Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
GOSSIP OF THE GUARDS.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM ]. Ell
LOTT. the Division Inspector, has been de-
tailed to act as Inspector General, for the time
being
The Thirteenth Regiment of this State, has
again qualified all its members, or 100 per cent
OF the total strength. This. is the third time
the regiment succeeded in reaching the limit
BATTERY B completed the second week of
Its fair last night The attendance, as rule
has been good, and new attractions are con-
stahtly being added. The members expect to
clear quite neat little sum.
JOHN NJ. JAYcox First Lieutenant Of Com
pany /. Of Mckeesport, has rendered his resig-
nation to Colonel Smith on account of ill
health and pressure of private business. Mr..
Jaycox has been connected with Company l
since its organization.
THE court appointed by Colonel Smith to try
the members of Company H, Eighteenth Regi-
ment. who have stirred up the ire of Captain
simmons, will meet tomorrow morning at 3
o'clock. Major ]. G. Kay and Lieutenant
Horace F. Lowry constitute the court.
CORPORAL FOWLER, of Company C. Egh-
teenth Regiment, has been appointed Sergeant
Major of the organization on account of the
promotion of Mr.. Bigger to the Second Lieu
tenancy of the Company B. There were quite
number of applicants for the position.
THE investigation in the charges of crooked
ness in regard to the contest for the Hazlett
w I
by Colonel Hawkins until early next month
1t is asserted that a number of unfair advan-
tages were taken by some of the contestants
and as this is the first rumor of work of this
character IN connection with rifle practice in
the Tenth Regiment. Colonel Hawkins should
Gilt the matter to the bottom.
THE announcement was made in Philadel
phia last Thursday by Governor-elect Pattison
of the selection of Captain William McClellandi
of this city, for his Adjutant General. The
fact was first made known in this column one
week after the election of Mr.. Pattison that
Captain McClelland was slated for the position.
The new Adjutant General is quiet gentle
man and has little to say as to his appointment.
He has expressed himself. however, as opposed
to the Guard parading at Harrisburg during
the Inauguration, but from reports received
from the East it seems that General Hastings
has received the consent OF Mr.. Pattisor for
the Guard to turn out as a whole, and so it is
about settled the boys can prepare for another
freezing.
AT the meeting of the captains of companies
in the Eighteenth Regiment held last night, it
was unanimously decided TO order a supply Of
the regular army leggins to fit out the regiment
in time for the Harrisburg trip next month. All
line officers and enlisted men in the regiment
will appear with the new leggins, while the teld
and staff officers will wear the regulation boot
The idea is a good one, and should be carried
out by every organization in the State, as the
leggins not only add to the comfort of men in
cold, wet or dusty days but also add considerably
to the appearance of a company equipped with
uniforms. An ambulance for the hospital de-
partmeHt IS also being talked OF IN the regi-
ment and it is probable number of beneficial
changes will take place shortly
SEVENTY commissions were issued from the
Adjutant Generals office during the past
month to newly elected and appointed officers
throughout the State. This is probably the
greatest number issued during any one month
since the reorganization of the Guard. OF the
entire number 3S came to the Second Brigade
cent changes among the officers in
this end of the State. Governor
Pattison has expressed himself as greatly sur
prised at the number OF changes which take
place in the Guard each year, fully one-third of
the enlisted men and large percentage Of the
officers changing annually. No cause can be
assigned for this unfortunate state OF affairs
unless it be that too little care is exercised in
the selection of both the recruits and their
superiors, but at all events it is believed that
the new administration will make an ATTEMPT
to lessen these great changes and make the
Guard more staple as whole.
ACCORDING to General Orders No. 10 from
the Adjutant Generals Office. commissions
have been issued to Major William Mowry, of
the Tenth Regiment, Lieutenant James Bigger,
of the Eighteenth Regiment, and a number of
others officers in the Second Brigade at least who
have never appeared before an examining
Nc QucSllOn Is, 4S HOI Inc E4.
amining Board system delusion and snare,
and practically dead letter. According to
precedents established over and over again
during the past two years, any man receiving
majority of the votes of the members of a com
pany can demand and get his commission with
out even taking the trouble to find out if such
a thing as an examining hoard exists. 1t is
pretty generally understood that the present
military code under which the Guard exists,
is about as threadbaIe and rank as could be
imagined. but so long as it continues to be in
wOnld It qS
well to make an effort at least to observe its
rulings?