The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-31
RESERVES DISARMED.
Some of the Aeeoutrement Of
the Trenton Division Is Said
to Be Missing.

Especial to ''The Jersey Clls Se"s.
TRENTON, Jan. 81, 1SsS.-The Trenton
Division of the Naval Reserves IS ~
trouble. The State has called In all the
sabres, pistols and other properly, ieaViiS
them without any arms for e~quipping Inc
men,. Some of the States properly Is saiu
to be missing, and Assemblymah fralh
M. Weller of Mercer county, VINO sisheu
the bond for the safe return OF the ac-
coutrement, is to be held responsible 1or
the missing articles.
The division is very much in debt ano
the way the money given to the DIVISION
| by the State has been spent indicates
bad management and Misrepresentation.
Lieutenant f. f. C. Woodward, VINO
| commanded the Trenton division, mas
exceeded a furlough granted by the MAYA
| Reserve authorities, and he is SAID 10 pe
on his way to Klondike. The reserve heeu
| his presence to get them out OF the tahsle
and there is nothing now to prevent tneir
| DISARMAMENT. There is now missing TOUR
revolvers, four pistol holsters ana three
| cutless belts and the State had made a
| demand for these article.
When the goods were issued from the
| State arsenal, Mr.. Weller signed a pona
to guarantee their return in good condl-
ton by Lieutenant F.. F. G. Woodward,
the commander of the Trenton division
of the reserve. Last week Mr.. Weller
notified the military authorities that
he would no longer be responsible for
the property, and all of it except the
few missing articles was returned to the
State arsenal.
The apparently unwarranted absence
of Lieutenant woodward from the State
| prompted Mr.. Weller's action. The young
commander several months ago after
receiving a Through which later was
extended until the 1st of January, left
for the Klondike. He is now in Mon
rovia, Cal, and if he does not return
to New Jersey and offer satisfactory
| reasons for his absence without leave,
it is said his name will be dropped from
the rells-and his commission will be can
celed.
According to other officers of the di-
vision Lieutenant Woodward left his
in an embarrassed condition.
1t has an Indebtedness of more h
$500 and most of it, the officers say, was
contracted by the commander without
authority. The outstanding bills include
large amounts IOf ef6clElcuS 1lS ulS. MD
tial music and rent. Tt is alleged that
a large part of the bill for light was
contracted while Lieutenant Woodward's
basket ball team, which, it is alleged,
he uniformed at the expense of the di-
vision, was practicing.
Probably no action concerning Lieu
tenant Woodward's absence will be
taken until the Reserve is attached to
the Legislature provides. The organiza-
ton will then come under the authority
of the State Military Board, and al
though Lieutenant Woodward's friends
are ~endeavoring to save his commits
sion, their arguments probably will have
little weight with the Board.
When Lieutenant Woodward left town
he was accompanied by William Curtin,
but while the latter journeyed on to Dyea
to be ready for entering the gold fields
early in the spring, the Lieutenant re-
NAMED in California. His new partner is
Foro'd K, Riddal, brother-in-law Of ex-
rrev-o~ Magnwsn, who several weeks ago
obtained a stake of 500 from his father
a-4 vent west.
-esc clal Ses against the Trenton
DIVISION following on the charges made
against some of the men of the Camden
division who are quartered on the old
monitor Ajax, maxi matters look serious
for the Battalion of theNWest. There has
! been a feeling for some time to isband
it because of the failure of men and
officers to agree. At the present time the
Naval Reserve is without a commander,
Captain William Jaques having recently
resigned and Governor Griggs has not
seen fit to select his. successor