Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

THE officers of the Eighteenth Regiment
held an important meeting last night
LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. B. z. srREAron, OF
the Tenth Regiment, was In the city for
few days last week.
SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE MoRroH, of
company A. Fourteenth Regiment, has ton
dered his resignation.
MAJOR MoCANDLEss, surgeon Of the Four
teenth Regiment, is contemplating an e1-
tended tour OF the West.
CAPTAIN HARRY PALMER, Company d,
Tenth Regiment. has been recomnlssioneo
Captain of that company.
LIEUTENANT E. E. CRITcHFIELD, Of Mt.
Pleasant, Inspector of Rifle Practice OF the
Tenth Regiment, was in tie city for few
days last week.
LIEUTENANT BIGGER, of Company b,
Eighteenth Regiment, is now very busy
teaching the new tactics to the boys at
MorganZa.
THE report of the inspector Of rifle prac-
tice of the First Regiment, n. G. p, shows
452 officers and men having qualified, an in
crease of 62 over last year.
LIEUTENANT A. PEARSON OF the Eighteenth
regiment, was confined to his home for the
past week with an attack of pleurisy. He
was in the city yesterday for the first time
CAPTAIN W. H. DAVIS, OF the Eighteenth
Regiment, was in Harrisburg Friday. He
called on Adjutant General McClelland and
said he found him much better and well on
the road to recovery.
THE annual rep port of General Inspector Of
Rifle Practice Herman Osthau, Of Scranton,
has been received at the Adtutant Generals
Department. Inspector Osthaus considers
the showing Of the National Guard In rifle
practice unusually creditable.
GOVERNOR PArr1soN is duly registered as .
qualified narksman, the first that Pennsyl
vania ever had in the Gubernatorial chair.
About 500 acquisitions for markmen's
medals and bars have been received and ap-
proved. Three hundred thousand rounds OF
ammunition had been issued to the Guard
during the year for rifle practice.
THE court Of inquiry which was requested
by ADJ jutant Charles Reese has been ordered
by Major General snowden, to meet at the
headquarters of the Eighteenth Regiment on
Friday, December Is, ut o'clock P. NJ
Colonel David Brainard Case Of the Fourth
Regiment, has been detailed as the court. 1t
will be remembered that at Camp kens1ng-
ton last summer Lieutenant Reese was ao-
cused by one Of tile Governors staff officers
OF making an insubordnate and ungentle-
manly reply co another staff officer. who
had been sent to the Eighteenth Regiment.
This accusation was made before number
OF Office and men. Lieutenant Reese i'm
mediately asked for Court OF Inquiry,
which has just been ordered.
LIE uu0lIlS Vi tu0 COuEt uihTtidi COHVOhCo
to try Colonel w. B. Smith, OF the Third
Regiment, Philadelphia, has been made
public. The Colonel was found guilty Of all
the charges and specifications, except the
charges of forgery and embezzlement, and
was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged
from the service, which has been approved
by Major General Snowden. Colonel Smith
will appeal from the sentence to Governor
Pattison, and If it is decided against him,
will carry his case in to the OWL courts. The
finding in the case OF Lieutenant Bell,
Quartermaster of the Third regiment, has
he was acquitted of the charges against him.
A DECISION Of much Importance to guards
men was recently made by Adjutant Gem
eral McClelland. A Second Lieutenant, who
was duly elected and promoted to q First
Lieutenantcy Of his company, failed to ac-
cept his promotion as required by the code.
As has been customary his acceptance was
verbal, and not in writing, as required by
the twenty-fourth section. He appeared be-
fore his Brigade Board for examination and
was notified to appear at a future meeting,
which he failed to do But he at once, in
the absence of the Captain as company
commander, assumed full charge OF the
company, appending his signature to official
documents as First Lieutenant commanding
company. The Adj utant General, when Is
attention was called to the case, decided
dual rank in his compony, and as he had
himself vacated the position Of Second Lieu
tenant he had failed. under disobedteuce
to the law, to qualify as First Lieutenant,
therefore he Is not a member Of the National
Guard.