The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-20
PRAISE FOR THE FOURTH
Lieut.. Col. Allan Wallace
Tells Of It's Splendid
Service.

LieutenantIColonel Allan B. Wallace Of
the Fourth Regiment of New Jersey, ar
rived HON several days ago in excellent
health. He is very enthusiastic over the
work of his regiment, which he considers
to be the finest in the State, and one q
the best that volunteered for servieeSin
the Spanish-American war.
ssThere were really only two regiments
that left the State" he said. They were
the First and the Fourth. The second
and the Third did not count at all. The
Fourth made the best record, as the
member were all volunteers. We were
particularly fortunate in having a west
Pointer to command us.
1.-THE discipline vas correct IN every
particular. The line between officers ana
men was drawn very closely. Our life
at Greenville was one round OF WORK.
The camp was located on a hill about a
mile back of the town, in a cotton field.
The ground was wholly unprepared for
us. and the night we got there 1t was
raining hard, but the boys were not aun
cd They hustled around and in q few
hours had their tents up and were sleep
ing as contentedly as if III had been in
camp a week. =,
'l)ur1ng the lOQI II
camp at Greenville the supplies furnlsneu
us were of the best. We never hao any
trouble with the meat. The only troupie
we had was during two days OF severely
cold weather. 1t was ten degrees pcio"
zero.
.We had quite a little snow, which al
forded the boys a great deal OF amuse-
ment while it lasted. Most OF the Tune
was taken UP building bridges and cut
tins; down trees.
.sNe had 2 school for non-comm's-
stoned officers three days in the week ana
the rest of the week for the commissioned
off;cers. Then we had what is called ply
steal and setting up exercises by com
panies, battalions and regiment. Inc
physical drill by regiment was a me
sight.
among the visitors at the camp "eie
a number of regulars who saw services
at San Juan Hill and Siboney. ihes
were plainly impressed with the me ap-
pearance of our men.
81 said that the Fourth Regiment was
the best that the State had. 1t was So
because the men knew little or notnins
about military life. They were easily nan
IL
died by exceptionally good officers, VINO
were not averse to making the boys WORK
very hard.
s.The officers were painstaking men,
and a great deal of credit was due 10 tnem
for the excellent sanitary condition OF the
camp. We lost only five men winnie we
were away. Two of those were killed ana
three died from natural causes.
The camp was cleared up every day ~
dry weather. The lavatories were zW
Yards from the kitchens. The kitchens
were inspected twice a day and scrubbed
twice every day. No foul matter was
allowed to accumulate.
ssThen we had a b~athhouse, the wafer
for which was supplied by the city. Inc
men were ordered to take a bath once a
week. They were somewhat di~seoufagec
because they did not get a chance TO ngnt.
DR.. Field and his staff are entitieo 70
great credit for the sanitary condition OF
the camp. The health of the men was the
first thing looked after"
on April 20 Colonel Wallace VIII nave
seen his twentieth veal in the service.
He is still a young man.