Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

INSPECTOR GENERAL NCkIBHEN, OF this city,
| spent few days in the East last week.
MAJOR FRANK PATTERSON Brigade Inspec-
tor, spent a portion Of the week in Phila-
delphia-
COLONEL KREps, of the Fifth Regiment, is
slowly rec overing from broken ley he sus-
tatned some weeks ago.
> The commission of Captain Frank C.
Baker, OF Company B, Fifteenth Regiment,
expired March 80, and although regimental
headquarters have been requested to send
orders for an election, none as yet have
been received.
LIEUTENANT SrILLwELL, of the Thirteenth
Regiment at Scranton, spent O few days in
the city last week. .LieutenantStillweli is one
OF the best riflemen in the State, and ha
represented his regiment at Mt. Gretna for
number of years.
A MEETING Of the regimental commanders
of the Third Brigade was held in Harrisburg
last Wednesday evening. The meeting was
called by Generals Greenland and Goblin for
the purpose of discussing matters pertain
ing to the brigade in reference to the en-
campnents and the new tactics
THE officers of the Fourteenth Regiment
met last Monday evening for the purpose of
starting a school for instruction in the new
tactics. Meetings will be held weekly in
headquarters. and a uniform scheme of
ment, the Regimental Commander, who has
been Ill Tor some time past, is considerably
better.
STRONG efforts are still being made to save
the Third Regiment from disbandment, and
conference was recently held between
Governor Pattison, Judge Advocate Rogers
Of settling the matter. 1t has been about
decided that If the Third comes up to certain
requirements which will be laid down, it
will be allowed to live.
The thirty.first anniversary of the organi-
cation of the First Regiment was cele ebrated
last Tuesday by a street parade OF the regi-
ment, accompanied by the Veteran Corps.
The regiment appeared in the new forma-
tion as required by the new infantry drill
regulations and was probably the first COM
mand in the State to appear in public using
the new tactics. 1t was divided in to three
battalions and made very creditable dis
play.
AT the recent meeting Of the regimental
commanders of the Second Brigade, in this
city, General Wiley very strongly favored q
brigade encampment this next summer for
the purpose Of instruction in the new
tactics. He urged that resimental COM
manders could gain many points by observa-
system Of work could be decided upon. The
colonels of the different commands. how.
matter out by themselves, and were unani.
mously in favor OF camping by regiment.
General Greenland also favored regimental
camps as being cheaper.
ALTHOUGH no orders have yet been issued
relative to the opening OF the season of rifle
practice for 1892, it is expected that it will
commence the same as last year on May !,
and that orders to that effect will be issued
by Colonel Osthans this week. No new
ranges will be opened up by any of the or.
ganizations in the Second Brigade this sea.
son. The three local organizations will
On sanR snd dsea last
at Saltworks and the Eighteenth Regi.
ment at Coleman station. The rental for
the Saltworks ranges has been raised con.
siderably over what it was last year, ana as
a consequence the battery will have to put
mp s25 or $50 more than the State allows them
for that purpose.
COLONEL OsTHANs, the General Inspector
of Rifle Practice, recommends that the same
system be adopted in other organizations
for the qualifying of men as was put in prac-
tice by him when in charge Of the work in
the Thirteenth Regiment. The Colonels |
scheme is that each company be divided into |
squads of four or five men each with a nom |
commissioned officer in charge, and that the |
be held responsible for the prac- |
Osthans claims by this means the work Of |
qualification is considerably lessened and |
that the successful results attained in the |
are due to this
and will no doubt be adopted in many COM
mands all over the State.
IT has practically been decided upon in
Harrisburg to stop enlistments in the Guard |
on January next, with the exception.of re-
enlistments. The purpose of this very wise
move is to compel, If possible, companies to
attain a certain standard in preparation for
the trip to the Worlds Fair the following
summer. The National Guard in Pennsyl-
vania has the reputation throughout the
United States as being at the top Of the list
in effectiveness and standing, and it is pro-
posed if possible to merit that reputation by
to allow a few green men to spoil
the maneuvers of com mpanies and regiments.
The tendency always has been in certain or
to fill up the companies at the
last moment for the purpose Of making
showing in strength at best, and it is just
this trouble the authoritles at Harrisburg
propose guarding against. The quarterly
reports will help very much to Offset any
crookedness in this line. a
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Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days use. Mar