Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

ADJUTANT JOHN HUBBARD, OF the Four
teenth has returned to the city after brief
absence.
COLONEL W. c. CoSNEILY, of the Governors
staff, is able to be about again after several
weekJ' illness.
A sQuAD from Battery B win give a sabre
drill at the Exposition next Tuesday even
ing. The battery drills have been well at
tended since camp.
CAPTAIN A. E. HUNT spent the greater part
Of last week in New York city attending q
meeting or the engineers called relative to
matters pertaining to the Worlds Fair.
W. c. CAHILL, Of Company c, Eighteenth
Regiment, who was accidently shot in the
Jaw at target practice, last Monday, is
rapidly recoverin" from his wound. The
escape OF Private Cahill was a very narrow
one.
A MEETING Of the Board Of Control OF the
Fourteenth Regiment has been called by
Colonel Parchment for tomorrow evening.
The meeting viii be held in the Market
Street ATmOry and number of matters Of
importance will be brought up.
CAPTAIN A. p. SHANNON of the Washing
ton Infantry. is now able to be about. having
almost fully recovered from the effects or
his sprained ankle. Lieutenant Niebaum
also having returned from his trip West, the
company drills win be livened up consider
ably and mucn larger attendance ex-
pectcd.
THE checks for the camp pay ofthe Second
Brigade, with the exception of four CON-
panics whose rolls were imperfect, were
Mt out from the AdJutant Generals Office
last Friday night and consequently should
arrive iE the hands of the regimental COM
manders early this week Is is understood
that the brigade would have been paid off
several weeks ago had the consolidated rolls
not been detained by the reports of the four
companies mentioned, and as last resort
General McClelland ordered the balance of
the organizations to be paid of anyhow.
AT the meeting of the officers of the
Eighteenth Regiment, held a week ago, it
WAS decided to cut down the regimental
music to p pieces. Heretofore the regiment
has been noted for carrying one of the
largest and a times the best drum corps in
the State as high as 60 pieces having at diff
ferent times been turned out for inspection.
The constant trouble and expense of
handling such & number of musicians de-
cided the officers of the regiment in reduc-
ing the corps to a legitimate size. Quarter
master Davis was instructed by Colonel
Smith to take possession of all the equip
lnents above those required for thea pieces.
For an officer who has been at the head of
departments for comparatively so short
time, Colonel Osthaus, the General Inspector
of rife practice, has made himself about as
unpopular as can well be imagined. A general
feeling of discomfort has gre0ually crept
into the shooting department of the Guard,
and with the possible exception of Scranton,
hot shot is being poured at Colonel Osthaus
from all portions of the State. His manner
of ruling out the team from the City Troop,
of Philadelphia, during the contests at Mt
Gretna two weeks ago, has not tended to
increase his popularity in the eastern por-
tiOn of the State. Possibly Colonel Osthaus
is labOring under the misfortune of being
overshadOwed by his predecessor Colonel
Watres.
PLANS of various kinds for the consolida-
tion of the National Guards of the United
States and placing them directly under
control of the War Department are still
being pretty thoroughly discussed. Its idea
originated among officers of the regular
service while visiting camps in the West
but the conclusion seems to have been ar
rived at that the scheme is scarcely feasible.
Little attention has been paid to the ma atter
in this State and the few officers who have
considered the idea at ali deem it ill-advised
and dangerous General Miles in speaking
OF the subject said, 81 do not believe in con-
6olidating the State troops and forming
them into practically a standing army Of
10000 men and placing them under control
OF whoever may be Secretary of War. ANY
officers who are considering the matter are
acting on their own responsibility and have
no authority for expressing their opinions.
WHY suffer with corns when you can per-