Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-09
STATE CAMP
AT SEA GIRT.
Governor Stokes and Staff There
Summer Capital by the Sea
Services Yesterday.

SEA GRIT, July 9.-New Jerseys
capital was temporarily shifted from
Trenton to this resort Sunday, when
Governor Stokes, the members of his
staff and a number of assistants took
up their home here for the four
weeks of the State encampment, and
the Third regiment, of Camden,
marched into the white city which
had been erected a few days before
for them.
The opening of the camp RAJ an
suspicious one, and was viewed by
hundreds of visitors from near by re-
sorts, who came here in automobiles,
trolley cars, carriages, trains, on BIZ
cycles, and on foot. Many promi-
nent men in the National Guard and
political circles called during the af-
ternoon to pay their respects to the
governor. Among them were:
Brigadier General p. Farmer Wan
ser, commandant of the division, who
came from his home in Jersey City
to pay an unofficial visit to the camp;
State Treasurer Frank o. Briggs and
Mrs. Briggs, Mr.. George w. Bonner,
secretary to Senator John f. Dryden;
Assemblyman Underwood, of Bloom
field; Colonel Charles w. Freeman,
of the First regiment, which COM
mand Is the only one in the state
which will not be in camp this year;
Major Hopper, former Assemblyman
Herbert w. Taylor, of Newark; Lieu
tenant Murphy, of the regular army,
who has been sent here to make a
report on the camp to the secretary
of war, under the provisions of the
Dick bill. fe.s5
Late in the afternoon the Second
troop of Red Bank arrived in camp,
having ridden from that place. Short
ly after their arrival the regiment,
headed by the full military band and
with Colonel John A. Mather in COM
mand, marched in the evening parade
before a much larger crowd of spec
tators than that which watched them
come into camp. They made a fine
showing.
Governor Stokes, in a blue riding
suit, rode out to the review on horse
back and watched with much interest
the parade. He was accompanied by
Brigade Commander General Quincy
O'Malley Gilmore, the members of
the latter's staff and the governors
staff. EAFF
Yesterday morning church servi-
ces were held on the knoll next to the
governors cottage, and the members
of the regiment attended in a body,
led by Colonel Mather and his staff.
The regimental band, playing "On-
ward Christian Soldiers" headed the
procession, and when the meeting
place was reached accompanied. the
various hymns. The regimental chap
lain, Captain Rudolph e. Brestell, of
Camden, read an Episcopal service
and preached the sermon, which was
listened to by a group on the porch of
the cottage, in which were many la
dies.
Governor Stokes was unable to be
present, as he had to go to Newark
to attend the funeral of Bernard
Strauss, where he was an honorary
pail bearer. His aide, Colonel Jo-
seph S. Frelinghuysen, looked out
for the comfort of the>visitors, among
whom were:
General Joseph w. Congdon, of
Paterson; Quartermaster General
and Mrs. c. Edward Murray, Colonel
Richard H. Waring, Brigadier Cen
eral p. Farmer Wanser, Lieutenant
Colonel and Mrs. Langdon, of the
Third regiment; Supreme Court
Judge J. Franklin Fort, Miss Fort,
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin w. Fort, Ed
ward R. Gray, the secretary to the
governor; Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Reuzer, the Misses Reuzer. Captain
and Mrs. William Slaughter, Captain
and Mrs. George T. Vickers, State
Treasurer and Mrs. Frank 0. Briggs
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