The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-17
Sea Girt Boys Rejoice Over
the Visit Of Major
7. P. Varney.
COMPANY DIS WATER HYDRANT
Prisoners at Work Repairing
the Broken Pipe Line
Dates for Rifle
Practice.
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SEA GRIT, Aug.a27, 1S9S.-The Paymas-
ter paid out considerably over twenty
i've thousand dollars to the officers and
men of the Fourth Regiment yesterday,
and as a result every man in camp, ex-
cept, perhaps. some in the guard house,
feels the welcome clink and rustic of
money in his pocket. The P~aymaster's
visit has been delayed so long that many
OF the men had come to regard his pros
pective visit as a highly eolored dream
~emanating from the brain of some brill
liant newspaper man. The companies
formed in line early in the morning and
marched tc the mess hall from their COM
pany streets. where they were halted, and
the names being read off, were paid in
succession. Major T. P. Varney, VINO
was formerly the City Clerk of the city
of Camden, was the p~aylnaSter, and
went through the usually tedious opera
ton with speed. The men were well be-
haved in general, but quite a number left
camp during the recreation hours and
failed to return, ard of these a number
are still out CT camp this morning. Tha
there will be some deserters there is no
doubt. but they Will be very few. and such
as there are Will be promptly apprehend-
its hands full, but the work was excellent
" done in a good manner and much cred
ii is due them for the condition in which
camp is this morning.
TIN water hydrant at Company DIS
cook house burst yesterday. and the wa
ter was turned off while the break WIS
repaired. The entire system of piping
wifi be exposed, and the prisoners have
been at work on a ditch Immediately
over the piping. This ditch YVES the cause
of a number of accidents last evening,
zone of which was apparently very SER
sous. Lieutenant George Rhoderich of
Company ] will be in charge of the re-
pairing. most of which will be done by
The Camden. Haddonfeld and Trenton
Naval Reserves engaged in rife practice
on the rifle range yesterday. There was
over a hurdred in the detachment and a
large numb# remained over night, either
among theft friends in the regiment or
In Manasquan. General Bird ". Spencer,
Inspector General of Rifle Practice, has
announced the following assignments Of
dates for practice by the National Guard
Thursday, August IS, Calling Gun Com
Friday. August 10, Second Troops Of
Saturday. August 20. Calling Company
A. Of Orange.
Tuesday. August %, seventh Regiment
Wednesday. August "a, First Cavalry
Troop. of Newark.
Thursday. August 25. sixth Regiment. of
Camden.
Saturday, August 81. Sixth Regiment
and members Of Brigadier General a
ser's staff.
Monday. August %. Fourth Regiment,
of Jersey City.
Tuesday. August 80. Fourth Regiment.
Wednesday. August 81, Third Regiment,
of Elizabeth.
Thursday, September i. Third Regiment.
The dates to follow September first will
be announced shortly.
1t is said that the proposed Government
station has been abandoned. The reason
is believed by the State authorities to be
the increased rental demanded by the
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