Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Report of the Acting Adjutant General
New Clothing Recommended-Genera
Snowden's Plan for recognizing thu
Militia.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 2S.-TSpeetal Lieu
ing Adjutant General of the Nationa
Guard of Pennsylvania, has submitted a re
port to Governor Pattison, based on dats
collected by the late Adiutant General Nc
Clelland. The report states that the aggre
gate strength of the Guard on November 30
1891, was S,493; November 80, 1890, $40
showing gain during the year of 23 The
strength of the several organizations was as
follows: Commander-in-chief and staff
commissioned officers, "a; enlisted men, s.
total, %. Major general and staff, com.
missioned officers, u; enlisted men, 4; total,
16. First Brigade, commissioned officers,
1872; enlisted men, 2,476; total, 2,65S. Sec
ond Brigade, commissioned officers, 21S; en-
listed men, 1902; total, 8, ,115 Third Brig
ade, commissioned officers, 1876; enlisted
men, 2, 434; total, 1850.
During the year there was an increase in
the general staff of 5; First Brigade, 80;
Third Brigade, 5S, and q decrease in the
Second Brigade of 6S, net increase Of %,
16 officers and II enlisted men. The total
number of commissioned officers is 627 and
of enlisted men, 1871. During the year it
became necessary to muster out but one
company, ID, of the Tenth Regiment
After referring to the camps last year
and praising the troops for their soldierly
qualities in the field the report of the In
spector General of Rife Practice is re-
4n Tt sh hA
of !, Dos marksmen and 242 sharpshooters,
the totals being 5,775 marksmen and L. ,291
sharpshooters; most gratifying showing.
Again the Twelfth and Thirteenth Regi-
ments qualified every officer and enlisted
man.
The report recommends the renewal of
some of the equipment, such as blankets,
great coats, ETC., and hopes the next Legis-
lature will appropriate sufficient sum to
carry out its suggestion. The work of the
men in the coke country during the riots is
highly praised. Lieutenant Colonel Krumb-
haar closes his report with tribute to the
late Adiutant General William McClelland.
Accompanying the report is a communica-
tion from Major General George r. Snow
den on the reorganization of the guard ss
follows:
In view of the change in drill reorganiza-
0
have the honor to submit a plan which /
believe can be accomplished with as little
friction as possible and at the same time go
as far forward in the new direction as is now
listing organizations.
First-I recommend that the Third Regi-
ment be disbanded, and the colonies respect
lively of the First and Second infantry be
authorized to recruit two new companies
and elect one additional major. Also that
the naval battalion of four companies be
raised and mustered into the service, the
State Fencibles battalion to remain as it is
with four companies.
Second-That Company 1, Eighteenth In
fantry, at McKeesport, be transferred to the
suming, as am informed, that the Tenth
now has seven and the Eighteenth nine COM
panies.
Third-That two infantry companies of
the Third Brigade, to be designated by
Brigadier General Goblin, be mustered out
Should these companies be other than those
of the Eighth Infantry it would require dis
positions to be made so that each regiment
OF the brigade would consist OF eight COM
panies-
Fourth-That light battery be raised at
Philadelphia and a troop within the limits
of the Third brigade, at place & to be select,
troops to be formed into perma-
nent battalion organizations, reporting di-
rectly to these headquarters. Thus the
s uard would consist of Infantry: Two
regiments of II companies, three bat
talions each; IL regiments of eight
two battalions each; one bat
TALON independent, State Fencibles; one
company, Grey Invincibles; one naval bat
TALON, one battalion of cavalry and one bat
TALON of artillery, with the same number of
in the aggregate as at present In
case of internal troubles the State Fencibles
and naval battalion could be formed into a
regiment and doubtless would
work well together. 1t is advisable that q
in each regiment be commanded,
for the present at least. by the Lieutenant
Colonel.
The approaching encampments will de-
termine the propriety of it without the ex-
pense of additional Majors, except of one
each as stated in the First and Second In
fantry. If it should be found from expert
ence to be better and consistent with the
present appropriation, an additional Major
could be elected in each regiment to COM
mand a battalion instead of the Lieutenant