The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-18
FOR THE Local military
Sergeant katie's Interesting Budget
of News and Gossip.
COMING SPRING INSPECTION
Dates for the Thirteenth Regiment Will
lie Made Known in q Few Days-plight
OF New York Military Men During
the Recent Brooklyn Strike.

An order was published from head
quarters at Harrisburg for spring In
spections in March, April and May.
The inspectors will be under direction
OF Colonel Edward Morrell. inspector
general, and the time Will be designat-
ed by brigade commanders.
The order provides transportation for
two field officers of each regiment,
when companies of II regiment are sta
toned at different places, that they
may accompany the inspecting officer.
The dates for inspection Of the Thir-
teenth regiment viii probably be made
known in II few days.
The principal military event Of the
week ia promised in the grand ball 10
be given by Company Il In Music Hall
on Washington's Birthday. All ar
rangements are nearly complete The
company will entertain Company G of
the Ninth regiment, who VIII attend in
uniform, each accompanied by lady.
Captain Kellow is master of ceremo-
MES, with First Lieutenant Kambeck
an assistant. Floor manager is Ser
geant Malott, with IA committee Of six
assistants. The reception committee
of seven is under Corporal Cutler. The
committee of arrangements Is under
Lieutenants KambeCk and Sample.
Conductor of dances, Private George
Kern.
New ArmOry Opened.
on Feb. 6 the Thirteenth regiment,
National Guard, State of New York,
located at Brooklyn, l.. l., had their
opening reception I'm celebration of the
opening of their new armOry Why
could our new armOry not have been
reality before this? They have done
well who went SO far as to secure plans
and the ground for it. Wonder if our
friends think we are in the ranks for
the fun of ii. If 50, ii would be Of in
terest to them to take a peek into the
armory or camp now and then.
The state legislature might do worse
than appoint a committee to accompa-
ny the inspector in his rounds this
spring.
Judging from reports, we would con-
clude that New York State troops Jared
poorly well at the hands of their quar-
termasters and commissaries during
Brooklyn's late siege. Their biennial
encampments at Peekskill don't, it
seems to u.s. teach them what the men
should know very much of-that of pre-
pairing food for themselves while in
the field. A correspondent for the Army
and Navy Journal tells what he found
upon making visit of a few days with
the boys soon after they got into the
field He tells Of three companies of
the Twenty-third regiment that as
sembled in the armory on the night of
Jan. 49, who went out early next morn
ing and got nothing to eat until noon.
Not so bad this, but the poor fellows
had no blankets for three days. They
did have two knives and forks to eigh-
ty men. and two spoons. Then. too,
they had the hardihood to complain
that canned beef was issued without
can openers.
The Difference in Men.
PENNSYLVANIA soldiers would have
ripped the thing open with a bayonet If
that was all there was to bother. After
many days of suffering someone, | be-
lieve they say it was the inspector gen.
eral, gave out the information that
a full supply of blankets, camp-kettles,
mess pans, tin plates and even can
openers were stored in the arsenal in
New York city. SO most of the trouble
appears to have been that some of the
general staff officers We're incompetent.
New York guardsmen like to be COM
pared with Pennsylvania guardsmen,
and our competent, but one-uniformed
militiamen are often subject to much
rdicule at the hands of "Ye knicker-
booker brethren" but when we go into
the field the boys will put up with cof-
fee and hard-tack for days, and be de-
lighted with a plum pudding made Of
hard-tack and dried prunes, boiled in
an old stocking, such as Chief Simp-
son tells of.
An interesting article relative to the
National Guards Signal corps" was
published in yesterdays Philadelphia
Press. The Signal corps is a new ad-
junct to the National guard and was
originated at Homestead. During the
encampment at Gettysburg last sum
mer the Signal corps might have been
seen ut drill every day. They are uni
formed in dark brown waterproof duck,
brown leggings and dark campaign hat
which was planned by the leading spirit
in the organization of this signal corps
Captain Halberstadt.
Make.up OF the Corps.
The maximum allowance of men is
forty-iive, though but twenty are en-
listed for the service at present They
include engineers, electricians. practical
telegraph operators, "A locomotive engi-
neer, machinists, clerks, etc. There are
now about $50 applicants on file for
membership from all parts of the state.
1t Is proposed to recruit the corps up
to forty-iive, twenty to be mounted as
cavalry, six on bicycles and the remain
ing nineteen as footmen or on trains
with the flying telegraph.
II Is expected that every man shall
attend drill from now ON to inspection
and no excuses will be given by the
captains unless the reason be urgent.
Now for first place.
Sergeant Katie.
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