Second Brigade matches there on Septenl-
Der IL and l3 Teams Of nine men from each
organization will leave the city on the afternoon
OF the uth, and after the matches at Indiana
teams oil fve men each will continue on to Mt.
Gretna Tor the State contests the following
week.
BATTERY had an extra well-attended drill
last Monday evening at the Fifth avenue
armory. The battery will commence rife prac-
tice this week ON q strip of ground adjoining
the range OF the Fourteenth Regiment az
Saltsworks. A lease of the property has been
secured by Sergeant Patterson. and the work or
picking out team for the Mt. Gretna and In
diana matches next month will be commenced
at once.
CAPTAIN JAMES M. LAIRD, of Company /,
Tenth Regiment, at Greensburg, has issued .
circular TO the company commanders through
out the State In which he asks for the return
of seven Springfield rifles which were lost OF
stolen from his command during last camp.
Captain Laird is an old member of the Guard
In the State. aud it is strange that he should
place any hope for the return of his guns in
such circular as he has issued. The tendency
OF most companies TO hang on to other peoples
property precludes the idea of Captain Laird
ever seeing his rifles again.
THE High Bridge range, of the Eighteenth
Regiment, was opened last week, and from now
on to the end of the season the members Of the
regiment can practice shooting to their hearts
content Captain William NJ. Aul has been
appointed rangemaster, and every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday will be on the ground
to superIntend the shooting. SPECIAL days will
be set aside for certain companies, which will
materially aid the work of qualifying the men.
Companies I, Of McKeesport, aud II. Of
Verona, have already quite a number of bar
winners for next season.
ADJUTANT GENERAL HASTINGS has issued
an order authorizing the formation Of a new
Company K In the Second Regiment to take
the place of the one mustered OUT during last
camp for insubordination. The action OF the
Adjutant Generals office In filling up the Sec
ond Regiment quickly is considered rather
strange by officers in this vicinity, when it is
considered that both the Fourteenth and
Eighteenth Regiments have been asking for
additional companies for several years past,
and both organizations In matter of efficiency
have been ranking the Second. The excuse
given the Pirtsburg regiments for not giving
their demands attention has been that the au.
thoritIes at Harrisburg favor reducing the size
of the guard in the State rather than in any
manner adding to il. Probably 20 applications
from organized bodies desiring to form compa-
nes in the PIttsburg regiments have been on
file in the Adjutant Generals Office for the
past three years.