The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-22

VISITORS At SEA GIRT
Col. Smith Entertains Mayor
Hoos, Mr.. Davis and
Others From Jersey
City.
RUMORs ABOUT TROOPS REMOVAL
Jersey City Companies Good
Showing in Drills---Gos-
sip From the Tents.
RUMORS ABOUT TROOPS REMOVAL


Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"l
CAMP VOORHEES,. SEA GIRT, July
q, lS9S.-A large party of Jersey City's
most prominent men paid Their respects
to Colonel r. 6. Smith at camp yester-
day. Among the party were:-Mayor
Hoos, ex-Sheriff Robert Davis. Street
Commissioner Hauck, Freebooter Frank
McNally. Chief of Police Murphy. Bouie-
ward Superintendent Michael Coyle, FL
nance Commissioners Jacob Rineie, Assem-
blyman James Murphy and Police Cofu-
missioner Adolph Walter. The party came
down on the 11:32 train. and were soon
dispersed about the camp. Major Lon-
man entertained the party until the Col
onel's arrival.
Mayor Hoos, first visit was to his son,
who is a corporal in Company B. He
found his son very busily engaged in
washing his clothes. His Honor sat ON
the edge of a cot while Bob finished his
work, and remained in the company street
for a considerable length of tine. The
party took dinner with headquarters mess,
and stayed to see dress parade ana re-
turned on the 6:52 train to Jersey City.
Mr.. Davis was very particular about get
ting near the sentries on duty. On the
occasion of a former visit to Sea Girt last
summer, when the Fourth was N camp.
a. w S7 eAA - ftAA1 VIA Ns~-t
and confined in the guard house for
nearly an hour.
Three car loads of hard tack and bacon
are on a sid track at the station. 1t
was understood that this was 10 be used
in the first issues of the government "a
tions next week, but from current reports
1t would appear as If the present issue of
State rations was to be continued, and
this food kept In the cars for use when
the regiment moves from Camp Foor-
hees.
THE r14eetion og +be movement Of the
Regiment is much discussed All sorts
of wild rumors are a1eat in camp, but
none seem to be based on much more
thar the vaguest of speculation. 1t is
said that the Regiment will receive the
Springfield rifles early next week. When
they do arrive it Is expected that there
will be a vast improvement in the drill
ing of the men with the rifles to steady
them while in ranks the men will present
a much better appearance besides doing
better work.
Adjutant Gerardin was not in camp yes
terday afternoon. he having gone to Jer-
sey City to procure a horse. Battalion Adj
jutant Gilykerson acted as Regimental
Adjutant and Lieutenant Frank II. Cole.
of Company /. acted as Adjutant of the
Second Battalion. The dress parade was
and was well done. The regiment. IN
command of Lieutenant Gilmore. was re-
viewed by Colonel Smith, and showed up
well in the review. The Jersey City com
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presented their usual good appearance.
Last night there was a beautiful sunset
which was the f~orerunner of q violent
thunder storm. There was not much rain;
the storm being merely an electrical dis
play.
The squads drilled as usual this morning
in sections and squads. The Improvement
is becoming more marked, day by day,
and Colonel Smith confidently expects
that the Governors Own" will soon COM
pare favorably with any regiment, either
volunteer or regular infantry.
Colonel Smith has announced that two
leaves of absence for twenty-four. hours
will be allowed to any company. Passes
for short periods to expire before $3.50
each evening will be allowed. The men
have been going out of camp in large
numbers. but so far there has been not a
single complaint from any one of any dis
turbance created by the men. In fact the
discipline of the camp is excellent. The
Court Martial not having had a single
case come before it as yet. This is re-
large number of the men are new en-
tirely to camp and have not had any
National Guard experience.
Governor VOORHEES, and Colonel Olphant
spent yesterday at Sandy Hook. where
a portion of the Third Regiment is sta
toned.
Colonel Smith yesterday received orders
to detail Lieutenant RICHTER as Aide to
B~rigadier General Joseph w Plume. Lieu
tenant Fighter started early this morning
to join General Plume at Falls Church,
Va.
Colonel Gilmore supervises the squad
drills in the morning and afternoon. He
is assisted in this by Major Chambers and
TohmauZ