Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-09
GOSSIP OF THE GUARDS.

CAPTAIN JAMES K. MURDOCH, Of the Sec.
-ond Brigade staff, returned from trip East
yesterday.
MAJOR WALTER GREENLAND. Second Brig.
ade Quartermaster, spent few days in the
city last week.
CAPTAIN GEORGE wELsHoNs went East
last night to consult with the new Governor.
Mr.. Pattison. Mr.. Welshons and the Cover
nor.elect are on terms of great intimacy.
A MEETING of the Board of Control of the
Eighteenth Regiment was held last night in
number of matters of general importance to
the regiment were transacted.
THE Second Regiment under command Of
Colonel o. G. Bosbyshell. will celebrate the
fftieth anniversary OF its organization on De-
cember7, There will be a street parade in the
afternoon and a banquet at night.
LIEUTENANT GEORGE II. SANDS, OF the
Sixth q. 8. Cavalry. who has been spending
some time in this city on leave of absence, has
been ordered to Washington, D. c., on an ex-
tended detail. He\ left for his new home last
week.
A BATTALION drill Of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment will be held next Thursday evening on
Forbes street. It is probable Colonel Smith
will handle the regiment that evening, as he
has almost recovered from his fall of some
weeks ago.
THE members of Battery B have almost
completed arrangements for fair to be held
in the armory on Fifth avenue. It will be
started early in December and will continue
several weeks, the proceeds to be devoted to
the purchase of dress uniform. The scheme
will undoubtedly be successful as the boys are
working hard.
No steps have yet been taken by the officers
appointed by Colonel Smith to make arrange
ments for a non-commissioned officers school
In the regiment. The matter is a most i'm
portant one. and should not be overlooked, as
almost one-half Of the non-commissioned Off
since the school adjourned last winter.
THE defeat of Colonel Alexander Hawkins,
of the Tenth Regiment. in his canvass for the
State Senate, was certainly misfortune to the
guard, as he 1s one of the brightest officers in
the Second Brigade and would have been q
useful friend of the militia boys in the State
Legislature. Had his election depended on the
vote of the members of the Second Brigade he
would have been returned.
THE postponed election in Company b.
Eighteenth Regiment, for Second Leutenant,
will take place tomorrow evening At the last
meeting Of the company orders were posted re-
ducing number Of the non-coms to the ranks,
among them being First Sergeant Jerry Fitz-
past i've % years 'es Consderabie ID % S III feeling sas
been generated over the election, but it is prob
able that tomorrow evening will find matters
Strengthened out satlsfactorly.
OWING to the extension of the season of
target practice the shoot for the gold dollar
badges presented by Captain Schmitt, of the
Fourteenth Regiment to enlisted men has been
postponed until next Saturday. The badges
are very pretty and as all enlisted men in the
three local organizations are eligible to enter
it Is expected the match will be quite an inter-
esting one. Entries should be made to Captain
Schmitt before the day of the match, which
will take place on the Saltworks Range.
ADJUTANr 8. B. HAYES, of the Tenth Regi.
ment, in regard to Captain John P. Sherwood
and the Office of Major of the regiment says
Captain Sherwood was the senior Captain,
and the position of Major was rendered him
unanimously, not only before the election but
also on that night, and he peremptorily re.
fused on account of his failing health and a
pressure of private business to remain in the
guard. Fifteen days before the election he
had telegraphed each Captain of the different
Companies OF the regiment he would not allow
his name to be used as candidate for the
position of Major"
ONE week more for target practice this season
remains in which members of the National
Guard may qualify. The ranges at High Bridge
| and Saftworks will consequently be pretty busy
should the remaining few days prove good The
number Of men to the company which have tc
be practiced this year in order to receive the
State Communication for rifle practice has been
increased to 40, and in order to get within the
safety bounds several of the local companies
will have to hustle pretty lively this week.
Colonel Watres, the General Inspector of Rifle
Practice, is anxious that his last season in the
department. of the National Guard should be
the banner year, and 1t il extremely probable
such will be the case.
THE election of Mr.. Pattison as Governor
has set the militia boys all over the State
figuring as to who will be the next Adjutant
General, the allimportant position in the
National Guar d. Several gentlemen from this
end of the State are prominently mentioned
and as Allegheny county played such an i'm
portant part in Mr.. Pattson's election, it IS not
improbable his Adjutant General will be
selected from this city. Lieutenant Colonel
Frank L Rutledge has been suggested for the
| place. and his appointment would certainly be
| a most satisfactory one. General P. N.
| Guthrie, Mr.. Pattison's former Adjutant
| General, is also spoken of, as is also Colonel
| Frank Magee. of the Eighth Regiment Ex.
| Colonel Chambers McKibben. of this city, has
also been suggested for Inspector General, and
his ability to fill the position is certainly un.
| questioned. Quite a humber of gentlemen in
| this city who had selected themselves for
| places on Mr.. Delamater's staff when he was to
have been elected, have concluded not to order
| uniforms just yet.