Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
GOSSIP OF THE GUARD.

CAPTAIN HUNT, of Battery B, will not go TO
camp this summer. He has obtained leave
of absence for period of three weeks ana
Will spend portion of his time IN tne west
THERE have been 4O1 desertions in the
regular army during the past six months.
The question is becoming serious one 70
the military authorities and numerous suS-
Sestions in the way of changes are Delng
made to put stop to it.
COMPANY B, of the Eighteenth Regiment
under the command of Captain Doak, ex-
poets to turn out about 80 men tomorrow
and assist the Grand Army Posts at Brad
dock. The company will be split into two
parts aud will be used as firing squads at
| the different cemeteries.
AT recent meeting of the officers Of tho
Eighteenth Regiment the probable call for q
| turn out on July 4 to assist the Schenley
| Park celebration was discussed, and the
sentiment of the officers was in favor OF
| lenul1lS any assistance possible should they
| be so requested. 1t is probable that all
| three OF the local organizations will turn
out II called upon.
| LIEUTENANT OSCAR J. STRAUB, formerly Of
| this city, but now of the First United States
| Artillery, has issued cards for his wedding
at Fort Hamilton, Long Island, on June 8.
Lieutenant Straub has many friends in the
National Guard, who were his acquaintances
at Mt. Gretna four years ago, at which en-
Gnmptnent ne took part as guest of the
Eighteenth Regiment.
ADJUrANT GENERAL GREENLAND was in the
city during the week. He has not been in
the best of health for some time, and was
just returning from q visit to Atlantic City.
On account of the probability of number
OF business men being compelled to stay
away from the Second Brigade encampment
oy reason OF the date falling just at the end
OF one month and the commencement of an
other, General Greenland has issued an Or
der changing the time to August 6 to IA, in
stead o. July 30 to August !, as was an
nounced at first.
A FIRING squad from Battery will assist
Post l57 tomorrow in the services at tho
cemetery, while the other members of the
battery will go on the range at Saltworks
and commence practice for qualification.
None OF the members of the battery have as
yet attempted any work this season, but
Lieutenant himmel expects to make a bet
ter showing than any put up so far. Owing
to the anticipated absence of Captain Hunt
this summer, Lieutenant Lewis Brown will
command the battery for q period of three
months. during which time the encampment
will occur.
UNDER an order issued last week, at the
suggestion of the Judge Advocate General,
the practice of dishonorably dscharging
enlisted men without giving them the bene-
fit of a court martial is stopped. Unless a
man is tried by general court and then dis
honorably discharged under sentence, his
discharge must read as honorable and he
cannot be prevented from enlisting again if
he so desires. This places n quietus on the
rather common ractice in many organiza-
tlons of firing n man out with a so-called
"bob-tail' discharge, and means that the
Judge Advocates department must paw
more attention to business in the future and
grant the calling of courts more frequently.
OFFICIAL lightning struck the Eighteenth
Regiment last week in the shape of an order
disbanding Company l, of McKeesport, and
discharging the officers of Company E. 1t
was intimated in this column some weeks
ago that such action would take place, so it
has not been much of a surprise The re-
suit of the order means q reorganization Of
Company under new officers, and, with q
choice of the material OF men of both
companies to select from, a thoroughly good
organization can no doubt be effected. 1t is
probable that q squad of twenty to thirty
men will be kept in Mckeesport under
lieutenant and the balance OF the new COM
pany recruited in Pittsburg. The discharge
of the officers of Company E was made under
section 81 OF the State code. The company
the inattention of the officers, and the de-
cfsive action of Adjutant General Greenland
was not unexpected
IL the weather permits the rifle practice
season in the Fourteenth Regiment will
probably be opened tomorrow. as q number
of the men will take the benefit of the holi-
day and put it in at target practice. Consid-
oLoDio OOJS0lO - lalSeu among bue Snoo-
ers to the order of Colonel Osthaus
raising the requirements Tor a sharp
shooter. to 45 points instead of AZ, whic(
was the minimum heretofore. 1t is CHARMED
that if a contestant goes on the range and
honestly wins a silver bar under the stin
regulations laid down heretofore he is
either remarkably good marksman or is a
chance shooter 1t is safe to say that out OF
a thousand men wearing sharpshooterS'
bars to-day in the Guard not fifty of them
can live up to the exact letter of the recent
order and win a silver bar for this season.
There is not a regiment in the State to-day
that does not break the rifle practice regu-
lations in qualifying sharpshooters, the IA
nous Thirteenth Regiment not excepted.