The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-01
TACOMA MILITARY GOSSIP.
New Armory Talk-Troop b for Chicag
CAPTAIN Fife Retires.

New Armory Talk-Troop b for Chicago
Captain Fife Retirss.
TACOMA, April 8O.-lSpeciaL Color Sergeant
n. +. OGara, OF g Company, has returned from
South Prairie, where he has located, and where
he has secured . lucrative position with the
Northern Pacific railroad.
There will be no representative company from
this section attend at the National Competitive
Drill Association meeting at Omaha June 10
to Il
JACK Leitner, of C company. who was with the
detachment at Newcastle last summer, il in the
city for Q short visit.
Harvey Misner, formerly of @ company, is at
present located at Salem, Or, and intends join
ing company, Second regiment, o. N. G., at
that point.
The Troopers are getting in shape to make q
dash to Chicago, with Troop and the Tacoma
Zouaves, to attend the Worlds fair opening mil
itary exercises. Tacoma will be well repre-
scented.
Those interested in the naval militia organ
ization had the opportunity afforded to visit
and inspect the United States war vessel Mo-
hican, which has been here this week.
1t is expected that the Mohican will eventual
ly be used on the Sound, together with the Nip
sic. Is training ship and a help for the naval
battalion organising here and in Seattle. The off,
Gers OF the new organization are enthusiastic
over the idea OF having a cruise.
DR.. c. o. Brown has been invited to deliver
an appropriate address to the q. A. R., the sun
day before Memorial day, and will accept The
joint committee on Memorial day observance
met Tuesday evening and organized by electing
A A. Barlow chairman, W. +. Taylor secretary
A. r. Heilig, c. 8. Echolts and C. G. Robbins
were appointed to invite speakers. and W. F.
Taylor and J. @ Mason to arrange Transports
ton. School children will participate In the
exercises.
Captain W. J. Fife gave recitation Wednes-
day evening before the James Freeman Clarke
Fraternity entitled 1.-THE Maniac RAWLINGS CT
John Mccullough"
Commander H. L johnson and officers of the
United states ship Mohican were banQueted at
the Union Club Monday evening.
There is some talk of forming an armory as
ISOLATION and building wooden armory here.
Some say this would be detrimental to the best
interests of the guard, as in the next three or
four years the state authorities will take hold
and build q hrst-class armory, but If temporary
wooden structure Ia put up ii will destroy all
prospects OF proper building "Ths companies
have gone without an armory so far" says
militiaman, "lst them extend the long wait
few years more until the authorities see the
necessity of having building, and then get .
good one"
Sergeant Holleran and Corporal Lyman are
well drilled men and Troop B IL fortunate in
getting them "a members
Captain w. J. Fife bid good by to the National
Guard last week. and took occasion to express
his thanks to those who had helped his COM
mand by word or deed.
Sergeant Tom Box, OF Troop B, is renowned
locally as an actor, and can give good account
OF himself in most any cast.
Sergeant Higgs expects to leave the city some
time in Nav