The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-18
FIRST MOVES TONIGHT.
Movements of Other Regi-
ments From the Camp
at Sea Girt.
CHANGE IN CAMP DISCIPLINE
Enterprizing Thirst Quenchers
Escorted Out of the
Grounds and Threat
ened.
CHANGE IN CAMP DISCIPLINE


tonight, as it is believed that the trans
portation of the men should take place
during the night, SO that they will have
time to make their camp and put up the
tents during the day after they arrive at
Falls Church, Virginia.
The rations for the First Regiment will
include two days marching rations and
ten days rations besides. The distribu-
ton of clothing for the regiment began
yesterday and it was expected that
the whole of the day would be consumed
in the work of issuing the clothing,
which includes shirts. socks. under
clothing and shoes. Some of the COM
panies LAY already been furnished with
shoes.
The troops of the First Regiment will
be taken over the Pennsylvania Rail-
road lines to Washington and to Falls
Church on the Southern Railroad. The
cost will be ss.2S per capita, and $50
pounds of baggage will be allowed to
each man.
The possibility of the Second Regi-
ment being ordered to join the First has
been spoken of. Colonel Hine is known
to have talked to it to some of the men
in his regiment.
General Plume has not yet been COM
missioned a Brigadier and does not ex-
pect the arrival of his commission until
President Mckinley appoints the next
batch of Brigadier Generals. Forty-one
Brigadier Generals nave yet to be named
by the President, and when this is done
General Plume's name will. it is thought,
be among the list.
Governor voorhees, has requested the
War Department to ave Colonel Olcott,
of the State Conamissary Department, de-
tailed as Commissary for the First Regi-
ment until the arrival in the Southern
camp.
Colonel Lee, of the Third Regiment,
viii report at once to General Merritt.
AS that officer is to command the army
of occupation in the Philippines, it is
said that the Third will form a part of
the 15.UuO men asked for by him and given
by the Department.
1t is not known exactly when the
Third will depart. but at the Governors
headquarters it is believed that it will
Z so by Friday. All the men have been
fully equipped. Transportation is being
arranged for both regiments.
The men OF the Third are anxious to
move, and rejoice at the possibility of
going to the Philippine islands. It may
be, however, that the regiment win be
assigned at some fort on the Atlantic sea-
board.
A number of applications for enlist
ment are received daily by commandants
of the various regiments. Some of the
boys have come away from their homes
without the knowledge of their parents,
- ~ - - - 4hA frarf
BY far the greater number of companies
nave their full quota of men. and cannot
enroll another one, and there is no room
fer the recruits, so that they often go
away disappointed. Rather than not go
at all, however, they sometimes find a
place in another company in which their
particular friends do not happen to be,
and then, if possible, get transferred to
the company of their acquaintance by
the Colonel of the regiment. Often Wis
itors have been turned into recruits. for
after they heard the thrilling music of
the flies, and the martial beat of the
drums, they could not keep out of the
ranks.
The change in discipline in the camp
from that Of the first few nights has be-
come most apparent. The vigils of the
guard now are as strict as possible. Not
even an officer can pass through the
lines without a permit from his Colonel,
and within the camps<of the First and
Third regiments the soldiers were kept
inside the lines almost to a man. The
guards have been doubled and those
men who got out were lucky.
Until Monday night many soldiers
had been constantly seen at the small
town of Manasquan, about a mile from
the camp, but not a Corporals guard of
them were there that night. The Col
onels of the regiments were 10th to give
out passes and had issued orders to the
officers of the guards to let men in, but
not to let anyone out of the camp at
night.
The orders in regard to peddlers and
vendors about the camp are being strictly
enforced, as those In think that
their presence has a demoralizing effect
upon the discipline of the men. Three
ent6rprising merchants were escorted I'M
der guard of the camp grounds yester-
day afternoon. They were beer merchants
and had taken up a position near the
stables. where they did a rushing bust
ness for some time. Soldiers got out OF
h camp somehow, and a flock of chick
ems could not have drawn a bigger and
more eager crowd than stood around the
wagons and bought the bottled beverage.
Each of the three wagons was loaded
with about twenty cases of beer, but the
covered tops of the wagons made them
fnconspicuous. Major Jackson, who was
brigade field officer of the day, soon dis
covered the fuss, and, calling the guard,
escorted the wagons out Of the confines
the grounds. The soldiers led the
horses. The enterprising thirst quenchers
were told that If they ventured inside the
grounds again their goods would be con
fscated n they would probably land in
the guardhouse.
The First Regiment, New Jersey VoIun-
tcers. is expected to leave Camp VOORHEES,
for Washington this evening, by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The men Of thu
First did not go through drills to n ex'
tent today, but busted themselves pack
ing up their traps. Trains on the Jersey
Central and Pennsylvania brought i'm
mense crowds, mostly women. to See
Girt today. Many came from Newark
where the headquarters OF the FIRST Kegi
ment are located. All were on hauu e
eiva the soldiers a last farewell, and they
were permitted to circulate amour TN
parade grounds more freely than hereto
fore. because of the departure or tnS
regiment.
cnIIRT CALENDARS.