Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-14
CITIZEN SOLDIERY
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Crackerjack Drill Wins Praise
for First Regiment at
Sea Girt.
DAVIES ABSENT FIRST
TIME In FIFTEEN YEARS
Rain Gives Rockies" a Haz-
ing-Pump Ducking and
Other Fun.
tFrom a stan Correspondence

SEA GRIT, N. j., July 1.-THE
First Regiment is now firmly en-
trenched at Camp Fielder and pre-
pared for a week of strenuous work
under Colonel John D. Fraser.
Yesterday was very quiet in camp,
the sunrise gun being fired at 5:45 a.
m, after which the troops assembled
Tor mess. At o'clock mass was
celebrated for the Catholics In camp
by the Rev. Edward r. Quirk, of st.
Joseph's Church. Newark.
At II o'clock the regular camp serv-
ices were held on the lawn alongside
the Little White House, the Rev. o.
E. Braune, of Newark, chaplain of
the regiment. officiating. Governor
Fielder and his staff, with Colonel
Fraser and others of the higher regi-
mental officers, viewed the services
from the porch of the Governors cot
tage
Hundreds of visitors were on the
grounds early yesterday morning.
Among them were General Dennis f.
Collins, of Elizabeth Assemblymen
John j. Bracken and John A. Mat
thews, of Essex county, and former
Alderman Alexander Archibald, of
Newark.
Dress parade was held for the first
time at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
One of the features or the parade was
the ceremony attending the escorting
TO the colors, an innovation at the
damp this year
( Company A was the escort yester-
day, and the members of the COM
pany carried the colors from Colonel
Frasers tent to the parade line and
back to the color detail in a manner
which evoked the plaudits of the
large crowd gathered to see the
parade.
Drill Shows Efficiency.
The precision with which the vari-
Gus companies went through their
work bore evidence of the efficient
drilling they had done through the
winter months and caused consider
able favorable comment. Voss's First
regiment band also came in for a
generous round of applause.
For the first time In fifteen years
Captain 1. Newton Davies. regimental
adjutant, is not in camp. Captain
tDdNltS was diiibiC " iAdht liS ~ APf
and his place is being taken by Lieu
tenant Bert Patterson.
The First Field Hospital is in
charge of Major Harold Corbusier.
A detail from Battery b, of Camden,
Is in charge of the firing of the camp
salutes Guard mount is held in the
evening, just preceding mess, instead
of in the morning. as heretofore.
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on Friday, with a battle in the
vicinity of Allaire, the deserted VIII
lage, and on Saturday morning the
regiment will break camp and leave
for Newark. The Fifth regiment will
encamp Saturday afternoon.
There is some talk of leaving the
tents pitched throughout the five
weeks encampment. The First regi-
ment being the first in camp naturally
had to set up the tents, but If the
new rule is followed out the other
four regiments will be saved this
trouble.
The rain Saturday night just as the
troops had finished pitching their
tents dampened their ardor somewhat
and gave some of the rockies their
first taste of real camp life. The
storm, which consisted of a heavy
rain and a high wind, did little or no
damage. however.
Fun Despite Rain.
In spite of the rain some of the
companies, the majority of whom
have appointed Initiation squads"
proceeded to have a little fun at the
expense of the new men, some of
whom had not experienced camp
life before. Many a poor rookie"
was tossed in the blanket or ducked
In the pump to the great amusement
of the "old veterans A private in
one of the companies bore evidence
Of the terrible ordeal" which he had
gone through, the hair on one side
of his head having been clipped, while
the other side was not touched.
. By-play of this sort is always in
dulged in at the camp and serves to
break the monotony of camp life.
: Cots have been provided for the sol
diers this year, and the tents are
considerably more comfortable and
homelike than ever before. In previ-
GUS years the men slept in canvas
bags stuffed with straw on the floor
of the tents.
The Long and Short of II.
The tallest and the smallest men in
camp, who have already been
dubbed Mutt" and Jeff" by their
mates, are in Company K. Sergeant
Spiro is the smallest, being slightly
over four and a half feet in height,
while the tallest In Private Hatch,
who is over six feet four inches
Hatch, who Is receiving his first
taste of camp life was reluctant to
pose for picture when asked by the
Star staff men, but finally consented
to pose with Sergeant Spiro when
told to do so by Captain Carl Schultz
and Lieutenant John Ryan. When
told that the picture was for the Star
Hatch exclaimed; Send a whole
batch of stars down, will your
Tomorrow rifle practise will be in
dulged in by the members of the
Third battalion, while setting up
drill and bayonet exercises are down
onthe program for the First and Sec
opd battalions. Practical instruction
tn first aid to the injured will be
given upon the return to camp.
! The big day of the week will be Fri
day, Governors day. Eight hundred
Invitations have been issued for the
luncheon to be served at the Gov
errors cottage. and politics will be
promiscuously in the limelight.
NEWARKER HONORED
SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE In
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