The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-28
! MILITIA SHAKE Up
Captain and Lieutenants of
Company G Resign Their
Commissions.
MEMBERS ALL PLEASED
With New officers They Say the
Command Will Be One of the
Best in the State.

Much surprise has been caused in Ma
tional Guard circles in this city by the
announcement that Captain Fred Lam
pert and Lieutenants Robert f. Martin
and John Brennan of Company G,Fourth
Regiment, have resigned their commlS-
sions. To the members of the company
the news is not much of a surprise, the
designations of the officers having been
furthered by certain events in which
the members played a more or less prom
inent part The designations of the two
Lieutenants are now in the hands of
Captain Gerardin, the Adjutant of the
Regiment, and although Captain Lam
pert's resignation has not yet arrived
at Headquarters, there is abundant evil
dence that it will soon be filed. Yester-
day Captain Lampert admitted to certain
members that he had decided to resign
and that he would forward his resigna
ton to the Colonel before the next COM
pany drill, which takes place one week
from tomorrow night. Just why the
commissioned officers have resigned is
a matter that is being kept very quiet
by all concerned, but if a well circu-
lated rumor is to be believed the present
disorganized condition of the company
has something to do with the case.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Company G is one of the three COM
panies that were mustered into service
shortly before the First Brigade went to
camp last year, and of the three com
mands it was the most promising. Its
membership was very near the limit of
81, and the men in the ranks took an
interest and worked with a zeal that
had they continued, would have placed
the company in the front rank. Although
the company had been organized but
few weeks prior to the encampment, 1t
made an excellent showing at Sea Grit
which the members SGid was due to the
drilling they had received at the hands
OF the now eX-SerSeant Major Samuel
C. Bouker who was a candidate for
Captain. Although Bcuker had an al
most sure thing in The race for the Cap
being Stampeded for Lampert. During
the exciting scenes attending Lamperts
coup, Martin and Brennan slipped into
the two remaining commissions. Shortly
after the election the members became
dissatisfied with th"ir officers and lost
interest. A number Of members refused
others We're constant visitors to the
Court Martial on account of the open
warfare they waged against, their of
ficers. Matters grew from bad to worse
and the membership began to fall off
at rapid rate, until al the present
time the membership is but barely thirty
yer cent. CI NVHdC II was originally.
When the opposition to the officers
first became known to Headquarters
Colonel Abernethy refused to take
hand in the matter, he believing that
Later Colonel Abernethy endeavored to
harmonize the clashing forces but with
out success. The opposition grew un-
til it resulted in the present disorgan-
lied condition of the company. It is
believed that the Committee on Estate
of the Companies has had something
to do with the designations of the Off
GERS.
THE BOYS JUBTLANT
Last night large delegation of Com
pany Gs members assembled at Com
pany AS armory and held an informal
jollification "This is the best news
that the company has ever received,
said a non-commissioned officer. IF
the company were lined UP for drill to-
night, he continued, "and this news
was read there would be no drill. You
couldn't hold down the members from
dancing for joy
The members of the company are al
ready fixing up slate of candidates tc
be voted for when the election to fill
the vacancies is ordered by Colonel
Abernethy. Ex-Sergeant Major Samuel
C. Bouker is the unanimous choice of
the company for the captaincy, and, as
one member put it, she is as good as
elected already" Popular Billy Maxon
the First Sergeant of Company A, can
have the First Lieutenancy if he wants
it, and is being urged by the members
to accept it. Sergeant Maxon, how
ever, has positively declined the honors,
he preferring to remain in Company A
and await promotion there. Ex-Sergeant
Wallace Vreeland of Company D is
candidate for one of the ieutenancies,
and is a very strong candidate. Ex-Ser-
geant Vreeland was q member of Com
pany d when shat command was the
crack company of the regiment, and ht
would make an excellent officer.