The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-22
MADE A NEW RECORD
Company A Covers More
Miles in One Day Than
Any Other Militia.
GREETED BY AMBOY'S MAYOR
Ladies Visit the Camp and tho
Town Band Serenades the
Boys--Incidents Of the
March.
GREETED BY AMBOY'S MAYOR
specio1 to The Jersev c,tv Ne,cs

SOUTH AMBoY. July 81, 1ss3.-The
plucky boys of Company A. Fourth Regi
ment. yesterday established d new Mill
tary marching record while en- route to
the State Encampment at Sea Girt. The
company succeeded in covering twenty
four miles in six hours, which, consider.
ing that the greater part OF the trip was
over miserable roads, makes it seem al
most impossible. The performance will.
no doubt, be looked upon with consider
able suspicion by the military III
thorlties of the State. The fact
remains. however, that the company left
Bergen Point ut half-past six o'clock in
the morning. and arrived at Swan Hill, q
suburb OF South Amboy, at ten minutes to
five O'clock in the evening. The distance
between these two points, by way OF
f~otrenville, Is twenty-five miles, aud this
was covered in the time specified above.
A reporter of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
accompanied the boys on the trip. and
knows that the company actually made
the above remarkable time.
CHoKED BY CLOUDS OF DUST.
The roads over which the company
passed were covered with a layer of dust
six inches deep, and in addition to chok-
ing the plucky guardsInen. it made
marching decidedly difficult. The route
taken was that known as the East Shore
road, which passes through New Dorp
and other towns along the coast.
This route is very htllv, but the boys
struck out aud s%urmounted the hills as
though they were drilled In hill
climbing, instead of in handling
he piusket. The big Four
Corporal Kline and Privates Christopher
Cforou William, and Enor0o coiuav n
constitute this first rank. set the pace for
the company. Inasmuch as each m~emberiof
the four measures over six feet In height
their pace can we'll be imagined. Cap
tain Bumsted e~ndeavored to hold the
boys in check, but his efforts were of no
avail. The soldiers were determined to
seach T~ottenviIle by twelve O'clock O
and they kept up the brisk pace. Con-
sidering that the distance to be covered
was twenty-five miles the feat seem
almost impossible. But it did not appear
so to the company. The boys marched
on an average of four miles au hour aud
rested for a few minutes at every third
mile.
ESTABLISHING A RECORD.
Despite the tact that the sun was ex-
tremelv hot and the roads dusty and de-
cidedly billy, the company marched Int o
Totreuville at five minutes to LWel We
o'clock, thus esta blishiug Il Natio nal
Guard record of tweuty-twO miles in one
continuous march. Not satisfied with
attaining the honor of being the first
company of the National Guard in the
twenty miles a day. the boys started out
to make the record still higher. They
decided to proceed to South Amboy and
camp there. AT three O'Clock they board
ed the steamer Meta bound for
South Amboy, and an hour
later they landed at their
destination. The roads at South Amboy
are even worse than those OF Staten ISL
and. The dust being at least a foot thick
Through this the company marched, rails :
ing clouds of dust. At Swan Hill, which
is two miles from the ferry, Captain
Bumsted halted his command and or
dered the men to prepare camp. These
additional two miles increased the record
TO twenty-four miles, The men were in
fine condition and every one OF them de-
cIared that they could have covered five
or ten more miles.
The camp was called Scamp Mason
in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Ma
son. First Lieutenant Harry Bowley
was officer of the day. Sergeant Will
liam L. Thomas and Corporal Kline had
charge of the guard.
At eight O'Clock the Citizens Cornet
Band Of South Amboy visited the camp
ground and serenaded the members.
The company returned the compliment
by giving an exhibition drill in the
manual. Mayor Daniel Chase of South
Amboy and the Common Council visited
the camp and welcomed the company on
behalf of the citizens.
Camp Notes.
First Sergeant William Maxon is a
great favorite with the ladies along the
line of march. His handsome moustache.
no doubt. attracts the admiration OF the
ladies.
Private futile is also a favorite among
the lady visitors to lamp. He takes
great delight In explaining camp life to
the visitors.
Quartermaster Sergeant Harry Rink
says that his time is so absorbed in pre-.
pairing meals that he never finds time to
think.
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