The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-19
In the Fourth Regiment.

copies Of recent orders issued by Col. /
nj. DieTinson, of the Fifth Regiment q
the National Guard. General Orders Nc
IL, issued September 10, fixes time alread
passed for the measuring of enlisted me-
Tor new blouses. General Order No. Is
issued September Is, makes these al
nouncements:
/ /. Company drills will commence as fol
lows: Companies A, d and F, Tuesday
October IL; Company G, Monday, Octobe
IL; Company e, Wednesday, October Is
Company B. Thursday. October IA.
| 2. The following changes are hereby an
j nounced: Appointed, Private William r
Clements, of Company e, TO be Sergeant
Major, June IL, 1885; Private Charles A
Baur, of Company f. to be Golor-Sergeant,
June IS, 1885; Corporal Thomas B. O'Neill
of Company d, to be Sergeant and Gen.
eral Guide, June "a, 1885,
Non-commissioned officers elected: Pri
vate William G. Elliott, to be Sergeant
Frivates William Robertson, Jr,, Charles
w. Meeker, Jr., to be Corporals, Company
a, august 8, 1886; Private Waldo E. Gibbs
to be Sergeant, Company B, August 5,
1886.
Resigned: Second Lieutenant James G.
Sherman, Company B; First Lieutenant
Charles @. Mccullough, Company G.
Discharged: The following enlisted men,
having served the period required by law.
have been honorably discharged Sergeant
Major Jarvis P. Wanser, N. G.. S.; Ser
geant William G.. Elliott, Corporal Charles
A. Bowly, Privates Jacob Lewis, Fred d.
Soper, Leonard II Conant, Ellsworth M !.
Eastwood. Company A; Sergeant Watts A.
Ee9art, Company b; Private Francis j.
Flint, Musician Joseph W. Higgins, Com
pany B.
Discharged for disability: William
Schwiegler. Company F.
E. Gibbs, William Brooke, N. =. s.; Cor
poral Harry Fl. Lyon, Company A, at their
own request.
Expelled: Samuel S. Baremore, William
Fl. Carpenter, Company B, for neglect of
duty.
Notice Of death: CordoraI John j. Flood,
CoMpany D, July &c, 1886.
By general orders N. IA, in compliance
with s. O. No. IS, @. S., Headquarters
Division, N. G., N. j., Gun Squad VIII
be organized in this Regiment, to consist
of one First Lieutenant, one Sergeant, one
Corporal and twelve privates. First Lieu
tenant Robert G. Smith, of Company e,
is appointed Commandant of the squad.
He will select the Sergeant and Corporal
from the nom commissioned officers of this
Regiment. The priyates may be selected
either by detailing men already attached
to companies or by selecting new men and
having them elected in some company, and
then detailed therefrom. Application to
be detailed should be made in writing to
First Lieutenant Robert G. Smith, care of
Adiutant Gerardin, 95 Palisads avenue,
Jersey City. The Gun Squad when formed
will drill on Thursday evenings at the City
Armory. The regimental class of theoreti-
cal instruction for non-commissioned Off
GERS will meet in the Adjutant's room at
s 80 o'clock p. m. in citizens dress, on
Thursday, October IA, 1886, and at snch
other times as will hereafter be designated.
The lessen will be in the school of the
soldier All company commissioned
officers are ordered to attend the sessions
of the class. The commandments of those
com panies whose regular drills occur on
the same evenings as the sessions of the
class may, or may not, in their discretion,
excuse all or some Of their non-commis-
stoned officers from attendance at the class
for that evening, reporting their action in
such case to the Adjutant. FIRST Dieuten-
ant John G. Berrian, Jr., of Company F,
will act as secretary IN. 9. O. School"
badges will be awarded the non-commis-
stoned officers in each company having the
highest percentage at the end of the ses-
sion. Non-commissioned officers having
less than so per cent. will be reduced to
tt ranks. ~
Last Thursday afternoon Company F,
Fourth Regiment, held their annual rifle
practice for the companys badge at the
Marion Rifle Range The distance for
shooting was 200 yards. The score is as
follows: sg4 $3.50