Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-27
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

COLONEL WALTER GREENLAND, Quartermas-
ter General of the National Guard, spent a
few days in Pittsburg last week.
ASSISTANT SURGEON w. f. RoBEsoN, of the
staff of the Eighteenth Regiment, left last
Friday for a weeks visit to his home in the
eastern portion of the State.
The Adjutant Generals office has now on
hand enough McKeever cartr dge boxes
bayonet scabbards, rubber blankets and
haversacks to fit out all the companies in
the Guard which have not already drawn
them.
SUPERINTENDENT QUAY, Of the Morganza
Reform School, has decided that the manual
of arms and a few movements from Upton
would be an interesting addition to the rou-
tine of work at the institution, and has made
arrangements with an officer of one of the
local companies to take the matter in
charge.
CAPTAIN HENRY SoHMIDT, Of the Fourteenth
Regiment, who has been sojourn-
ing in Europe for the past three months, is
expected back in the city tomorrow even
ing. The members of Company A are or.
sharp to proceed to the depot to meet the
Captain.
THE members Of the Washington Infantry
are making active preparations for the an
nual field day of the organization which
takes place on October 6 Mt Manor station.
A NUMBER OF recruits nave D66n enlisted
lately in the company, and Captain Shannon
expects shortly to have the ranks entirely
filed up.
CAPTAIN AwL of Company F, Eighteenth
Regiment, is making arrangements to take
his company on the rifle range Mt Coleman,
and camp ont for three or four days for the
purpose OF rifle pra actice. The companies of
this regiment have started to work on the
range, and it is expected that almost every
man in the organization will try his ability
during the next two weeks. The time left
for qualifying is quite short, and advantage
should be taken of the good weather.
THE new blanks for quarterly reports in
detail of the condition of companies and
regim ents were sent out from the Adjutant
Generals office last week. some time ago
General McClelland came to the conclusion
that his office had entirely too little intor-
nation as to the workings down the line,
with the exception of the annual reports,
and as q consequence he set to work to rem
edy the matter. Hereafter each company
commander must file report quarterly of
the exact standing of his organization and a
comparison with the work done in the pre-
yious quarter. A noticeable feature OF the
new reports is column for dropped men,
bers of the guard. Although the custom of
dropping members from the rolls has been
an old practice in many companies the sub
ject was never officially recognized until the
new reports were issued
Az interesting event in the Second Brigade
will be the encampment of the sixteenth
Regiment at Titusville on October Is, 16 and
II. Ever since becoming commander OF that
organization Colonel Hulings has been de-
sirous of having regimental drills oftener
than the annual encampments, and at last
he has accomplished his purpose. The en-
campment promises TO be one of eTcep-
tional interest and profit. The men receive
no pay for their services, the State simply
furnishing the canvas, and the public
spirited citizens of Titusville will put the
camp in order and subsist the men. Com
petitive drills will be held for regimental
trophy and 81 ,001 in money prizes will be
distributed. number of target matches,
both company and individual for trophies,
will also be INDUCED in and altogether the
time has been laid out in q profitable and
pleasant manner. Colonel uul1ngs expects
TO have 4S0 men in the field.
THE report was circulated quite extern
sively during the past week, particularly in
the eastern portion of the State, that the de-
cision had been revoked by the powers ut
Harrisburg to disband the entire Third
Regiment of Philadelphia. The rumor went
so Jar as to announce that the four cOmpan-
les of the Third would be Joined with the
battalion OF the State Fencibles, making
that organization an eight company regi-
ment. There has been considerable trouble
in the Third Regiment, before and since
the defeat of Colonel Boratfon and the
the Inauguration of Colonel Smiths
regime, and discussion has been rife for
some time as to the probable outcome OF the
ma atter. Inspector General McKibben when
spoken to on the subject yesterday, said
tnat he had not heard OF any such step being
contemplated in the Adjutant Generals
premature, as he had conversed with both
General McClelland nnd Governor Pattis0n
within tho past few days and NO rnentton Of
the matter had been made- The troubles In