The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-12
At THE CITY HALL.
Mayor and City Officials Re-
view the Men From a
Grand Stand.

AS early as one o'clock crowds began
to gather about the City Hail. Super
intendent Datz early in the day engaged
a force of men and at Mayor Hoos' re-
quest raised the grand stand. From the
time the first sections of the stand were
placed in position many pertinent ques-
tions were asked the Superintendent.
Some who had quite forgotten the gall
lant boys of the Fourth We're going away.
remembered that it was .'Orangemen's $
Day." grew suspicious. So long as the
stand was being put up for the Fourth
Volunteer Regiment everything was all
right.
Shortly before noon Mayor IHoos noti-
fed all the city officials that they were
invited to review the troops as they
passed City Hall Ex- Mayor and Post
master Wanser was not forgotten.
cordial invitation was extended to him TO
occupy a seat on the reviewing stand.
At half-past one o'clock there were in
the neighborhood of City Hall at least
one thousand people.
As the crowd increased the difficulty OF
maintaining order became greater. and
Chief of Police Murphy requested Cap
tair. Cox, of the Gregory street station,
to send squad of police to the scene.
He did as requested. The crowd was a
good natured one. Not few in the
thropg We're armed with packages con-
tanning tobocco and other necessities
brave fellows. In honor of the occasion
Robert Davis had the Jersey City Supply
Company's building handsomely draped.
In City Hall everything was hustle and
excitement. Through the courtesy of The
City Hall Commissioners ladies were es-
corted to offices from the windows of
which they would be enabled to get an
unohstructed view of the troops. OF the
whole number of people about City Hall,
at least two-thrds were provided with
flags That the crowd was a patriotic
one was demonstrated by the fact that
long before the troops were seen, cheer
after cheer was given in practice for the
reception that was to be given the boys in
blue.
Shortly before noon Robert Hoos, son
of the Mayor, who enlisted in Company
B and who has already been made a cor
poral. called at the Mayors office to bid
his father goodbye. The Mayor kissed
him affectionately, gave him some good
| advice and took leave of him.
| CITY Treasurer Dickinson was on hand
| promptly this afternoon. He is a veteran
| of the Fourth Regiment and takes keer
| interest in what is going on. He was
among the most enthusiastic.
Mayor Hoos, with his accustomed gener-
osity. placed his offices, public and pri-
vate. at the disposal of ladies who wished
to see the troops depart
| Col. Smiths children weree in City Hal
| for a while intending to wave an adieu te
their father They finally decided, how
| ever. to go to the Pennsylvania Railroad
where they would have a better opportun-
| ity to see him.
! Ar twenty minutes past two o'clock the
| Mayor left his private office and went
| mt on the receiving stand He was ac-
companied by members of his family and
! by his secretary and his wife and the
wives of many of the City Hall officials
| Preference was given to the ladies' or
| the stand. With the Mayor We're no
| ticed Treasurer Dickinson, Robert Davis
| Comptroller Hough, Deputy Comptrollel
Van Saun. Deputy Treasurer w r Ely
| Tax Commissioners Clarke. Love ant
Macarthur, Sinking Fund COMMISSIONS
! Cannon. City Clerk NJ. j. O'Donnell
! city Collector Simeon Smith. Martir
Flnck. Clerk of Board of Finance; Com
missioner Simpson, Aldermen Calnon
Moran. Vermilye, Boldt, Murphy, Warrin
Burns. Maxwell, Mcbride, Street ant
water Commissioners Boltwood, Heintze
| Hauck and Nolan, Directors Of Education
Mersheimer, Dewitt, higgins. Mulvaney
Broderick, Firm, Finn, Mooney, As
sessment Commissioners Barr, Davis ant
Cronan Aldermen Henry, Howeth. Cole
| Guiton. Dittmar. Hartmann, County Ply
| sician Converse and others.
Fifteen minutes before the troops wer
| expected to arrive the members Of No.
| Engine Company drew out their engine
and in few moments had steam up pre-
! pared to give the boys rousing racsp
/ tion. 1t was about twenty minutes befor
] three O'Clock when fve mounted police