New-York tribune., 1902-01-19
NEW JERSEYS HEAD.
4 GOVERNOR TO BE INA UGU.
RATED THIS WEEK.
,fR VOORHEES, WILL HAND THE SEAL
OF STATE TO MR.. MURPHY AND
CHIEF JUSTICE GUMMERE
WILL ADMINISTER
THE OATH

The inauguration Of Franklin Murphy as Gov
ernor Of New-Jersey will take place at Trenton
on Tuesday next at the Taylor Opera House
where the oath or office will be administered TO
Mr Murphy by Chief Justice William s. Gum
mere and the inaugural address will he deIv-
cred
After the ceremonies at the opera house one
of the most imposing military and civic narades
ever known IN NeW-Jersey will take place In
addition TO the greater portion Of the military
forces OF the state, the Veteran Association of
the loth NeW-Jersey Volunteers. in which Mr.
Murphy served as a private and as a lieutenant
in the Civil War, will have post of honor
The Essex Troop. the Franklin Murphy Associa
ton, Of Hudson County; the David Baird Asso-
citation, Of Camden. and other civic bodies will
participate. The parade will be reviewed bv
Governor Murphy, attended by the other State
officers, in front Of the State House II IS er
pected that in accordance with the usual GUS
tom, Governor Murphy will hold a reception in
the Executive Chamber of the State House in
the evening.
Franklin Murphy, the Governor-eIect of New
Jersey, was mustered into the 18th Regiment as
private August %, 1862. and was mustered
out as a second lieutenant on June S. 1865.
The regiment participated in thirteen hard
fought battles and in a number of skirmishes
and division commanders for bravery and
seadness under fire. The regiment began its
fighting career when II was seventeen days DID,
at the battle Of Antietam where though the
men were raw and new TO service. they received
the praise Of the commanding general. Among
the other battles in which the 18th was en-
gagged were Charlottesville, Vicksburg, Mis-
sonary Ridge. Lookout Mountain and Gettys-
burg.
II was at Charlottesville that Franklin
Murphy. who was then under twenty-one years
Of age. manifested his true soldierly qualities
after he had come within a hairs breadth OF
being forever precuded from becoming Governor
OF his native State. The old 18th, on Sunday
morning. May B. 1863. had stood on the firing
line at the front until its ammunition became
exhausted. when II ordered TO fall back for
& new supply Of bail and cartridge. While the
boys" GIVE were nearly all boys then,' said
an old veteran, relating the incident which
every surviving member Of the regiment now
delights to recall around the camp fires of the
regmental reunions) were falling back a shell
exploded directly over the head OF young
Murphy. One Of the pieces OF the shell knocked
e comrades gun out of his hand and another
piece tore away part Of the brim OF Murphy's
hat. The youthful volunteer. without looking
around to see if there were any more bits of
shell coming his way. coolly turned back picked
up his hat, and put it his head
And to-day that hat is prize souvenir in the
Murphy homestead. at Newark, Of the historic
battle Of Charlottesville: but to get sight of it
one must be upon intimate terms with the man
whose modest bearing and sincere good fellow
ship, as much as his rise by his own industry
and ability TO the front rank of citizenship In his
own State and beyond. had to do with his selec-
tion 10 be the chief executive of New-Jersey"
That is how his old comrades tell the story Of
the man whom they will be deligted to honor at
Trenton on Tuesday, but whom many of them
feel, and justly, that they have none the less
honored by making him the president of the
Veteran Association OF the 18th Regiment, y.
w.
The other officers Of the association are: Vice
President, George o. Lytle; treasurer, James E.
CARA brant; recording secretary, Albert DelanO;
corresponding secretary and historian, S. NJ
Hulin; chaplain. the Rev. Abram NJ. Harris.
The full programme of the inauguration ex-
ercises in the Taylor Opera House is follows:
Prayer by the Rev. Henry r. Robinson, Of
Trenton; administration Of the oath of Office by
Chief Justice William s. Gummere; firing OF
salute of seventeen guns at the State House;
delivery Of great seal Of the State by the retiring
Governor, Foster NJ. Voorhees,; acceptance of
the great seal by Governor Murphy; introduc-
ton OF Governor Murphy TO President Francis |
Of the Senate by Ex-Governor Voorhees,; intro .
duction of the Governor to the Senate and Cen I
eral Assembly by the President of the Senate: !
Inaugural address; benediction by the Rev. Jud- /
son Conklin, of Trenton.
The new Governor. the retiring Governor. the /
heads of the several State departments. United /
States Senator Kean and members OF Congress
VIII take luncheon at one OF the hotels in Tren- !
ton Immediately after the inauguration exer-
cises and before the parade passes the State
House. The parade Will begin its march sooD
after noon.
AdJutant General Oliphant and Mrs Oliphant
will entertain Mrs. Franklin Murphy and the
women Of the party throughout the day.