The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-24
CAMP DRENCHED.
Rain Spells the Proposed
Review in Honor of
General WanseT.
COURT MARTIAL IN SESSION
Excellent Work By the Powder
Monkeys-Gossip Of the
Camp.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."1
CAMP GRIGGS. SEA GIRT, July "a,
lS9T.-Rain drenched the camp yesterday
and spoiled the programme of the re-
view in honor of Brigadier General r. q,
Wanser. Thunder and lightning bonn
barded the reservation and made life
about as uncomfortable as it possibly
could be. 1t has been a hoodooed week
for the Fourth, Every day it has rained
and the men nave had little else to do
but dry their clothes and keep their arms
and accoutrements in order.
The storm held off long enough to
permit all of the drills and ceremonies
of the day save the regimental review
and evening parade. The review was to
awe been held in honor of the brigade
and post -commandant, Brigadier General
p. T. Wanser. the former Colonel of the
regiment. To witness the spectacle a
crowd of several thousand pleasure
seekers from Hudson county and the
numerous adjacent resorts along the
seashora gathered about the parade
ground. They received sufficient warm
ing of the storms approach to enable
them to leave for other places of shelter
when the ceremony of afternoon guard
mount was completed.
AT this function Captain Edward See,
of Company D. became officer of the day,
with First Lieutenant Samuel Dayton,
of Company A, as commander of the
guard, and Second Lieutenant Harry L.
Barck, Jr.. of Company X, as super
numerary officer of the guard:
The regimental court-martial was In
session during the afternoon, the guard
having captured a dozen prisoners last
night. Most of the Offenders had escaped
from the camp limits and were seeking to
again cross the guard line when caught.
The guard also arrested two young wo-
men from Briele who were wandering
about the parade ground. They were es-
corted TO the railroad station by a detail
from the guard.
Practice on the rifle range was resumed
this ~forenoon by members of every com
pany, and most of those who hot quail
fed as marksmen. The extended order
drills of the afternoon were interesting
and the forenoon battalion drills showed
evidence of Improvement in the evolu-
etions executed.
Last evening the regimental field, staff
and@line officers entertained with a lunch
Wanser. Major Allan B. Wallace n
Major S. Wood McCiave. This evening a
similar feast viii receive attention.
This morning the gun detachment man
ned the sea coast battery for practice
drill and then bombarded a floating target
stationed out at sea with twenty rounds
Of ammunition The work performed was
very clever, and First Lieutenant John T.
Pringle beamed with pleasure because his
powder monkeys. thrice pierced the tar
in a few feet of the three leg-of-mutton
sails attached to the spar buoy. Briga-
dier-General Bird w. Spencer, Inspector
General of Rifle Practice, watched the
work.
Yesterday afternoon at 4:15 there also
rode into camp a squad of eight men
from Calling u Company B.. of Cam
DEM who left that city at three O'Clock
in the morning.
According 10 the final general order
for the -encampment. issued by Colonel
Robert g, Smith, the regiment will break
camp at 1870 O'Clock today and will march
off the reservation clad in fatigue uni
forms and campaign hats, as did the
First Regiment of Newark last Saturday
afternoon.
The Second Regiment of Paterson and
Calling Gun Company A. of Orange, will
succeed the Fourth Regiment in camp.