The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
NOMINAL. PAY
+ TO ENLISTED
MILITIA
Suggestion Made--Praise for
East Orange Baftery--Adjt.
Generals Report.
Especial to the Evening star.I

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec Tin the
report of the adjutant-general Of the army
relative TO the militia of the United States
there is a paragraph with reference to
New Jersey that will be of interest to the
men in the National Guard Of that State.
Captain Raymond r. Stevens, of the
Twenty-third Infantry, has this TO say;
IF the enlisted personnel of the militia
could receive nominal amount Of pay 1t
would conduce greatly to discipline and
the better care of public property in their
homes.
Artillery. would be valuable one if armed
with modern guns In the care of the
present equipment-two Gatling guns and
two three-inch hoWitzerS, models 1888 and
1881 spectively-an amount of pride is
manifested which would insure the good
care of such valuable material as the
three-inch model 1902 guns. 1t Is strongly
recommended that this organization be
armed at an early date with the new ma
terial. There is no way to collect court
martial fines.
''The signal and telegraph corps with
six expert telegraphers and considerable
percentage of it graduates of electrical
and technical schools, lacks almost every
thing to make it an efficient body of signal
troops
With reference to the personnel of Bat
terry A of East Orange the report has this
to say:
physical appearance and character of
prominent in the community and Jealous
and efficient in their work Probably 80
per cent. of men would respond to call
OF Battery e. Of Camden, 1t Is stated;
physical condition and appearance of
men very good; character excellent; efti-
cleucy. considering armament very com
mendabIe. Probably the whole command
could be relied upon In an emergency
Reference to the armories In New Jersey
Is made as follows:
as1-ha ~apiYnental af1norfe5 annear 70 be
all that could be desired with proper ia
cIlities for storing arms and equipments
and all appliances of modern style, rifle
and pistol gallery ranges, libraries, offices
and amusement rooms. The outlying or
ganzations however with the exception
Of the company at Passaic and the troop
of cavalry at Newark. are usually quar-
tered In a small room with Inadequate
facilities for drill. The State allows each
company $500 year to pay armory ex-
penses."
of the y 900 appropriated for the sup
port of the militia of the several States
fhe amount that New Jersey received was
A7s744S, Il which $11.96S-62 was for rifle
nrnctise ami S35, 5.S6 for arms, equipments
and camp purposes.
The statistics for rife practise show that
77.17 per cert of the national guard quail
fed New jersey has in the national guard
159 experts. g sharpshooters. 1886 marksmen,
4eO tirst-cIass, 300 second-class 1,7S6 third
class. and 10St fourth-class, making total
that shot las year $3.50, ont Of a total
strength of Ans men,
The speeial inspection of 1907 revealed the
strength of eah organization to be as FOL
lows: First REGIMENT, Of Newark, 81 ON
GERS. IA enlisted men; total, SSi; per cent
absent, S.72. Second Regiment Of Trenton
81 officers, 747 easted men; total, SOL; per
cent. absent. Sci Third Regiment. of
Camden. 55 ofich's. 1888 enlisted men; total
TBS: per cent. ibsent. 1o0. Fourth Regl-
ment Of jersey City, 54 officers, 72I en-
listed men; total 7S1 per cent absent, s.W.
FIFTH Regiment of Paterson. officers
s1S enlisted men total, $40: per cent. a6-
sent, s62. First Troop of Newark, OH
GERS IS enlisted mem total, q; per cent;
absent 0.00. Sebnd Troop, s officers, 81
enlisted men; toal es: per cent: absent,
ii7e. Field Artilllry, Battery A. officers
6 enlisted men; t3tal 81; per cent, absent,
$40. Field Artillfy,. Battery 3, 8 officers
e enlisted men taal y per cent st n,tesS apsendS
men; total. 81; pstGens. absent, l56 Gen,
ereI headuuaffers Trenton. n officers Al
present DlvisoIl Headquarters Jersey
CITY 10 oficerss ~ present