The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-19
FOURTH IN TIE RAIN
Jersey City's Soldiers Take
Possession of Camp
Griggs at Sea
Grit.
CHAPLAIN sCuDDER's SERMON
Colonel Smith Prepares a Week
of Hard Work for the Boys
Encampment Routine.
CHAPLAIN sCUDDER's SERMON
Especial to THE Jersey city

kAMf 1htSn1ps PEA SiRl, july ~
lS97.-With drums beating and colors fly
ing, the Gallant Fourth led bysit new
Colonel, Robert Smith, marched into
camp Saturday afternoon. AS they
marched past the Little White House, =
they gave a marching salute to Governor
Griggs and Colonel Barbour of his staff,
who watched the troops file by from the
porch. The same henor was accorded
General Wanser and his staff. The men
spent Saturday afternoon and evening in
getting to rights and making themselves
at home in their new surroundings. The
Rev. John l.. Scudder, pastor of the Jer-
sey City Tabernacle and chaplain of the
regiment, preached to the boys yester-
day il the big mess hall, 1t was expected
to hold the services under the trees on
the lawn, at the west of the Governors
Cottage, but the rain prevented. The
brigade band played the "Pilgrim's
Chorus from -Tannhauser, and Bertram
f. Tallmanny sang a bass solo, entitled
'sOn the Cross" In the course of his
sermon Chaplain Scudder said
There Is a notion abroad hat the ten
dency of religion is to repress manhood,
and hence that religion is good for wom-
en- hi children, for the sick and dying,
but Of little service to young men of life
and action. l believe this to be untrue,
and it is my purpose to show that gem
religion is the highest form of man
illness. Manliness is a mixture of cour-
age and sincerity; OF bravery and indie
p~endence, and always carries with 1t the
idea of strength. In n word, manliness
is might and there are several grades
physical manhood is one of them.
"A large, strong, we'll proportional man
is always an object of admiration. He is
a perfect animal, which order of perfec-
ton is never to be despised. When bodi-
" giants like Daniel Webster or Phillips
Brooks walked the streets people watch
interested in athletic sports, which lift
men out of s-emi-inyalidism and despond-
ency and make them strong and buoyant?
a ans itya and Aa should be e caItiVefed BY ali.
intellectual manhood is higher than the
purely physical. The brain is the best
part of the body and differentiates man
from the brute. An ndian has a sound
body, intellectually he is a pigmy, and in
the presence of such a man as Seth Low
he shrinks into utter insignifcance. Mat
ter is eclipsed by mind. But the highest
grade of maniiness is moral character.
fellow we do not refer to his bodily
strength or mental capacity. We mean
that he is rank and brave and noble
hearted. He looks you squarely in the
law 0Akt a. Jooh titN NO
He is strong in moral qualities. In this
sense manliness is opposed to meanness.
In one word, it is character.
Religion then, in one word, is character
and this, as we nave seen is highest man
illness. Hence the two are one and the
same. To truly follow Christ is the most
manly proceeding | know of. He is our
model, than whom a better has never APP
peared. With sublime bravery he march
ed voluntarily to the cross. and ike a
good soldier gave up his life for the cause
he loved, and for US to reproduce MS
pure, unselish, courageous life IS 10 reacn
the elimination of real manhood. TO
stand upon his side and fight his battle
in the world is the nobiest task and
pleasure of life. What the world needs
today is moral heroism and the chlvalry
of consecrated
Generals Wanser and Donnelly, Colonies
FELTON,. Olcott and Smith, Lieutenant Col
onels Parker, Bumsted and Rlgnter,
Majors Steele, Brensinger, Lohmann
Bedle. and Captains Hobart Tuttle,
private Secretary of Governor Griggs, We're
among those at the services.
When the time for guard moun ar
rived in the afternoon the storm had SUP
in full dress by the new detail. Captain
Lewis g. Wilcox Of Company /, succeed
ed Captain Alvin H. Graft Of Company L
as officer of the day, while First Lleutenz
ant Peter s. Hulsizer of Company l and
Lieutenant Frederick Eye of Com
pany B relieved First Lieutenant Adam
Stiep of Company E, and Second Lieuten-
ant William H. Wild, of Company q, as
merary officer of the guard.
About two hours after the First lnfan-
try Regiment and the First Gavairy
the Fourth Regiment reached Sea Girt in
a special train and took possession Of the
camp grounds. The command was led by
The Roner neg 3. Smith ne | and Lie Smsaeni coInei
r Howard Bumsted, Jr. The citizen
Soldiers from Jersey City, Hohoken and
Bayonne marched into camp e 5a s hI ne
e Mnsss members nnunis Of his family, Colonel
Barbour of the Governors staff, Quarter
colt and FELTON, of General Donnelly's
staff. A marching salute was accorded
to Brigadier-Genera Wanser and the Off
GERS of his staff when the
moved in a column OF tours by brigade
headquarters.
The First Regiment and the First Cav
airy Troop broke camp Saturday at noon.
The troops rode with Captain ~F'rellnghuy-
sen at their head to Asbury Park, where
they boarded the train for Newark. The
marched off the reservation clad
in atigu uniforms and wearing cam
paign hats. It brigade headquarters the
regiment was drawn up in battalion for
nations for a complimentary salute to
Post Commander Wanser and his staff.
Then Colonel Campbell had the dozen
companies swung by the Governors cot
tsge while the bands played the strains of
siHome, Sweet Home"
Previous to the preparation for de-
parture the regiment was assembled IN
the east flank Of the eneampment IN
Benzor, of Company K, who
accidentally shot his company com
Captain Reilly, Thursday af-
.ternoon. was summoned to the centre
in the custody. Of a non-commissioned
the sentence imposed by the regimental
court martial, for pleading guilty to a
charge of careless handling of firearms.
Colonel Campbell was lenient to the pris-
cident would be a warning to every
man. He then released Benzor from ar
rest by ordering him to report for duly
Including the arrivals this morning
rive tomorrow another detail of o a
The field and staff met this afternoon
with Colonel Smith and it was unani-
routine Of drill which Brigadier General
Wanser has prescribed. This means that
there will be no field day. The usual
dress parade n guard mount VIII be
held daily. 1t was also decided not to
send any of the miiltlamen 10 the rlHe
When the Boys reached camp Saturday
they were surprised to see banked up
against the sky an American flag. VIM.
Al. Eddy, the expert kite-flyer, had the
Kites. In the evening, suspended from
the kites, were chemical lights. They
were Nat high attitudes and were visible
forA niles Mr.. Eddy intends to photo
graph the camp from the sky.
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