The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-21
THERE MAY BE A SUMMER CAMP
Grand Army Men Like the Gener-
osfty of the Citizens of Cape May.
Sncc.nI IN fhR .Icfse1I Citn Ve1rS.

osfty of the Citizens OF Cape May.
Special 10 the jersey City Wears.
TRENTON, Feb. 81, 1S94.-The summer en-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will no doubt take place. The citi-
zens of Cape May guarantee TO raise enough
money to supply all that will be necessary to
make the veterans comfortable. They
anticipate a fund of about $4,000, part of
which will come from Council in the shape
of an appropriation.
During the recent en~campment, where the
matter was freely discussed, the general
feeling prevailed that an eneampment under
such favorable circumstances would be a
good one, as it has been years since al en-
canipment has been held. The details, how
ever, remain with the Department Com
nander and the Council of Administration.
1t could be held with very little cost to the
department and the men. The tents and
other appurtenances necessary for an en-
campment would be supplied by requisition
of the Q-uartermaster General of the State,
and the s~ustenance will either come out of
funds raised or a small per diem will be
c~hargedthe veterans who attend. The date
will probably be June 20, concluding on July
4 with a grand celebration of the national
holiday. It is thought by proper manage
ment that least from 5000 to 1900 veterans
can be brought together at Cape May On
this event.
The Grand Army of New Jersey has at its
head as Department Commander a man of
considerable wealth. 1t has been one Of the
characteristics of the New Jersey Depart
ment that few rich men ever get to the
front, because it is merit, not wealth, that
wins in New Jersey. General E. BuId
Grubb, the ex-Minister to Spain, was per-
haps the wealthiest man hat ever presided
over the Jersey veterans, and next m
the present Department Commander. John
Shields, of Remington, who has made con-
siderable money in the railroad contracting
business.
Excepting General R. A. Donnelly, the
present Q-uartermaster General of the State,
who is a prosperous merchant, the Depart
ment Commanders are men as a rule from
the rank and file Of the Grand Army. Cap
tain E.. B. Miller is a veterinary surgeon,
Captain H. M. Nevius is a Red Bank law
yer, Colonel S. M. Hufty is a Camden bust
ness man, G.. Bragg Fielder has succeeded in
politics and is now Congressman from the
Seventh district, F. o. Cole is a Jersey City
druggist, A, NJ. Matthews of Orange is a
builder. The retiring Commander, H.. d.
Hartshorn, was a typemaker.
Captain John Shields, the new commander,
enlisted in Company E, Fifty-third Regiment,
He served until March, 1864, and partici-
pated in all the battles and marches in which
his regiment was engaged. He was wounded
in the battle of Fredericksburg and again at
Gettysburg while charging through the
wheat field. Here the ball passed through
the larynx and lodged in the shoulder, where
it still remains. He resigned On a surgeons
certificate of disability March II, 1864, and
returned TO his home.
After the war he engaged in railroad con-
tracing, to which he still devotes most of
his time.