The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-19

STATE CAMP FIRE.
Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove Turn Out to Eonor
the Veterans.
TWIN CITIES DENsELY CROWDED
how General" ?. Il. o'Neill
Filled Up the Reviewing
Stand.
Special to the Jcrscr Cstp Nc,rs.

ASBURY PARK, June 10, 18e6.-Never in
the thirty years of the history has the
Department OF New Jersey, Grand Army
OF the Republic, had such a successful
eneanpment as that nov in progress here.
So pleased are the veterans with their
reception here that they ar seriously
asitatias The caestion OF laeeting here
every year hereafter. The arnple number
of hotels and Other means 81 accomnlo-
dation, the superior facilities ro- reaching
shaded streets for parading, all swept by
the cool ocean breezes. place these twin
cities by the sea- lar ahead CT any other
convention city in the Stase.
The main feature of yesterday was the
grand parade in the afternoon. 1t was
easily q mile and a halt in length, and
created much enthusiasm al along the
route. II was noticed that nvne of the
States prominent men IN politics Were
member or the present State government
who was on the reviewing stand. rms
Inereial Hotel, in which the Departmslt
headquarters were established.
EARLY il the afternoon. two grizzleq
veterans from the rural districts armed
with muskets of the era II which they
fought, cleared the stand, much TO the
disgust OF several women who, WITH a ioS
settled down to comfortably witness the
parade. The two veterans tilen crossed
their bayonets at the entrance ard braced
themselves for the task of keeping every
one off who was not entitled TO be there.
Among the first to come up was Dom
inie' Robinson, of Paterson. The day
was when the Dominic WAS a prominent
figure in New Jersey, wheh ne stood on
the floor Of the Assembly. ID in mat stem,
Geble Of Ocean, denounced Republican
schemes. But of late years he has fallen
INTO laa tb lnnoeuou s,n 1esueeu an an ain w stlaa.er
The Dominic" climbed the steps, but was
stopped by the crossed bayonets. he
had no ticket, and the guards ~compellea
ilfm to turn back. Soon after the great
p. II. ONeiIl. r~esplsndent In a new Grlana
Army suit with the cleases IN MS TROUSERS
covered with enough badges and medals
to make a first class Danish count,
climbed the steps, with digniiy. ae e
crossed bayonets barred his further pros7
ress, although it was noticed that as the
guards saw the martial ar Of the sreat
breast. their voices were not as strong
as they had been when the DOMINIC
ceptibIe tremor in the bayorets. Just at
that moment Major Armstrong Wn9se
calm and serene nerve had taken posses
and stretching cut his hand to the in
donitabie r. H, exclained:-
ANY ael' g gSse afa to s see you" III The a aside to to
the guard, .eThis is General ONeill, Of
sStn Illinois Infantry"
The nsI gaaF sene eans to s : RTssent' General" eaa Waia
o'Neili passed On to the stand.
After that Major" Armstrong wasn't
in it. Ex-Assemblyuan William PintaEe
Of Red Bank next came up. He also
had no ticket, but before the guards
cculd say anything General" ONeill
grabbed him by the hand and shook it
warmly. as he cried out loud enough 10
be heard over in the Grove. walk right
up. Colonel, I'm delighted to see you:
haven't seen you since we rode side by
side in that action before Petersburg"
Ito the guards 9TH is Colonel Pintard
of -Twenty-irst Nevada Volunteers.
The guards were a little dubious about
this, as Pintard looked as though he
had been born since the surrender of
Lee. But they were not clear on the
date CT the admission of Nevada into
as Pintard aourisfed q salute that would
have lone an wkward squad recruit
eredi. and joined the throng.
The guard had no doubt about the next
arrival, VINO was escorted upon the plat
form by a veteran whose old-fashioned
sash told he was a man of position. AMI
brought the guards rnuskets to a present
with yigor. AS his charge appeared upon
the platform the deepest disgust spread
over the face of General" O'Nesn. It
was Senator Bradley, and his vote three
years ago threw Mr.. O'Neill out of office.
After that the notabies began Ito arrive
in rapid succession and for some time
there was no hitch in the stream Then
it beca me clogged and "General' O'Neill
There. blocked by the crossed aayorets,
was Horace Farrier, while behind him
was Chief Murphy and Captains Farrier
Hello. there. General, come right stup,r
ne cried, extending his hand to Horace
and at the same time Whispering to the
guard, Major General Farrier of the
Ninety-second Coney Island Light AR
tifiery."
The guard was beginning to get onto
P HIS curves" and looked dubious as
they saw no medal or button on Horace's
coat. But the sight of the Chiefs decor
atoms won on the field Of battles and
the Grand Army badges on the remainder
of the party passed them. No one got on
to the stand en- Mr.. O'NeiIPs NM
dation after that. Then came the pro-
cassion as described in these dispatches
yesterday.
Conservative men say that there were
at least 1850 people In the Ocean Grove
Auditorium when the camp fire was
opened last evening, while enthusiasts
place the number at 10, 600. AT any rate
it was one of the largest thronSs that
ever crowded the vast building when the
me eed ! ii w e.asstt sailed e IL, to 3 + was
Ing was decorated with nothing but the
American flag, while the National en-
nlem scattered all Through the great
me various posts sat, added an additional
Hrtractiveness to the Sight. Sheriff Toffey
End john P. Feeney occupied seats in
the 'front.' rows upon the platform
Wilkes Post of Trenton brought with
lnem a gorgeously arrayed band, which
was among the Spectators
upon the stage Its appearance was fine.
ard it is to b regretted that the same
had tried the "Recollections of a Veteran
the vast audience arose and a
Country Ills of Thee" Then the Rev.
and the Rev. Elwood Il. Stokes, President
Of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Asso-
citation, welcomed the veterans to the
grove. DIR. Stokes is far advanced In life
and his voice is SO feeble that his words
were lost to those a short distance from
the platform. After welcoming the old
soldiers, he said that no national pension
could compensate them for what they
had done for their country, and history
would crown them with eternal fame
The citizens of Ocean Grove did not honor
them SO much as they honored the Grove
by being there.
E.All honor to the Boys in Blue. . he
zuzD NO KEsT
MAeSEEER