Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-18
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. B. STREErER, the
good natured second in command of the
Tenth Regiment, spent the greater portion
of last week in the city. The Colonel is an
ardent Democrat and one of the shining
lights of the Randall Club.
THE members of the Washington Infantry
have decided to entertain their friends at
Turner Hall on the evening of November
10. Messrs. J. B. McEwen, G. F. E. Wilbaun,
J. F. KunrZ, B. L. McEwen, G. W. Kramer,
G. a. Hedges and W. +. Vance have been ap.
pointed the committee in charge.
THE officers OF the Fourteenth Regiment
assembled in full uniform at the armory last
Friday evening and then visited the house
of Colonel P. D. Parchment in body. The
object of the visit was the presentation of q
sword to the Colonel by Captain Henry
Schmitt who recently returned from Ger
many. The sword was purchased abroad,
and is said to be q very handsome one
Chaplain Mcguire made the presentation
speech.
THE annual contest between the members
of Company C, Eighteenth Regiment, for
the company medal took place last Friday
ut Coleman Station. The medal was won by
Private J. w. Fulton, with the score of SO
ont of q possible 30. Corporal William An
derson was second, with total of 81. The
contest for the medal has excited so much in
terest in this company that the Captain will
probably have several of the kind to be con-
tested fo- next year.
THE annual shoot for the Robb medal in
the Fourteenth Regiment, and the Brown
& Hirth medal took place last Thursday
at Saltworks. There we're 21 entries for the
mathes from the three local organizations
and considerable rivalry was shown. Lieu
tenant Hall. of the Fourteenth Regiment
won the Robb medal with 81 points out of 100
Corporal Knox, of the Eighteenth Regiment,
won the Brown 6 Hirth medal with 81
points and Captain Coon, of the same organ
ization, took the cash prize with 7s points.
Mr. JAMES BIGGER, the efficient little Second
Lieutenant of Company B, Eighteenth Regi-
ment will shortly be missed from his usual
place in the armory. He has accepted the
position of military instructor at the Nor
ganza Reform School, and from henceforth
will teach the precocious Youngsters under
the States care how to drill. In connection
with these duties Mr.. Bigger expects to take
up a course at Washington-J efferson College.
He has not decided yet whether to resign
his position in the Eighteenth or not, his
many friends persuading him to remain.
UNLESS an extension is ordered this week
the season of rifle practice for 1891 closes on
October 81. The prospects are so far that even
in the face of the order requiring a qualif-
cation of 80 men per company, under penalty
of disbandment, the grand totals in the
First and Second Brigades will be smaller
than last year. The First Brigade has been
handicapped by troubles on the Hartranft
range, and several of the organizations in
the Second have been held back in like
manner. A number of applications have
been made to Colonel osthaus to extend the
season for at least two weeks, but as yet no
change has been ordered.
THE first annual shoot between the officers
of the Eighteenth Regiment took place last
Wednesday afternoon at the regimental
range at Coleman station. Sixteen officers
of the regiment faced the targets, and con-
sidering the bad condition of the weather
very fair scores were put up The gold
al unO hU In Of 1o
tice Pearson with II out of 100 points and
the silver medal by Captain Charles Roes-
sing with IS points. 1t is probable that a
number of medals and trophies will be put
up for contest next year, both among the
enlisted men and the officers, as these con-
tests have proven one of the greatest in
centives for the progress of rifle practice.
THE appointment of Captain W. H. Was
sell, of Company b, Eighteenth Regiment,
to a Second Lieutenantcy in Twenty-second
U. S. Infantry was announced last week
Mr. WasseIl is a graduate of West Point and
spent some time in the regular service be-
fore he resigned He has been connected
with the Eighteenth Regiment for the past
two years and during that time he has won
many friends. He expects to leave tor the
West about the first of next month and
will be stationed at Fort keogh, Mon, Fort
Keogh is one of the largest posts in the
West having two troops of cayalry and n
regiment of infantry. Lieutenant j F.
Kreps, another Pittsburger, is also stationed
at the same point
THE encampment of the Sixteenth Regi-
ment, at Titusville, during Thursday. Friday
and yesterday was evidently great success.
if the brief information received is to be de-
pended on. The regiment had good weather
throughout, and much interest was shown in
the orranizat tion. A number OF visitors were
the guests of Colonel Hastings during the
ercampmcnt among them being General
Wiley, Colonel Walter Greenland, Major
Frank Patterson, brigade inspector, and a
number of others. The event OF the torr ,gos
the competition drill, which took place Fri2
day. Seven companies contested for the
trophy offered by Colonel Hastings, and a
nurse of $500 The winner was Corn5anvT ~
Warren, Company G, of Bradford, being Sec.
oud, and Company ID, of Oil City, third. FulIv
5000 spectators Witnessed the drill. ''
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