The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-05
The Boys Are in for Fun,
but the Discipline
Will Be Strict.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE START.
The Fourth and cecOnd Regiments
to Go Tomorrow AfternOon--The
Grand Drill and Other Features
of the Encampment.

dr0 I'LL competed. Tomorrow dICeTnOOU
the Fourth Regiment, of this city, and the
Second Regiment, of Hoboken, will leave
the Pennsylvania depot, and by five
O'Clock the commands will be on the
ground.
Yesterday morning Quartermaster Gen
eral Perrine, with Quartermaster Graft, of
the Fourth Regiment, and the quarter
masters from the other commands COM
prising the First Brigade, went to Sea
Girt and made the preparations for the
accommodation of the soldier bows: all
that these will have to do upon arrival
will be to place the guards and either
turn in" or run the guard" and make q
night of it in the town
All the baggage belonging to the Fourth
Regiment was shipped today, so that
when the command leaves tomorrow
there will be nothing to take except the
arms and knapsacks. 1t is expected that
fully 400 of the men will go to the camp
this year; the men, as q rule, seeming to
be anxious to go. In fact the commandants
of companies and the quartermaster have
been almost tormented to death by the
men for several months for uniforms and
parts of uniforms.
FORMING THE LINE.
The Fourth Regiment will form on
Grand street tomorrow at two o'clock in
heavy marching order. After the line is
ton street, marching through that street
to Montgomery, thence to the Pennsyl-
Vania depot.
Those who wish to view the regiment
will have good opportunity to do So.
The regiment will occupy the third sec
ton Of regular train, which will reach
Sea Girt about five O'Clock. Right here it
might be well to say that each company
will be allowed chest, which. with the
knapsacks of the men, ought to contain
all the valuables they wish to carry. Each
commissioned officer will take a trunk
and one servant. One servant will also
be allowed to company, one to the
staff.
1t will be seen that the provisions for
the comfort of the men are about as COM
plete as can well be- The ambulances are
all down there, and when the camp is
settled thorough ambulance corps will
be organized, so that in case of accidents
or severe sickness the patients will receive
the best of care.
ANTICIPATING FUN.
The members of the Fourth Regiment
intend to put in good weeks work, but
can get. Sunday, of course, will be an fl
day. There will be no drills; the only
thing like work will be the inspection Of
the quarters at nine O'Clock. Chaplai n
Scudder will preach at half-past ten, and
the remainder of the day the boys will do
for the week will be the same as in all
camps and need not be described here.
A regimental court-martial will be
formed and session will be held each
day, and there will be fun for the men
who may chance to come under its notice
Visitors will be present almost daily and
they will receive hearty welcome from
will be the principal days of the week,
the former Major Generals Day and the
latter Governors Day. These two DAYS
will, of necessity, be in great measure
holidays. The features of the two days
will be the dress parade in the afternoon.
This year the camp will be guarded in a
different manner than usual. In the past
detail was made from each regiment
each day; this year the plan will be dis
continued and the guard for each day
will be taken from one regiment. On
Sunday the camp will be guarded by a
detail from the Fifth Regiment, which
will in turn be relieved by one from
the First Regiment, it in turn
by the Second on Tuesday, and SO on.
Each command will guard its own bounds,
thus making double guard. This plan
is good one, and will be likely to prove
decided check upon the regular ''guard
jumper"
A thorough drilling in guard duties
will be one of the features of the camp,
something that is needed, for the ma
jority of our guardsmen are very deficient
in that line. Lieutenant John G. Berrian,
of Company f, has been detailed as guard
instructor of the Fourth. He wishes it to
be understood that all ''guard jumpers -
and in fact all sinners who will not come
up to the mark will be taught severe
lesson. From all accounts the discipline
will be enforced this year more than
usual.
THE SECOND REGIMENT.
The orders have not yet been made
public in the Second Regiment, and it is
not likely that any will be issued until
the command reaches camp. The COM
mand will assemble at the armory at
about one O'Clock, and will then form on
Washington street. 1t will march to the
ferry, where one of the ferryboats will be
in readiness to convey it to the Pennsyl-
vania depot, and there it will board a
special train for Sea Girt. What has
been said of the Fourth Regiment will do
for the Second, and in fact for the whole
brigade.
The staff of the First Brigade will leave
this city tomorrow on the 1915 train in
order to be on hand when the several
commands arrive. 1t may be well to add
that there will be no use in any one
taking a suit of civilians clothing along,
for he will not be allowed to wear 1t
either on or off duty.
A special train will also be run down
the road Sunday to carry those of the
militia who may not be able to get away
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