The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-25
THIRD STILL IN CAMP
Government Has Failed to
Properly Equip the
Volunteers.
GENERAL PLUME SAYS FAREWELL
State Will Advance Money
for the Pay Of the Boys
at Sea Girt.
GENERAL PLUME SAYS FAREWELL

IS, 1S9S.-The Third Regiment of New Jer-
sey Volunteers, Colonel Benjamin A. Lee,
did not break am today, as was con-
tenlplated. The failure of the Govern
merit to furnish the command with a SUPP
ply of ammunition caused Colonel Lee to
defer the day of departure to Fort Ham
cock, Sandy Hook and Pompton Lake.
near Paterson, N. j., the new assign
ments ordered Monday by General Royal
I. Frank, the commander Of the Military
Department. of the East.
Then, again, the tents which the regi-
ment will take with them are soaking
wet. the result of yesterdays storm, and
the command will not leave Camp Voor
hees until the tents are thoroughly dry.
afternoon, but may nor be able to do 50
before Thursday. The ammunition re-
quired will arrive tonight.
The work of fitting out several com
panies of the Third Regiment with Gov
eminent shoes was COMPLETED today, so
when the regiment does leave here the
men will be thoroughly equipped. No or
ders have been received by Colonel Hine
regarding the moving of the Second Regi-
ment.
The muddy condition of the parade
ground caused Major General Plume to
decline he horror of a special review of
the Second and Third Regiments, ten
dered him by Colonels Hine and Lee, and
scheduled for this morning. Instead.
General Plume, accompanied by his staff.
passed along the line and bade goodbye
to all the officers before taking official
leave of the camp.
The official division headquarters flag
was struck at l P. NJ, and the General,
after calling upon Governor Voorhees,,
left for his home in Newark at LIS p.
NJ. His friends feel confident that he
will soon go to the front as a ~brigadier
general and presage that President Nc
KinleyNwill make the appointment some
time this week.
Quartermaster General Donnelly and
his assistants are busy making up the
official payrolls in anticipation of pay
ing off the volunteers for the time spent
in Camp Voorhees,. 1t will take at least
two weeks to complete the rolls. The
| volunteers will be paid from May 2 up to
the time they were mustered into the SER
vice of the United States.
The pay for the p~rivates will be about
5s cents per day. The State will advance
his money to the Government and be
| reimbursed later. Governor Voorhees,
believes that the next Legislature will
make an appropriation for the purpose
of paying the New Jersey volunteers a
bounty. The present law allows mem
bers of the National Guard $3.50 per day
while in camp, but each guardsman can
be paid for only six days service each
year.
The sun shone bright and warm yes
terday, u the scheduled morning drills
We're lone away with, owing to the wet
and muddy condition of the field. The
grounds were il pretty good condition,
| however, after dinner, when company and
battalion drills were gone through with,
The dress parade at $50 P. NJ. attracted
thousands of sight seers to vantage
points on the parade ground.
Adjutant John 7. Hilton, of the Sec
ond Regiment, is a civil engineer. When
| the First Regiment broke camp last week
the adjutant noted hat though the mer
were proficient in all the duties laid dowr
in the tactic books, they were sadly de-
fcient in handling their tents. He oe-
| termined that when his regiment took the
field they would be capable of both max
ing and breaking camp.
With this object in view, he made in
| quiries throughout the regiment and
found that, counting himself, he could
muster a force of nine graduate civil en-
| gineers. These men he formed into what
he calls an engineering squad. From each
company a detail of nine men was select
ed. These men will act with the ~artificel
as the construction squad.
The engineer squad detail, together with
the construction squad, were taken to The
rear of the camp this morning and there
instructed in the apparently simple, ySl
| difficult, art of making camp. The en-
gineering squad, with lines and poles
struction squad. The detail from eacf
company had with it a tent. with the Gus.
tomary accompaniment of poles and pegs
They stood at attention and at a glver
word came forward and erected the tents
AT the first attempt three minutes and 9
elapsed before the twelve tents We're
At the second attempt this time was
cut in half, and before the conclusion OF
the drill so seconds was all that was ne
eessary for the erection OF the twelve
tents. There was considerable rivalry
among the men from each company, eacf
squad endeavoring toY make the record
Ten prtvates from the Second Regiment
| were gathered in by the guards last might
for attempting to run the sentinelS anI
for abseEce from camp without a pass
| Several others were arrested outside the
| Hines for drunkenness. These offenders
were u TO work this morning wheeling
sand from the beach, a distance Of oven
| half a mile, and filing up the mud pGd-
| dies in the company streets.
Others, in heavy marching order. were
| compelled to do guard duty carrying 8
bag Of clay weighing forty pounds. In ad-
| dition. these men will diet on bread anI
water for six days.
lieutenant Colonel Daniel A. Currie OF
the Second Regiment was the iead officer
CT the day. The regirnental officers were
Second Regiment-Oficer of the day
| Captain j. Ernest Shaw of Company A
officer of the guard, FIRST Lieutenant
Timothy Barrett of Company CT; junior
officer Of the guard. Second Lieufenani
Ernest Goodell of Company M.
Third Reglment-Qficer Of the day
Captain John e. Wehrly of Company II
officer of the guard, First Lieutenant
James f. Mather of Company M.
The bill of fare for the day was
Breakfast. liver and bacon; dinner
baked bluefish and potatoes; supper
roast beef and potatoes.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Trenton
has furnished the members of Company
I. Third Regiment, of Freehold, with 9
sulphur bag made of silk and with ribbon
to tie around the neck.
Governor Voorhees, has decided to re.
main at the camp until after the de.
parture of the Third Regiment for Sandy
/ Hook and Pompton Lake. He Will mot 81
to Trenton before next Tuesday.
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