Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.
! CHAPLAIN Woop, of the Sixteenth Regiment
| has rendered his resignation to Colone
| Hulings.
THE First Brigade camp this year will be
known as Camp W. T. Sherman, and win be
located near Norristown, Pa.
CAPTAIN SHANNON, of the Washington In
| fantry has decided to have his company gc
into camp some time In August. No selec
\ tion of ground has yet been made.
INSPECTOR OF RIFLE PRACTICE P PATTERSON, Of
Battery B, is in Washington, d. c., on two
weeks sojourn Several members of the
| Battery have already qualified for this
| year.
| CAPrA1N HARMON A. PERKINS, of the Gov
e,por's troop at Harrisburg has rendered his
| resignation. There has been quite q jangle
| in the troop for some time past, but things
| are expected to be Strengthened out shortly,
DURING the past week Captain Hunt, of the
Battery. sent very neat letter of congrat
| ulations to the Committee of Arrangements
| for the anniversary of "Battery b." of the
First Pennsylvania Reserves at Mt. Jack,
| son, Pa.
FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE SHEPHERD, OF
Battery B, rendered his resignationto Captain
Hunt last week. Mr.. Shepherd has been
| Senior First Lieutenant of the battery since
/
made many friends in the guard.
THE officers Of the Fourteenth Regiment
have decided to fit upa room in Old City
Hall for headquarters purposes. No expense
will be spared to make it both cheerful and
inviting The regiment has been in need OF
such meeting place for long time.
TO-DAY committees from the Washington
Infantry will visit the various cemeteries
and decorate the graves of deceased mem
hay- of 10 nd The nndnr
command of Captain Shannon, will turn
ont with Post 157 at the Oakland Cemetery
on Decoration Day.
A MEETING of the company commandants
of the Eighteenth Regiment will be held to-
morrow evening at $50, in the regimental
important one, as the policy of the different
companies on the subject of rifle practice
will be settled. Every company commander
should be present.
The Eighteenth Regiment loses one of its
most efficient officers by the resignation of
Lieutenant Horace Lowry, of Company E.
Mr.. Lowry finally decided to leave the regi-
ment last week, and has sent his resigna ton
to Colonel Smith. The condition of Com
pany for the past year has not been all
that might be desired, and as consequence
other changes may be expected.
LAST Friday was the seventh anniversary
of the organization of Battery B, the i'm
1884. The members of the battery are de-
lighted at the prospect of going into camp
with the rest of the brigade in July, and not
being compelled to repeat their experience
at Mt. Gretna two years ago They have had
an elegant sufficiency of that style of doing
business. Captain Hunt has received fresh
assurances that his command will be sup
piled with guns shortly, but as the tale has
grown very old with him, he will not be.
satisfied until he sees them safely slowed in
the battery's armory.
CAPTAIN CHARLES HOLMES, of Company B,
Eighteenth Regiment, sent his resignation
to Colonel Smith last week by request. Mr..
Holmes is now in Chicago, where he will
probably be permanently located. He has
been in command of Company for the past
Is months, and previous to that time, held
the position of Sergeant Major of the regi-
ment 1t is safe to say his connection with
military life was somewhat of the farcical
order, and had it not been for his two sub
ordinates his company would have been dis
banded long ago. The National Guard in
Pennsylvania is making active strides
toward perfection, and has no time to waste
with commissioned officers, who cannot be
found in their proper places at least once
in two years.
THE unveiling of the Hartranft Monument
takes place at NorristowE on June 6. 1t is
understood that the entire First Brigade
wiz be present at the ceremony, in addition
and Third Brigades. just what regiment
from this end of the State will go is hard to
say although the offer will probably be
made to Colonel Hawkins, of the Tenth
Regiment, he being the senior Colonel On
account of the scattered condition of this
organization, the chances are that one of
the PittsDurg regiments may have the OPP
portunity to take the trip, the chances being
in favor Se,n Of the lone
1t is scarcely thought provisional
regiment will be called for, on account of
the difficulties of handling such organ1za-
ti9ns 1s, Itis It. expected fSSiy SeOO soldiers IN
tives of many other organizations.
CONTRARY to expectation, General Wylie
has decided that the Second Brigade shall
go into camp this year at Arnold station, on
the Allegheny Valley Railroad about Is miles
above the city. The selection narrowed
down to one of two sites, the other being
at Ellwood, about 40 miles from the city,
doubt Arnold station is a very pretty place
for camping ground, number of strong
objections are urged by many officers who
have been on the ground. The first is the
remarkable nearness to the city will cause
the camp to be overrun with visitors, many
of whom will be of an Objectionable char
acter. The second objection, and probably
the most forcible one, is that the Methodist
camp meeting grounds are located but halfa
mile away, and unless remarkably fine dis
cipline is exercised in the brigade, unpleas-
ant Developments may result Major Logan,
the Brigade Quartermaster, will shortly
take a number of the regimental quarter
masters up to the grounds and locate the
lines for the camp.
THREE companies Of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment we're inspected last week. Company
F, on Monday evening, presented 4s men and
3 officers to Major Logan in the Diamond
Street Armory, and altogether showed
creditable Improvement over the work of
last year. On Thursday evening, at the
Fifth Avenue Market House, Captain. SIM
mons turned over to Major Patterson Sc men
and officers of Company H. On account of
the failure of the light the company had not
the opportunity to display itself to the best
advantage, but the showing was up to the
standard. On Friday evening, at the same
place, Captain Penny presented 50 men and
3 officers of Company G for inspection to
Major Patterson. The showing made by
this company in every detail was undoubt-
edIy the best in the regiment, and possibly
in the brigade; certainly none of the Pitts
burg companies have equalled it in many
years. The work of the non-commissioned
officers in handling the platoons and COM
pany as q whole was of the very best, and
showed the result of last winters non-com-
missioned officers school. Captain Penny
was highly complimented for the showing
made.
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