The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-09
AWAITING THE CALL
Camp Voorhees, in Read
ness to Receive the New
Men Within twenty
-Four Hours.
RECRUITING OFFICERS SENT HOME
Men Grumbling in the Second
Regiment Because Of the
Food Supplies--Gossip
of the Regiment.
RECRUITING OFFICERS SENT HOME
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SEA GIRT, June. 8. 1Sss-Governoi
Voorhees,. Adjutant General Stryker
| Quartermaster General Donnelly and Col
onel Alexander c. Oliphant spent yester'
day here. A communication was received
from the Wal Department announcing
that from each of the companies now in
the field a lieutenant and three mer
would be sent to the homes of their re-
spectiye regiments to recruit the $3.50 mer
necessary. No word was received regard.
ing the extra regiment that the State Is
to send.
The camp is in readiness to receive the
new men within t~wenty-four hours after
the call is officially issued, and Captains
Butler and Gilmore of the Regular Army
who acted as mastering officers under the
first call, are at the camp ready to muster
in the new recruits as fas as they ar
rive.
The State has not been reimbursed by
the National Government for the cost OF
e~quipping IT'S first quota. but it is expect
ed that payment will be made in time to
enable the authorities to pay the volun
teers for the time they served prior tc
entering the National service.
Clayton j. Bailey, who has organized a
company of citizens here, visited Camp
Voorhees,, and received assurances that
his mpa would be given an oppor-
tunity to go under the second call.
Governor voorhees, yesterday received
a letter from General Burt, commencing
the State for It's thorough equipment OF
the Second Regiment, and stating that
the regiment is the only one in his camp
fully equipped.
Major General Lee visited the camp OF
the Second at Jacksonville ON Tuesday
and called upon Colonel Hine The guard
was turned out in his honor. He COM
plimented Colonel Hine very highly upon
the athletic and military appearance OF
officers and men, and their precise OBJ
servance of military etiquette.
Only a few cases of sickness have been
reported from the Second Regiment, and
they are not serious. The weather has
been very comfortable for the last few
days, occasional showers relieving the
oppressiveness of the heat.
On Tuesday 10000 rounds of ammuni-
ton, which win allow every man in the
Second New Jersey nearly 100 rounds,
were stored back of the guard house, 1t
having been taken from the Trenton
Arsenal. The men feel that they are
now prepared to meet the enemy at Porto
Rico at short notice.
The men are complaining considerably
about the food they are given to eat, and
many of them go for days at a time
without food, rather than eat the rations
allowed to them. For the past week
beans and some of the latest and
greasiest kind of pork and bareback has
been the regular bill of fare, and then,
besides, there has been an invariable
shortage in the supply. probably due to
the difficulty. in establishing the com
missary department for so many regi-
ments of troops at once. The troops are
supposed to get fresh meat at least once
a day, and 1t Is said that the men will
soon have no cause for complaint. In
fact, they are fast becoming SO accus-
toned to army life that they can eat
almost anything with a relish.