The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-30

GEN. HUMIDITY IN CAMP
His Presence in Sea Girt
Causes the Boys Much
Discomfort.
GETTING READY FOR TODAY'S GAMES
fluctuations of the Time
Keepers Gossip Of the
Companies.
GETTING READY FOR TODAY'S GAME
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CAMP VOORHEES,, SEA GIRT, July
80, 1s9S.-FIot and humid the Fourth Regi-
ment sweltered through the drills of yes
terday. The day was perfect. but hot
and great beads OF ~perspiration were to be
seen on every mans face. Towards
evening the humidity was less. and the
heat not quite so oppressive. Dress par
ade, as usual, was performed in a manner
which won round after round of applause
from the spectators. Fully fifteen hundred
visitors saw the parade. Too much can
not be said of the advancement from day
to day hat the regiment shows. Major
| Arthu Steele, one of the Majors of the
Did Fourth, who were shut out, was a
visitor at camp yesterday. He had not
seen the regiment for a week or so, and
he was surprised at the progress. and es-
| peclally the correctness of execution Of
the manual. He said that in his mind
they marched better and were in all re-
spects better h were any of the other
Jersey regiments at any portion of their
stay at Sea Girt before leaving.
There seems to be nothing of a very
definite nature concerning the proposed
| movement of troops here. All that can
| very highly of the advantages of Sea
Girt as a camp ground and proposes
sending a large number Of the fever In
fected troops from around Santiago here.
There Is no doubt that there is in all
probabilities no camp ground in the en-
tire United States so well adapted for
the purpose of clearing men of fever as
this camp at Sea Girt. Always cool, with
most excellent water supply, superb
bathing facilities. dry and level, there
seems to be nothing in which it Is lack
ing.
The health of the regiment continues
to be very good. There are only three
mild cases in the hospital.
Regimental Quartermaster Valentine
has received from the government a sup
ply of folding cots, inva1ids' chairs and
folding chairs. These are intended for
use in the field hospital He has also
for the officers Of the regiment.
Preparations are going on finely for the
set of anaes to be held this afternoon.
few days. training hard. The officials of
| this set of games will probably be the first
In amy games who will not be bothered
with many protests. The participants are
| all enlisted men, and a dissatisfied compe-
titor hardly likes to call his Captain
| or Major unfair. The timers. Lieutenant
| Reinland. of Company Is, and Lieutenant
Cole. Of Company I, have their own
| lem to solve. They are to take the lime
| of a hundred yards, which will be run in
from ten and four-fifths to eleven and
| four-ifths seconds. Their sole timing in
4 Sll Wa OlIoA w tA-e
Ingersoll watches. Neither the list of of
| fcials or of the starters Is fully completed
| so 1t cannot be given in full.
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore is working
hard with the court martial cases. The
men are surprised at his manner of trying
them. He simply places them on honor
| and no matter how improbable the story,
so far 1t seems to have gone, but it is fair
to say that there has been but little
romancing about guard running and the
tales they have told ION honor have been
true.
The guard last night was the best that
| has been on as yet. A large number of
men were reported to the officer of the
day as absent at check roll call after taps,
and the guards were reinforced in the
| weak places. This morning they have
fourteen prisoners, all captured trying to
| run the guard. These men will probably
| have an opportunity to cultivate their
muscle on the san butts behind the
| range. The wood pile is the favorite COM
pany punishment, and in some companies
is at times spoken for a long time ahead,
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore resumed
his school of instruction yesterday at
eleven and three O'Clock. 1t will CON
| tinue every day until further notice. An
| assessment of $40 has been levied on the
Rifle Club stock. The clubhouse IS
scheduled to be opened today. The conn
panies are all making active preparations
for rifle practice, each company being de-
| termined to Guido the other.
The officer of the day today Is Captain
Bryant of Company F. The commander
Of the guard, Lieutenant Ralph of Com
guard is Lieutenant Jacob S. Binst OF
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