Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
GOSSIP OF THE GUARDS.

| COLONEL JAMES DUFFY who has been ap-
pointed on Governor Pattison's staff, is over SIX
feet tall and of military bearing. He halls from
| Marietta, Pa, where he exercises his authority
| as Chief Burgess.
THE warrants for srmory rent for the past
year are being anxiously awaited by military
| landlords and tenants all over the State They
| will probably be started out from Harrisburg
about the last of this month.
GENERAL WYLIE favors q site near Hutton,
! on the A. V. R R., for the next encampment
| of the brigade. On account of the nearness to
the city the place is deemed unfavorable by
most of the officers, rs the encampment would
| be overrun with visitors who would be con-
| stantly interfering with the performance of
duty.
CAPTAIN HENRY SCHMIDT, Of Company A.
Fourteenth Regiment. has decided to fit ont his
command with leggings Of the United States
| pattern. The company is low drilling twice every
week and making all possible Preparations for
| the inspection next month. Captain Schmidt
expects to spend the coming summer in Europe
| and shortly apply for an extended leave of ab-
sence.
ONE OF the companies Of the Eighteenth
Regiment is laboring under the tension of
bad disagreement between its officers. The
company has been rated among the best in the
regiment for several years past, and mainly on
account of the officers who are now on the
OUTS Unless the difficulty is patched up soon
the commandant of the regiment will be com
PEELED to take hand.
THE commissions of the three officers of
Company G., of the Fifteenth Regiment, ex-
pire tomorrow and as yet no orders have been
issued for another election. AS the inspection
OF the regiment is near at hand the company is
placed in a bad position. 1t is understood
Captain w. w. Hanna. has accepted the elec.
tion Of Major of the Fifteenth, as ut the recent
election at Greenyille he received eight of the l5
votes cast
QUARTERMAsTEE JOHN HUBBARD, of the
Fourteenth Regiment, has been selected by
Colonel Perchment for the position OF Adju.
tant left vacant by the resignation of Lieuten-
ant Robb Mr.. Hubbard mas been Quarter
master for the past year. and during that time
| displayed considerable ability. There are 4
mum Der Of applicants for the position OF @ oaF-
termaster, prominently among them being
Lieutenant MoClain.
THE requisition OF Company B. Eighteenth
Regiment, for uniform cloth, which has been
anxiously awaited for a number Of months, was
finally honored by the Adjutant Generals
Office last week. and the new clothes will be
made at once. 1t is again rumored that Captain
Holmes of this company is gong to tender his
resignation at an early date. Just where these
rumors originate is hard to say, as Captain
Holmes is always too attentive to his military
duties to give grounds for any such talk.
MAJOR GENERAL sNowDEN is making an
effort to have the three battalion organization
adopted in this State. He was one of the orig.
inal advocates Of the system and there are
good prospects of his suggestions meeting the
approval of the Governor and the Adjutant
General The system has now been practically
demonstrated in the Regular Army and in the
National Guard of Il number of States, and it
is claimed the change could be made in Penn
sylvania without materially increasing the
Guard. General Snowden has the addition of
another battery and troop of cavalry in view as
reports of various regular officers in the Penn
sylvana Guard have suggested. There are
now three batteries and troops in the State.
GENERAL WILEY has not yet announced
who will succeed Major Greenland as Brigade
Quartermaster although the choice seems to
have narrowed down to three people, exc Quar-
termaster Robert Patterson and Captain A. J.
Logan, of this city. and Captain George Z.
Hamilton, of Warren, Pa, who is now on Gen.
eraI Wiley's staff as Aid-de-camp. The eu-
do-semenIs of the organizations of the brigade
have been split up pretty evenly between
Messrs. Patterson and Logan, Captain Logan
having been recommended by the two city
regiments at the last meetings of the officers
Captain Hamilton has been named as the
winner by those in position to know. The
appointment IS an important one to tie differ
ent commands in the brigade and any one of
the three gentlemen would no doubt fill the
bill successfully.