The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-07
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THE TARS.
Badgers Grew Of Naval
Reserves Warmly Greet
ed on Their Arrival.
FINE APPEARANCE OF THE MEN
Reviewed at the City Hall by
Gov. Voorhees,, Mayor
Hoos and Officials.
FEWARE'S SPLENDID HOSPITALITY
Praised by Their Commander
in Observation-Disclosures
Record of the Men.

Jersey City gave the Naval Reserves
Battalion of the East, royal welcome
| yesterday afternoon, as 250of these swarthy
sunburnt seadogs Of the I. S. s. Badger
marched through the streets from the
Pennsylvania Railroad depot TO the City
Hall. where they We're reviewed by Act
ing Governor Foster NJ Voorhees, and
Mayor Hoos.
Had the public generally been aware
that the Reserves were coming home yes
terday afternoon a much larger crowd
would have thronged the streets. Any
ways the streets werewolf filed and what
the populace lacked in numbers II GER
tainly made up in enthusiasm. Men
yelled and cheered, boys whistled through
their fingers and the women waved their
hankerchiefs in their peculiar feminine
way.
The telegram from Lieut.. Yardley.
printed in yesterdays News, said that
the men would arrive at $3.50 P. NJ, but 1t
was nearly an hour later before the train
| reached the depot. The reason for the
delay was that the mastering out cere-
unony at League Island was longer than
was expected, and the good citizens OF
Newark detained the boys to fill them up
with good things. both solid and liquid.
The muster out on the snowy spar deck
of the auxiliary cruiser Badger, at the
League Island Navy Yard, was affecting
to men and officers alike. Captain A. s.
Snow. u. S. N, who commanded them
during their active service, praised the
men for their conduct on board ship. He
said it was an honor to command such
men who had performed signal services
to their country The men then took
Stages TO tsss. Il. RI r. depot and by eleven
q, clock were on their way eastward
Newark was reached at 1.30 P. M. and
more than 200 of the soldiers of the FIRST
Regiment. under Captain Westervelt and
Lieutenant Joseph B. O'Rourke were at
the depot to serve as escort. Mayor Sey-
rnour and The members of the Common
Council were also there. The well-train-
ed soldiers were as enthusiastic as the
civilian spectators, but their discipline
prevented them from joining in the cheer
ing The field music of the First Regi-
ment and Noss's Band We're on hand also,
and when the sailors had formed for the
parade. preceded by the Mayor, the
musicians fell in and. followed by the
soldiers, led the parade up Market street
TO Rroad street. Up Broad street they
marched to Bridge and then counter
marched to The City Hall.
Down Broad street went the soldier
escort and their sailor guests, to the
Inspiring music of the bands, punctuated
with the cheers of the people who had
lined up on the streets to welcome the
L Il fl1n an
ship to fight the Spanish enemy
Mayor Seymour and a number of the
city officials mounted the balcony OF the
City Hall to review the procession Ine
Jersey lighting men passed the hall at
port arms. in recognition of the presence
of the reviewing party.
The soldiers lined UP on the north side
of Market street and presented arms as
the sailors were marched passed. There
was considerable delay at the Market
street station, the marines being kept
waiting for upward of twenty minutes
while the rifles were being distributed TO
the men,.
The sailors passed in review before the
First Regiment boys. then halted while
the soldiers moved up and took position
at the right of the line, behind the escort
Captain Corbitt The order of formation
was as follows
Grand Marshall Julius Seitz and STAFF.
Mounted Police Escort.
- lsss qhaInas 7 Hill coramandil1g.
Tbraa eon,panies First New Jersey
Noiun9eer tesa s, liiai1'is' ~ 'pss'''i
c9Inlnaiusa,g. Illi ! Y , ,,asts
Grand ARMY posts: ,s...S ru,.,.,,.
Naval Reserve washington irving,
commanding
The sailors marched in column of sec
Hons ana walked with free. easy swinA
that ehsi1e,sspd fhe admirafion Of the
.se,ttata,s =
~ I9cnbv.s restaurant covers had
baat, s1ata far the sailors. and the Jackies
9ssii ~ laia ~ ,.s,set tba ahls
alu luit Juse,ss ~ ,, 3is,ssa X .
manner IN Whicn tlley u5spo5eu slps' n x ',
viands proving conciusiVeiy that the seq
biscuit and salt. horse diet OF the last
three months mad not impaired thelf ap-
petites.
boken men were escorted by cheering