Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-23
FEW RfJrUTivas
AMONG n. J. MEN
State Has Fine Record of Phys
icaI Fitness Was Twelfth
to Report Registrations
BIZ spceioI Correspondent.

BY Special correspondent
TRENTON. Sept. 23:-Adjutant
| General Frederick w. GiIkyson, in u
statement issued here today. declared
that he could not compliment . too
highly the various draft boards
throughout the state for that combin-
alton of fairness and sound judgment
which has resulted in besto wing a ma
tional distinction upon New Jersey IN
the matter of Selective Service rec
ords.
The general referred first to the Of
fetal report from the Office of the
provost marshal general. showing
that the ratio of men rejected to men
Indicted into the military service has
been mailer in New Jersey than in
any other state of the union. The
report comes in the form OF an Illus
;rated scale showing the physical re-
tections at amp from February ~
70 July IS. 1918, and New Jersey Is
at the bottom of the scale with the
lowest percentage OF men rejected al
camp after they had been accepted
for service and indicted by the draft
boards.
ITO my mind" asserted General
Gilkyson today, there could not De
a stronger testimonial TO the efficiency
and care OF our New Jersey boards,
both district and local, as well as the
members of the medical advisory
boards and other officials, and l want
these faithful workers to know that
Governor Edge and myself, as well as
the directing authorities OF the draft
system in Washington thoroughly ap-
p~reciate their patriotic efforts.
The adjutant general then went on
to say that 1t may not be generally
known that New Jersey was the first
state in the country having a large
registration under the recent call Tor
man power from IS TO 45 years OF
age to make a full report to Washing
ton of the registration results. and the
twelfth state in all to make such re-
port. Registration Day was on Sep
temper IL, and this report was teie-
phoned from the office OF the ao9utAn'
general to the provost marshaf gen
erals headquarters in Washington on
the morning of the sixteenth.
II was also announced today that a
total Of 6.1TS Jerseymen had been
trained for military service during the
period from June 10 to september y
at the Sea Girt state camp rounds
OF this total number receiving IN
tensive military training, l,s4a men
met expenses OF h camp from their
own private funds. that is. the DAT
men attending the camp or instruc-
ton for officers and non commission
ed officers OF the Militia Reserve and
the National Guard, and the S9S men
attending the encampment of the
Militia Reserve. "This appeals to me
as a very convincing demonstration
of The fine animating spirit of our
volunteer reserve organization de-
clared Mr.. Gilkyson.
Exactly 1851 men attended h
State Militia cncampment n 72S
the camp of instruction for officers
n non-commissioned officers of IA
State Militia. The intensive character
of the military instruction received
By these units was without precedent
in the military annals of the state N
must be regarded as exceedingly
helpful to the Jerseymen who bene-
fitted and who later nay be called in
TO the military service of the nation.
The expense of the encampment OF
the National Guard. Second Regi-
ment, Heavy Field Artillery. and the
Third n Fourth companies. Coast
Artillery Corps. consisting of 1,154
men under canvas. were borne by the
federal government. These men were
put through the military courses by
instructors from the United States
Army, and the indications are that
the Wal Department will find 1t prac- !
tical and desirable TO call these units
into the federal military service as
units. On the whole. 1t seems that
the whole camp at Sea Ght last sum-
mer was the most important and ef-
fectiye from a strictly military stand
point OF any in the history of New
Jersey.