The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25

regiment, as well as those now serving
on the Quartermaster Generals staff, as
well as those on General Bird w. Spen-
GERS staff, are eligible to promotloh.
Those who have already shared the glory
and the title of the breveting act are
Brevet Brigadier Generals E. r. Howard
South Orange; Levi r. Barnard, Newark;
J. yreeland Moore, Leonia; S. Meredith
Dickinson, Trenton; Hugh H. Abernethy,
Jersey City; John C. Owens, Trenton;
William B.. Mason, Jersey City.
Brevent colonies are George A. Cheever,
Vineland; Abraham Jenkinson, Newark;
J. Blanchard Edgar, Railway. Brevet
lieutenant colonies, Edwin Hoyt, New
ark; Stephen H. P. Moore, Leonia;
Michael Hurley, Trenton; Enos Runyon,
Newark. Brevet majors, Washington X.
Russell, Newark; William p DeGraw,
Leonia; Hannibal Goodwin, Newark;
Charles w. Springer, Englewood; Abram
P. Bushy, Jersey City; Rev. Henry NJ.
Barbour, formerly of Trenton; William
B. E. Miller, Camden; Charles s. Barnard,
Camden; Charles Barr, Englewood.
There is a general misunderstanding all
along the line as to the reorganization OF
the National Guard. 1t is purely the bust
| ness of the Commander-in-Chief, n he
| can take any advice on the subject he sees
fit. The State Military Board has nothing
to do with the scheme whatever, and up
to date has not been consulted in the mat
ter. 1t is known, however, that Governor
VOORHEES, is consulting with various men
in the National Guard and out of it, and
much information is being volunteered to
him by military men, because it has be-
come known that he has expressed the de-
sire to nave any suggestion or idea that
military men may have in their mind
submitted to him.
There are under consideration six diff
ferent schemes of reorganization, but the
Governor leans most cordially to one OF
his own formulation, which will provide
for only -four regiments of one thousand
men each, patterned very closely after
the United States Army organization.
Information comes from one closely as
ISOLATED with the Governor in this work
of reorganization that the First, Second
and Fourth Regiments will be preserved
and equipped up to the Regular Army
quota. That the Sixth and Seventh will
constitute the newly formed Third, and
the present Third Regiment will be scat
tered, the companies being added to the
other three regiments.
There is a possibility that there will
be no brigade formation, because OF the
existence of only four companies. So far
there has been no suggestion whatever
for the abolition of the First and Second
New Jersey troops, and it is not likely
that they will be abandoned, as has been
currently reported. There may be an
-amalgamatfon of the two organizations
at Red Bank and at Newark, but so far
this matter has received no serious con-
sideration.
The scheme of organization IS not at all
dependent upon the passage of any legls-
lation by Congress, and there is no delay
here on account of the opposition to the
Hull bill in the House of Representatives,
or possible passage of a substitute bill.
Governor VOORHEES,, personally, would like
to see the Hull bill passed, because he
will endeavor to have several of he eff
Gent officers now serving with the
Fourth Regiment promoted to the regu-
lar service, and might possibly recon-
mend several officers of the National
Guard to the Wal Department for con-
sideration should a bill of the character
of the Hull bill be passed, but the reor-
ganization in his State is only dragging
because of the general unsettled condition
of affairs.
During the next ten days or two weeks
the plans of the commandments, as
well as those of the Division
er, will be made KNOWN, and the worn
of reorganization will have begun.
The four-regiment plan, which is de-
clared to be the Governors fayorite
scheme, will put an end to any further
armory building. Paterson, Jersey City
Newark and Camden will become the mil
itary centres of the State, and the next
expenditure will be for a substantial ar
senal at some convenient part of Tren-
ton, which will be constructed on a lib
eral plan, so as to partake of the nature
of a State armory for the mobilization OF
all or part of the National Guard at any
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