The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-24
FIFTH REGIMENT
READY FOR START
TO SEA |RT CAMP
Colonel Edwin w. Hine, of Or
ange, Will Leave with His
Men Tomorrow.
EAST ORANGE BATTERY
IS GOING ALONG, TOO
Orange and Montclair Companies
Expected to Make Fine
Showing.

Final details for the start to Camp al
Sea Girt of the Fifth Regiment, N. G
N. j., and Battery A, Field Artillery
of East Orange, were completed las
night at the various armories and com
pany rooms. The soldiers will lea ye
tomorrow. Colonel Edwin w. Hine. Of
Orange, Is in command. Among the
companies are Companies II and I, of
Orange, and K, of Montclair.
Camp equipment, such as haversacks.
belts, tin cups, knives and forks, were
given the men, and those not supplied
will be fitted out tonight. The mem
bers of both organizations have re-
ceived orders to gather at their re-
spective headquarters tomorrow early
in preparation for the trip to Camp
Fort, They will take part in short
parades previous to boarding trains at
the Broad street station of the Central
Railroad in this city tomorrow after
noon.
Next week will probably be a siren
uous one for the guardsmen,- as they
will go through a thorough training.
"a VI TIC bdbtCly VIII Ddtt IllC
advantage of regular army i~nstructio IN
while in camp, the regulars stationed
there this week to remain over a longer
period than at first anticipated. The
artillerymen will receive plenty of op-
portunity to use their fine new equip
ment, the East Orange Armory not be-
ing large enough to allow for thorough
training. Target practise will be a
feature of the work during the week.
Most of the young men are employed
in offices, but they will have to get ont
early mornings of next week, clean
horses and perform other stunts with
big guns. Governor Fort will probably
devote considerable attention to the
battery. as it comes from his home city.
Lieutenant Frederick Reimer will be IN
charge of the loading of guns In this
city.
Companies H and l will leave Orange
at 1888 a. m. tomorrow on special ears
OF h Lackawanna railroad, after a
short march in Main street. Company
K. Of Montclair, will leave at 11:35.
The three companies will march from
the Broad street station of the Lacka-
wanna, this city, to the Fourth Avenue
depot of the Erie railroad, where the
entire regiment will form and march
down Broad street to the Central sta
ton.
The other companies will leave as
follows: Company NJ. of Rutherford,
1912; Company A. Of Passaic, 1914;
Company G, of Hackensack, 9:40; Com
pany L, of Leonia, 9:25; Companies B,
c. ID and E, of Paterson, II o'clock. The
Fifth Regiment Armory is at Pater-
son.
Lieutenant d. S. Van Antwerp, bat
talon quartermaster, will supervise the
loading of horses, baggage, etc, of the
regiment in this city. Captain Edward
T. Phillips. of Company G.. will be
officer of the day at the camp tomor-
until 8 p. M. First Lieutenant
George ]. Hattersley, of Company ID,
will be officer of the guard, and Second
Lieutenant Richard j. Kelley. of Com
I, junior officer of the guard.
From 8 o'clock till Sunday morning
Nathan c. Horton, of Com
pany F. will be officer of the day; First
Lieutenant Addison B. Burroughs, of
Company G., officer of the guard. and
Second Lieutenant John C. Taylor, of
D, Junior officer of the guard.
The men will wear the regular army
uniform, with the new, modern haver-
and pocket belts. They will carry
the latest Springfield rifle, with bayo-
net. Almost every company has a
baseball team. and a game between the
two Orange companies will be played
Wednesday.
Members Of the Orange Common
Council will be guests of Colonel Hine
on Thursday. The regiment will be in
Friday by a regular army