Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
GOSSIP OF TIE GUARD.

ApJUrAyr JOIN HUBBARD, Of the Four
teenth Regiment, left for an extended West
ern trip last week.
Ass sIsrANT SURGEON W. F. RoBEsoy, Of the
Eighteenth Regiment, returned yesterday
from brief trip to Philadelphia.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. WITHERUP. Of the
States Fencibles, has been promoted to the
majority In that organization.
THE members of the Gray Invincibles, the
only colored company in the National
Guard claim to have received assurances
from Harrisburg that in case any opening
occurs in the First Brigade by reason of the
disbandment of other organizations, the
Invincible5 will be recruited to regiment.
In other words the claim is that should the
Third Regiment suffer disDandment bv rea-
son of present troubles, Captain Hailstock,
of the colored company, will be allowed to
recruit regiment.
THE Washington Infantry held its regular
annual election of civil officers last Tuesday
evening with the following result: Presi-
dent, Captain 4. p. Sbannon: Recording Sec
retary, 4 NJ. Fording; Financial Secretary,
s. +. Walborn; Treasurer, W. r. Geilfuss
Board of Directors. Captain Shannon, Lieu
tenant GeilfuSs and Lieutenant Neibaum.
The officers of the Washington Infantry re-
port the organization in excellent condition,
November, four of whom are in the drill
squad. New applications are received
almost every drill night.
THE members of Company B, Fourteenth
Regiment, still pine for their camp pay due
from the tour of duty at Arnold Station last
summer. All the other organizations in the
brigade have been long since paid off, but
this company seems fated to watch and wait
in vain. The reason assigned orig
was that Lieutenant Hull, Of the
company, had never received his com,
mission, and consequently the rolls were
incorrect. This was three OF four months
ago. and Lieutenant Hull has long since re-
ceived his necessary piece of parchment but
the money fails to make its appes ran ce just
the same. Numerous letters forwarded by
Colonel Parchment and Adjutant Hubbard
fail to bring the proper responses.
THE report of Major Samuel Hazlet,
Brigade Ordnance officer for the season of
rifle practice, just closed, is interesting. The
total number of sharpshooters and marks
men for 1891 is $685. showing an increase of
$50 over last year. Every organization in
the brigade shows an increased number of
qualified men, Company A, of the Tenth Reg
iment, being the only company not report
ing promptly. The Fifth Regiment leads in
the number of men qualified, with the
Eighteenth Regiment in second place. The
totals by regiment are: Fifth Regiment, l34
sharpshooters, 3l2 marksmen; total, 4i6
Tenth Regiment, 46 sharpshooters, 24O
marksmen: total, 2s6. Fourteenth Regiment,
50 sharpsnooters, 257 marksmen; total,
3Ga. Fifteenth Regiment, so sharp
shooters, 274 marksmen; total, 3O4.
Sixteenth Regiment, liz sharpshooters.
ls9 marksmen; total, 301. Eighteenth Regi-
ment 46 sharpshooters, 271 Inarksmen; total.
3l7. sheridan Troop, 80 sharpshooters. 26
marksmen: total. SO. Battery B. 10 sharp
shooters, 26 marksmen: total, 36. The in
creased number of sharpshOoters in the
brigade over last year was 81
AFTER over four months delay Adjutant
Charles Reese of the Fig hteenth Regiment,
has been notified by the Adjutant Generals
Office in Harrisburg that it has no jurisdic-
tion in the matter OF his application for
court of inquiry. and that his papers have
been turned over to General Snowden, at
division headquarters, for official action. 1t
will be remembered that the cause of Lieu
tenant Reese's application for a court of in
ouiry was due to o reprimand given him by
Colonel Krumboar on the field at Camp
last summer, in the presence of
a number of officers ana enlisted men.
for an alleged discourtesy to an aid de
camp on the Governors staff 1mmedi- |
ately after the censure was given to Mr.. |
Reese, n demand was made for court of in !
uuiry to investigate his conduct, and then it |
was that an attempt was made to hush up |
the matter. 1t was claimed at the time that |
the Governors aid was new in military life |
and unaccustomed to its forms: that his fam
ilv position and relations with the Governor
were SuCn tDaU Lllc HOtOrlcUy Ol i cOuEL
would 10 him serious injury: and finally,
the offer was made to compromise the mat
ter by having him quietly resign. To all
these offers the demands were repeated !
time and again for official investigation and
clearance as public as the censure had been
given. Now, after delay of over four
months, the announcement of no jurisdic-
tion is made and the matter placed i'll the
hands of another department. The actions
Of the officials at Harrisburg in this case
are certainly not such as to encourage mill
tary discipline, and suggests resort to
bodily punishment as the only recourse for
an insult to be obtained under the present
condition OF affairs in the National Guard.