The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-05

MASTERING IN THE MEN.
Army Medical Men Have a
Busy Day Yesterday at
Sea Girt.
THREE MAJORS TO Be APPOINTED
Specializing on the Vacant
Generalship Of the
Second Brigade.
THREE MAJORS TO Be APPOINTED
rspecial to .rrhe Jersey city News."l

JniQG Oh llIeIGSl dl So1iP
terdav was the examination by the Medi-
"a, Board. under Captain Butler and Cap
tain Gorgas. of the United States Army.
II was expected thai Governor voorhees,
would announce the appointments OF
regimenfal officers. but this he failed to
do. His Excellency had a number OF
conferences with Colonels Campbell, Hine
and Lee. the respective commanders OF
the three regiments in the camp, out NO
official announcement was made
There is no doubt but the appointments
would have been made yesterday but Tor
a letter sent by Senator Sewell 10 9he
Governor. asking that Colonel Thomas >
Chambers, of this city. ana coionei
Daniel b. Murphy of Camden, be made
majors in the New Jersey brigade o. Voi7
unteers. Word was received by the Coy
ernor. Tuesday, that three majors "oulo
be allotted to each regiment, instead OIL
two as provided for in the PRESIDENT ;
call. The official notification was received
from the War Department, yesterday py
Captain Butler.
In zach of the First and Second hegi-
ments there are three majors. SO mere
was no room for any outside appointments
there. In the Third Regiment there Is
really two vacancies, but prior 10 the re-
ceipt of Sewelrs letter it had been se1lleo
that Captain de Hart and Captain Lanooh
would be named as majors. Coionei Lee
had already recommended De Hart aiu
the Governor had as much as said ne
would appoint him. SewelPs letter, now
ever. will, no doubt, cause voorhees, 10
change his mind, and there is hardy d
doubt as to the appointment of
and Murphy It is argued hat Coionel
Murphy may be somewhat incapacitatea
by age. but no objection will be MADE 70
Chambers. The latter is on the Second
Brigade staff as adjutart to General sew
ell He has been in the National Guard
since 1873. having entered Co. A. or the
Seventh Regiment. that year. Murphy IS
also on Sewelrs staff, being Inspector OF
the Second Brigade. He mas been IN the
Guard about thirty-five years. and also
has a war record. Captain Landon, who
was slated for an appointment, is laid up
with the munps. at Mapasquan.
There is considerable speculation as to
whether anyone will be placed in charge
of the Second Brigade if General Sewell
goes to the front as a major general.
Close friends of the Camden leader say
he will undoubtedly accept the commls-
sion offered him by President Mckinley
Yesterday. They also say that General
Sewell will not resign his seat in the sen
ate under any consideration, but Will hoid
the dual office of Senator and major gen
erai. 1t may be that Colonel Campbell
will be placed in charge of the Second
Brigade as he is the senior colonel OF the
State. In other quarters there is talk OF
a possibility of the Sixth and Seventh
Regiments being merged, as three com
pauies of the former regiment and one of
the latter have been taken to fin up the
Third Regiment. The taking of these
four companies so reduces the two regi-
ments that if the stay-at-home companies
were merged into one regiment they
would just fill it up to the standard quota
of three battalions. Heretofore the Sec
ond Brigade regiments have contained
only two battaliens, or eight companies,
while the regiments of the First Bflgade
composed twelve companies. If the rem
nants of the Sixth and Seventh Regi-
merits were merged into one organization
the Seventh would, no doubt. lose its iden-
tity. and the consolidated regiment would
probably be temporarily connected with
the first Brigade, under command OF
General Wanser.
@The fact that General Sewell was nom
mated by the President to be major gem
eral. 1t is said, will not in any way inter-
fere with General Plume's chances of be-
ing made b~rigadier general to command
the New Jersey volunteers. Vice Presi-
dent Hobart and General Sewell are both
at work in the interest of General Plume,
and he will, in all probability, be included
in the next batch of nominations for bri-
gadier generals that President Mckinley
will send to the Senate.
The mastering officers kept down to
work all day, and by nightfall but few of
the men examined had been rejected.
With the beginning of the examina-
lions came a feeling of uncertainty over
the camp. For the first time the situa-
Ffon assumed real gravity to many of the
men. Since they had got into camp they
had been getting hard knocks, encoun-
tering hardships that even regulars are
not often exposed to. The heavy. rain,
the cold, cutting n~ortheasterly winds. the
damp grounds, the discomfort of sleep
on wet boards and the messing alone in
tents, in place of the general mess in the
hall. had given them a smack Of real war
life. Discomforts and hardships were
quickly forgotten in the anxiety of the ex-
aminations. Judging from the rumors
that rose from the camp like the exhala-
4ions of the moist ground. most of the
men had but one thought: that was
whether they would have to return home
Captain Butler said, before the exam
nations began, that ten minut would
be given to each man; that is, only six
men an hour would be handled. At this
rate II would take three weeks to get
through the camp. The total number in
camp is $3.50, divided as follows:-Ffrs
Regiment, 1.015; Second Regiment. 1.047'
Third Regiment, $685.
This includes all the officers, who may
not be examined. Even Governor Voor-
hees did rot know yesterday afternoon
whether the officers would have to stand
a physical examination. If they do and
any considerable proportion is rejected
trouble is likely to follow. A good many
of the men say that unless they car
serve under the officers they know and arr
familiar with, they will not enlist. One Of
the captains said that If many of his ole
men, meaning those apart from he re.
cruits, are rejected, he will go back
home.
The number and salaries of the more
important appointments Governor Voor
bees will nave to make as follows:-Thre
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