The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-14


purchased 80 years ago. These buildings an
small and incommodious. one being io by
40 feet and tho other 90 feet by 90 feet
The needs Of the school demand a co1nmo-
dio1s building In which to teach oarpens
tcring, blacksmithing, bricklaying, plas.
tering and plumbing. Such a building, the
superintendent says, coa5d be erected al.
most entirely by their own labor, OF bricks
made by the inmates, and not be expen.
sive. The trustees also report that thore
is imperative need of a BUILDING to contain
a kitchen, bakery and cold rooms and gen.
eral storage combined-all which is sub
mitted for your careful consideration.
Industrial school For Girls.
The industrial School for Girls is located
In the county Of Mercer, about two miles
from the city of Trenton. On Oct. 81.
1895, there were 119 inmates in the school
and 80 out at service under i~ndentures, a
total of 151 girls subject to the control OF
the Institution. During the past year con-
siderable improvements have been made
to the buildings and grounds, and ths
trustees report the school as being in q
very. satisfactory condition and well sub.
serving the purpose for which it was in
stituted. The school has existed 25 years,
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between the ages of Z and is years. Any
girl between the ages stated, who is guilty
of any crime Except murder or man
slaughterl or who is habitually disorderly,
incorrigible or vagrant, is a ct subject fo1
the school. AL such the law intends shall
be consigned to the school and hot sem
fenced to jail or prison. All details as ia
the conduct and management OF the school,
the admission of INMATES thereto and the
reforming influences to which they are
there subjected car be found in the very
full and interesting report of the trustees
for the year ending Oct. 81, 1895.
State Charities Aid Association.
The board of managers report that the
condition Of the almshouses throughout
the state is much the same as last year. In
several of the a~lnshouses are a number OF
chronic insane. This the managers regard
as a great evil and will ask of the legisla.
ture at its present session the passage of a
law similar to that of the state of New
York, modified to suit the conditions OF
this state, requiring the placing of all in.
sane In the hospitals or asylums provided
for them.
A general improvement in the condition
of county iails is reported.
The management. of the state reform
school, at Jamesburg, and the Industrial
School for Girls, at Trenton, is commend
ed.
Penal Laws.
Joint resolution No. 8, approved Maros1
25, 1895, reeited: Whereas it appears thai
the in1exibility of our penal laws is an
important factor in the reinforcement and
perpetuation Of the criminal class; there
fore resolved, that q commission of five
persons be appointed to make careful in
vestigation of the subject named in the
preamble and report at the next session Of
the legislature (1S96) the results Of theii
deliberations
The sum Of / 1000 was appropriated to
defray the expenses of the commission lin
Investigating the results of the system now
in use in Massachusetts, and also the sys.
tenn now in use in other states; also to re.
port upon the principle OF probation as a
substitute for imprisonment for first Of.
lenses, and also to report upon the indie.
terminate sentence now in operation in
Massachusetts, etc.
The commission was duly appointed,
and, I understand, has mainly, if not en-
tirely, completed its work, which will be
embodied in a report and presented to YOU
honorable bodies.
The National Guard.
The national guard consists, at the pres.
ent date, of $40 officers and 3,613 enlisted
men-an increase during the year of II
officers and 1876 enlisted men.
This force Is organized into uu companies
of infantry, 2 gatling gun companies and
2 troops of cavalry. -Four companies of in.
fantry, one gatling gun compan and ons
/ fpoor1 nf oavat-y havQ HoOr rprapf1a1 H.
ing the year.
The First brigade, composed of the First,
Second and Fourth regiments of infantry,
Cavalry Troop A and Gatling Gun Com.
pany A, all under the command of Briga.
der General Peter f. Wanser, was 9
camped at the state camp ground, Sea
Girt, from July Is to Aug. 8. The en-.
cainpment was by regiments, each regi,
ment occupying the camp ground for one
week. The cavalry troop was encamped
with the First regiment, and the gatlina
gun company with the Second regiment.
The encampinent was successful In all
respects. Discipline was maintained, and
the idea that the encampment should be s.
"school for the soldier thoroughly carried
out. The efficiency of the national guard
in all departments, and particularly that
of rife practice, under Brigadier General
Bird W. Spencer, is marked and commend.
able.
In my former messages l have alluded
to the desirabilisy, perhaps necessity, OF
extending the boundaries of the camp
ground. I am still of opinion that such
extension should be made. My reasons
therefor are fully stated in my previous
messages, to which l beg to refer you with.
out repetition here,
During the year arnories have been
completed at Jersey City and Paterson.
Both Of them are substantial structar0s
and well adapted to the purposes for which
they were erected. Other arinories arr
projected for Newark, Trenton and Cam,
den, as the finances of the state may war
rant. 1t seems to be generally agreed thai
armories are most efficient agencies in pro
noting the morale and general utility Of
the national guard
To be Continued.
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