The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-20
DISAPPOINTED SOLDIERS
Fourth Boys Regret That
Mayor Hoos' Christmas
Box Scheme Has
Failed.
TRENTON'S LADS NOT FORGOTTEN
The Capital Will Give
Them a Good Dinner
Gossip of Camp
Whetherill.
TRENTONS LADS NOT FORGOTTEN
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CAMP WHETHERILL, GREENVILLE,
s.. c., Dec. 20, 1S98.-The members of the
Fourth Regiment are all going through
the agondes of a vaccination arm. Every
man in. the regiment has been v~accinated
and as a result it is the most unsafe thing
in the world to catch a man by the arm.
With very few exceptions, the vaccina-
ton has taken well, almost too well, some
think. Where it was not successful it
will be tried again and continued until
every one has been successfully treated.
The work has been reduced to 9 system
and each battalion was taken up in turn.
The men, as a rule, submitted to 1t will
ingly, and in such cases where it was not
done voluntarily, the men were compelled
to take the vaccination. All the officers
were punctured in turn. The vaccination
has been accompanied by several amusing
features. One man in a Trenton COM
pany was vaccinated on his right arm
and the next day had it lone on the left.
As q result he has q pair of arms that
give him considerable pain.
The re~gimental football team will prob-
ably not play the Fifth Massachusetts
team, which won the championship OF the
Second Brigade a few days g from the
Fourth Missouri. Company X of the
Fourth New Jersey picked up a scrub
company team and played the champions
of everyone they beat them six to MOTH
ing. The Massachusetts men are wonder
ing now what the ~reg.nental team can
be when a ompan eleven, only Two OF
whom are considered good enough fer the
first eleven, can win against them. me
regiment as a whole is looking for new
fields to conquer. At the last cross coun-
try run New Jersey took the nrSt four
places easily. At baseball the band beat
the champions, UP to that time Of the
Division, the Second West Virginia, by a
score of So to 4. and now the football
championship has come 70 the "mosqui-
toes
team from the three regiments across the
river and trying to win from the touftn,
but the sages say that even hen Jersey
The regiment as to general discipline
and condition, stands head and sheulders
above nearly all the regiments Of tnis
every respect a model camp. Those off,
Gers Who went to Athens With Governor
elect Voorhees, TO visit the Third New
Jersey state that the difference between
the camps is wonderful.
Much regret has been expressed among
the Jersey City ~conpanies that the
mas car % the regiment has fallen
through. The Trenton companies have
been more %orsunate. They will be Civ
en- a Christmas dinner by the citizens Of
Trenton. 1t vial not be sent down in
food, but the money is to be sent n Tie
materials purchased in Greenville ~ Is
expected that for about 500 a very eiab-
crate dinner can be provided. In a num-
Der Of the Jereey City Companies the ofi-
GERS will provide the materials for the
dinner.
day or Tuesday. A number of payfnas-
tiers arrived in town on Friday, ana tnelr
arrival was hailed with Joy ny the reg
mcnts. One of them was Major Halforu.
who. it viii be remembered, was private
secretary to President Benjamin Harri-
son during his term. He has been Ia the
The health of the regiment is not as
good as il has been in the past. a num-
Der of TIE me are suffering with bad
colds, mainly caused BY their careless
ness in going out in the open air. There
is little serious sickness as compared
with other regiments, but there are some
cases which have beer taken to the hos
BY direction of Colonel Gilmore. an
officer Of each company. and he desires
him to be the commanding officer, will
inspect every meal and see that 1t is
properly served out
A member of the regiment, Private
Bannon of Company T., while intoxicat-
ed. in town, last night, was arrested
by the Provost Guard and confined m
the guard room, he 70 es-
dow, fell and struck his head on the
pavement. He was quite. seriously in
received an internal injury. An ambu-
lance was sent for and he was removed
to the division hospital, where his IN
%iuries were. treated. The Provost Guard.
by orders from division headquarters, is
rounding up every enlisted ne in town
after nine O'Clock. They are also COM
polling the men to keep their attire neat
The fatigue blouse must be kept button
ed, and in all things a man must keep
himself neat and p~resentable, besides be-
having in an orderly manner.
~ 7 49, A.-- - ITrS414A- II fzf ~ Ifnrf-
pany I, will cave for Tome about FRI
day, on cave of absence for seven days.