Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
FIRST REGIMENT
Off FOR SUMMER
CAMP TOMORROW
Local Guardsmen Under Com
mand of Col. j. D. Fraser
Go to Sea Girt.
WILL BE JOINED THERE
BY FIFTH REGIMENT MEN
Governors Day Will Be cele-
brated at State Grounds
on Wednesday.


Everything is in readiness for the
departure of the First Regiment. N
G. N. j.. tomorrow afternoon for Sea
Grit for a week at the camp of in
struction. About CPS of the guards
men will leave the city With the
First Regiment at the State camp
will be the Fifth Regiment. The camp
will be in command of Brigadier-
General Edwin w. Hine.
The regiment will assemble at the
Jay street armory at l o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. At lao the "adju-
tsnt's CALI will be sounded and the
regiment will march to the Broad
street station of the Central railroad
A the station the companies will take
their assignments in special train
Colonel John D. Frazer and his staff
will occupy the first car.
The Fifth Regiment is composed of
Ruardsmen from Orange, Montclair
and from Paterson and other parts
of Paseaic county. 1t is commanded
by Colonel Albert A. Van Walraven.
The Fifth will leave over the Penn
sslvania railroad.
Final instructions will be given to
the field and staff officers of the First
Regiment at the armory Immediately
before the start tomorrow. The nom
commissioned staff, band and head
quarters department will report to
Adjutant l. Newton Davies at the
same time.
detail of two enlisted men frbm
each company. one from the sanitary
department and one non-commis-
stoned officer from Companies B, e
and G will report to the quartermas-
ter at the armory tonight for the pur-
pose of completing the loading of
baggage and equipment.
Wear Regulation Uniforms.
The regiroental commissary- SER
geant, quartermaster-se and
all cooks will leave for Sea Girt at
$3.50 tomorrow morning under COM
mand of Captain Garrish Newell
regimental commissary, to prepare for
the coming of the regiment
Guardsmen who are unable to ac-
company the regiment tomorrow will
report to Sergeant James j. Woods,
of Company r, at the Broad street
station at $50 o'clock Sunday morn
ting.
The guardsmen will wear the regu-
lation olive-drab uniform. The dis
mounted officers will wear russell shoes
and the mounted officers boots and
gauntlets. Full field clothing will be
taken and the guardsmen will wear
the new regulation leggings, without
straps. The tents this year are brand
new
Thirteen army wagons, carrying the
equipment, will leave the armory for
the shore tonight with details of
guards. The wagons will not return
with the First regiment, but will re-
main at the shore to be used by other
regiments.
Wednesday will be Governors
Day" at the camp. Governor Fielder
and his staff will review the guards
men and many visitors will be pres
emit Several excursions will be run
to Sea Girt on that day.
A feature of the camp maneuvers
this year will be battle of Mon
mouth" which will take place Thurs
day 1t will be fought in that part
of Monmouth county west of a line
between New Bedford and Allenwood.
The maneuvers will be under charge
of skilled officers of the National
Guard and of the regular army.
Nightly Band Concerts.
There will be band concerts in front
of the Governors cottage, the little
White House." every night. There will
be rifle practice for five companies
Monday, evolutions in close and ex-
tended order and battalion parade.
Rifle practice for five companies,
close and extended order maneuvers
and battalion parade will take place
Tuesday.
Rifle practice for two companies
will be held Wednesday morning be-
fore the review. Afterward the
guardsmen will leave camp for Two
4 days maneuvers The regimental