Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-19
Dust-Laden Troops Return in
Fine Shape, Despite
Many Hardships.
COL. FRASER PRAISES
MEN FOR GOOD SHOWING
Stood Test Well and Held In
fIinching Line Against
the Enemy.

Back from the war with their
shoes still laden with Connecticut
dust and their clothes bearing the
imprint OF days of hard road serv-
ice. the New Jersey regiments re-
turned to their homes yesterday from
the min days campaign against the
Reds in the hills of the Nutmeg
State.
The scene last night was changed
from the campfire TO the home, where
war stories were rife and where the
volunteer recruits We're glad to as
semble with their families and
friends and tell the stories of the
hardships and horrors of var
When the two sections of the train
bearing the First Regiment of New
ark arrived at the Broad street sta
ton Yesterday afternoon there was
a large crowd on hand to make the
homecoming a happy one.
Men stand Test Well.
Notwithstanding their dusty and
bedraggled appearance. the soldiers.
In anticipation of their arrival. had
managed somewhere and somehow to
get shaved and cleaned up, although
many of them had not had an oppor-
tunity to remove their clothing for
several days.
Last night the shelter tents n
the uncomfortable conditions of the
campaign days were exchanged for
the comforts of home once more.
Under the strain of long marches
and little n~ourishment, the men stood
the test well. There "a little SICK
ness and no man dropped from the
ranks except from sheer exhaustion.
A spirit of pride and courageous
strength kept the men together with
but few exceptions.
The bugle announced the end OF the
'battle" on Saturday after an hours
fghting to keep back the Reds. The
umpires gave no decisions, but 1t
is understood thai the Blues had held
their lines and put up an effective
defense. The Saturday battle was
fought in a crescent-shaped territory
about six miles eastward from Dan
bury.
Bugie Silences Rifles.
AT the call of the bugle the crack
of the rifles ceased and the roar of
the artillery guns was silenced rs
the men were lined up for the march
to camp.
The New Jersey brigade was biv-
ouacked two miles east of Bethel,
where entrainment took place yester-
day morning. They rested Saturday
afternoon and evening, and after L
good meal they sang themselves to
sleep and awaited an early call to
decamp.
AT daybreak the wagons were be-
ing loaded and prepared for en-
trainment. The New Jersey regi-
ments were particularly favored in
that they were the first to get started
on the homeward journey. The or
der was given that the two sections
of regimental trains should leave
Bethel at 7 a.. m.
Although the entertainment at best
is carried on slowly the wagons and
horses were loaded without serious
delay. The first section arrived at
Broad street I'VE the Jersey Central
at 2.45 .. m. and the second section
followed an hour later.
The men made the final lap of their
march to the armory and from thence
TO their homes. An interesting WIS.,
itor at the camp Saturday afternoon
was Uncle Sans paymaster, who ar
rived in an automobile with a huge
bag of money and was waiting to pay
the soldiers when they returned from
the Saturday engagement.
$4,000 for Jersey Boys.
They were given nine days pay
for their services. It took over &c.
900 to meet the salaries of the New
Jersey officers and men. General
Hine and his staff and Major Evan
NJ. johnson. jr., u. S. A, who was
the chief Inspector of the New Jer-
sey troops. are on their way from the
scene of the maneuvers on horseback.
They left Connecticut yesterday aft
ernoon and are expected in Newark
tomorrow.
Colonel John D. Fraser, commander
Of the First Regiment, was much
eiated over the name in which mis-
regiment conducted itself during the
weeks campaign. Saturday proved