The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-06
JERSEY AND THE NEW GALL.
Decided That she Shall SEND One
Regiment.


TRENTON, N. j.. June 5.-Adjt.-Gen. Stryker.
who accompanied Gov. Voorhees, and Col. Oil.
phant to Washington. said to-day that the gon-
eral orders relating to the apportionment Of
volunteers among the States would be issued by
the War Department on Tuesday. The New
Jersey officials accompanied by Senator Sewell,
spent some time with Adjt-Gen. Corbin yester-
day in an effort to secure the apportionment Of
two full regiments to New Jersey. In this they
were not successful, and Gen. Stryker says that
work will begin AT once in recruiting the S92
men needed to furnish twenty-five additional
volunteers to each of the thirty-siI companies
now in the field and also q hospital corps Of
about 100 men.
The State, 1t was practically decided at the
conference. would be allowed to furnish ono full
regiment in addition. The National Guard will
not be called ON, though efforts have been made
by The officers of tho Fourth Regiment of Jersey
City, the Sixth of Camden and the Seventh of
Trenton to have those commands accepted. The
Sixth and Seventh were reduced under the first
call By sending four companies with the Third
of Elizabeth. The Fourth is the only complete
regiment in the State and the military authori-
ties desire 10 keep it at home in case of emory
ency.
1t is understood that the volunteers for tho
new regiment will come mainly from the First,
Second, and Fourth Congress districts. and that
it will be commanded by Col. Cooper of Camden,
Col. Murphy, Col. Chambers OF Gen. Sewell's
stnfT, or Col. Oliphant. National Guardsmen
may volunteer individually. Camp Voorhees,,
at Sea Girt. will be reOpened at once, and the
men will be sent there as soon as they are re-.
cruited. QuartermasterGeneral Donnelly has
given orders for an outfit of tents and other
camp equipments to replace those sent away
with the three regiments already sent out.
While tho new recruits are being broken In.
drilled. and organized, new uniforms and rifles
will be procured for them. 1t Is understood
that there will be no haste unless h~urry-up
orders are received, as tho State military
authorities desire the recruits to become as per-
feet as possible before being sent to Join their
regiments.
Gov. Voorhees, is expected in Trenton to.mor-
row or Tuesday. While here no will confer
with the State officers in regard to calling a
special session OF the Legislature In order to APP
p%ropriSte moneys that may be needed for mill
tRry purposes, and also in respect to the amend
ment of the Election law 80 that the New Jersey
soldiers in the field may be permitted to vote next
fall. Under the existing law the Secretary of
State Is required to forward ballots to the
soldiers. but tho Werts Ballot Reform law
conflicts with this provision. Tho latter law
provides that some of the officers may be nomi-
mated not less than ten days before tho election,
while the law providing that soldiers and sail
orS shall have an opportunity to vote requires
the Secretary of State TO forward tho ballots
and necessary blank forms not less than sixty
days preceding the date OF the election. Under
the Werts law 1t is possible that none OF tho
candidates may BIO nominated sixty days prior
TO the election.
While the Governor Is concerned mainly ON
behalf Of the soldiers. he is likely to have a per-
sonal interest in tho result of the election. as
there is little doubt that he will be the Repub-
lican nominee for Governor. Late information
received is to tho effect that Franklin Murphy
and J. Frank Fort of Essex county and Con-
gresham Mahlon Pitney of Morris county have
announced that they will not be candidates. and
that Gen. Sewell. the Republican leader, has
said that Voorhees, is tho logical candidate.
This apparently leaves the Governor q clear
field. His months sojourn with tho militlamen
at Sea Girt made him extremely popular with
them.
In view of the fact that there is a general be.
lief that the war may end soon. IL Is not likely
that a special session of the Legislature will he
called Immediately, but the preliminary plans
for such a session will be perfected.