Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
GOSSIP OF THE GUARDS.
COLONEL W. C. CoSNELLY, of the Governors
staff, has been quite ill for the past week.

COLONEL W. c. CoNNELLY, of the Governors
staff, has been quite ill for the past week.
LIEUTENANT KIMMEL, of Battery B, made
quite record for himselfa at camp as horse
man. He handled his fiery steed like vet
eran, and won the smiles and applause OF
tne 1alr sex whenever he turned out
CAPTAIN SHANNON, of the Washington In
fantry, has not yet fully recovered from the
at kayenna, D. The company mas Deen
handled by Lieutenant Neibaum since the
Captains accident
MAJoR ALkx. McCANDLEss, of the Four
teenth Regiment, returned to the city yester-
day from Harrisburg. The Major Is now
termed the sweet singer of the Second
Brigade, having earned that title during tn Q
late war at kensington.
The general relapse which always follow
camps has already struck the armories, and
as a consequence, with the exception of the
usual collection of ofenthusiasts, who soldier al
ways, the drills will be practically given up
Tor the next few months.
COLONEL NORMAN N. SMITH, Of the Eigh-
teenth Regiment has been laid up since the
tour at Arnold station. Colonel Smith has
not been well for a month past and the ex-
posure and fall he received during camp did
not tend to improve his condition.
The criticism sof Captain Chester Of the o.
S. Army on the camp of the Second Brigade
are universally considered rs remarkably
just and sound. Captain Chester bestows
praise when deserved, but doesn't hesitate
10 also Show the faults of the Guard.
THE comments of some of the Eastern
papers on the recent camp of the Second
Brigade are laughable. One enterprising
long range, states that many of the company
kitchens were located in the middle of the
company streets.
CAPTAIN HENRY SCHMIDT, of ComDany A,
Fourteenth Regiment, is expected home
from EuI ope about the latter part of this
week or the first of next. The Captain ap-
peared in his new uniform several times
while abroad, much to the admiration of his
friends on the Rhine.
SECOND LIEUTENANT SYDENHAM, of the
United States army, is an applicant for the
assignment to this State on the Governors
Lieutenant Bean. Mr.. Sydenham spent sew
eral days at Camp kensington. and made q
favorable impression on the officers.
TEN dollars reward will be paid for the re-
turn Of the gold marksmans' trophy, pre-
sented to Company E, Tenth Regiment. n.
G. P, by W. j. Hitchman which was lost on
tn the day of breaking camp at kensington,
in the limits of the Second brigade to copy
this notice.
SECOND LIEUTENANT SULLIVAN, Of the Fif-
teenth Regiment, handed in his resignation
to Colonel Kreps during camp. Mr.. Sulli-
van passed the examination ut the recent
meeting of the Brigade Board, but was
banded a blank resignation during camp on
account of certain conduct he displayed
there. His vacancy will be filed at once.
AT Washington, Pa, tomorrow, the pre-
nminary shoot of the Tenth Regiment takes
place, and will be kept up for three or four
days. The men from each company will
take part, and the object i5 to select from
the contestants the best material for the
coming brigade and State contests. Each
company of the regiment has donated $40 to
bear out the expenses of the shoot
LIEUTENANT E. E. CRrrcHF1ELD, Inspector
of Rifle Practice of the Tenth Regiment,
spent a few hours in the city yesterday
Lieutenant Critchfield is the prime mover In
IN attempt to form commissioned Officers
Military Rifle Association of the Second
Brigade. The cause of the organization Of
such an association is due to the recent
officers to enter any of the State contests,
and practically barring them from further
work in that line. In the new brigade
organization it if proposed that every officer
membership, and that annual shooting con-
tests with both the rifle and the revolver
shall be held within the limits of brigade
for trophies, medals and badges as shall
and Major Samuel Hazlet have already
offered valuable medals to be contested for
by the new association, and that the organi-
tion will be a big success cannot be doubted.
The matter will be settled at a meeting of
the Inspectors of Rifle Practice of the
brigade next Saturday.
THE event of the coming week will be the
shoot for the brigade trophies on the range
of the Fourteenth Regiment and Battery B
at Saltworks. The shoot takes place next
Friday and Saturday, and will consist of
teams of seven men and two reserves from
each organization. The match last year
WAS held at Indiana. on the grounds of the
Fifth Regiment, but by a vote of the Inspec-
tors of Rifle Practice, at a meeting held
during camp, it was decided to hold the
match this year in Pittsburg. The trophy
last year was won by the Sixteenth Regi-
ment. After the shoot is finished next Sat-
urday, teams of four men and one reserve
will be picked from each organization, and
the entire lot will leave for Mt. Gretna Sun
day night to attend the annual State contest
the following week The regimental match
last year at Mt. GretDa was won by the Thir-
teenth Regiment, but owing to the change
in the makeups of the teams occasioned by
the refusal to allow commissioned officers to
shoot, the contest this year is extremely un-
certain and leaves sufficient doubt as to the
result to make the matter interesting.