Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-26
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BOYS IN BLUE. Their Duty to Support Gar
 field and Arthur. ORDERS FROM GENERAL GRANT. His First Gun in the Cam
 paign. THE JERSEY CITY DISASTER, None of the Bodies Net
 Taken Out.
POLITICAL.

General Grants Posftion-Hts Zeal in the Campaign-WholesOm Advice to the Boys in Blue.
 NEW YORK, July 25.-The Republican or ganization known as the Boys in Blue'' is again in the field, and will work strenuously to secure the election of Garfield and Ar thur. The association was started some years since, and did good service in the cam paign of 1876. In 1877 General Grant was made chairman of the organization succeed ing General Dix, who had resigned. In Janu- ary last the officers commanding sections in the various States were instructed to organ ize actively for the Presidential campaign, and week since General Grant was request ed to take some action looking to having a general order issued to the entire association of the country. General Grant responded as follows:
 MAN1ToU, Col, July 21, 1880. Colonel DRAKE DEKAY, Adjutant General Boys in Blue," New York City:
 Publish order telegraphed. In my opinion the best interests of the whole country, North and South demand the. success of the ticket headed by Garfield and Arthur
 U. s. GRANT. -~--NAD%SThNN-A-AN' O-'AO1N 'GAI-nAINo CENAON, 1
 ''BoYs IN BLUE"
 New York, July 9, 1880.
 GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1.
 I. The member for each State of the Ma tional Committee of the Union Veterans Union will at once proceed to organize the Boys in Blue" in their respective States to promote the election of Garfield and Arthur. II. The organizations of sBoys in Blue" will report to the Department commanders in their respective States. By order of
 U. s. GRANT,
 Commander in Chief EsBoys in Blue'' DRAKE DEKAY, Adiutant General.
 The first State taking action in accordance with General Grants order was New York. General Charles K. Graham issued the fol- lowing:
 NEW YORK, July 23, 1880. Tn compliance with General Orders No from our Commander in Chief, the Boys in Blue" throughout the State of New York are hereby invited to organize companies at once to promote the election of Garfield and Arthur.
 1.-The maximum number of men to con- stitute company is fixed at 100 and the min mum at 50.
 1II.-As soon as any company is recruited to the minimum quota it should proceed to elect by ballot it's commissioned officers viz, captain, first lieutenant and second lieu tenant. The captain will appoint the proper non-commissioned officers.
 IV.-The captain of each company as soon as elected, will forward by mail signed muster roll of his command to J. c. ReedJ secretary (pro tenn. ), care of the Republican State Committee, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
 V.-Blank muster rolls will be furnished on application of any recruiting party, by letter, to Colonel c. R. Coster, acting quar- termaster, No. 39S Canal street, New York VI.-Any squad of four veterans of the war for the Union may constitute themselves a recruiting party. All such recruiting par ties should, by postal card, at once notify the temporary secretary of their intention to raise company, and every Monday thereaf- ter report the progress made until the mini mum is enlisted and the commissioned officers elected.
 VII.-The maximum number of men to constitute a regiment is fixed at l ,OOO, and the minimum at 3GO.
 VIII-The captains of any six companies may consolidate their respective commands into regiment, and the commissioned off, cers of the companies merged should then elect by ballot the proper regimental field officers. The Colonel will appoint the regi- mental commissioned and non-commissioned staff. Notice of such regimental formation and selection should be promptly mailed by the Colonel to the temporary secretary,
 CHARLES K. GRAHAM, Member for New York State, National Com mittee, ''Boys in Blue"
 The New York branch supplemented the above proclamation by resolving last evening to issue address to the Union soldiers and sailors in the State