Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-08-30

ton contained herein
He mentions, particularly among the active
work of the post the branch Of the Y. NJ c. A.
conducted by Chaplain Edmund B. Smith. the
classes for enlisted men and the drills supple
mented with the picturesque music
drills or silent manual.
The military student finds at present little to
interest him, Cor the island is not fortified being
In way part of the scheme of Notifications.
which embraces Sandy Hook and the mouth Of
the harbor. Fort Jay, for 100 years known as
Fort Columbus, but originally named for John
Jay, was during the Civil war manned with heavy
guns, although not threatened. When Fort
Lafayette too crowded with prisoners at that
period Castle William took charge of the over
flow and at one time housed over thousand
prisoners. Among the noted prisoners who have
been confined there John Yates Beal the
Confederate spy.
Castle William was completed in 1911 and is
built on bed rock In one of the departmental
reports 1t is described "a stone tower with
fifty-two AZ and 80 Founders maintained on two
tiers under bomb roof and terrace intended
to mount twenty-six 50pound columbiads. In
several other reports Castle William is referred
to example of outgrown science"
In the museum the island Is Sheridans IA
nous horse, Winchester, who bore his master in
forty-seven battles.
In place OF regular army chapel Trinity Cor
poraton has provided the Chapel of st. Cornelius
the Centurion for the use OF the post. 1t Is
the old frame building, erected in 1S47 by DR.. Nc
vickar, who taught ethics at Columbia college
during the week and on Sunday preached in the
chapel he built and presented to the island him.
self. Garanding the chancel are several upright
posts connected with heavy chain and bronze
tablet explains that they are cannons used in the
several battles of the Mexican war. Over the
choir double row OF tattered battle flags hang.
One is cobweb and the light from the
stained glass window shows fringe of blood
red threads and splash of blue where stars
were once woven This is the last flag pulled
down in Cuba Another of peculiar interest is
the under which Major Reilly died and which
carried from Tien Tsn in the Boxer uprising
in China.
Chaplain Smith is about to publish book OH
Governors Island. for with the exception of
monograph or two and some scientific articles
technical subjects the place has practically been
overlooked by chroniclers. The book is to be
illustrated with several prints and engrav-
ings besides more modern work, and contains
data that have never been printed in this
try and represent years of the most untiring
search on the part of the author
Situated near what is considered today one
of the most valuable pieces of real estate prop
erty in the world Governors Island was pur-
chased $3.50 by that shrewd old barater Wouter
Van Twiller, director general of New Neither
lands. for some axe heads. string OF beads and
a few nails from two Indians whose names.
Cakapetejon and Pehiwas, would indicate great
or mentality than they seem to have possessed
Acrcss Butterrnilk channel to the origin, naming
end history of which Chaplain Smith devotes two
charters of his book, Sara. the first Christian
child to be born in the Dutch colony, daughter OF
Joris Janson de Rapalye, taken in tub at
very early age of her career and furnished the
only thrilling narrative of the place for some
time.
For several years It furnished convenient
landing place for the settlers cattle and the first
building was erected (l69s) by Van Twer and