The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-09
FOURTH FOR CUBA
Preparations at Camp Weth-
Grill Point to an Early
Southern March.
THIRD TO Be MUSTERED OUT
Privates Join the Fourth for
Foreign Service-Camp
Gossip.
THIRD TO Be MUSTERED OUT
Especial to "The Jersey CITY News."1

l0pSCidl " Tx Jersey Oely 4<cWSs 4
CAMP WETHERILL, GREENvILLE.
S. c.. Jan. 8, 1S9S.-Colonel Gilmore, on
&sriday evening, received authority from
the War Department to recruit from the
various regiments to be mustered out.
This in particular applies to the Third
New Jersey Regiment, at present station
ed at Athens, Ca, and which will be mus
tered out of the service in the course of
the next month. 1t is anticipated that
about one hundred and fifty members OF
the Third Regiment wish to renal in the
service. A strong attempt will be made
to get these men into the Fourth Regi-
ment. Captain V~redenburg of Company
/. may be commissioned to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of Captain
Shivers of Company M, in consideration
of his raising a company of men 20 come
into the Fourth.
1t is said that Colonel Gilmore is de-
sirous of having whatever profnO-ons
may be made confined to the Fourth Reg
iment, as should properly be done.
All furloughs and leaves of absence
have been sent back disapproved, and no
more will be granted except on tho most
urgent necessity. There's were a numbeS
of applications and a very small number
of them may be granted. but this is not
positively certain. An order was issued
by Colonel Gilmore on Friday to the
effect that no more heavy underelothing
or uniform trousers will be issued by
the Quartermaster's Department. There
will shortly be a full issue of clothing,
with summer underwear and khakie uni
forms This and the stopping OF al fur
leughs would seem to indicate that there
is almost a certainty of an early move
further south and probably direct into
Cuba.
General Randall, who is at present In
of the Third Division of the
Snn0n6 Ar01xr GnrnC will he assigned
shortly to command the Second Division,
of which the Fourth New Jersey is a
part. General Kline, who has Deen IN
command since the departure of General
Davis to Porto Rico. will resume COM
mani of his brigade. y
1t is said that Immediately on the de-
partaire of the Fourth Missouri to be
must cred out. the First Rhode Island Re-
giment. which is at Columbia at present,
will be moved here to take their place.
The regiment will be paid on sunday. me
Monday. The six regiments will receive
upwards of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
The First Battalion, which is on pro-
full.
The repork of the Board Of Control Of
the Greenville Dispensary was published
last week and shows a net profit OF
81, sS1.57 for December against $4S5.S7 for
November. This increase is due entirely,
to the presence of the soldiers; This ac-
count does not include the sale of beer,
or the sales by the blind tigers, which
are many times more than those of the
dispensary. The bath house in camp is
now in full operation. The bathing is
compulsory.
A heavy storm swept over camp Friday
and there was a downpour nearly all day.
Colonel Gilmore ordered all the, tents
down for drying and the bed sacks on
which the men sleep were also thoroughly
washed and filled with fresh straw. The
tents stand the wet weather fairly Wen
and there is very little leaking. Major
entine Gilkyson and Early expected to
leave camp on Sunday to go to Trenton
to the Inauguration. Colonel gilmore
Kline to have the leaves granted, but It
was refused. This is a specially signafi-
cant fact that points to an early move
ment of the regiment.