Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-26
A WAR OF WHEELMEN.
The National Military Cycling Com
pany Has a Falling Out.
A NEW ORGANIZATION TO FOLLOW.
The Crusade for Good Country Roads to Be
Kept Up With will
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ARE In DEMAND
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WASHINGTON, Dec 25.-Eyerything
has not been smooth sailing in the Mill
tary Cycle Company, and a number Of
designations have followed the trouble
between the captain and the first lieutenant.
Angry words passed between some of the
parties to the trouble, and more than dozen
members resigned.
Arrangements are now on foot for the or.
ganization of new separate company,
which will not come under the orders of the
District National Guard. Lieutenant
Libby and Sergeant Crook are interested in
the new organization, and they hope to
form a company with social features which
will put them on basis with other inde-
pendent companies
One of the most interesting volumes that
has been published for some time, and one
that is likely to have a wide circulation
among Wheelmen, is General Ordway's
"Cycle Infantry Drill Regulations" 1t ID
the first volume Of its kind everpublished,
notwithstanding the fact that the bicycle
has been in use in the armies of Europe and
Great Britain for several years past.
Fills One of Those Long Felt Wants.
The book is the result of research and
study, and fully justifes the amount Of
time and labor expended in its preparation.
1t will be introduced among the bicycle
corps of the National Guard, where the
need Of such work has long been felt.
Chief Consul Stinemetz presided at the
meeting of the local division, League Of
American Wheelmen. called for the pur-
pose of selecting representatives. of this
division at the annual meeting in Phila-
delphia, February 20. The delegates
elected were Messrs. Overman, Perry, At
titled to so many delegates because of the
1000 members on the roll at present This
increase is due to the exertion of local
wheelmen who endeaVored to secure the
prizes offered for new memberA Many Of
the members are not wheelmen, and, as the
constitution provides the candidates for
membership must be amateur wheelmen, it
is likely that the right of this division to
have so many representatives. will be ques-
toned.
southerners VIII Turn Out Well.
The fact that the national convention will
be held at Philadelphia will insure good
attendance from the southern contingent Of
wheelmen. The color line is certain to be
one of the important problems that will be
broached at the meeting. A warm fight
over it is expected, but the general opinion
is that 1t will result in the exclusion of the
negro from the league. This will be de-
plored in good many sections, but it is ap.
parently the only alternative of q north
and south split in the whole body, and
there Is no question in the minds Of the
great body OF riders as to which is the
preferable course.
The subject of good roads will also re-
ceive attention, and good missionary work
Will be done among the rural communities
in awakening interest in the Improvements
of the country roads. 1t is possible that
the question of a series of national high
ways will also be broached, and interest
awakened in the proposition, if nothing
more.