Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-01
CAN N'TSHAVE MILITIA.
The Members of the National
Guard Are to Be Paid
in Person and
BROKERS WILL BE LEFT.
Adjutant GeBeral Greenland Visits
the Encampment
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BROKERS WILL BE LEFT.
COLONEL HAWKINS HAS A PARTY.
The Sixteenth Regiment Enjoy Their Life
in the Camp.
WILLING TO STAY UNTIL THE ENT


from duty at Homestead will be paid early
this week." Adjutant General Greenland
said yesterday. 1.-THE draft to pay the
Fourteenth Regiment has already been
forwarded to the proper authorities
of that command. The other
regiments will be paid promptly. ="
1t was reported in camp on Saturday that
several Pittsburg pawnbrokers had, during
the week, visited the encampment and had
purchased the pay of many of the soldiers
for S5 cents on the dollar. The report Gre
ated considerable indignation among the
military authorities there. An investiga-
tion was at once instituted, but no
soldier was found who would
admit he had sold his pay.
Adjutant General Greenland said that if
the pawnbrokers had gotten into camp and
had purchased the pay of soldiers at dis
count they will lose any money so advanced.
"We will. on account of the rumor, which
we have been unable to run down, take e1-
traordinary care in paving the troops We
will, of course, send the States draft to
the captains of the companies"
A Move to Block the Brokers.
The captains will deposit the drafts and
will check against them, and every soldier
will be required to sign the payroll in
such a way that no second hand business
can be practiced. The pawnbroker cannot
recover any money unless he has estab-
lished some agreement with the captains,
and if the captains have entered into any
agreement there Will certainly be some
cashiering.
Adjutant General Greenland arrived in
camp yesterday morning. He spent the
morning with General Wiley, and in the
evening Generals Wilev. Greenland, Sur
geon General Reed and Colonel Lamberton,
of the Reading Coal and Iron Company,
with number of staff officers. visited
the Provisional Battalion, on the
DISTINGUISHED party enjoyed . delight
smoked Wheeling stogies and drank
lemonade for several hours. During the
visit Colonel Lamberton announced that his
company employed about $4,000 men and
that he would agree to give a place
to every member of the National Guard
who forfeited his position by responding
to the States call to go to Homestead. This
information was given to the boys still re-
manning IN camp. Itwas gratifying to them
all.
Colonel Hawkins has reduced his soldiers
men are compelled to salute the colors at
headquarters and at night the sentries are
required to announce the hours between
taps and reveille.
A great many visitors were admitted to
the camp yesterday.
Oil Country Boys Happy.
The Sixteenth regiment, the oil country
boys, are apparently enjoying their pro-
longed stay under canvas. There is not
case of sickness in the regiment. and their
quarters are as clean and as we'll policed as
any camp that was ever pitched. General
John. A Wiley and the surgeon
general went through the Sixteenth
camp yesterday and both declared th at they
had never seen a camp that was kept
Colonel Willis j. Hulings said yesterday:
"The boys have settled down to monotonous
camp life. There are few of them who are
three or four days l have had but
three or four applications for fur
loughs. There are number of
them away now, who will be absent until
after the first of the month, when they ex-
pect to return. Everyone has been saying
that ii there is to be any trouble it will
Co, come toward t the wnd1p Of the strike. and
be relieved at the last moment and have
some other regiment jump in and carry
away any glory that may result from an
outbreak"
Ladies Visit the Soldier BOYS.
Ine camp was Vlslted oy scores OF 1r1enQS
of the bluecoats yesterday, half of whom
were ladies. There is to be an election for
Major in the regiment before long,
and Captain Bradley, of C Company
from Bradford, is after the honor
Should he be elected First Lieutenant
Burns will succeed him as Captain. Cap
tain Spencer, of Company ID, OF Oil City, has
one OF the strongest companies in the COM
mand. One of his faithful non-coms is Ser
geant Gruher, who has gained a wide repu-
tation as "Rattlesnake Pete" on account of
his success in catching and handling the
particular serpent from which he derives
his nickname.
Captain Harry Alvin Hall, of Company II,
from Ridgeway, takes to camp life easily, and
is always ut home to his numerous
callers.
Captain Baker, of the Cory company, let
ter A. is well known to Pittsburgers, as he
was located in this city for several months
| as Assistant Factory Inspector of the
State.
Captain William Doak, of the Eighteenth,
is on duty at headquarters, as aide to Gen.
| eral Wiley.
The Sixteenth Regiment has been at
Homestead 81 days. Yesterday the com.
pany officers were making out the pay rolls
for 10 days, and the boys are promised the
! money within the next three or four days.
This regiment will receive about $4,000 for
its first ten days service. and the total cost
| can be estimated at $1,000 day as long as
the regiment remains in camp.