The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
SOAKED SEA GRIT.
Fourth Regiment Working
and Playing in Spite
Of the Rain.
RIFLE PRACTICE AND MARCHES
Chance for other Regiments
to Qualify---Today's Re
view and Satur-
days Games.
RIFLE PRACTICE AND MARCHES
Special to ..The Jersey city News."l

tie for dress parade. but clouded up again
Immediately afterwards, and it rained un-
til after taps and then at frequent inter-
walls through the night.
The State rife range will be opened on
August l., and the Fourth Regiment will
be the first to occupy it. Men have been
at work for some days getting it into
shape for use and a number of small
changes AVE been made.
Colonel Smith this morning issued the
following order relative to the practice
General Orders Mo. A.
/. The companies will assemble on the
range for rifle practice as follows:-Com-
panies P, ! and 1 on Monday. August !;
Companies NJ. A and K on Tuesday, AuT
nesday, August 4, and Companies 3, y
and +, on Thursday, August 5; Friday
and Saturday Of the same week will be
for those who fail or are unable to.at-
tend on the other days. Assembly at s A.
N. and l P. NJ
II. The majors will alternate in being
present each day to take
III. The surgeon will arrange to have
an assistant surgeon present on each Gay.
~. Commanders of companies will pre-
pare Immediately a list of their com
mands consecutively commencing with
the captain. From these last they VIII
make out score sheets, which VIII be fur-
| nished them. These sheets are NUM-
bered, and the names will be written to
correspond with the numbers on the llSt.
/ ". All members VINO We're enlisted III luz
| National Guard, will be shown on score
sheets with the letters N. G. after their
vi, Each captain will furnish eleven
scorers.
The order follows the State order. The
scorers will be from each company, and
| they will not be sworn but will certify to
the correctness of their cards on honor.
The ammunition will be furnished by
| the State, and will be served out to COM
| panies as a whole; the men to carry It to
tho ranges in their belts.
The State authorities have provided also
for the regiments IN the field. They have
| decided to allow them to qualify wherever
| they may be stationed. Score sheets were
| forwarded today to the Second Regiment,
at Jacksonville. They have been keeping
their records on loose sheets. The score
| blanks are the same as have been used
in former years.
Governor Voorhees,, 1t is believed, has
succeeded in getting the War Department
to adopt Sea Girt as a military post. It is
| said that the claims of Montauk Point re-
| ceived considerable attention, and the
| final decision was to divide the troops be-
tween the two places. each receiving a
| part of the regiments mustered on the
second call and not yet attached to any
brigade. Colonel Smith issued the follow
ing order last evening"
IN compliance with the requirements OF
Special Order No 90 of the War Depart
ment, Adjutant Generals office, Washing
ton. July IL. 1898, a Board of officers is
| hereby ordered to convene at the office
of the Quartermaster-General Of this
State, at s A. NJ, tomorrow, July Is, 1898,
or as soon thereafter as practicable, TO
make report as follows
Prepare an itemized list of all U. 5.
| property received from the government
| determine It's condition and value and nix
| of clothing should be charged to the en-
listed men; TO make an itemized list OF all
articles of State property received from
| the Governor for the use of this organiza-
| ton. and to determine and to report It's
| money value at the time the property was
| received from the State, including clothing
issued to enlisted men.
Detail of the observation-disclosures colonel
| Gilmore. Major Henry Lehman, Jr., and
Battalion Adjutant v. s. c. Lee.
The articles to be examined by this
board consist of the new uniforms re-
! ceived by the enlisted men, tents, cooking
outfits.
Active preparations are going on for the
games to be held on the parade ground
on Saturday afternoon at three O'clock
The events VIII DG.-lVU ydlNS a. -
yards dash, $40 yards run. one mile run
one mile walk. running broad jump and
potato race. These events will all pc
scratch. The entry fee will be ten cents
for each event and the resultant fund Will
be used for the prizes. The entries close
on Thursday next. Entries may be made
to any member of the following commit
tee in charge:-Sergeant Richard Jones,
Company B, chairman; Corporal Chafies
Sulzer, Company B; Private James
Frazer. Company I, and Louis Liebgold
of Compan E. The last three of this
committee are well known athletes, who
viii finish well UP in the front rank There
will. if it is a clear day, be a large crowd
present, and as the entries are coming
in fast there seems to be no DOUBT as 10
the success of the games.
Practically all the officers uniforms
have the white shoulder straps ana Whlte
trouser stripes. The stripes Tor Sefseahts
and Corporals' trousers will be put on IN
the course of a day or two The stripes
for the Sergeants will be one inch wide,
and those of the corporals VIII De one
half inch wide-
by Governor Voorhees, this afternoon AT
dress parade last evening the regimen
went by in review IN 81 the
First Sergeants, so that the officers or
the companies had full opportunity TO
see where their companies lacked.
The Regiment win take up practice
marches Immediately after the rifle prac-
tice There will probably be one as far
az Alaire. for the first, gradually getting
longer and longer each day.
The Ofacer of the Day today VIII pc
Captain A. La Rue Christie. of Company
T The officer of the Gpard will be Lieu
tenant Henry M. Day, OF Company K;
THE -Supernumerary Officer of the Guard
viii be Lieutenant ]. William Roberts,
Of Company a. -
lieutenant Colonel Gilmore borrowed
Adiufant Gerardin's wheel last evening,
AMI after an absence of perhaps an noun
he returned. and leaving the wheel before
the Captains tent disappeared. When
Gserardin came TO look at his wheel ne
found that the Colonel had returned an
entirely different wheel. After consider
ahje running about the Adjutant found
his wheel at Captain Buffers tent. COL
EilImore had simply exchanged wheels,
ANA had not noticed the difference
There was am entertainment at the 4
M G.. A.. tent last evening. II was al
hnme talent, but every number was well
received by the large number present. Al
most evry company was represented one
oompany which was conspicuous by its aD-
sence. was offended simply because they
were not allowed to contribute a boxing
match to the evenings list of talent.
qsopies of the new roster of the Eegi-
fnenf were distributed yesterday. They
contain a list OF the officers OF the regi-
ment-