The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-11

FOURTH'S MEN OFF TO WAR
Jersey City Troops Will
Leave for Sea Girt
Tomorrow.
CITIZENS WILL BID THEM FAREWELL
Names of Those Who Have
Successfully Passed the
Medical Examination.
CITIZENS WILL BID THEM FAREWELL

Jersey City will put on a gaia appear
ance tomorrow in honor of the five COM
panies of brave men who will start for
the war. Thousands of persons will turn
out to see them off. 1t will be The first
time since the war began that an or
ganized body of Jersey, City soldiers left
the city.
There are hundreds of brave jersey City
lads fighting at the front or in camp
awaiting orders to proceed to Cuba or the
Philippines, but they have volunteered in
dividually and are scattered among the
regiments that are now in service. The
Fourth begged for the chance to volunteer
as a whole. but the opportunity was de-
MED it. Had it been called out in the
early days of the war it would probably
have turned out as large a percentage OF
its men as any regiment now in service
When the call did finally come for FIVE
companies over 100 of its best soldiers,
tired of waiting were already in other
regiments, volunteer or regular. Those
who remained, however, gladly well
coined the call and hastened. with few
exceptions, to volunteer.
The result is that the five companies OF
JOG men each that will leave for Sea Grf
tomorrow will be comprised of as fine a
body of men as can be produced in this
State. Many outsiders have sought an
opportunity to enlist with the members
of the Fourth Regiment. Almost enough
have volunteered TO fill the five companies
independent of the National Guardsmen,
but they will not be permitted to enlist
until every member and former membe
of the Fourth Regiment who desires to go
and who has no family or business ties
which would render him ineligible under
the terms of Governor Voorhees, order,
has been accepted. AS there are numbers
Of married men in the Fourth Regiment
and many others whom Colonel Smith will
not accept because TO go would ruin
their business chances, it will probably
be necessary to accept a few of the put
side volunteers.
You may say said Colonel Smith to
a reporter for THE News" that l will
not accept any outsider until every mem
Der and ex-member of the National Guard
who desires to go has been accepted
Under no circumstances win | permit any
undesirable person to be accepted we
will have no ringers in our companies.
The men we send to the front will be a
credit to the Fourth Regiment and to the
people of Hudson county"
Up TO ten o'clock Saturday night Dr..
John j. Broderick had examined Cos, in
Guiding officers. OF this number about IL
per cent. were rejected. OF the privates
and non-commissioned officers examined
523 passed successfully. Dr.. Broderlck
continued the examinations TINS morning
1t is necessary to have $50 men indepen-
dent of officers. to ill the five companies
AS many more than that number as pos
sible will be examined anc passed so thaI
the places of any who fail to appear or
back out may be filed. There is still a
chance. too, for members of the National
Guard to enlist. If any more do they VIII
be taken in the places of some or the new
men Who are of the number passed. or
the seventy men rejected, four talled 70
pass because of defective teeth. In every
other particular they were eligible More
men were rejected for this cause than
The tallest man to go with the Fourth
whose height is Six feet and three
quarters. He is twenty-five years old.
Six other s~ix-footers will go. They are
Sergeant William w. Sparks and Privates
William N. Sloan and Thomas Warwick,
Of Company L; Olaf C.. Netterton of Com
pany c. Frederick L. Reuter- of
b. and Regimental Bugler John McGrann.
Several boys were rejected because they
were too young and two because OF their
height, they being each one-half men 100
short. One boy, on volunteering, gave
Ne axe ~ CiE y CO. ~
passed his examination, however, 1t was
learned that he is only fifteen years old
and he was rejected. Another boy was
dropped because he was only seventeen
years old. There are a number of volun-
teers who are only eighteen years ola.
They will be accepted, but only with the
written consent of their parents or guard-
ians. Each man has been given the
privilege of choosing under which Cap
tain he will serve.
The five Captains will make up the
e 49, ~ lac this
afternoon, and will present them to Col.
Smith for his approval The Captains
will also appoint the non-commlssioned
officers of their companies today, supJee5
to approval by Colonel Smith Colonel
Smith has issued orders for the men 10
assemble at the Armory tomorrow noon.
The start for Sea Grit will be made
promptly at two o'clock The line OF
march will be from the Armory to Mont
gomery street. to Monmouth street. to
Mercer street, to Grove street. to Mont
vania Railroad depot: Mayor Hoos ana
other city officials will review the boys as
they pass the City Hall. Chief Of Police
Murphy will have a squad of 100 police
men along the line of march to keep
the crowds in order. The men viii
go on special cars over the Pennsyivanla
Railroad. They will be dressed in regu-
| lation trousers, blouses and campaign
hats. They will carry neither pelts,
knapsacks nor guns. The only articles
the privates will ship in the company
| chests are a change of underclothes each
| and towels. soar and combs and brushes.
They have been instructed to provide only
those things that they will need until
| such time as the Government furnishes
them with their campaign outfits. AT
| Sea Grit they will be given everything
they can possibly require. The Officers
| are provided with nothing. The majority
Of them will wait until they reach Sea
| Girt before purchasing their outfits, as
they will know better what they require
The boys will be escorted to the ferry by
members of Van Houten Post. O.: A.. r.
Colonel Smith will march at the head OF
his men. The companies will march ac-
| cording to the order of seniority or their
| Captains. The companies of the
when it is formed at Sea Girt, will be
/ according to lot. each Captain will draw
a letter and his company will be desig-
| mated accordingly.
| morning that Major Henry Lohmann has
been appointed Major by Governor Voor-
| hees.
Major L4ohmann enlisted in Company D,
| old Second Regiment, Hoboken. May IL,
| on August "a. 1856. and was made Captain
on July 5. 1887. On May 81. 1892. Company
| d. Second Regiment. was made Company
X of fhe Fourth Regiment On May 16.
1892, Captain Lohmann's company was
/ disbsnded and he was placed upon the re-
| tired list. Upon the organization of the
| new Company K in Hoboken Captain
I.ohmann was elected its Captain, October
% B94. He was elected Major on Novem-
bev8. 1896 He is one of sharpshooters of
tf regiment.
governor Voorhees, has appointed Fred
e4ck w. Frey one of the hospital
rewards of the new regiment. Frey en-
listed in the Brigade Hospital and Am
ibulance Corps and was assigned to Com
fpany F.. Fourth Regiment. April 8, 1893.
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