The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-26
HOMELESS FOURTH.
History Of the Regiment and
Those Who Have Made
It Famous.

The Fourth Regiment was organized on
April IA. 1869. when Companies A, B. C,
D. E and + of the Fourth Regiment of the
New Jersey Rifle Corps and Company E
of the Second Regiment. New Jersey
State Militia were mustered in the Ma
tional Guard of New Jersey. All of the
six companies of the corps We're located
IN Jersey City and retained their letter
designation. Company L OF the Second
Regiment. which was known as the Hud-
son Brigade, became Company 6 of the
new regiment. The officers of the COM
Dany were also transferred and took
rang from previous service The first
was held on April %. 1863 at the armory
of Company and the minutes of the
meeting show the following officers pres
Bennett. First Lieut. Walter. ]. Smith.
Second Lieut. David w. Meeker. Com
pany B. Captain Alfred Bellard. First
First Lieut. William A. Grahan. COM
Lieut. John N. Van Winkle. Second
Captain Hehry &. Shaw, 7i1sfsl4 Fist Lieut..
K. Halstead. Company F. CAPTAIN Ben
jamin Van Riper. First Lieut.. John Ma
grath, Second Lieut.. Andrew G. Purdy-
kirk. First Lieut.. Andrew Van Buskil <
and Second Lieut.. Henry C. Post.
All ClSCllOn Ol OIHc6IS was 10 nave
taken place the same. evening but owing
TO the absen of Colonel s. NJ Dickln-
son, Assistah- Adjutant General. the
The election resulted as follows:-Co1-
onel Hiram Van Buskirk; Lieutenant
Colonel, Henry G. Shaw and Major. John
j. Toffey. Many of the regiments first
officers became istinguished later, some
in the political I ID others in the mill
became Colonel Of the regiment Febru-
ary Z. 1873 and Brigadier General of the
First Brigade. April 10, 1885. which posi-
Lieutenant Colonel Shaw gained distinc-
ton as the author of the system of rifle
astce g9w II y9gns in the United Is
tenant Colonel of the regiment and IS
now Sheriff of Hudson County. Chief Of
nGGS nnrnSv MrFPey frgt osptain rs r n same
inaugural reception of the regiment was
held in Jersey City Velocipedium. We'd
ssa5 was On May 50. following Win the the q
A. R. Posts NstSsf4adfr ct f5is city. HOMIE
Until 1871 the regiment was without
nome, the companies being compelled
to rent rooms in different parts of the
city In Isl lSl, however. the three rooms 9n
2 Newark avenue Were leased by the
Common Council, then the remaining
room on the third floor and room on
bnilding, was secured.
On July II. 1871. the regiment was held
IN readiness Tor active duty TO suppress
anticipated riot in connection with the
Orangemen's parade. In 1874 the regi-
ment, saw active service when it was
riot. It was detailed as a Guard of Hon
or TO the remains of Vice President Will
SON., at Jersey City, November q, 1876.
and was one of the regiments of the Pro-
visional Brigade, which under command
of Brigadier General SeweH. suppressed
ed to travel the several lines of railroad
which were practically in the hands of
the, strikers during 151lg the the months Of July
part in the parade and review at Newark
May 80 1878, when the First Brigade
was highly. complimented, by the Com
mander-in-Cheif for its soldierly appear
ance; and 1t also took part in the man
oeuvers of the First Brigade at Pomp-
The regiment accompanied the remains
of General Torbett through the State as
Guard of Honor. September %, 1880. 1t
ade in New York city, November 26,
1888, with the Provisional Brigade, under
command of Colonel Dudley 8. Steele,
and formed a part of the Provisional
Brigade, under command of Brevet Major
General Sewell, which attended the IN
ment at Freehold. November 1s, 1884.
It paraded in New York City August s,
1886, on the occasion of General Grants
funeral in Philadelphia, September l6;
celebration; in New York City April
is. 1889, at the centennial celebration Of
of the United States, and was the escort
to the remains of its former Colonel,
General Dudley S. Steele 1t also acted
as a guard of honor at the funeral OF
General w. T. Sherman during the pass
age through the station.
Company B was consolidated with q 9
| Passaic. Company G was dishanded on
April /, 1872. In the reorganization OF
Fourth Regiment was increased BY the
addition of Companies A, B, G, d and
e of the Second Regiment. These COM
panies received the letter designations
6, ii I. K and l. respectively, and con-
stituted the Second Battalion. They were
disbanded for mutinous conduct on April
26 1898 The present companies, and
G, were mustered into service May %,
1893. and Company H. June of the
same year The Tssgimaentt arat IS diyided mtg
Companies B, c, E and f, and the sec
ond Of Companies A, D, G and II. Com
pany K. of Hoboken, was mustered into
ROSTER OF OFFICERS.
colnf,lIssoned officers Field and staff:
Colonel, Hugh H Abernethy; Lieutenant
Colonel, William B. Mason; Major Rob
singer; Adiutant. Captain BENJAMIN NJ.
C49rardln: Battalion Adjutansts, ,u,,Ig,as FIRST
Lieutensnts John r. pringie ana Waam ntain
Alvin H Graft; Paymaster, Captain ].
Matthews; Surgeon. Major Mortimer
4
tenants John j. Broderick and William
]. Parker; Chaplain, Captain John l..
Scudder Judge Advocate, Captain Wer-
ner Bruins; Inspector of Rifle Practice,
Captain Charles H. Springsted; FIRST
Lieutenant, Gommanding Gun Detach-
Company A-Captain, ]. Howard Bum
sted, Jr.; First Lieutenant. John e.
Westerveit; Second Lieutenant, Henry H.
Bowly. Company B-Captain. Andrew
Derrom; First Lieutenant, A. La Rue
Christie Company C-Captain, Fl. H.
Brinkerhoff. Jr.; First Lieutenant,
Mervyn Armstrong, Jr.; Second Lieu
tenant, Michael Ambrose Company d.
Captain, Thomas B. O'Neill: First Lieu
tenant Edward See; Second Lieutenant,
Mortimer ]. Gleason. Company E,-Cap-
AN, Arthur L.. Steele; First Lieutenant,
Adam Steip; Second Lieutenant, Isaac
Pullen Company F-Captain, John H.
Kesm; First Lieutenant, Martin l. Fritz;
Second Lieutenant. Edward j. Edwards.
Company G-Captain, Samuel e. Bouker;
First Lieu; srant, Wallace N. vreeland;
Second Lieutenant John L. Compton.
Company H-Captain, Henry Spielmann;
First Lieutenant, Frank A. O'Sullivan;
Second Lieutenant. William H. Wild.
Company K-Captain, Henry Lohmann.
Jr; First Lieutenant Ernest Fischer.