Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
GOSSIP OF TIE GUARDS.

MAJOR FRANK PATTERSON, Inspector Of the
| Second Brigade, spent few days at Camp
| Sherman last week.
| QUARTERMAsTER GENERAL WALTER GREEN
LAND was in the city yesterday. He is now
| making active preparations for the camp of
| the second Brigade.
CAPTAIN JOHN P. PENNY yesterday oom-
pleted two weeks of gallant service to his
country. He has been doing jury duty for
that period OF time.
LIEUTENANT WAssELL, Of Company B.
/ Eighteenth Regiment, has ordered a COM
plete outfit of cheviot shirts to be worn by
his men on inspection and dress occasions.
AT Camp Sherman last Tuesday, a number
of members of the First Regiment celebrated
the day on account of it being the fourteenth
anniversary of their departure for the Pitts
burg riots.
SURGEON GENERAL REED Is the senior officer
of Governor Pattison's staff, having served
Is consecutive years. He was a surgeon in
the Crimean war, and General Hancocks
private medical attendant
DRILLS in the Fourteenth Regiment were
better attended last week than for several
months past, and the interest DISPLAYED
shows that the regiment will take a large
percentage of its strength to camp.
AN election was held in Company K of
the Tenth Regiment, last Tuesday evening
by Colonel Hawkins and Adjutant s. B.
Hays 1t resulted in John +. Bradley being
chosen Captain, jackson Worley First
Lieutenant and 7. S. Cargo Second Lieuten-
ant Company X is located at Waynesburg
AT the last meeting of the Duquesne Grays
it was unanimously decided to name the
coming encampment of the company at
Erie, August to ls, after their late Quarter
master, S. j. Wainwright. This camp
promises to be more successful than any
previous one. the Rutter Band, of Union
fftU xril1 Gh mr. va
anticipate most enjoyable time
AT meeting of the line officers Of the
Eighteenth Regiment last week, it was de-
cided to have an officers mess at the coming
encampment. Captain Simmons, Captain
Penny and Lieutenant Dock were appointed
the committee in charge. The movement is
a good one, and while 1t has been contem-
plated for years. this is the first actual
attempt to carry it through. Nearly all the
line officers of the regiment have signi1ed
their consent to go in on the scheme.
AT the last meeting of the Eighteenth
Regiment the adoption OF campaign hats
was decided ON for the coming camp, and
most of the companies have taken steps to
procure them. This move Is one of the most
beneficial that could have been made in the
interest of the enlisted men, as for general
wear the hats are great Improvement over
the regulation cap The color of the hat
will be gray. An attempt was also made to
adopt a uniform shirt, but the matter was
dropped for the present.
AFTER five ballots the vacancy in Battery
B was filed last Monday evening by the Sc
lection of Sergeant Edward Eichenlaub for
the first lientenantcy. There were SO men
present and the affair was quite spirited for
q while, the first ballot standing 80 votes for
Eichenlaub and 20 for Kimmel. Mr.. Eichen-
laub has been in the battery for a mum Der of
wears and no doubt will fill his position ac-
ceptably. After the election Captain Hunt
Immediately promoted Sergeant Marks to
the first sergeantcy, left vacant by Eichen'
laub's step upward.
The camps of the First and Third Brigades
ended yesterday, and, according to reports
of officers from this city who were present,
both were most successfully carried out.
The attendance in the First Brigade aver
aged $500 men and officers, while that of the
Third Brigade was 1850, the greatest num-
ber the brigade has ever turned out: Gov
ernor Pattison IN person made careful gen.
eral inspection OF the troops at both places,
and it was evident from the interest he dis
PLAYED he is keeping his eyes on the citizen
soldiers. He will also visit the camp of the
Second Brigade next week. A number of
members of the camp at Mt. Gretna were
badly prostrated by the heat, among them
being Brigade Quartermaster Meyer. One
death also occurred at this camp, the untor-
tunate being Private Carey Boylor, OF the
Twelfth Regiment. He died of heart failure.
A feature of the camp of the First Brigade
was the manner in which tho brigade band
was worked. Each regiment held its guard
mount according to seniority and the band
played at each of the ceremonies.