The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-10
PUBLICLY INSTALLED.
Van Houten Posts New Lead
ers InduCted Into Office.
A BIG NIGHT FOR THE GRAND ARMY
Governor Albeit and Mayor Cleve-
land Make Speeches, and an En-
tertainment Follows.

Republic. who had assembled to witness
the public installation OF tne newly
elected officers of the Post. The pIatiorni
erected over the pulpit was decoratea
and adorned in q manner which impaired
a martial appearance to the scene.
The organ at the back was draped Win
two large American flags with snlelo
in the centre where they joined; over
them in a semicircle were arranged small
flags bearing the badges of the different
army corps. At the ends OF the nags
arose d small stand of the nations colors,
and near them were two large representa-
tions of the Grand Army badge support
ing portraits of Grant and Sherman.
THE INSTALLED OFFICERS.
Past Commander B. +. Newton called
the post to order and Chaplain knoeller
invoked the divine blessing. Commander
Newton then introduced Post Department
Commander f. D. Cole, who proceeded 10
install the newly elected officers Senior
vice-commander, r. S. Lambert; junior
yice-commander, T. P. Burger: adjutant
Thomas f. Watson; quartermaster, Al
lenby Thompson; surgeon. Pierson Rec-
tor. IN. D.; Chaplain, Charles Z. knoeler;
officer of the day, William r. Black;
officers of the guard. Robert douglass,
Sergeant Major James Magee, and Quart
ermaster Sergeant A. Cole.
r. Sands, who was elected Commander
of the Post, was detained at home by
severe illness and was not able to'be IN
stalled with the others. -
Az the word of command ex.Alderman
Marinus, officer OF the day, conducted
the newly elected officers before Install
ing Officer Cole. Commander Cole rea0
the duties of each mans ofhce and asked
each il he were ready to take the respon,
sibilities of the position to which ne nad
4 xlo<f f,1 Nttn nr1lU w
that all were, and they took the obliga--
tion. The officer of the day conducted
them to their respective stations, ana
Commander Cole introduced Governor
elect Leon Albeit.
GOVERNOR ALBEIT MAKES A SPEECH.
The Governor was received with loud
applause. and when it had ceased ne
said:--
ut is a pleasure for me to be present to-
night at these installation proceedings IN
the presence OF the public to whom the
veterans of this Post have rendered faith.
full service. During my previous term OF
office ] had the pleasure OF becoming
ACQUAINTED with the officers and men OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, Depart
ment of New Jersey, and 1t was pleas
see that their wishes We're respected, be-
cause the Grand Army of this State has
y never asked for anything which could not
and ought not to be granted.
During all that time | have expert
enced at their hands the k1ndest treat
ment. and the friendship then formed
shall last not only for this time, but dur
ing the time am living
II shall do all in my power to advance
the comfort and welfare of the veterans,
because this country owes them debt
which can ever be paid. In our Stdta no
old veteran can be buried as a Dauper; he
must have honorable burial [Great ap-
plausel.
"Such meetings as we have tonight re-
new the remembrance of those men who
twenty five years ago gave TO TINS country
q renewal of this grand American c1vlll-
cation. 1t recalls the recollection of all
war times, not for the purpose of tanning
sectional heat into flame, not for the
purpose of reviving recollections of bitter
strife, but for the purpose OF recalling
the grandest duty of every c1tizen-to I'M
peril his life for his country.
'.These meetings recall the precious
memories Of the past, the recollection of
those who have passed to their long ac-
count The Grand Army of the Republic
itself may melt away and one by one
answer the roll call of death until all are
gone. But while these live we will honor
them and when they are gathered to
their fathers orr children shall learn of
these grand old veterans.
THEY ARE APPRECIATED HERE.
srThe services which these veterans
rendered to the country have always been
appreciated in this State and no organ
ization today is held in higher esteem
than the Grand Army of the Republic.
This is because New Jersey has always
been true to the Union and sent her full
quota to the field where the government
was assailed.
which will soon in the Providence of
God be called upon to fill, and during that
term l will always keep in mind the
of ho N "a Ra-
public of the Department OF New Jer
sey."
remarks, Department Commander Cole
proposed three cheers Tor the Governor,
which were given with Will.
Ey-Department Commander George B.
Fielder said that he would introduce
man who was Mayor when they came
back in 1868, and who is Mayor today,
Orestes Cleveland.
The Mayor stepped forward amid
cheers and applause, and said:-
.'It is a long term of service to look
back to 1868. 1t is true that by the par
tiality of the people of Jersey City was
Mayor when the boys came back in 1868,
and that am Mayor today. / remember
when they went away. 1t was when we
furnished no substitutes and paid no
bounty: they were not hired to go. They
went as citizen soldiers. Those were the
times that tried mems souls
ABOUT COLONEL VAN HoUTEN.
II remember Van Houten, after whom
this Post is named. l remember when he
was taken prisoner at Chaucellorville.
Tbis Pest will ever keep his name green.
He was Colonel of the Twenty-second
Regiment, and when they came back
after their first enlistment they went out
again. 1t is sometimes qualification for
us to dwell upon those old times and talk
pyer those days. some OF us are old men
and some OF us are bald. This is a won
ferfuI Government. the admiration of the
world, and it WAS made so in a great
measure by the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the grandest army in the world.
'sIn no other country could 400, 600 sol
diers meet in secret conclaye without
menace to the country But that fact
makes this the strongest Government on
the face Of the earth. They do not meet
10 concoct schemes against the Govern
n1est,t but to preserve II. 1t Is their Gov
srnment, and they love it.
s.Rebeilion has had its day in this coun-
try. thank Godi and that is due In a great
measure to the social meetings of the
Grand Army We are at peace now, as
the President said in his message. with
ali the world and the rest OF mankind.
AS General Grant great cheering and
apnlausel once said, the Grand Army is
uoinQ to maint2in the peace of this c0un-
Fry III they havSto fight for it," When
he Mayor had concluded, Major Fielder
said that he would like to say for &oi 4
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