Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
At CAMP SAM BLACK
A Bullet Hits a Servant and
Creates a Stir Among
the Soldiers.
STRICT ORDERS ARE ISSUED
The Shooting of Il. C. Frick Confuses
the Generals in Camp.
A PRIVATE is BADLY PUNISHED.
Ee Is Strung Up by the Thumbs for an In
cendiary Cheer.
STRICT ORDERS ARE ISSUED
A PRIVATE Is BADLY PUNISHED.
Be Is Strung Up by the Thumbs for an In
cendiary Cheer.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE TENTH BOYS

A bullet evidently fired at party of Bat
terry b soldiers who were grouped in front
of their quarters on the eminence overlook
ing the Carnegie Steel w orks struck the
colored servant at the home OF ]. NJ. Byers
The wound was not dangerous. The ball
entered her left foot. When shot she was
at work Just in the rear of where
the soldiers were grouped. The
shooting was at once reported to Colonel
Hawkins, in commans OF the Provisional
Brigade. Orders were issued at once re-
quiring renewed diligence on the part of
the outposts and sentinels, and another
order was issued prohibiting any of the SOL
diers from leaving the encampment.
The confusion caused BY the stray bullet
from the unknown sharpshooter had hardly
subsided when the report reached general
headquarters that II. c. Frick had been shot
and killed. This report created profound
sensation. Generals Goblin, Wiley and Haw-
kins were at once ordered to report at gen.
eral headquarters and an hour was spent by
them in conference with Major General
Snowden. When the conference con-
cluded the generals hurried to their COM
mands and each looked anxious and earnest
carefully concealed.
Discussed by Everybody.
The shooting of Mr.. Frick was discussed
by every officer and soldier in the encamp-
ment. Immediately upon the receipt of the
news at general headquarters it was
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and it went from headquarters along the
line until every private knew of the start
ling occurrence. They talked of it with
apparent concern, and while they only re-
ferred occasionally to the shooting of the
colored woman, they were more or less i'm
pressed with the appearance of unfriendly
sharpshooters.
General Wiley entertained a number of
his friends yesterday by explaining to them
lust why the countersign or password is
folded in the form of three cornered
cooked hat. The countersign is written at
general headquarters. 1t is written in a
small hand in the center of the paper and
is folded into the point. When being
carried down the line in active service the
bit of paper is held in the heart of the right
hand of the orderly. At two of the points
the fold is sealed with red wax. AT the
approach of the enemy the orderly bits the
third point off the order and swallows it,
which keeps the countersign or password
from the enemy.
That is the reason for folding the orders
from general headquarters in the three
pointed form," General Wiley said yester-
dav I'm service MANY a countersign went
down the throat of the orderly in charge
of it"
The orders go from general headquarters
to the brigade headquarters and finally
along the line until it is finally given to the
sentinels or guards after repeat about
O'Clock each night. The Brigade Com
mander receipts to the orderly for the order,
the Colonels recei pit to brigade headquar-
tiers and from regimental headquarters it is
verbally handed down.
A Famous Regiment.
One of the regiments that made a pecial
effort to secure a good rating at the recent
inspection was the Tenth now in command
OF Colonel Hawkins.
The Tenth Regiment was organized in
1873 The first Colonel was John A. Black,
at present of Greensburg, Pa. u. ID.
Lloyd, of Apollo, was Lieutenant Colonel
and Cyrus Thomas was Major. Hudson A.
Overholt was the Adiutant. The regiment
continued under the same command for five
years The regiment, however, was
reorganized in 1873 by the election
of Captain A. L. Hawkins, Company H.,
as Colonel. ID. ID. Lloyd remained as Lieu
tenant Colonel until the expiration of his
commission. o. L. Wilson was Major. At
the expiration of the commission of d. ID.
Lloyd, Major John NJ. Kent was elected
Lieutenant Colonel Captain James NJ.
Laird, of Company I, succeeded him. This
organization continued until the resignation
of Lieutenant Colonel John NJ. Kent,
July. 1887, when Adjutant ]. B. r.
Streator was elected Lieutenant Colonel.
He still continues in office. In
1890, Captain W. W. Moxry, of Company
II, was elected to fill the vacancy and still
remains in commission. The first Adjutant
of the Regiment under Colonel Hawkins
was A. G. Happier, of Washington, Pa.
After serving two years he resigned
and was succeeded by John A. Nc
Elvane, of Washington, now Presi-
dent Judge OF the Twenty-seventh
Judicial dictrict of Pennsylvania, who
continued in service for two years. After
his resignation J. B. r. Streator, of Wsah-
ington, Pa, was appointed and served over
five years, and was elected Lieutenant
Colonel. He was followed by the appoint
ment of S d. Hayes, of Washington, who
still remains in commission. The present
regiment commander, a. L. Hawkins, was
elected Colonel from Captain of Co. '"H''
on February %, 1879. He was re-
elected in 1884, and was again re-
elected in 1SSa The roster of the
regiment follows: Colonel, A. L. Hawk
ms, Washington county; Lieutenant
Colonel, j. B. Il. Streator, Washington
county; Major, w. w. Mowry, Washington
county; Adjutant, S. b. Hayes, Washington
county; Major and Surgeon, George w.
Neff, Fayette county; First Assistant Sur
geon, William S. Grim, Beaver county,
Second Assistant Surgeon, J. f. Ullam,
Greene county; Quartermaster, E. E Rob.
bins, Westmoreland county: /. r. p, E. E.
Critchfield, Westmoreland county; Chap
lain, Joseph L. Hunter, Fayette county.
Regimental non-commssioned staff: Ser
geant Major, j. L Burnside, Washington;
Commissary Sergeant, r. w. Anderson,
Beaver county; Quartermaster Sergeant,
VIM. c. l.. Bayne, Westmoreland county;
Hospital Steward, Gus A. b. Stoy, Greene
county.
Colonel A. L. Hawkins is an American
Napoleon. 1t is said by some of the boys
that when he gives a command it puts new
life into them and they feel rested He
served with distinction in the late war; He
enlisted in Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry
August Z, 1862. The Colonel is a farmer by
occupation, but does not do any work. He
also owns mill but does not mill any him
self He is as Jolly as he can well be. He
always has kind word for everyone. His
career as business man has been q
success.
The Acting Colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel j. B. r. Streator was
born in 1856, in Washington county, Pa,
March IL. He enlisted as private, Jan
uary 25, 1881, and was appointed Adjutant
in 1892 He served till auoust 1897 and