Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

QuARrERMAsrER E. E. ROBBINS, Of the
Tenth Regiment, spent a few days In the
city last week.
THE entire staff of the State Fcncibles has
been reappointed, with the exception OF the
Quartermaster.
COLONEL JOHN /. RODGERS the lively Judge
Advocate General of the Division expects TO
60 abroad shortly for the summer.
INsrrcTos GENERAL CHAMBERS McKIsBrH
went East Thursday to join Govern raeti'
son and then proceed to Gettysburg. he
viii be gone several days.
COLONEL BURcHF1ELD, of the Fifth Regt'
ment, has appointed James Fl. Craig as Al
iutant and. Henry C. Quigley as Quartermas, s,
ter. His medical staff has been reappolneeo
as before.
IT is probable that the name OF Captain
Penny will be mentioned in connection Win
the captaincy OF Company +. Captain
Penny made an excellent name for himself
in Company @, and he could take hol0 on
the reorsanized company without losing hls
rank.
TIE big competition drill at Omaha next
week for companies Of the National Guard
throughout the country promises to De q
great success. A number Of purses. amount
ing to several Thousand dollars, have Deen
ment has detailed number OF regular om-
GERS to be present.
CoMpANY H., of the Third Regiment, spent
last Sunday and Monday in the field in the
vicinity of Valley Forge. Captain Machoid
ordered his men TO report with two days
cooked rations, and after going by train TO
Devon Sunday morning, spent the day IN
skirmish work and practice marches to Val
ley Fsrge, where the following day was put
in field work.
MANY of the officers OF the Second Brigade
will be pained to learn of the serious condi-
tion into which Captain James H. Murdock's s
illness has developed. He has been in poor
health for several years past ana at times
his actions have been considered peculiar.
Last week he was taken to DiNmont and mis-
insanity is considered iucurable. Captain
Murdock has been on the staff of General
Wiley as an aide-de-camp for several years
past, and was well liked throughout the
brigade.
SEVERAL of the officers of the Fourteenth
Regiment. including Adjutant Hubbard and
Quartermaster McClain visited Kittanning
last Sunday and spent the day in the
vicinity of the regimental camping ground.
They were delighted with the treatment re.
ceived from the citizens of the pretty little
town up the Allegheny and predict that the
encampment of the Fourteenth this year
will be one of the most successful tie reI1.
ment has ever held The boys are well
pleased with the situation of the grounds
and have been promised every 1nducement
TO make things pleasant.
ALL three of the local organizations took
advantage of the good weather during the
past week to commence work on the rifle
ranges, and as a result q number of the men
are already qualified for the season. AL
though the range of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment has only been fixed up about two
weeks already the vandals in the neighbor-
hood have commenced their denredations
and a number of she appendages to the tar
gets have been stolen. The regiment has
been peculiarly uni ortunate in this respect
during the past four or five years, and II pos.
sible an example should be made OF the mis-
creants who persist in these petty thefts.
PROBABLY one OF the greatest surprises Of
the season in the Eighteenth Regiment was
the defeat OF Captain John Penny for re-
election to the command of Company G.
Captain Penny has been connected with the
company for a number OF years and has been
in command for the past five years. He was
defeated by First Lieutenant John III. Rust
by q vote OF IS to is. Although the can.
didacy of Lieutenant Rust has been known
for some time, his strength was not gener-
ally considered as amounting to much. Mr..
Rust has also been connected with the com
pany for number of years and is con-
sidered a good tactician. After the election
for ca ntain was held, Second Lieu ennnt
John Reyburn was promoted to the First
elected TO the Junior vacancy.