The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
OUTLOOK AT SEA GRIT CAMP.
THE PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO
REVIEW A REGIMENT THERE.

| The National Qua rdsm en- said 10 BE Anxious
That the Regular Army Men he Per-
mltted 90 Practise on the nanBe-St.
Louis Jersey Building Coming East,
SEA GIRT, May I3.-President Roosevelt
may visit Sea Girt on July and review
! the First Regiment Of Newark. The Frst
Regiment has been ordered 10 camp on July
s, but there Is a possibility that it will come
here on the day previous, and as the Presi
dent Il Gcheduled 10 speak at the meeting Of
the National Educational Association at
Ocean Grove on that day. it is thought there
will be little difficulty in prevailing upon
him TO come here and review a regiment
The season for rife practise will cpm-
mence earlier this year than usual. This
will be done in order that the New Jersey
National Guardsmen may finish their work
before the commencement Of the big matches
on Aug. a. The Fifth Regiment com
manded by Col, T. W. Hine Of Paterson.
will be the first regiment 10 come here for
rife practise. June 10 is the date assigned,
for IT, Following the Fifth Regiment will
come the flrst and Second troops, the
batteries, Signal Corps and other regi-
ments. The practise will be 30 arranged
that while the First Brigade u in camp the
Second Brigade will be at work on the rifle
ranges.
Expressions Of fear have been heard in
and out Of the National Guard that permits
sion might not be granted for teams Of the
Navy and United States Marine Corps TO
practise In the months Of July and August
preparatory for the big matches. It has
been said that the presence Of the teams on
the ranges interfered with the work Of the
jersey National Guardsmen. In view OF the
fact that there are 100 targets on the ranges,
and Il Is seldom that more than thirty are
used at any one time for the New Jersey
troops, Il IL insisted that the contention Is
without reason.
The practise Of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps teams on the ranges does not
cost the State Of New jersey one cent.
They are kept by the Federal Government,
and provide all their own markers and
scorers, and the targets that are damaged
are replaced.
Many changes have been made for the
better In the ranges. The triangular plot Of
ground north Of the ranges has been acquired
| BY the State, and IL has been Cleared Of the
growth Of pines and laid out for a sl0irInish
ground. Ten more targets have been added
! 70 the 200 yard range, and two more on the
1000 yard range. As soon as the work can
| be done jetties will be built 20 protect the
! butts near the ocean.
II Is expected that the New Jersey building
at the st. Louis fair viii be ready for the
! Governor In July, a. the first carload OF
! Jones has been the right hand man and
1 assistant Of Gen. Bird w. Spencer, the
| InspeCtor-Oeneral Of Rife Practise for
about twenty years.
/ Princeton University will probably fur
nish the greater number Of SCORERS and
markers this year. The employment Of
| college men was an experiment last year
| The young men gave satisfaction, however
and this year there will be college men here
| from Princeton. Harvard and the City Col
| lege Of New York.
The trolley line, which has IT, terminus at
/ Spring Lake, three miles distant viii be
extended 10 this place. The bridge span
ming the tnlet a. Sea Oirt Il almost finished
and the work Of grading the road and laying
the rails u being pushed. In al probability
the line win be IN operation By the middle q
June.