The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-13
FOURTH'S ARMORY.
The Arrangements Com
pleted for the Laying of
the Corner Stone.
PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES.
Governor Werts Will be Present
Route Of the Parade
The Invited Guests.

The committee appointed by the officers of
the Fourth Regiment to arrange the details
for the ceremonies attending the laying of
the corner stone of the new armory, met last
evening at headquarters on Newark avenue
and gave an interesting report of the pro-
gress of their work. The committee has
practically completed the arrangements for
this important event, and all that remains to
be done is to superintend the building of the
stand for the invited guests.
On Sunday last the committee visited the
armory and decided where to locate the
stand. The floor beams on the first floor are
all laid, and the work of laying the floor will
begin tomorrow and will be pushed rapidly
to completion. The work on the stands will
begin on Saturday or Monday, The stand
will be erected on the Bergen avenue side of
the building. Close to the entrance where
the corner stone will be placed in position, a
large flag staff will be planted, and on the
day OF the ceremonies a large American flag
will be hoisted up and kept flying until the
exercises come to a close.
Next to the laying of the corner stone the
most important event will be the parade.
Every company will be ordered out, and it
is expected that the regiment will make a
fine showing, During the past few weeks
the captains of the respective companies
have been putting their men through hard
drills, SO that the regiment may acquit itself
with credit at the most glorious event in its
history, 1t was expected that one OF more
battalion drills would be held before the
parade, but this idea had to be abandoned,
owing to the fact that no suitable hall could
be secured, But in spite of the fact that but
n battalion drill has been held since the
last Sea Girt e~ncampment, the two battalions
Will live up to the expectations of the officers,
at least so say the enlisted men.
THE PARADE
The parade will form at half past one
O'Clock in Exchange place and promptly at
two o'clock the order forward march, will
be given by Colonel Abernethy. The line of
march will be as follows-Montgomery
street to Newark avenu to Grove street to
Mercer street, to Varick street to Grand
street to Fairmont avenue to Storm avenue
to Bergen avenue to armory. This route was
chosen 80 that the parade may be interfered
as little as possible by electric motors and
horse cars. The committee in arranging the
line of march e~ndeayored to avoid as many
car tracks as possible and it is doubtful if a
better route could be selected. 1t not only
includes the principal business and residence
t~horoughfares, but also is a short way to the
armory
The residents along the line of march are
requested to add to the occasion by decorat-
ing their residences with flags and bunting.
When the regiment arrives at the arm
DRY, it will be drawn up in battalion front,
in which position the companies will remain
until the ceremonies are concluded. One
battalion will be on Church street, and the
other or Bergen avenue. The battalionS
will stand close to the sidewalk, and that
portion of the street between them and the
armory will be kept perfectly clear, so that
the "boyS" will have an unobstructed view
of the exercises.
every effort will be made said one of
the members of the committee last night 'sto
give the men in the ranks the best view of
the ceremonies possible. Doubtless many
will refuse to turn out, because they
believe they will be left behind a crowd of
sightseers, but they need have no fear. We
will provide for them"
WERTS WILL oFFIcIATE.
The corner stone will be laid by Governor
George T. Werts, and as it is being lowered
into position the Gun Detachment will fire
the Governors salute of seventeen guns from
their howitser which will be in the centre of
the floor and pointed towards Montgomery
street to avoid accident. The programme of
exercises has already been published in these
columns.
Among the guests invited are Major
General Joseph W. Plume, Brevet Major
General William j. Sewell, Brigadier Gen
6idl I. n. dusof, AuJutdAb general w. ..
Stfyker, Quartermastef General Richard A.
Donnelly, Surgeon General William C. Hep
penheimer, Inspector General of Rifle
Practice W. Bird Spencer; Judge Advocate,
General Edward P, Meany, Colonels Michael
T.. Barrett, George Pfeiffer, Jr., A. r..
Kuser, Leon Albeit, Jr., Asa w. Dickinson
and S. V. S. Muzzy.
ON THE SKIRMIsH.
The Rev. D. r. Lowrie of the Emory M.
E. Church, last evening invited the members
of Company A to attend the evening service
at his church next Sunday evening. Captain
Bumsted called a special meeting of the com
pany Immediately after the drill and the
members decided to attend the service in a
body. The Rev. Lowrie will prepare a spe-
cial sermon for the militiamen and an excel
lent discourse is expected. The company
will be in full dress uniform and seats will be
reserved at the church for the members. The
members will assemble at the ar1nory at
seven o'clock and will march to the church.
Regular orders will be issued by Captain
Bumsted.
The Brigade Examining Board will meet
at the regimental headquarters, Newark
venue, to examine James Sprouts, who was
elected Captain of Company G a few days
ago. 1t is said that Sprouts will not appear
before the board, in order to give ex-Captain
Jack Graham more time to work his plans.
In another week, it is said, Graham will
know his fate, and if he is re-eommissioned,
Captain Sprouts will resign. If Sprouts fails
to appear tonight, he will still have another
opportunity to go before the boad.
The application of Mr.. John Seanlon has
been received by Company G..
The Games Committee of Company A has
organized a bowling club and from present
Indications the company will nave a team of
bowlers that will make things interesting for
the other teams in the regiment. The club
has secured Bayliss' alleys for Monday even
ings and much enthusiasm is being mani
tested. DR.. Brinkerhoff is ~instructing the
members how to hurl the wooden sphere and
under his tuition they are improving rap
idly, Private Edward futile is manifesting
extraordinary ability as a hoodoo and the
members claim that he can put more balls
into the gutter than all the other players
combined. The members of the club ares
Lieutenant Bowley, Corporals n. Randolph,
s. Connell, W. Kline, Sergeant Major s. E.
Bouker, and Privates Edward Maxon, L.
Judge, B.. t.. and +. Bouker, N. Sanborn, D.
Morris, H. H. Duncan and First Sergeant
Maxon.
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