The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-07
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WELCOME HOME
Extensive Preparations For
Receiving the Returning
Volunteers.
WILL Be HERE THIS EVENING
Will Arrive About Seven O.
!. Clock and Will Probably
Land at Bay Street.
WILL BE HERE THIS EVENING

At 1910 O'Clock the first section of the
train bearing home the Hudson county
members of the Fourth New Jersey
Volunteer Regiment left Washington. The
second section left that city about an
hour later. The trip so far has been a
very slow one 1t was almost noon yes
terday before the bo,'s left camp. 1t was
thought that the railroad would bring the
volunteers through in about twenty-five
hours.
General John Ramsey, who is to com
mand the parade said that the volunteers
will not arrive before six O'Clock. Fur
ther, that he did not think the men would
march through dark streets to the dis
missing point at Bergen Square.
'sThe men will probably march to the
grand stand at the City Hall, where they
win be reviewed" he said. There the
parade will doubtless disband"
The veteran organizations will form at
Washington and Montgomery streets.
Chief of Police Murphy has made arrange
ments to handle the crowds. Captain
Archibald with forty men will be stationed
at Bay street. Captain Cody with de-
tail to look after the streets between
Washington and Henderson streets, Cap
tains Wollehben and Nugent at the City
Hall, Captain Kelly at Grove and Mercer
streets, and Captain Farrier, at Bergen
Square. Acting Inspector McKaig will be
in charge. Sergeants Duffy, Finney and
Cannon will be in charge of the police es-
cort. There will be six files preceding the
procession, with sixteen men abreast.
Twelve men will be in the rear and two
men at each end of each file. In this
manner the crowds willNbe prevented from
breaking in on the lines.
Captain Kelly will escort the Hoboken
company to the Hoboken line. Ii the
men decide to march to the Heights, the
patrolmen stationed about the city hall
will be taken to that point in patrol wag-
ons. These men will reinforce Captain
Farrier's squad at Bergen Square. The
grand stand has been erected at the City
HAN. 1t is decorated with hundreds of
flags. The line of march, especially the
downtown end. is gayly decorated with
the national colors.
Exchange place and the lower part OF
Montgomery street presented highly
colored appearance this morning. There
was not building which did not fly one
or more national flag while the fronts
Of the majority were literally covered
with bunting and the Star Spangled Ban
ner. Many displayed a number of lettered
flags strung out like a signal, reading
s.Wecome home,'' and cheering signal
it will be to the boys when they march py.
. At an early hour crowds began to
gather about the Pennsylvania station
and to take positions of vantage along
I the curb of Montgomery street. A num-
ber of Grand Army men and large band
of musicians came along about ten O'Clock
prepared to escort the brave boys through
/ the streets of their home city. The Grand
Army men made some inquiries at the
station and the replies they re-
ceived caused them to go away,
taking the musicians with them. They
| learned that at that time the
bows had not arrived at Washington.
They also learned that if the returning
troops reached this city in the neighbor-
hood of six or seven o'clock they would
be landed at the Bay street station and
not at the Exchange place depot. The
| reason given for that was that the crowds
| which would be attracted to Exchange
| place aubmented by the people coming
| over the ferries would so block the street
as to interfere greatly with the trolley one;
| traffic and increase the chances OF accl-
/ dent The latest advices which the
Pennsylvania officials have are that the
! troops will arrived in Jersey City be-
| tween six and eight o'clock and will
probably be landed at Bay street.