The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-11
The Fourth Regiment Will
Start for Sea Girt Mon
day Morning.
WORK CUT OUT FOR THE BOYS.
Many Improvements at the Camp
Ground-Governor Abbett's
Clam Bake.

forms among the gallant soldier boys of
the Fourth Regiment. Brlgadier-Gen-
eral Steele has ordered the boys into
camp at Sea Girt from Monday to Satur-
day with the privilege of staying over
Sunday IL they choose. The Fourth will
assemble at eight O'Clock Monday morn
ing at Jersey avenue and Montgomery
street fully uniformed and equipped for
camp duty. They will wear white he'll
NETS with spikes this year. as the'oflicial
orders designate them. and Will carry
knapsacks with their blankets rolled and
strapped thereon and their blouses and
fatigue caps enclosed therein.
AT half past eight the regiment will
march down Montgomery street with
field music, which, outside OF the official
orders means drums aud flies In this
case. to the Pennsylvania depot. where
they Will embark ON a train for Sea Girt,
which Is scheduled to leave at nine
o'clock.
CAMP BY NO MEANS ALL PLAY.
Camp duty Is by no means all play.
ana the soldier boy who goes in with the
leximent may LOOK forward to great
deal OF nard WORK, as this daily routine of
duty will show
Heveiile (police duty at close Of roll calD,
$50 a. m company drill (stscnool of the
sOldier') IN company street, a m; re-
cali, $3.50 a. M; breakfast, GAS a. m.; sur
geon's call. 7:30 a. M; guard mount,
a. M; drills as ordered by regimental and
battalion commanders, 9:45 a. M; recall,
11.30 u. M; dinner, IL m; skirmish drills
as ordered by regimental and battalion
commanders, 1;30 p m; recall, p. m;
brigade review (when ordered). p. M;
brigade dress parade, o p. m; supper, $50
,. M; tattoo, 10 p. M; taps, 1880 p m.
The camp will be named Camp Leon
Albeit" in honor Of the Commander IN
chief of the militia On Thursday the
Governor viii review the brigade and on
Saturday, Major General Plume, the real
commander OF the Army of New Jersey,
Will inspect the troops These are the
two great days of the encampment and
the northern edge OF the great parade
ground is crowded with the beauty and
fashion from the neighboring seaside
resorts.
There will be Governors ball at the
Sea Glrt Hotel on Thursday evening.
PREPARATIONS AT SEA GIRT.
The preparations at Sea Girt for the en-
campment are about all completed, and
the long white lines OF tents stretch as far
as the eve can see.
The s'fiy, tents which were In use at the
Saengerfest at Newark have all been re-
turned and are being pitched upon the
raised platforms. These teuts are use d
only by the field aud staff and line Off
GERS. The little A tents for the rank and
file have been Ia position for two weeks.
Advanced detachments are already be-
ginning to arrive, and the place has a
truly military aspect. The weather is de-
liuhLful, and that IL will continue such Is
the prayer Of all who are to remain down
there during the next week. The First
and Fifth Regiments and the Third Bat
TALON will GO to the camp this afternoon.
- THE POSITION OF THE REGIMENTS.
The positions OF the regiments IN the
camp will De the same as In previous
years. The Fifth Regiment. Oh account
of the seniority OF its commandant,
pd xrff ad 0t. "a
right of the camp. The First. Fourth
aud Second regiments will be in the
order named, counting from the right.
The battalions will be arranged in this
order;-Third, First and Second. with
Gatling Gun Company A on the extreme
left.
Much has been done to improve the
grounds since the last encampment, and
the parade grounds are now said to be the
finest in this country. A street has been
cut through the camp, few feet from
the fence. running along the main road,
and is wide enough TO permit the passage
of three vehicles. Carriages and pedes-
trians will not in the future be permitted
TO crowd upon the para de grounds, and
rome will be stretched the entire length of
the new street, which extends around to
the south of the camp and ends at the
rife range.
The signal corps began to erect their
lofty perches yesterday, and by today
noon the men expect to be ready for
duty. No change has been made in the
sanitary arrangements of the camp, and
water will be supplied from the old ar
teslan well. Water can be readily OBJ
tanned at any location on The camp
ground. however, at depth of from
twenty-five to thirty feet. On Monday
Captain Bodwell drove pipe near the
pavilion to the depth OF twenty feet in
thfrty-fve minutes and procured a large
supply of clear water.
EXCELLENT RIFLE RANGES.
No change has been made Ia the sani-
tary arrangements of the camp, and
water will be supplied from the old ar
tesian well. Water can be readily OBJ
tanned at any location on the camp
ground, however, at depth Of from
Captain Bodwell drove pipe near the
pavilion to the depth Of twenty feet in
lhirty-flye minutes and procured large
supply of clear water.
The rifle ranges have received particu-
lar attention during the year under the
direction of Captain Rodwel The cap
tain has inspected every range of fmpor-
tance in this country and Europe. and
says that the ranges at Sea Girt are the
best in the world. There are now two
ranges. The new one for 100 and 200 yard
shots is on the left of the old range.
There are ten targets. The ground rises
gradually toward the targets and IS
sodded. The grass is in good condition
and the marksmen will no longer nave
cause to complain Of the reflected light.
1t would be difficult TO improve upon
the long range. The addition OF the six
hundred-yard range may break some OF
the marksmen who have qualified for
years without failure and who have relied
upon their scores at the two-hundred-
yard range to carry them through. If
they meet with failure, however. it will
be due to their unsteadiness or their neg
lect in securing good rifles. The bulk
head has been straightened and the
ground carefully graded and sodded. Not
a hollow is 10 be found on either range.
A large stretch of the woodland on the
right side of the range has been cut
away.
A mound has been raised at the COO
yard firing point at the rear of the range
pavilion and to the right of the new
ammunition house. The target used on
this range will be same as on the 500
ward range-six feet square, with
twenty-five inch bulls eye The first
class marksmen will be required TO make
as a qualifying score thlrty-seven and
half points out a possible seventy-five-
The previous limit was twenty-five points
cut OF possible fifty, which. with the
limited practice given the men, was not
considered low
10 be permitted to shoot on ths 500