New-York tribune., 1902-10-19
BIRTH OF THE FIFTH.
THIS INFANTRY INFANT Is
NEW But RIGOROUS.
LATEST ADDITION TO NATIONAL GUARD
oF NFW-JERSEY- SUCCEEDS THE
OLD TWENTY SECOND
REGIMENT

The National Guard Of New-Jersey has recently
been augmented by the formation OF new Tesl-
nent Of infantry which VIII be known as the ON
Regiment. The organization Of this BODY was o'-
rected in General orders last February, and when
II was completed a few weeks ago an order was
issued dir,.tine that au election for held onceTs
oe h.Id a. Paterson which is the regimenJal head
suariers. Jp 10 that time The incomplete booy VAS
.lnder the command OF Captain Henry NJ Ross j.
The election took place, under the supervision "l
Brigadier General Edward A. Campbell ana 'ne
following officers were chosen;
colonel EDWIN W. HlNE. orange; lieutenant colonel
DANIEL a. TTERIE. EngieWoocs major. latH-
isoaa, iiHi mao ALERT VAN WALRAvEN. Paterson
Ed1utant. JOHN 7. HILTON
In the battalion formation the following assign
meuts were made:
First Battalion-Major shoeuthal company A Passaie'
Company "a, Orange, company l. Orange. company ~
second Rattalon- Major Goesser: company F. Enes-
WOOD; Company G. HaceensacN. Company L. L"'oi'A'
Third Battslon-Major Van Walra,en. ComFsny B.
Paterson Company q. Paterson; oomaFry D. Paterson
Company F. Paterson.
Major Van Walraven's company was transferred
from the lst Regiment. Newark 10 the 5th. and
the old companies Of the % Regiment which were
not disbanded after the war with Spain were also
placed In the new command.
The regiment. although IL is only a few weeks
old has historian, who writes.
The 5th Regiment, X. C. y. J.. has practically. no
history Of IT'S own as yet as il IS rat thoroughly
iieid Officers have been elected and commissioned
But 75 per cent OF the officers ana probably
from 40 TO 30 per cent Of the II the 5th RtEl-
ment the same those Of the old "a Regiment,
II might be wen TO look AT The history Of that
regiment.
The old I'd Regiment was organized in 1892, with
Of Passaic county. 2d Battalion OF Bergen County
and Sd Battalion OF Essex County. including COM
pany from Dover. in Morris County
The LIST Battalion had three companies located in
Paterson and one PaSsaic
The ID Battalion had one company in Hacken-
sack, one in Englewood, one in Leonia and one IN
Rutherford.
one in Montclair and one in Dover. Morris County
The 5th Regiment has IT'S companies located
precisely the same except that the Dover company
mustered I'm Paterson TO nh that vacancy thus Siv-
Ing the Paterson battalion four companies OF lis
own. .-.,
Guard history quickly, for i'm its second year or
existence ii led in rifle practice and maintained its
lead until the Spanish American War, when II
ordered out and volunteered IN the Iilted
States service.
In its inspections fl also led. the adjutant
generals report shows. and The members ~ the
regiment We're all proud OF belonging 10 suoh an
organization
rho volunteer regiment was mustered out i'm
November. 1895, and the regiment finally silstanded
the National Guard OF NeW-JerscN-
just why the old 2d Regiment was disbanded mas
never been satisfactorily explained. hil tplonel
Edwin W IIiue. of Orange, the commanding offcer
Of The new regiment, Is the same commander that
WAS al the head OF the old I'd. ana VIII no OoUNt
bring fhe organization up 10 the same stan
dard Of efficiency thdt the old one reached Tie be
loVes that ii have anything TO co, 90 " Ven
aud Is nothing too good Tor an organlZa-
lion hf the head If II there IS any tling
new that has developed to promote the ehclency
last four wears. since he WAS out OF harness. he
can be depended on as securing it for his command