The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-26
BUSY GOVERNOR
Politicians Thronged the
State House Yesterday
Clampring For Office.
GUARD REORGANIZATION TROUBLES
Military Board Makes
Changes in Uniform-Tax
Boards Important
Decisions.

Especial to 1.-The Jersey City News."]
TRENTON, April 26, 1ss9.-'.Governor's
Day. brought a big crowd of statesmen
to the State House yesterday. Not since
the Legislature adjourned has there been
SO many prominent Jerseymen at the
Capitol in a single day. Among those
who called on Governor Voorhees, We're
Major-General Sewen, who was on hand
to attend the meeting of the state
Military Board; former Acting Governor
Watkins, who will shortly succeed ].
Kearny Rice as United States District At
torney: General William H.. Skirm, who
put in a word against the abolition of the
Trenton division of the Naval Reserves;
Colonel Gilmour and Major Chambers,
late of the Fourth New Jersey Volunteers,
Generals Wanser and Spenser, of the
National Guard Reorganization Com
mittee.
In the Afternoon the State Military
Board met in the office of Adjutane-Gen-
eral Stryker, and determined upon the
uniform for the re~organized National
Guard. The uniform adopted is the same
as that now used by the regular army.
The old white and black helmets are
abolished, and the regular army cam
paign hat and cap will be used. The
dress coats for ~privates are also abolish
ed. The uniform will include lined blouse,
dark blue flannel shirt with roll collar,
dark brown leggings and the blue woven
| cartridge belt. All mounted officers will
have boots and %gauntlets, and the trim
mings will be white, red and yellow. In
the old guard there was a blue rlmmlng
as well. The on the caps of
all officers will be the same as in the
| regular army, except that they will con-
tain the figures of the regiment and staff
insignia.
1t was anticipated that the formal order
for the reorganized Guard would be pro-
mulgated today, but owing to the difficulty
that has been met with in consolidating
the First, Second and Fourth Regiments
of the old Guard into the First and
Fourth Regiments of the reorganized
Guard, the order has been delayed. Col
onels Campbell, Hine and Smith, COM
mandants of the respective regiments,
were in consultation with General Wanser
during the day. General Wanser has
charge of the recognizing of the First
| Brigade. Colonies Campbell and Smith,
of the First and Fourth Regiments re-
speetively, are very anxious that their old
regiments be continued in their entirety.
This, of course, is an impossibflity, as the
three regiments named will have to be
consolidated. General Wanser expects to
clear the matter up in a short time, and
the order will probably be issued before
the end of the week.
No meeting of the legislative committee
to select a sword for Rea Admiral Samp-
son was held. There is a serious hitch
over this matter, some of the Governors
military advisers having made an issue
over the legislative committee that has
charge of the purchasing of the sword.
The State Board of Taxation, at a meet
ing today decided to dismiss the appeal
of the Young Mems Christian Association
of Plainfield from the assessment made
against it's building. The association
asked the exemption on the ground that
the Y. M. C. A. is a charitable institution.
The board decided, however, that as a
part of the building is rented out for
| stores, the property could not be exempt
ed. The question as to whether an ex-
| emption would be allowed the Y. M. c. A,
in case no part of its building was used
as a source of revenue, was lot passed
upon.
Before reaching a decision in the mat
ter, the Board discussed at length the
opinion recently handed down by Justice
Depue in the case of the Cooper Hospi-
tai against the city of Camden. This hos
pital was endowed by the man whose
name it bears, and the Camden taxing
authorities assessed a great deal OF real
estate, the revenue from which main
tains the hospital. Justice Depue, in set
ting aside the assessment held that no
taxes ought to be paid on the property
the revenue from which goes to the main
tenance of the hospital.
The State a Board today issued
subpoenas to the taxing officers of the
various districts in Passaic county to APP
pear with their duplicates before the
Board in Paterson on May A.. It is the
intention of the Board to make. a thor
ough probing into the matter of assess
ing property in Passaic county. Already
the Board has held several sessions In
Paterson and examined into the assess
ments in some of the districts. The in
v~estigation is being prosecuted at the in
stance of the city Of Paterson, which
claims that it pays eighty per cent of
the county and school tax,