The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-12
SCENES At THE ARMORY
Parents Try to Stop Their
Sons From Going to War
Volunteers Cheered.


The scene at the Armory of the Fourth
Regiment National Guard last night was
| indescribable. Nothing like it has been
seen since the days in the COS, when Jer-
| sey City sent her quota of troops TO fight
in the Civil War The men who had vol
unteered for service in the new Fourth
| Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, and
! who leave for Sea Girt this afternoon,
| were ordered to report at the Armory
| last night to be assigned to their respec-
| tive companies and to get their uniforms
which they will wear until supplied with
| their complete outfits by the United States
: Government
| The men began to gather at the Armory
before eight O'Clock. With them came
| hundreds OF their friends and curious peo-
| pie from all parts of the city. AS fast
as the recruits arrived they were hustled
/ out onto the floor of the Armory and were
| told to fail In with the men they wished
| to serve with. Each man was given the
/ privilege of choosing the Captain he is to
| serve under. unless that Captain had al
ready mustered in enough men TO fill the
| ranks of his company. The Bayonne
| contingent arrived shortly after eight
| O'Clock on speeial BARS The Hobolxen
men marched from the North Hudson
County Railway statfon at Payonia ave
| n1ie 10 the Arnorv The mon were
/ cheered all along the line At the Ar
mory the men, nresented a motlev an
| nearance Some of tbose who wore ac-
/ tive members Of the National c,uard were
| in fatigue uniform while +he majority
were in civilian dress MANY of the men
| had never worn a uniform The men an
peared in every conceivable form of dress
| some wore t,icvela s,,its o+hers ware in
| their WORKING clothes with hlne shirts
| and graasv tro,,sors bax,;,o ins,+ ,naolxed
off work ubila others xve,s d,assed Win
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| to nrenara tba rolls in nronar forn, q
was only completed after two honrs of
/ the hardest kind Of work and then some
of the rolls were not jsconnleted Can
| tain Derrom whose comeanv is a con-
solidation of Companies b and L. ran
short over fifteen men Captain See, who
| had twenty-five or thirty men more than
he required, supplied him with those he
! needed. He also supplied other Captains
with recruits
While the mastering process was in
/ progress the scene IN otner parts OF the
Armory ana IN 1he street was one long
10 pe remembered Inc street was hiieo
IN the vicinity OF the Armory with en-
/ thuslaslc. cheerlhs crowos. oeVerai nun
area persons sathereo ABOUT the ooor ana
liheo the sioewaihs opposite the puiidiiis'
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| diars ond reor,,i+s Motbars wives and
/ sweetbaarts Of the men who were "a eo
1 soneht noints of vantage from which to
view the work of forming the five com
panies. The majority of them were en-
thusiastic over the matter and appeared