The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-13
JERSEY TROOPS READY.
Governor Voorhees, However
Would Like More Sup
plies From Wash
ington.
DESTINATION WILL BE TAMPA
Gen. Plume's Order Filling
Up Quota of Third Regi-
ment--Camp News.

Especial to 1.-The Jersey City News."1
CAM VOORHEES,, Sea Grit, May Is,
1S9S.-Late yesterday afternoon Cover
nor Voorhees,, received a message stat
ing that Colonel John v. Fuller, depart
ment quartermaster, had been directed by
the quartermaster general of the United
States army to take charge of the trans
portation of volunteer forces of Pennsyl-
yania. New Jersey and Delaware, as soon
as mustered in.
The Governor late on Wednesday night
received a message from Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin. asking if the New Jersey
troops could be moved south at once An
order was despatched for General Plume
and Colonel Campbell, the latter being
escorted by Major ]. w. Howard ofGen-
eraI Plume's staff, and Adjutant Phillips,
of the First Regiment. The escorts sat
outside the closed doors of the Governors
dining room from about 10 o'clock until
after midnight, while the military author
titles inside discussed the situation. Be
sides General Plume and Colonel Camp
bell. Colonel Oliphant, Governor voorhees,
aide. and Colonel Loutrell and Colonel
FELTON,, of the quartermaster's depart
lltG1lls WCIO pi IL ~
erals query was answered by the follow
ing message, which was sent off yester-
day:
"Adjutant General H. c. Corbin, WASH
ington, d. c.
New Jersey troops are deficient only in
those articles of clothing for which re-
peated acquisitions have been made. TO
order these men to the front with this
deficiency u~nsupplied, also proper medicai
supplies, seems 10 me to be dangerous 10
the welfare of the men and the efficiency
of the troops. They have been mustered
in and are ready TO go, if it be so ordered
by the proper authorities. | would re-
Spectfully suggest a delay in the move
ment of the New Jersey troops until the
minimum of supplies. necessary be fur
nished or guaranteed to be furnished ON
arrival at destination. If such guarantee
be given the number required Of New Jer-
sey will be ready to embark at New York
not later than Saturday afternoon,
FOSTER N. VOORHEES,
The want of equipments referred to in
the telegram has worried Governor Voor-
hees considerably lately. and he has tried
to get the proper supplies. The cam
paign hats and shoes have arrived here,
but the shirts, socks and Undertaking
besides the medical supplies, are awaited.
The soldiers will get everything new ex-
cept their uniforms, but until they get
their supplies the authorities do not deem
it wise that they should leave Sea Girt.
1t is known thai it is the intention of
the War Department to transport the
men by boat instead of@by rail to Tampa
instead of to Chickamauga, as at first in
The belief is Sail extant that arrange
ments will be made TO have the troops of
this State go as a brigade instead of be-
coming separated and going by regiments.
The average man does not care how he
goes, so long as he is taken South under
his present officers up to the colonel of his
regiment. Further than that, many OF
them have stated that they did not care
who commanded them.
The work Of captain GorgaS and his
assistants in making the hphysica1 exam
nations of the men is very nearly COM
pleted- DR.. Gorgas says hat the work is
getting along much faster now. Only
three. companies of the Second Regiment
have. not been in the big mess hall for
the examinations. Three of the compa-
MES have been finished with and six are
In process of the tests.
The speculation as to how the compa-
MES in the Third Regiment am from
the Sixth and Seventh Regiments Of South
Jersey, which were added TO the regiment
TO compete its quota. should be ~designat-
ed, was finally settled by General Plume
yesterday afternoon. by his order.
Companies of the Sixth and Seventh
Regiments attached to the Third Regi-
ment to fill up it's quota have been assign
ed new letters, in the following order, con-
m n,esusing co q pafIsiif e, Seventh Sc enf if Rerlm negi,
to be Company /. of the Third; Company
ASixth Regiment, Company K; Company
G, Sixth Regiment, Company L; Company
G, Sixth Regiment, Company NJ. The
companies will retain their identity in the
National Guard after the war
Two Princeton students. Stuart Brooks,
Hughes, same class, were enrolled in
Company g, Second Regiment, this morn
IieutenSnt-Colonel West. Of the Sixth
Regiment, accompanied by Paymaster AL
fernus, was N camp today looking after
the comforts of the Sixth Regiment boys.
They distributed 100 pairs Of shoes, 25(
pairs of socks and other necessities
among the three South Jersey companies
Paymaster Altemus, acting as the rep
sentative of a large tobacco firm. alst
distributed to every one of the 5000 Off.
GERS and men in camp bag of smoking
tobacco. Tonight a cloud of tobacco smoks
hovers over the camp.
IT is now settled tha Captain Thomas
D.. Landon, of Company A, Sixth Regi
ment, Burlington, is to be the major OF
the new battalion of the Third Regiment
Lieutenant Wallis f. Armstrong. of Com
pany B, Sixth Regiment. Of Camden. is
to be battalion adjutant. Lieutenant Arm
strong was the lucky one of the sixteer
applicants for the position. He viii repori
for duty tomorrow morning. Captain j
F. Cline, Inspector of Rifle Practice
Sixth Regiment, was today mustered IL
as Captain of the Burlington Company
to succeed Captain Landon
Both the Camden companies a beer
mustered in. Every man in both com
mands volunteered. Company had eigh
Iy-Oue men IN line ana was the Iourtf
compan to be mustered in. Company c
of Camden, was sworn in today by Cap
tain Butler, and Captain Dyer was highl,
complimented for its appearance
Solonel Godfrey of the medical staff
has been on duty in camp today assisting
Z the regular army surgeons in the examin
alton of surgeons and assistant surgeons
The work of drilling and mastering il
was continued today and it is expected
they will be all mustered into the regula
service by Saturday night.
The morning trains took many visitors
mostly from Newark, to give the men tn
last farewells. expecting thai the FRS
Regiment of Newark would go to Tampa
The health of the camp continues goo,
and the spirits of the men are high be
cause they are of the firm belief tina
they are spending their last days in camp
BY this time next week the majority o
the 5000 men in camp are of the opinion
that they will be very near Cuba.