The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30

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ington were informed of the movements
OF this glmen in the following tele-
gram
1.-The First New Jersey Regiment left
for Washington ate O'Clock this evening,
| fully equipped in every particular.
FOSTER M. VOORHEES,
On the Goth of May the Third Regiment
| received orders for duty at Pompton
Lakes and Fort Hancock, and on May q
proceeded to its places of assignment.
Orders for the Second Regiment were
received on May 80, directing that com
mand to proceed as speedily as possible to
the National Camp at Chickamauga Park,
and on June / the regiment started for
that place.
Before they had proceeded very far on
their journey, however, says the report,
IAN order was received by Colonel Hane,
commanding the regiment to proceed TO
Camp Cuba Libre. Jacksonville, Fla.
Notwithstanding that the State had
filled three regiments to the maximum
number of troops under the first call OF
the President, it was now deemed proper
by the War Department that nearly a
thousand more men should be enlisted for
these regiments"
General Stryker gives the details of the
recruiting of the complement OF men
needed to bring the three regiments up to
the required number, and also of Inc for
nation of the Fourth Regiment.
After General Plume had been relieved
of the command of the post at Sea Girt
the Governor designated the Adjutant-
General as commandment of the post,
which command General Stryker assumed
on June Is. The Ad1utant-General is en-
phatic in his commentator of the volun-
teers.
although none of our infantry regi-
ments was ordered out of the country
the spirit shown by the men who volun-
teered to fight was worthy of all praise"
he writes. '4The young men of today in
his State have shown themselves as
equally brave and as patriotic as were
their fathers in 1861. On May 81 Colonel
Campbell formed and commanded all
trrops at Camp Alger for review by Ma
jor-General Graham, and again on Mary Is
he performed the same duty for review
by the President of the United States. On
June 6 he marched his men one mile
northeast and encamped there until Au-
gust l, when he again moved his amp,
this time to Dunn Loring. On August 4
he received an order from the Secretary
of War assigning his regiment for duty at
Porto Rico. This order was not carried
into effect. The total number of sick of
his command from May 2 to September s
was 519. a daily average of four, and less
than one-half of 1 per cent. The Colonel
of the First Regiment, after eighteen
years of service for the State in this one
rank, has shown himself to be equal to
any command, and the people will not
soon forget that in his regiment they have
an organization of which they can we'll
be proud"
Concerning the question of extra COM
pensation for the volunteers, General
Stryker has this to say
The INDECENT circumstances in which
many men left their homes when they en-
rolled themselves for the war soon became
apparent to the authorities of many of our
cities, and committees were formed, mon
ey raised and a large amount of suffering
was prevented by the action Of these pub
lie spirited and p~hilanthropic individuals.
The loss to many of these men by their
services to the government should be, to
some extent, made up to them by future
legislation. 1 hin the Legislature of our
State should take this matter up at an
early day."
A full report of the work of the Naval
Reserve of this State is included in Cen
eral Stryker's statement, making a COM
plete record of the Naval Militia on the
Badger and on the Resolute, as well as on
the Montauk. The usual roster of the
National Guard is appended to the report
as is the muster-in rolls of the volunteer
regiments and the Signal Corps. Reports
from the Inspector-Generars department,
with the records of the officers and men
of the Guard at rife practice, make up the
balance of the book