Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-09
ATTEND REVIEW
At CAMP EDGE
Local Party See Perth Amboy
Ml!itiamen March Before
the Governor.
PUT THROUGH HARD DRILL
Officers From This City Hon.
ored in Parade Valuable
Instruction Received.
'UT THROUGH HARD DRILL

The 1000 state militia reserve men,
commissioned and non-commissioned
officers of the New Jersey State Mill
tia field artillery, were reviewed yes
terday afternoon at Camp Edge, Sea
Girt by Governor Walter z. Edge,
military officials and mayors, alder
men, commissioners and other offlcials
from all places in the state where
militia reserve units have been form
ed.
Mayor John F. Ten Brock Alder
man-at-Large Ira r. Grouse, Alder
man T. William Hilker, Albert @.
Waters, Christian Andersen, John J.
Clark and Benjamin Riedy, City En-
gineer Morgan +. Larson and Peter
Larson made up the delegation which
went from Perth Amboy.
The mayor and aldermen made the
trip as the guests of Engineer Larson,
leaving here shortly before IL o'clock.
Upon arriving at camp they were
the guests OF Governor Edge at lunch
ton after which they made a tour of
the camp and reviewed the men, to-
gether with the governor, his staff
and the representatives of the other
places in the state who have men at
camp. The local men were greatly
impressed by the showing made in
the review and were high in their
praise of the wonderful work accom-
plished in the short period they have
been at camp.
The militiamen went to camp Sum-
day and will return either late tomor-
row or Sunday. They are being made
to carry out the same program as
that given in the regular army can
tonments and not one of them is COM
planning OF the life, which Is alto
gethera new TO a majority OF them
They have entered into the spirit Of
the thing and there have been no eff
forts to back out OF the work allotted.
Two members of the Perth Amboy
tioipated In the guard mount cere-
monies held yesterday during the re-
view. Lieut.. A. s. Krogh being adju-
tant of the guard and Lieut.. Thomas
Peterson sergeant major.
This afternoon Major Antisell, of
mander OF the second battalion at
evening parade. This is usually held
at 4:s0 o'clock and draws a large
crowd to the parade grounds as the
ceremonies are attractive.
On Wednesday members of Com
pany A received instructions In self
defense by q lieutenant from Camp
Dix. It consisted OF lessons IN box
ing. The boys, according to reports.
went at 1t with their coats-and some
their shirts-off giving all that was
In them.
A number OF the officers OF Battery
=, Second New Jersey Field Artillery.
are in Company A. together with the
local militia reserve officers, they be-
ing Captain Thomas L. Hanson,
Lieutenants L. p. Booz, Jr.. @. A.
Baldwin. ]. Scott Burns and r. Lee
Whitehead. i
AS the result of the scorching heat
at camp on Wednesday the regular
drills were postponed until late in the
afternoon. The men are kept busy
from 1880 O'Clock in the morning un-
til 9 o'clock at night with the various
drills, instructions and lectures. In
struction in exercises with the rife;
school of the company, close and ex-
tended order; bayonet exercises and
conferences are all In the days work.
In the line OF recreation there are
band concerts and entertainments at
the Y. NJ. G. A. tent.
There are forty-eight militia re-
serve units represented at camp with
las oficers. There are nfty-one on
GERS at camp from the state militia
organization. including the Second
New Jersey Field Artillery. The en-
listed men in camp number eB1, di-
vided among Companies c, ID, z, F,
@ and H. All Perth Amboy enlisted
men are in Company F. All commits
stoned officers Of the Perth Amboy
battalion have been presented with
their commissions as officers by Col.
Rogers and have been sworn in.