The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
Want The CALL CHANGED
Governor Voorhees, Goes to
Washington to See About
Last Demand for
Volunteers.
WILL ASK THAT REGIMENTS Be SENT
Jersey Troops Receiving Their
Pay at Camp Alger--First
Raises a Flag.
WILL ASK THAT REGIMENTS Be Sent
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TRENTON, June 4. 1S9s-Governol
Voorhees,, with his official aide. Colone
Alex. c.. OAphant, and Adjutant Genera
William S. Stryker. left last night fol
Washington, where they will make az
effort to have two full, officered regiments
sent from New Jersey under Presiden1
McKinley's second call. With Senator
seweA and Vice President Hobart, thu
party will call upon Adjutant-Genera
Corbin this morning.
The State authorities feel that they
have done their full duty with regard e
the first call. They sent three fully
equipped and well drilled regiments e
the front and this was ali that was
asked. The proposition of the Nationa
Government that the companies in these
regiments BIZ increased % men each By
taking 800 men of the Its asked fol-
under the second call, leaving us men, Ii
not pleasing to the State officials.
Should the effort to have two regi-
ments allotted to the State fail, then the
authorities will ask that at least one full
regiment be taken from New Jersey. II
is believed that there will be no trouble
in securing this latter concession. II the
plan of securing one regiment goes
through, it may be that some Of the en-,
tire companies from the Sixth ana sew
enth Regiments will go. This, Of course
would be optional with the members Of
the companies.
Befgore sending the men to the front,
the State will fully equip them at Sea
Grit. Some of the officers from the First,
Second and Third regiments will be
brought back to the State to do the re-
cruiting for the men needed to fill out the
commands.
At Camp Alger yesterday the payrolls
arrived from Quartermaster General
Donnelly for the payment of the men
while at Sea Grit. The men win be paid
81 a day.
Payment will be made in two ways. Be-
fore leaving Sea Girt each member OF
the regiment signed a blank deroting the
person at home to whom what money the
State would allow him should be paid.
This was to provide against any trouble
to the men in sending their money 70
relatives, and many blanks were signed.
Governor VOORHEES, gave his personal as
surance that the money should reach the
person named in the blanks. Those who
uiu lOl Stllu ia Lit OihilhS Will
their checks at Falls Church.
The First Regiment camp was moved
a mile yesterday. The grounds it now
occupies have. been the camp of the First
Rhode Island Regiment. Part OF the
camp is in a grove of cedar trees and
part in a fine apple orchard. There is a
well near by, and consequently a plentiful
water supply. The men of the First
Rhode Island liked the ground very
much. The First New Jersey has had one
of the most desirable spots Of the entire
corps and the men have spent a good deal
of time fixing it up. All the streets that
nave been dug and graded, all the
trenches made to carry off water and all
the trees flowers planted had to be
abandoned n the work will be done all
over again.
An fine specimen of odd Glory" pur-
chased by the men of Company H, First
New Jersey, was raised Thursday after
noon on a pole cut in the woods and
trimmed and finished by them. There
was little ceremony accompanying the
flag raising. and Chaplain Hare made q
short address.
When the regiment was formed into a
square Chaplain Hare said impressively:-
This battalion has been formed to wit
ness the raising of the flag of our coun-
try. II I may be permitted to become his
torical, I want to relate an incident which
occurred in my own town, Darlington, n.
J. It was at the home of General u. s.
Grant, and one time after he had re-
turned home and was going up West
Broad street after leaving the train, an
old Quaker woman leaned out of a win
dow, and grasping In her hand the Ameri-
can flag, she flung 1t to the breeze. 7
want she said, to hold my country's
flag over It's defenders So here / want
to see this flag raised over the heads Of
our country's defenders"
AS he finished speaking, Captain Boyd,
Of Company H, slowly raised the flag up
the pole. h field music struck up
THE Star Spangled Banner. and Major
Hayes gave the command, Present
arms The rifles came to the front of
each mans body with q snap, and all the
bystanders barred their heads. The scene
was an impressive one, and not o sound
could be heard as the flag slowly went up
the pole. When it touched the top,
Captain Boyd gave a sharp tug on the
ropes which held the flag in a bundle.
The folds fell apart and the wind caught
sOld Glory and sent it floating proudly
to the breeze.
eThree cheers for Old Gloryt, called out
Captain Hare, as the music ceased, and
three cheers and a tiger were given with
a will.
Three cheers for Captain Boyd and his
meni' called u the chaplain, and the
men cheered again.
Then the battalion was marched past
the new flag at port arms and were
dismissed.