The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-21
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TOASTING THEIR TOES.
with the Governor, the staff and n score
q citizens Mr. Winfield rushed over to the
Carteret Club, there to be entertained nv
the members. From the window Of this
hospitable retreat the remainder of the
ceremonies was Witnessed. This consisted in
an apology from Colonel Abernethy that
General Wanser was too sick to speak.
The military Mayor of this city was at this
very time warming his toes at a fire in the
dinlng-room OF. the Carteret Club, and
America sung by the s'audience7 and led
by Mr., Z; G. Boys OF st. Johns Free Church,
Drought the exercises to a close. All this
while the principal actors III the days pro-
ceedings were, as it has been stated, in the
Carteret Club, and there a representative of
this paper had the pleasure of meeting.
among q host of others, Ex-Governor Leon
Albeit, Sheriff Toffey, Commissioners John
r Feeney and B. Van Keuren, Assembly
man Max Salinger, Aldermen Reuben Simp-
son and Alex. j. D~usenberry, President John
M. Jones Of the Board of Education, and all
the very distinguished gentlemen whose pres
ence graced and whose brilliant uniforms
added to tbs splendor of yesterdays cere-
mony.
THE SUPPER AT TAYLOR'S.
AT the close of the cornerstone exercises
Governor Werts and the invited guests drove
to Taylor's Hotel, where they were enter
tanned at supper by the officers of the regi-
ment. The guests assembled in the parlors,
which were decorated with American flags,
and at five O'Clock marched into the large
dining room, as the band played Sousa's
High School Cadets March, Colonel
Abernethy took his seat at the head of the
table, with Governor Werts on his right and
Major General Plume on his left, while seat
ed around the other tables were Adjutant
General Stryker, Quartermaster General
~I)OnnplIVL SIIroa0n fxpllnrol MoGin I-roa-
tor General Heppenheimer, General Spencer,
Advocate General Meaney, Colonies Meri-
dith Dickinson, Bedle, Asa Dickinson, Clark
and Leon Albeit, Jr., Brigadier General
Wanser, Colonel John A. Parker, Lieutenant
Colonel Hamilton, Major Boltwood, Major
Lewis II. Broome, Captains Wallace and
McClave, Captain Guy Walker of Burling-
ton, John G. Owens of Trenton, Colonel
Campbell of Newark, Captain Fiemming,
Commander of the Essex Troop, Colonel
Sterling, the newest Colonel on the Gov
ernor's staff, Colonel Michael Y. Bar
rett of Newark, Colonel Thomas Bedle,
Lieutenant-Col Colonel William B. Mason,
Brensinger, Captain Benjamin M. Gerar-
din, First Lieutenant William Robertson.
Jr., First Lieutenant John T.. Pringle, Can
tain Alvin H. Graft, Captain Frank J.
Mathews, Major Mortimer Lampson, First
Lieutenant William j. Parker, First Lieu
tenant John J. Broderick. Captain John
I. scudder, Captain Werner Bruins,
First Lieutenant Abel P. Brown.
Captain J. Howard Bumsted, Jr., First
Lieutenant John C. Westervelt. Second
Lieutenant Harry w. Bowley, Captain
Andrew Derrom, First Lieutenant A. La
Rue Christie, Second Lieutenant Harry e.
Ramsey, First Lieutenant Daniel C. Burns.
Second Lieutenant Charles A. Wells. Cap
tuin Thomas B. O'Nein, First Lieutenant
Godfrey 6. Dillaway, Second Lieutenant
Edward See, Captain Arthur l.. Steele.
First Lieutenant Joseph H. Evans,
Second Lieutenant Adam Step, Captain
John II. Keim, First Lieutenant Martin [.
Fritz, Captain Frederick J. Lampert, First
Lieutenant Robert r. Martin, Second Lieu
tenant John E. Brennan, Captain Henry
Spielmann, First Lieutenant Frank A.
OSullivan, Second Lieutenant William H.
Wild, ex-Judge William P. Douglass. Com
mission Hitler, Commodore Benson and sew
eral citizens.
GOVERNOR WERTs' TOAST.
Governor Werts was obliged to leave be-
fore the dinner was over, and before he left
Colonel .Abernethy proposed mis- health.
which was drunk by the mpan standing
In reply, Governor Werts said
ALLOW me, without any attempt at speech
making, to thank you for your cordial greet
ing, and to propose success to the National
Guard OF New Jersey"
This toast was drunk with a great deal of
enthusiasm, n hearty cheers were given
for the Governor. When coffee was served.
Colonel A~bernethy stated chat the Generals
of the Governors staff were obliged to with
draw, and he proposed the health of ''The
Generals" In responding to this toast, Gen
eral Plume said
"GeneraHy speaking, I would say that if
you all live as long as I have, and work as
hard &c I ho va on1 1.a1aoi, i, 4lo ro,c..a -
long as | have, you will all see stars the in
sigma of a Generals rank. The National
Guard of New Jersey knows what it wants.
and is not afraid to ask for it. 1 thank the
officers of the Fourth Regiment for what
they have done in securing the Armory."
The Major General then spoke of the good
work the officers did in securing the amount
above the appropriation necessary to COM
plete the building. He said that his theory
of "a general was to begin as a private and
carry a musket, going through all the grades
as he had done. No one had more sympathy
than he for the officers of the National
Guard. He felt at home in the First
Brigade, for he had been its Commander for
sixteen years. He urged the the officers to
be in sympathy with the boys, for, after all,
it was the privates that made the Guard and
also made the generals, and always be ready
to give them a hearty grip of the hand. He
also urged them to show the generals that
they We're In sympathy with them and the
generals would be in sympathy with them.
Other speeches were made by Colonel
Owens, Captain Walker, Commodore Ben
son and Judge Douglass.
NoN-CoMs DINE.
AT the conclusion of the ceremonies at the
Armory the non-commissioned staff went to
the Hotel Washington, where an excellent
dinner was in waiting. The walk to the
Armory and the bracing air helped to give
the non-coms an appetite as sharp as a razor,
and when they sat down to the festive board
they made the choice viands disappear in
a way that startled the cook. The din
ner was an informal one, and for
this reason was deubly enjoyable. There
was no regular menu, but enough good
things were placed on the tables to satisfy
all. Sergeant-Major William R. Clements
officiated as master of ceremonies. He
filed the position in a most satisfactory
manner, and his sparkling wit kept his
brother officers in the best of
humor. Addresses were made by every
one present, n at the conclusion of
the affair the s'non-coms.n decided to cele-
brate the anniversary Of the laying of the
cornerstone each year with a dinner. Those
present were: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ben
jamin r. Moore, Jr., Sergeant Major Will
liam R. Clements, Commissary-Sergean
Arthur Scott, Hospital Stewards George G..
Fountain and Frederick w. Frey, Drum
Major John Brownlee, Color-Sergeant Charles
A. Bauer, Sergeant-Majors Samuel E.
Bouker and Theodore A. johnson, Bugler
Frederick R. Witsch and Brigade Standard