The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-13

of the Secretary Of War. which has late
" come from the printer The organized
strength Of the National Guard is shown
BY the special Inspection in the spring.
The number Ct officers was 32l; enlisted
men, 42ss7. Total 4,6ls. The per cent.
absent a the inspection was ISL.
The figures for tie First Regiment fol.
low: Olace4s, 50; enlisted men, COG.
Total, sss. Per cent. absent, 5.24.
Fourth Infantry II officers, 79s enlist
ed men. Tctal. es5. Per cent. absent,
1897 Fifth Infantry-5o officers, 7e3
enlisted men. Total, SIS. Per cent. alb
sent, z.57. Second Infantry Officers,
52; enlisted men, 7s5. Total, S75. er
cent. absent S,24. Third Infantry
Ofacers, 81; enlisted men, 824. Total,
ST5. Per cent. absent 445. First Trcop
Officers and men. 70. Per cent. alb
sent, 1895. Battery A--0fiieers and
men, G3. Per. cent. absent, 1.5S. Bat
tery b -oleers and men. SO. Per cent.
absent, 1.e9. Signal Corps 0mcers and
men, G2. Per cent. absent, s22.
Reference is made to the annual re-
port Of the engineers Of the War De
partaseatto the work that is being dono
to deepen the channel Of the Arthur XII
to twenty-one feet Il is estimated thar
the cost TO completc tie project will be
S6e6 coo, ard tie amount expended to
June 80, 1905. was sos $751; The
maximum draft that could be carried
through the waterway up to June go,
1903. was fourteen feet. The freight
carried through this waterway for the
last fiscal year amounted to 14,129, CTS
tons, valued at $$s27 $$ss27 III, ,7ss.
The amount on hand on June 80. 1901.
was $SsS. oo4.59, Of which sss,275.42
was expended, leaving balance Ct $2444,
1917 available. 1t is estimated that
S3TG, eco will be required to complete the
project and that 100000 can be profit
ably expended fer the fiscal year ending
June so. 1897.
It is stated that the freight on the
Woodbridge Greek for 1904 amounted to
165,313 tons. valued at 81 ,143. .65S. The
amount expended in dredging the creek
to a depth of eig'lt feet was $13. .499.5f.
On July /. 1905. there was balance
available of ss,141. OF, and it is es.imat-
ed that S19Ccy viii be required to COM
plete the project Of deepening the chan
mel to twelve feet.
In 1903 the fraight in Rartan Bar
amsuatetl to 4.4s4,t52 tors, valued al
s101. .S42 455. The maximum aft is
twenty-one feet through the Wards
Point channel, ard tweaty feet through
Segrine Point and South Amboy. There
is available for improv 'ng the bay the
sam Of s500o0. which. it is stated. can
be ptohtab,,y expended fer the fiscal year
ending June 90, 1905.
John Belcher. ef- Providence, writes to
Mrs. /. w. Relcher- wife oe the missing
treasurer of one of the money lending
associations Of the Government PRINT
ing Office. that he does not know any
thing about the whereabouts of his
brother. Mrs. Be,eher has not hearl
from her husband or from his sister, who
lives at Paterson.
Lewis B. Guather, who said he heard
strange voices in the postoffice of Ho-
beken and then in this city, VIII be de-
tanned until an examination can be made
as to his sanity. Gunther claims that
his horne is in Milwaukee
There is a strcng sentimen! among the
officer sof the army and navy in favor
of holding the annual football contest
between the two academies in this city.
They say they would prefer to sc to
New Folk rather than have the game at
Princeton again.
The Civil Service Commission an
.nounces that the examination for stem
ographers for the Panama service will