Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

MAJOR FRANK PATTERSON, the Second
Brigade Inspector, spent few days in the
| East last week.
COLONEL WALTER GREENLAND, Quarter.
master General of the National Guard, spent
| a few days in the city last week.
GENERAL JOHN A. WYLIE, the handsome
commandant Of the Second Brigade, is in
Washington, D. c., on business trip.
LIEUTENANT JOHN HUBBARD, adjutant o.
the Fourteenth Regiment, went East las,
night to be gone several months. A tour oi
the Eastern cities will be made in search Of
health.
COLONEL SMITH, of the Eighteenth Regi.
ment, issued his order last week for the pa
rade of the regiment on Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday, November 26. The companies
and field music of the regiment are on or
ders to report at $50 P. NJ.
THE enormous size and weight of some OF
the cannons now being constructed in the
foundries at different parts of the world are
exciting considerable discussion i'll military
circles. Four feet in length and weighing
1900 pounds is the dimension OF the enor-
nous projectile which Is fired from the big
gest gun vet turned out. The gun itself
weighs $1,000 pounds and was made in Ger
many.
MEETING Of the officers of the Fourteenth
Regiment was held last Monday nj yht in the
headquarters of the Central Armory. The
resolutions OrdWn up IOr COlOn6l Bowman, OF
Philadelphia, were indorsed and forwarded.
A lively discussion pro and con as to re-
fitting up the headquarters was then in
dulged in, which ended by Colonel Perch
the Fourteenth will be second to no regi-
ment in the brigade as regards meeting
place.
The serious illness Of Adjutant Gen.
eral McClelland during the past week
caused considerable uneasiness throughout
the National Guard. Genera, McClelland
has won a very warm place il the hearts Of
National Guardsmen during his brief career
in office, and the reports sent out from Har-
risburg yesterday of tie probability of his
General McClelland was taken i'll quite sud-
denly while seated in his Office, and for
several days his recovery was considered
doubtful.
THE report of Lieutenant W. s. Brown, In
spector of Rifle Practice Of the Fourteenth
Regiment for the season just closed, is inter-
esting. The total number Of men qualified
in the regiment is 3l6, 50 of whom are sharp
shooters, gain Of "A men over last year.
The totals by company are: Field and
Staff, SharpShooters and marksmen; Com
pany A, 8 sharpshooters and 45 marksmen;
Company B, sharpshooters and % marks
men; Company c, Is sharpshooters and 2l
marksmen; Company E, ssharpshooters and
&c mark ksmen; Company +, sbarpshooters
and 80 marksmen; Company G, sharp
shooters and 2S marksmen: Company 1, 3
sharpShoOteTS and 29 markSmen; Company
Il, l. sharpshooters and 80 marksmen.
THE most important event during the past
week in military circles was trial by court
martial in Philadelphia of Colonel Smith, of
Third Regiment, on charges of embezzle-
ment OF regimental moneys. The court
convened Tuesday evening and adjourned
Thursday evening. A number of witnesses
were heard, and although the verdict was
secret and transmitted up through the regu-
lar channels, the general impression is that
the result is adverse to Colonel Smith and
will result in his dismissal from the service.
The exact finding OF the court will not be
known until promulgated by Governor Pat
tison. Colonels Hawkins and Smith, the
members of the court from this end Of the
State. returned home last Friday.
The first printed report of regimental rifle
practice to be circulated for the season just
closed is that of the Thirteenth Regiment.
For the fourth consecutive year every mem
Der of this organization has qualified, and
l66 of the number are sharpshooters. The
report shows q series of wonderful successes
in contests, both at home and in State and
interstate matches, and goes to prove con-
clusively that the Thirteenth is one OF the
greatest organizations in the country, il not
in the world, as regards craftsmanship. The
son which was fitted up at an expense of
l,500, and it is claimed to be second only to
the Coleman range ut Mt. Gretna.