The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-19
MILITIA CHANCES
Text Of the official Order
Reorganizing the Ma
tional Guard.
MANY COMPANIES DlSBANDED
New Force Will Consist OF
Four Regiments of Twelve
Companies Each.
rsDecial to ..rhe Jersey city News."ll

noon just before the closing of Adjutant
General Taylors Office. The scope of the
reorganization was outlined in THE Jer-
sey City News yesterday. This is the
ORDER
State of New Jersey.
once of Adjutant General.
Trenton, April Ii, 1879.
So much OF the report of the Commas
sion on Consolidating and Improving tne
National Guard as refers 70 the reorgan-
ization thereof is published Tor the lhlor-
Trenton. n. J., April 8, 1899.
Hon. Foster NJ. Voorhees,, Governor ana
Commander-in-Chief. Trenton, New
SirEThe Commission appointed by you,
under date Of February z, YIor the ne b Rqrv
of consolidating and improving the pres
ent organization of the NationalrGuard
and who are instructed to report. IN de,
tain the result of their deliberations and
the manner of carrying out the plan they
recommend" respectfully report ana re,
that the National Guard shaH
be consolidated and reorganized, ana pc
composed of the following:@One M Jor
General and Staff, as now PROVIDED py
law; one. Signal Corps. TO be attached %
Division Headquarters; two Brigades; w
Battalions of Naval Reserve, IN tour d.
visions.
lowing-Two regiments of infantry FIRST
Regiment, headquarters at Newark, .
companies. Newark; 3 companies, Pater-
son; l company, Passaic; total, IL com
Fourth Regiment. headquarters at Jer-
ssy City; 10 companies, Jersey sc I4sy aha
/ company, Englewood; total L COM
panies.
field battery of artillery. the nucleus for
which shall be Calling Gun Company =,
The Second Brigade to consist of the
fall1Ufnc. Two regiments OF infantry.
Second Regiment, headquarters at Tren-
ton; 3 companies, Trenton; 2 companies
E panY, SaG / br s1mPaey; | d Rahaay, so Goaf-
Vile; ! company, Newton; | ompan
Keyport; 1 company, Freehold; company,
Lambertville; total, u companies.
Third Regiment, headquarters at Cam
CEN. 4 companies. Camden; / company;
Long Branch; ] company, Asbury Park; l
": / ompan Mount Holly; 1 company,
Woodbury.; l company. Vineland; ! COM
pany, Atlantic City; total, Z
field battery of artillery, the nucleus of
which shall be Calling Gun Company B,
Camden.
lowing: Two Battalfons-Four Divisions.
Battalion of the East, First Division, Jef-
Newark; Battalion of the West, FIRST
Division. Camden; Second Division, HAD
donield. -
at Rutherford, to be disbanded, except that
such member of the COMPANY as desire
to remain in the service may join the new
company of the First Regiment iocdieu
Company NJ. Second Regiment, located
at Dover, to be disbanded.
Companies H, L, and X, Second Regl-
ment, located at Orange and Montclalr,
to be disbanded, and such members as
desire to remain in the service may 1olp
the First Regiment at Newark.
Company E, Second Regiment, locaIea
at Leonia, to be d~isbanded-
Two companies of the Fourth regiment
located at Jersey City, to be disbanded
or consolidated.
Four companies of the First Regiment,
located at Newark, to be disbandeq or
The First, Second and Third divisions
of the Battalion of the East, Naval he
serve, to be consolidated into two dlvl-
sions, one at Newark, and one at Jersey
City and Hoboken.
The First Division OF the Battalion of
the West, Naval Reserve. to be disbanded.
The Gun Detachments of the various
infantry regiments to be ~disbanded. !.
The official arm of the National Guard
shall be the United States magazine rife;
from the Government as soon as possible.
In the meantime, the official arm of the
National Guard shall be the Springfield
We further recommend as "a qualification
for enlistment and promotion, that each
applicant shall pass such system OF ex-
animation as may be laid down in General
Orders, particularly as to the mental,
moral and physical conditions of the re-
cruit.
may be laid down in General Orders as
to their physical, moral and professional
qualifications. Promotions, either OF COM
missioned or non-commissioned officers,
to be made only upon q similar
Respectfully submitted. -
WILLIAM ]. SBWELL
BIRD ". SPENCER,
Brigadier-General and Inspector-General
F. FARMER WANsER,
Bricadier-General.
BY order Of the CommanSder,in-Ghief,
Acknowledgement.
A. G. ELEPHANT,
Speaking of the new plan, General Sew
ell, who was at the State House yesterday
morning, said
'aThis will give a force Of about $3.50
to 1000 officers and men, which is quite
sufficient for the State of New Jersey.
The officers in charge of the r~eorganiza-
ton think that it can be kept up to a
very high state Of efficiency.
by reason of the recent return of the
Volunteer Regiments from the field, and
the proposed change and question of
clothing and general equipment, the Gov
ernor has decided not to have an encamp-
ment this year, but the rifle practice,
which is one of the essential features of
the National Guard, of late years, will
go on this year.
A the Sea Grit camp next year, when
the new equipments are adopted and the
reorganization is in force, / hope to see
an encampment of the Division. The
grounds are ample for it. The body OF
men in the new Guard will be a compact
one. and the organization, ! think, will
be a credit to the State
General Sewell yesterday named his
STAFF as Division Commander of the new
National Guard. 1t is as follows
Thomas S. Chambers, Trenton, Colonel
and Adjutant General; Daniel B. Murphy,
Camden, Colonel and Inspector; Hamilton
Marley. Camden, Lieutenant Colonel and
Quartermaster; William Joyce Sewell,
Jr.. Camden, Major and Aide-de-Camp;
James W.. Howard. Newark, Major and
Aide-de-Camp; A. Judson Clark, Newark,
Colonel and Chief of Artillery.
Major Howard and Colonel Clark served
on General Plume's staff when he WAS
Division Commander of the National