The Penn's Grove record., 1916-06-30
1900 JERSEYMEN
IN GIRT CAMP
Records Broken When MobiIi.
cation Is Completed.
NEWARK REGIMENT FIRST
New Jersey Is the First State to Com
PIete Observation-Disclosures Well
Within Scheduled 4s Hours
No Hitch in Plans.
Especial Trenton correspondence.)

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-The National Guard of
President Wilson's home State took
possession of its mobilization camp
at Sea Girt and nearly 1000 Jersey
men are ready for any call to duty.
Records were broken in the mobiliza-
ton, which was ordered and perfected
in forty-eight hours, and Gov. James
F. Fielder, commander in chief, and
all the officers of the National Guard
we're highly pleased. The Governor
and Adjt.-Gen. Wilbur F. Sadler, stand
ing on the veranda of the Little
White House. and most of the mem
bers of the New Jersey State Sen
ate, welcomed the soldiers as they ar
rived.
Thousands of people went to the
seashore resort from other places
along the coast and from inland
towns and cheered the various organi-
cations as they detrained and made
their way from the station to the
camp.
The First Regiment of Newark, Col.
John d. Fraser, was the first to ar
rive. In the ranks were 300 recruits
in citizens clothes, who carried rifles.
Battery A of East Orange came next
and Troops A and c of the First
Squadron Cavalry, accompanying the
First Regiment, detrained from their
special at Backalew Farm. The Es-
sex county soldiers were reviewed by
Mayor Raymond of Newark at Market
and Broad streets as they marched
to the Pennsylvania station, and a
cityful Of people turned out to do
them honor.
Many in Multi.
The First Battalion of the Fourth
Regiment of Jersey City, Col. Arthur
l.. Steele, arrived just before noon,
and the Colonel held it at the Sea
Girt station until the two other bat
talions came in, when all marched to
the camp. The Signal Corps, Capt.
William Y. Dear, recruited up to full
strength, arrived from Jersey City in
the afternoon. The men of the Fourth,
numbering 1900, of whim 600 were
rockies without uniforms, passed be-
tween crowded sidewalks as they
marched from their armory, Bergen
avenue and Mercer street, Jersey City,
a mile to the Pennsylvania station to
entrain.
Mayor Pagan and all the city COM
missioners were on the reviewing
stand in front of the City Hall as they
passed by. City offices and many
1ta-a- r,o,1 a1o1oJ ,-+;1 -A1o TLa,,
sands gathered along the slopes of
the Bergen cut and on the bridges ov-
err the railroad to see the trainloads
of soldiers go by on their way to the
camp.
The Fifth Regiment, Col. Albert A.
Van Walraven, whose armory is in
Paterson, got in during the afternoon.
The departure of the Fifth took many
young men from Paterson, Ridgewood,
H~ackensack, Englewood, the Oranges
and Montclair. In all these places
there were many affecting scenes as
the soldiers left for camp.
Battery B of Camden, Capt. Samuel
G. Barnard, detrained during the af-
ternoon. Because of the large num-
| UGI VI l6CIullS lOI WnICu lie OtdI6
had made no tentage provision, Gov.
Fielder sent the following telegram
to Secretary of Wa Baker:
More Equipment Needed.
1.-TWO regiments infantry and two
troops cavalry are in camp and bal
ance of troops ordered by President
are en- route. All organized, fully re-
cruited to maximum strength, and all
horses provided for. We have a large
number of recruits in camp and will
likely have 1900 here. Extra equip
ment for troops requisitioned from
and we canno trace it. When may
we expect to get at least shelter for
these mem"
A similar inquiry was made by Adjt.-
Gen. Sadler of Major-Gen. Wood Cf
the Department of the East.
Brig.-Gen. Edwin w. Hine, who
commanded the old Second Regiment,
now the Fifth, during the Spanish
war, is in charge of the troops at Sea
Girt. Gen. Hine resigned as secretary
of the Public Service Railroad Com
pany, but was appointed Immediately
as assistant to the president with
the same salary he received as secre-
tary. Thus his pay and position con-
tinue while he is serving with the
troops.
Surgeon-General William G. Schauff-
Ter established his medical ~headquar-
ters.
NEW JERSEY TROOPS OFF,
The first unit of New JERSEYS con.