The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-09
FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE
Medals Which the Members Of
the National Guard Will Re-
eeiye Jersey City
Recipients.
Special to tho JERSEY Csty Ns,us.

TRENTON, April 9. iS95.-The faithful
service medals with which the State
Military Board has decided to decorate
members of the National Guard who have
been many years in the service, will
shortly be distributed. The medals are
divided into five CLASSES. Glass / rep
resents thirty-five years of service; class
2. thirty years; class 3, twenty-five years;
class 4, twenty years, and class 5, fifteen
years. All the emblems are bronze dou-
ble-pointed stars, containing in relief the
State coat of arms and suspended by
chains from a fancy bar, inscribed
Faithful Service, and with the term
of service. The classes are distinguished
by the centres of the stars. Glass l has
a plain gold centre: class 2, gold and
blue enamel; class 3. gold coat of arms
on bronze; class 4, silver on bronze,
while class 5 is all bronze. The medals
are to be ATTACHED to wide bands of
Jersey blue" ribbon, to be worn around
the neck with full-press uniform.
The member of the State militia who
has been longest in service is Capt Alfred
Williams. commanding Co. d. First Regf-
ment. He enlisted September l, 1851, n
the commission he now holds is dated
July q. 1854. Major General Joseph
w. Plume. Division Commander, who
has been in the service ithirty-five years,
and Captain Williams are the only
guardsmen eligible for medals of the
first class
WHO WILL GET THE MEDALS.
Medals of the second class will be
awarded to but five members OF the Ma
t1onal Guard. They are Colonel William
H. Skirm, commanding the Seventh Regi-
ment. who has been thIrty-four years in
the service; Adjutant General William S.
Stryker. Colonel Edward A. Campbell,
commanding the First Regiment; Cap
tain William H. De Hart. Co. C. Third
Regiment and Quartermaster Sergeant
Philip Arnold, of the Seventh Regiment.
Medals of the third class will be pre-
scented to Colonel John C. Owens. Assis-
Colonel Marvin Dodd, Assistant Adjutant
General, Division Staff, and the follow
ing officers and ~lprdvates of the First
Brigade n the Third Regiment of the
Observation-Disclosures Colonel R.
Heber Br~ientnall. First Regiment; Majors
George M. Townsend and Charles B.
Champlin. First Regiment; Captain Jas.
L. Marsh, Adjutant First Regiment;
Lieutenant George H. Darling, Co. c,
Third Regiment: and Sergeant John
Brcwnlee. Fourth Regiment.
Guardsmen eligible for medals of the
fourth class are General John D. McGil.
Surgeon General OF the GoWernors Statf
mander, and the following officers and
privates OF the First Brigade; Major
Enos Runyon. P~aymaster; Captain las.
tain John Engel, Co. G, Second Regi-
ment: Captain Addison Ely. Co. L., Sec
ond Regiment; Lieutenant John Brinker-
tergnaster Sergeants Asa 7. Van Wrinkle,
First Regiment, and BerJann1n f. Moore
IL c fPqESa gD 5FPe THE FIFTH CLASS.
Fifth class medals will be given to
General Richard a. Donnelly,, quarter
master General; General Bird W. Spencer,
inspector General Rifle Practlfe; Colon 1
Colonel James $. Kiger, Deputy
Adjutant General; Lieutenant Coicaei
Boltwood, First Brigade stan;
Regiment: Colonel =. II. Aber.
nethy, Fourth Regiment: Major Victor
Mraviag, Third Regiment; Major Robert
B. Wallace, Brigade Staff; Captain
Charles Barr, Company F.. Second Regi-
ment: Captain, Harry r; Goesser, Com
pany E. Seeon Son,asnp cTaRRdia ad R Reg}-
ment; ecs CAPTAIN Aabury F. Bedle, Com
pany G. Third Regiment; Captain Frank
Matthews, Paymaster, Fourth Regi-
ment; Captain BENJAMIN M. Gerardin,
Adjutant. Fourth Regiment; Captain Ts,r G
Regiment; Captain Alvin H. Graft. Pay
master. Fourth RegimenTt; captain AT Ar
ment; Lieutenant John j. Greene, Com
pany A, First Regiment: Lieutenant
Louis Ruch, Company F. Second Regi-
fnent; Lieutenant George thinner, Com
Dany E, First Regiment; Lieutenant
Lorenzo Gismond, Company E. Second
Regiment; Lieutenant Godfrey G.. Dilla-
way, Company D, Fourth Regiment; Ser
geant John J.. Franklin, Company G,
Third Regiment; Sergeant John A. Ter
Company G, Second Regiment;
Corporal Henry S. Engel, Company E..
Second Regiment, and Priyates Moses
Ryno, Christian Ahbe and Frederick
yoss, Company c, First Regiment; JOS.
f. Bechler, Company e, Fourth Regi-
ment; Max Eggers, Company B., First
Regiment; Charles Kolb and John !:
Seymour L. Darling and J. F. Decker,
Company c, Third Regiment.