Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

MAJOR j. c. KAY spent portion OF the pass
week in New York City. ..-
LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. B. STREETER. the
tall and hustling member of the Tenth Resi-
ment, is in the city.
THE annual meeting of the officers OF the
Fourteenth Regiment will be held MONDAY
evening, january II, at o'clock. in the regt-
mental headquarters. Every oficer IS e1-
pected to be present, as business Oh ihPoi-
tance will be tran Sacted.
NEARLY 200 bronze and silver medals and
bars arrived in the city yesterday for distrl-
button among the marksmen and sharp
shooters of the three local organizations as
result of last seasons work on the range.
The medals will be ready for distribution
during the coming week.
THE officers of the Fourteenth Regiment
are highly elated over the beautiful meeting
place now provided for them, and can justly
claim having one of the finest headquarters
rooms in the State without any limitation.
The committee in Charge OF furnishing the
quarters was Captain Corbet, Captain Tim
and Quartermaster McClain, and vote OF
for the able manner in which they carried
out their instructions.
ACCORDING to the result OF court martial
in New York City a week ago, civilians can
be made to appear before the court but can
not be made to testify unless they so desire;
and although they can be adjudged guilty OF
contempt they cannot he p in1SheLt, SO tne
Attorney General has decided. That the
law is an unjusr one is generally admitted,
and it is possible that an attempt will be
made in Pennsylvania to provide for such
an event by having the law changed
ANNOUNCEMENT is made from the Adjutant
Generals office of the coming inspection OF
the guard by the Brigade Inspectors. The
inspections will be held in the months of
Ion Fol Mo int ha n
ries of the various organizations. Special
attention this year will be given to the
armories, their condition and location, also
to the condition of the blankets, great coats,
blanket bags, canteens and haversacks. No
report as to rifle practice Will be asked 1or.
COMPANY B, of the Eighteenth Regiment,
at present has the distinction of being COM
manded by Captain who holds commits
sion in the regular service as Second Lieu
tenant. Mr.. Wassell, who has been in COM
mand of Company B for the past Is months,
was appoin ted to a commission in the Tegu-
lar army some two months ago, has as yet
failed to hand in his resignation to Col. Smith,
and as result the affairs in the company
are gradually growing worse. Other matters
in connection with the company has de-
veloped lately what tend. to show that
section 81, of the military code, might be
brought into play in Mr.. Wasselrs case with
good effect.
ONE of the most important events in local
military circles during the coming week will
be the sitting of the Court of Inquiry ap-
pointed by General Snowden to inquire into
the case of Adjutant Reese, ofthe Eighteenth
Regiment. The court consists OF Colonel
Brainard Case, with Ca plain E. D. Smith, of
the Fourth Regiment, Us Judge Advocate,
and will sit in the regimental armory on
Diamond street tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. Colonels Krumbaar and Hunslcker,
of the Governors staff, will arrive in the
city tonight, being the interested parties in
the case aside from Lieutenant Reese. The
result of this court of inquiry in the present
case is being watched with interest all over
the State, as the gentlemen connected are
all well known and a precedent will be es-
tablished as to the line of conduct accepta-
bic between officers of certain grade here
after.
CONSIDERABLE of q kick has generated
among the citizens in the vicinity of the
Fifth Avenue Market House against the pro-
posed lease OF the building to the Eighteenth
Regiment and Battery for period of 80
years. The principal objection raised by
the kickers is that the building is in alto
gether too prominent location for armory
purposes, and that Herr's Island or some
sequestered nook in Butler county would
be about the right place to locate the
guard. Ii the people of Pittsburg propose
to continue in their ldiotic sentiment in re-
gard to the National Guard, u most elegant
move on the part of the Adjutant Generals
office would be to disband the organiza-
tions in this vicinity. altogether, and proba-
bly, at some time in the future their absence
might be felt in O forcible and impressive
manner. There is scarcely a city in the
country from Maine to California where O
National Guard organization is located that
has not provided costly and magnificent
armories, and on the most prominent thor
oughfare.. As to the opening of the Fifth
avenue building for market purposes, the
enterprise proved a dismal failure before,
even with one line of horse cars, and what
would it do now with two lines of rapid
transit to the downtown market? The incen-
tive for the proper class OF young men to
enter the guard IN this vicinity is growing
beautifully weaker each year, and a few
more kicks at the local organizations will
squelch it completely.