New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

OF twenty-one officers and 252 but the quota Of
lst Battalion numbering about TWO hundred enlisted
men.
Washington Irving; line officers. Lieutenant c. B.
Davenport. in command OF the first division lieu
Soper: ensign y. Il. Frost: Lieutenant Richard
Riker IN command of the second division. Lieu
tenant - r. tart chlef OF the third division, com
posed OF engineers lieutenant, junior grade. f. +.
Magovorn; ensign. William d. Davenport. assistant
The staff officers are: Lieutenant junior grade
sistant Paymaster A H Colby; assistant pay
Wells P. Eagston: assistant surgeon F. S. sher-
man: chaplain; F. l. Humphreys; ensign, George
When the New-Jersey reserves served on board
was a member Of Admiral Sampson's biockading
feet Friends OF the Reserve point with pride to
nished the Badger the 1st Battalion of New-Jersey
ne axtepto9 Of the captsn of mrs nef 9eeg5 WIN n
chief engineer. These were in addition to the mem
cept twelve men in the reroom The ist bataIlfon
also furnished ye Tfn T FOR the United States
nished at almost instant notice by the New-Jer-
sanitation aud its friends as proof Conclusive
that The organization IS an important factor IN
the defence of the country.
North Carolina uses its Naval Reserve almost
Reserve called into service in the capture of
murderer whom a mob had set out lynch Re
thus quelling local disturbances, Commander Ir-
wing spoke of the service OF the New York State
Reserve in 1892. when during the cholera scare It
was desired 10 establish. quarantine station
authorities & and & PreTent ,f then landing the isl
Of arms, prevented what might otherwise have
developed into an open and serious breach of the
peace il not an actual riot
The Naval Reserve is especially organized with
view to the protection of the water front One
vey of every rier. wharf bulkhead and terminal
fence and protection. 1t is especially trained as
infantry. and to the service of howitzers and rapid
ART arsrg Eggs mounted /" cutters and tugs or as field
The one great object in quelling local disturb
:
An attack from the land upon rioters DESTROY
ing property on a wharf wrecking a tidewater
terminal might drive them out or per head
between the devil and the deep sea" Cornered In
gency which is always to be avoided IL ;t co.tn
A division Of the Naval Reserve, landing on
Clear wharf or tidewater ternins1 guns, could
no doubt be quick TO avail themselves of. The
erty protected and no blood shed. f'O
A glance at the map of New-Jersey will show
rounded by navigable waters; and three-eighths
of whose area can be covered by the guns of
This large coast line commanding the ap
manufacturing towns, and partially commanding
a Of the couhrS 90 0t ea is o
trained and disciplined men; thoroughly familiar
waters. such as can best he supplied by a we'll
equipped naval reserve
to the large vested interests, which make. in large
the wealth OF the state and cJ.fr,,
its protection against local disturbance ir Iar
shores dotted with large manufacturing plants
and from fits tidewater terminals extend the great
arteries OF commerce through which the wealth Of
the nation flows. II has been pointed ont that
knowledge Of the water front and its protection Is
the special province of the Naval Reserve
These are some of the which have led
to the organization of naval forces in most of the
seaboard and lakeboard States and which bear
with peculiar pertinence upon the need OF this
state, ssd BY the organisati9n I, MIA and enrol
defence of her home waters and the preservation
of peace within her borders
The Portsmouths armament isn't extensive.