The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-20
RUNNING The GUARD.
Serious Evil That Needs
Severe Measures in the
Fourth's Camp at
Sea Girt.
Ispecia, to ..The Jersey city Newa.'1

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City NeWs"i
SEA GIRT, Aug. 20, 1SsS.-Veryl nearly
everyone Of the member of the Fourth
Regiment who took French leave on or
Immediately after pay day has either re-
turned voluntarily to camp or been piaceG
in custody by the police of his home, ana
will be taken to camp today. The haDll
Of guard running still remains, however.
and the guard house this morning eoa-
tains forty-three more prisoners han Il
did last evening. These are men VINO
tried to run the guard in or out Of camp,
or men who awe been absent and deliy-
cred themselves up at the guard house.
Colonel Gilmore, sitting as a NINA
court. was quite easy on the men for the
first offense, and it Is probably that some
nave taken a little advantage OF TINS;
They will find that the Lieutenant Soiolle1
has an entirely different idea for SECOND
punishments than for first ofTenses. Inc
men in the g~uardhouse, numperihs sonne
forty, who had charges preferred yesler.
day. were tried by the summary court
in the morning and it is said received
some very heavy sentences. Ihe Colohei
is determined to stop this sudden attacK
of guard running and those VINO enoeaeo
to try it in future VIII ma MN Veis
far from being easy now
The guard running of the past lew days
has been very peculiar and fnexpncdple
HllliV a nu0dfeQ ItGli 49,
leave and gone to their homes. Alter d
day or two at home, they give themselves
up at the guard house as prisoners vi
UNFAIRLY, and do not seem 70 sruinple
when they see one or two weeks or even
more pay gone to pay a fine IN the SUM
mary Court. There AVE been several
members of the regiment arresisb y ,nen,s
hers of Company G, Captain Baley, aE1
Company G, Captain n 5al
in Trenton and a number from a. ~ "
NAMES in Jersey City. Captain Bailey mas
been detailed to go to Trenton ana bring
these prisoners back, and sergeant
Brooks. Company A, and Corporal Ds
Ronde, of Company L, nave peei ustaiieo
10 90 to Jersey City and bring back 10
camp the prisoners in confinement at Fo-
lice Headquarters. Both parties Will re-
turn to camp this morning. 1t IS not an
t~icipated hat there viii be nuch eroG ~
details will be fully armed. however, IN
case there is any trouble with any OF the
prisoners. ,,.b
The new guardhouse was very muen
crowded last night. It was built quite
large. but the designers never anticipates
that it would be called upon TO accom-
modate seventy or EIGHTY NEIL. Aie
Mace is dry and excellently ventllaled,
however and there was no real hardship
to anv of the men. The entire nufnper
were placed at work on the trenches TINS
morning and were making exeelent pro
gress with the work under the ulrectloh
Of Lieutenant George Rhoderick OF COM
many D a prominent surveyor and civil
engineer of Bayonne. who mas the WORK
of placing the new drains entirely uhaer
his direction. i,
The unusual weekly inspection will be
held this morning on the parade ground;
The inspection will be by regiment aad
the inspection of quarters follow. me
inspection of arms, equipments ana quar-
tiers is more severe in this egImen tnah
usual in the volunteer service. but the
men seem to be anxious 70 nays seely-
rangement of the mems quarters is ar-
ranged after the regular army plan ana IS
as close to the regular service as can pc.
The Firemen's Association of Betnar
held their annual parade last evening ana
the regimental band took part. Ihey
marched and played with their usual
good manner, and were received all along
the line of march with applause. BAND
master Davis is beginning to combine the
drum and bugle corps and the Pane N
| an admirable fashion. Thu combination
| was heard first on Thursday evening. and
it was very favorably commented on py
the spectators.
best the regiment has had, although some
OF the companies were a trifie smaller
h usual.
Colonel Gilmore has been very busy
with the general care of camp in Colonel
Smiths absence and for the past two
laws Majors Lohman and Wallace have
had charge of the commissioned officers
school.
Ia hOlldt lpeth 49,
city is expected to bring down a large
crowd on Sunday. The camp is open to
visitors after nine o'clock and there is
generally quite a crowd until late in the
| evening. although visitors are discouraged
as far as possible after dark. Some of
the visitors were found introducing
! liquor into camp yesterday and the liquor
was confiscated by the guard.
A number of the young officers. with
| Major Lohman, attended a hop at the
| Hotel Wellington in Asbury Park last
| evening. They left the hotel about twelve
o'clock and arrived home after three.
the driver of the stage having made a
| slight mistake in the road.
The weather is beginning to get a trife
chilly and the men will be glad to re-
ceive their overcosts when they are is
sued by the Quartermaster's Depart
| ment.
The officer of the day today will be
| Captain Waldo r. Gibbs of Company h;
the officer of the day will be lieutenant
| Harry F. Day of Company X. an1 the
junior officer of the day will be Lieutenant
| William B. Brister of Company l..