The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-28
new JERSEY H0bORED.
Her Naval Reserve Select
ed blythe Government for
important Service.
WILL TAKE MONITOR TO MAINE
! Picked Crew 10 Work the
Montauk From Philadelphia
to Portland.


The State of New Jersey has reason te
be proud Of It's Naval Reserve inasmuch
as it is the first body of the naval militia
in the country which the Washington
government has selected for important
duty in these critical times. Secretary
Long has detailed to the Battalion OF
the East the responsible task Of taking
from the League Island Navy Yard, at
| Philadelphia, to Portland, Me-, the old
monitor Mohawk, which is Intended to
be used for the defence OF the latter mar
Dor. Although this order comes as a
surprise to the New Jersey authorities,
those who are acquainted with the state
of efficiency TO. which the Battalion OF
the East has attained under the COM
i mind of Washington lrving do not Won
der at the selection. The naval authors
ties at Washington awe Tor some TIN
| known that this battalion Is capable of
mannine and working any vessel below d
battleship or first-class cruiser, and all
that prevents them from taking charge
of one of that group OF vessels IS tneir
lack of numbers.
Twice they have taken their ship, the
old sloop of war, Portsmouth, and with
out the assistance of sailors from the
regular navy, worked her over many
miles of water. Last summer they took
| the ship out to sea and sailed her from
Fishers Island, N. Y, to Lewes, Del,
| and pack to Hoboken. When the Ports
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| and came TO anchor near the MassachuS-
| etts, the Inflated Maine and the Texas,
the officers of those battleships watched
her m~anoeuvres carefully through their
glasses and would hardly believe, when
told afterward, that the ship was worked
entirely by the naval militia A still
| greater surprise awaited the officers Of
the Maine a day or two afterward, wnen
the Portsmouthss crew came aboard their
| vessel for Instructions. The Maine was
taken out to sea for target practice and
@4 fhn r5n ~ Ina1r + tho hor hOr IN An
gineering Division OF the battalion was
placed in the engine room. The manner
in which the young men went to work
| both surprised and delighted the Names
officers. The Jersey sailors took com
plete charge of the engines and brought
the big battleship safely back to her
anchorage without a mishap.
All this, of@cOurSe, was made known
| to the naval headquarters at Washington,
and it was no wonder then that when the
authorities wanted intelligent and capable
Battalion of the East, Naval Reserve of
| New Jersey. The request for the SER
vices of the battalion was received at
Trenton last Friday just as the appropri-
alton for the Naval Reserve was being
considered. 1t was promptly communi-
Gated to some of the leading members OF
General Government placed such a high
value upon the efficiency of the Reserve,
broke down all opposition to an increase
of the appropriation. Commander Wash
ington irving was Immediately commune
| Gated with and he proceeded forthwith to
select a crew. The services of the en-
tire battalion will moi. be needed. and a
selection of picked men Will be made
from each of the three divisions. This
work is now being done, and when COM
pleted the men selected will be notified
to hold themselves in readiness for sea
duty
Commander Irving will be in command
and Lieutenant Edward Mcclure Peters;
the navigator of he Portsmouth, will
navigate the Mohawk. The engine room
will be in charge of the crew selected
from the engineering division under com
Hart, Jr.. Commander of the division.
Three watch officers and three chief petty
officers will complete the complement.
About seventy seanen will comprise the
crew.
When the Montauk will leave is not de-
tlnitely known yet. She is now at Phila-
her is being pushed forward rapidly, and
1t is expected hat she will be ready to
sail in about a week. As soon as she is
ready her crew will be mustexed on the
Portsmouth prepared flor distant duty"
| which means with grip packed for stayof
some time. The sailors will then be tax
en- to Philadelphia by train II placed at
once on board the Montauk. Steam will
be up. and as soon as the Jersey boys
have slowed their kits the lines will be
cast off and the Journey will be begun.
The course will probably be down the
| Delaware River and bay and out between
the .Delaware capes on to the broad At
ldQIlc, turning nOrlnWJfQ the Jersey
coast will be skirted up to Sandy Hook,
where the course will be changed to the
East and the long journey to Portland
begun.
| and it is expected that the voyage will
onsume four days. AT Portland the
monitor will be turned over to the Maine
authorities and the Jersey sailors will be
put ashore and brought home on a train.
There is no doubt but thar Ihe boys will
receive a royal welcome in Portland, and
+l-o+ +hn ATainn 1onnln ryfl1 ftfin olyy dn.
| monstrate their appreciation of their ser
vices in bringing them a defense for their
| principal harbor.
The roster of the Battalion of the
East. Naval Reserves of New Jersey, is
as follows
Commander. Washington Irving; Lieu
tenant Commander and Executive Off
Ger, w. H.. McLane; Navigator, Lieuten-
ant Edward Mcclure Peters; Paymaster,
Lieutenant Junior Grade) Arthur H.
Colby; Aide to the COMMANDER, Lieuten-
| Chief Petty Officers: c. H. Caldwell, Chief
Master at Arms; Charles NJ. Vreeland,
Chief Boatswainss Mate; l. G. McDer-
pont, Chief Machinist; Charles A. Ran
som, Equipment Yoeman; William Boyd,
Paymaster.s Yoeman; Henry Fulton
Writer.
First Division-Lieut. Irving Blount,
commanding: Lieut. Hayward A. Hars
Benjamin j. soper; Quartermaster, F. w.
Jones; seamen, Harry B.. Atkinson, Will
lam Baxter Theodore Fl. Beckmann, p.
Z. Bolton. F.. r. Bockman, p. w. Brett,
H. e. Cooper, Charles H.. Dayton,
Carl Doll, william J. Poll, H W. Doyle,
Robert Foster. J. Geayer, y. L. Geayer,
E. Givernaud. G. II. Grottke. ]. G. He'd
enberg. G.. w. Hegel, 1. E.. Herman,
| George j. S. Einson, d. keppler, William
V. Leary, John Leander, Andrew Little,
| George "A. Logan, r. B. MacNaughton,
IL. c.. McCartin. T.. c. Murphy, William
! Nellinger, Walter Neubauer, j. H. Palm
Steffens. A. Stovelson, Charles Taylor.
]. H. Thomas, J. II. UTbank. Edward
| Vogellus, William Ward, Charles Wohl-
huter, F. N. Yerence, f.. Il. Zimmerman.
Second Division, Lieutenant George fl.
| Mather, commanding-Lieutenant Thomas
Goldingay; ensign. William p. O'Rourke;
boatswain's mates, Patrick J. Tansey
c. Thiclnnan; quartermaster, j. r. Har-
rison; coxswains. ]. II. Greenhalg,
Harry Schaffer and William Mcmillan;
seamen, H. A. Anschutz, John Bennett;
C. w. Berger, r. w. sBodwell, Al. w.
Bosch, G. Y. Burke, T.. r. Christie, ".
Christofferson, H. Cook, W. E. Daven-
port, r. F. Duffy, v. N. Duryea, c. L.
Egbert, Albert Foyle, Carl Fischer, w.
e. Fry, ] g; Giles, Philip Gies, William
George J. Jaeger, William A.. Kelley, Ell
mer Kingston, William Kraemer, David
Macfee, O.. r. Mahr, G.. l.. Mahr, Fl. E.
! handkerchief, w. G. Maier, H. III. Mats.
F. McCue, e. M. Mackey. George r.
/! Morse, M. J. OsConnor, Jr., Charles Ober-
t kirsch, George Phjpps, F. II. Prahl, r.
L.. Riker, @. r. Rundzieher, G. L. Sehar
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