The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-07
MILITIAMEN EXCITED
Over Rumor that Col. Aber-
nethy Desires a Hoboken
Man Elected Major.

Tonight in the Armory rooms of the
Fourth Regiment OF Nos. 81 and 20
Newark avenue, there will be held the
regular monthly Meeting of the Board Of
Officers Of the regiment. For some time
past 1t has been known thut a new battal-
ion was to be formed. Companies G., E.
B and f are to constitute the First
Battalion, and Companies A. G, H and D
the Second Battalion. The election of a
Major for the Second Battalion is now oc.
cupying the minds Of The n~,ilittameu.
There are many local aspfrants for the
place, but it has been animated from
time TO time that there Is Il desire on the
part OF a certain hlgn officer of the Ragi-
ment TO carry the position to some HO-
boken imam, whereby 1t is hoped that
military interests will be revived in that
city.
The local militiamen have heard of
this move and IL is said that a move is
afoot to upset the scheme by having Col.
Abernethy call = meeting OF Regimen {
officers and elect a Mayor at once
J ERSEY CITY OFFICERS OBJECT.
/ asked one of the captalus uf the Regi-
ment this morning il he had heard OF a
move to give a Hobokeu mtiitiaman the
Mayorship. II lave heard such a scheme
whispered about,o said he. shut | doubt
very much if it will ever be done. 1
imagine that the officers tonight will
ask Col. Anernethy 10 Call a meeting flor
the election at Ouce.n
There are five Candidates for the office.
They are Captain ]. H. Brensinger, Of
Company f.; J.. Howard Bumsted, Jr..
OF Company A; Alvin ii. Croft, O. Nj:
John Graham, of Company &. and Arthur
l.. STEELE, of Company e.
The disrupted condition of the militia
IN @H .a-~
the high regiment officers of this city.
but, "saidEone, .'if.the HoBoken men want
to reorganizs, let them do it. We have
now eight companies, and. although we
have a regiment, still there is room for
four companies in Hoboksn, and those
four companies could form AN entirely
new battalion, making three in the reei-
i1enr. In that case the Major would
30 TO some Hoboken militiaman becauss
l do not think the Jersey City men would
oppose his election. The Jersey City ofd-
GERS would, however. ave q voice III the
election. For my part l think the Hobo
ken boys will get together again in a
tttle while and everything will turn out
satisfactorily"
Ths meeting tonight promises to be a
lively one. MS considerable pressure Will
he brought TO bear upon Col. Abernethy
TO have MIN call g meeting for the elect-
tlon of the Major al once
ALL BosH. GAYS Col. ABERNETHY.
Colonel AterAethy when asked what
there Was in the runor that he was at
tempting to hold back the election of
Major until the chances for securing the
position for some HoDoken mau were
brighter replied: "It is all beshl The
election Will not be held until the com
missions are all received"
HoB0KEN MEN TALK ''sPURN."
Several OF the officers of the old Secon d
Regiment Of HObuken when iuterview wed
by q reported for JERSEY CITY NEWS last
night said In relation TO OveItures made
by the Fourth kegimedt to form a com
pany in Hoboken that II any such over
lures were made this would be spurned.
They declared that even the offer of q
Major would not tempt them.