The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-19

INDIGNANT SOLDIERS.
Second Company Boys Brigade
Leaves the Battalion in
Disgust.


The Second Company, Boys Brigade,
held a meeting at its quarters on Grand
| street and communipaw avenue last
night and resigned from the First New
Jersey Battalion. B. B. This is the result
Of the recent squabbles at Camp Boyn-
ton, when the Second Company left the
camp in a body.
Last nights action was deemed the
only course to be adopted, for they
claim that contrary to agreements with
the Battalion, they have not received the
same notice nor respect since they a
the trouble with the trustees of the EN-
Dry Street Church, which resulted in
their changing their quarters from the
church to the Old Company A Armory at
the Junction.
On Sunday morning, August 9. Drum
Major George Ryer and Bass Drummer
Charles Bennett, members of the Second
Company, were espied asleep in their
tent at camp. Some fellow members
thought to annoy them and threw husks
OF corn, stale bread and other scraps at
them. putting it in a very disorderly con-
ditiQn. Major Wightman passed that way
and became enraged when he saw the
mess and ordered no one to touch it until
the Captain OF the company. Van Dyck.
w Aio ~ ~ Ct III 2tMdt6Ii I1OlGi. S1lOQIu
see it, Captain Murch, Officer of the
Day, was the next to see it, and he or
dered the tent cleaned for Inspection,
and the boys. one and all, who threw the
stuff there, set to work and soon had the
tent in a ~presentable condition
Major Wfghtman, seeing the tent clean
ed when he came aroun again, was
angry at seeing his orders disobeyed, and
wanted to know who did it and ordered
the boys to put the tent in the same con-
dition as they found it. Not one of them
budged. As it was Ryer's tent, the Ma
jor ordered him to do the work. Ryer
said that he did not place it there and
was not going TO place 1t back. The
Major replied that he would either do as
demanded or go home. The members,
Who were standing around, said that If
Ryer would have to go they would fol-
low him, as they thought that he was
right.
and the matter was decided to be left
to Major Nightman. He adhered to his
former and after eating din
ner the entire company packed their grips
When the rest of the battalion returned
home the Second Company was con-
fronted with rumors that they were TO
be expelled from the battalion. Rather
than wait for any such action the COM
pany resigned.
Sergeant AacGregor offered the motion
and II was received with boundless en-
thusiasm. President Hull said that II
grieved him that any such action should
nave 10 be taken; but that he would fol-
low the company in any just action they
might take.
The company will hold camp during the
first part Of September. One of the mem
bers said, in relation to the matter. last
evening"
The cause of the whole trouble is the
Jealousy existing between the Fourth and.
second Companies. We We're becoming;
somewhat tired from the treatment we
received all during the camp session.
we We're never given place in the front,
ranks during dress parade, and were
Treated more as an outside II on
account of our recent action in leaving
the church We are not rowdies, and
90 not like to be treated as such. We
did nothing dishonorabie at camp. We
threw the stuff in the tent and cleaned
It out It was nothing beyond pure
cussedness that we should be compelled
to put it back again..
me company will be a separate exist
ence hereafter. 1t consists Of about sew
enty members and is on a good financial
basis.