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

not forthcoming. The officers of Company
A did not turn in the list as did those of
the other companies. Adjutant Gerardin
when questioned declared that he had not
seen the names of the men who enlisted
from Company A, he had simply been
told that nine men enlisted On the night
of the enlistment Lieutenant Colonel
Bumsted declared with a great deal Of
pride in the presence of a number of Off
GERS that only five men had enlisted from
A. A reported for "The News could
only learn Of five who are known to have
enlisted. They are Frank Keleher, Frank
Whelihan, Charles Blauvelt. Waiter Du
Ronde and Fred Pansing. The names Of
the other four could not be learned.
The meeting of veterans Of Company A
was held last night but brought about
no new results. Only eight Of the vet
Grams responded to the call. They held
a short conference in the corridor and
then four of them, Captain Laws, Hey
ward Bowley, James McKane and one
other entered Company AS room, where
a number of the members had gathered.
Later Lieutenant Colonel Bumsted and
Captain and Inspector Of Rifle Practice
Charles H. ~Springsted dropped in. As
soon as the delegation entered the com
pany room Captain Laws was surround
ed by a number of the members who had
refused to volunteer. They were led by
a private named Harry Quelsh. They be-
gan at once to berate Captain Laws.
You threw us down, Captain" said one.
W. didn't think it Of you said another.
and then the men who had made Com
pany A the crack company of the regi-
ment on the one side and the followers
of Maxon. on the other, plunged into a
hot arugument over the merits and de-
merits of the action of Company AS
men. Their voices rose louder and louder
and attracted nearly every other person
in the Armory to the scene Of the contro-
versy. Finally things got 50 warm that
Captain Laws suggested that the door
be closed. His suggestion was compiled
with and the remainder of the row was
behind closed doors. The gathering did
not greak up until midnight and the loud
talking and w%rangling continued through
out the few hours that Captain Laws ana
the other veterans were in the room.
Towards midnight the voices OF the
speakers were raised louder than Is con-
sidered proper and such expressions as
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aaabans ao,,ls 10 baard az
80 ~ ran+a;n ~ anotbar comnanv
- n,isrerresantine the facts "a his men
in order to get them to enlist.
Half the men who have put their
names down y said the speaker. twill not
70 They only nut them down for the
appearance of the thing. We could have
had fifty names on our list and then had
only half of them go but we preferred TO
act like men,
When the meeting was over Captain
Laws said could not do anything
with them or change them one bit from
their position. They will not be reasoned
with. Two things were evident 10 those
OF us who talked with the men. The hrst
is that the company IS ruiea by three
men. VINO hoid apsolute sway over 'ne
members OF the company y = -
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meht Natioffai uuaiu VII -,
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be made to recruit it to its full strength.
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