The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-21
4 NAVAL RESERVE
Movement On Foot to Form
Such an Organ
!. iZatiOn.

An effort Will shortly be made by a
number OF well known militiamen IL
this ci y to organize Il company of Nava
Reserve and 1t Is very probable that tht
next State Legislature will be requested
20 pass a bill creating a Naval r ,servs
and appropriatfng a fund for the proper
maintenance OF the saine
For some time the mat er has been
talked OF by the promoters Of the scheme
IN this city, but no action was taken
until, last week when Sergeant C.
Frederick Long of Company A. Fourth
regiment, took the matter In band and
boomed It.. MIR. Loag visited a number
of officers. Of the regiment aDd equested
them to give opinions rs to whether the
Reserve. could be organ!Zsd, ana IL so,
whether 1t could be made Il State organ-
ization or not. The officers all belle we'd
In the ~Practicability4 of the scheme and
many offered TO aid IN the organic ,tlon.
MANY INTERESTED.
Encour aged by these opinions Sergeant
Long has gone 10 work aud has secured
the names of a number of young men
who nave signi6ed a Willingness to jJiu
such All organization. Mr.. JON BOteu
OF Newark avenue is o le of the promote rs
of the scheme. He is q prominent mem
Der Of the Pavonia Yacht Club aud SAWS
That q u Der of The clubs memhers
will join the Reserve If IL Is organized.
Mr.. Bolen Is hastllug aud will give
Sergeant Long All the help he requires.
Much entnusiasm1is being manifested by
all present aud II the scheme does not
meet with success, 1t will not be for want
of support.
Sergeant Long has communicated with
Adjutant General Stryker about the
matter in an endeavor to ascertain what
plan would be most advisable to pursue
in order to have the State make the Res
serve u National organization. He ex-
pect. a reply IL a few days. He will
also communicate with the proper au-
fholities at washington an / learn what
provision the Uniled Sta es makes for
State Naval Reserves.
SERGEANT LONGS OPINION.
When lntery1ewed by a reporter of
The JERSEY CITY NEWS. yesterday. Ser
geant Long said:-
II do not sac why there should not be
a Naval Reserve in this State as well as
In New York. Our State has a shore
front. that extends from the boundary
line on The North to Cape May on the
South. This shore front Is almost
wholly unprotected The only fortihca-
lions near it are those which guard New
York Harbor. To the south OF these
Notifications our shores are unprotected,
In the event of our becoming mixed up
in a row with some foreigu DC wer, whers
would New Jersey be? Foreign ships
fnding onr shores unprotected would;
have an easy time of it, unless the
Government sent its baitleships here,
But suppose their services should be re-
CURED elsewhere. what would then be-
come of us? A State Naval Reserve could
be called out to guard our shores and our
shores alone. We have q National Guard,
why not q Reserve? Here we have
a large number OF young men who
desire to learn nov to man q ship, and
are willing to serve the State while learn
ing, and ! hope that the legislators will
open their eyes to the services that could
be rendered by THESE young men aud
vote to make the Reserve u State organic
ation.' a
All the young men who are interested
are determined in their purpose, aud the
matter will be pushed with much Yigor.