The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-06-18
Three Governors Will At
tend the Ceremonies Of
dwelling the Battle Mon
ument On June %
"FleHTINa BOB" TO Be THERE
WITH PART OF THE ATLANTIC
SQUADRON ADMIRAL EVANS
WILL SAIL UP-THE DELAWARE.
Especial to .rhe Jersey city News

RED BANK, Gloucester County, June
IA, 1906+,The Red Bank battle monu-
ment. which will be unveiled on Thurs
day, June 81, is nearly completed and
everything is in readiness for the exer-
cises, which will be the biggest of the
kind ever seen on the Jersey side OF the
Delaware since the famous battle of Red
Bank was fought. The monument is all
completed except the top, and by Mon
day the colonial figure will be in its place.
The shaft, which is granite monument,
will be sixty feet high, surmounted by a
figure of a colonial trooper, and is being
erected in honor of the dead Americans
and of Colonial Christopher Green, and
the only inscription on it will be ore tel
ling for whom it is erected and by whom
dedicated.
The program has been arranged so that
it will begin early in the day, which will
practically be holiday in the southern
part of the State. Special excursions
have been arranged on both the trolley
and railroad trains, and feet of boats.
The feature of the day wnl be a sham
battle that is intended to be just like the
battle Of Red Bank, fought on the same
grounds October %, 1777, in which
troops from Rhode Island, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey will be engaged, along
with a portion of the North Atlantic
SQUADRON. which is now at League Is
land Navy Yard, opposite National Park,
under the command of Admiral R. D.
Evans.
The majority of the troops will assem-
BILE at Woodbury., along with the veter-
ans, societies, Sons of Veterans and pa
triotic organizations that will participate
and at 10 o'clock they will all form in
line and march to the old; baxtlefeld, a
distance of nearly fhree miles. 4 Upon their
arrival saluteswiH be freddy the North
Atlantic squadron. Governor y. q.
Stokes and his staff alcng with Governor
Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, and his
staff and Governor Utter, of Rhode Is
alnd, and his staff are scheduled to arrive
at IL o'clock, and at 11:30 the sham
battle will take place In the large open
field.
At 12 o'clock there will .be luncheon
for the distinguished visitors, and at
1890 the three Governors, with Admiral
Evans and his staff, will be rendered
reception. At 2 o'clock the opening ex-
cises will occur, with prayer by the Rev.
Edward Dillon, Of Woodbury.. Governor
George II. Utter will make the first ad-
dress, which will be entitled Rhode Is
land at Red Bank, Governor Penny
packer will follow with an address on
pennsylvania at Red. Bank" following
which Governor Stokes will make an ad-
dress on ssNew Jersey in the Revolution" !"
and close by presenting TO Gloucester
County the monument. Miss Virginia
Andrews, one of Woodbury's bellies, will
then unyeil the monument, and it will be
accepted by David O. Watkins, State
banking commissioner.
The parade from Woodbury. to the old
battlefield will be along the route taken
by the Hessians in 1777. From North
Woodbury. the parade will march through
Hessan avenue and thence westward
along the avenue to National Park to the
monument on the Red Clay bluff, near
tn cold Whitall Mansion. The Third
Regiment, under the command of Colonel
John A. Mather, will represent New Jer-
sey. and a regiment Of National Guards
will represent Pennsylvania. Grand
6AIuly pOSlS AAOl&A HAA peA - ~ AsCW y casey
and Pennsylvania will participate, as will
also many camps of Sons Of Veterans,
Junior Mechanics, Senior Mechanics,
Patriot Orders Of Sons Of America, and
many other patriotic organizations. Gov
ernor Pennypacker, Of Pennsylvania, and
his staff will be escorted by the First
City Troop of Philadelphia. Governor
Stokes and his staff will be at the head
of the line Governor Utter and his
staff from Rhode Island will arrive in
Philadelphia on Monday and go down ON
special boat to the OLE: attleield.
For the sham battle the commission
says thatSthere will be 400 troops sta
toned in the trenchesathat are even o.
day plain to'be seen, having stood the
weather for over century. This was
the number in old Fort Mercer when
Count Donop and his / 900 Hessians be-
gan the battle. Between 1000 and 1000
men, guards from the three States repre-