The Penn's Grove record., 1921-11-18
EDWARDS ORDERS
Guard Shifts
Governor Takes Radical Step for
Complete Reorganization of
Militia of New Jersey.
B0RDEN'S FOES HARD HIT
Radical Guard Shifts by Executive Or
ders-South Jersey officers Claim
Changes Will Mean Com
pIete AnnihiIation.

Trenton. - Sweeping reorganization
of the New Jersey National Guard is
called for in an order issued by Gov
ernor Edwards. Changes proposed
were decided upon AT Il conference
which the governor held recently with
Colonel Th0rHe, Inspector general of
the National Guard; his assistant,
Major Henry =. Perrine; Lieutenant
Colonel 81 lie. acting commander of
the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regi-
ment; Colonel Hill of the quartermas-
ter'S department and the governors
Son, Captain Edward |. Edwards. Jr., a
member of the governors staff.
The changes are designed to place
control of the guard more securely in
the hands of those officers who have
not been aligned with that discordant
element that has kept the organiza-
TONS affairs in a turmoil since the de-
velopment Of the General Borden con-
trOversy nearly a year ago. Through
the proposed Encouragement of guard
units it is hoped to make possible re-
sumption of the development Of the
states military establishment, which
has slumped materially in morale and
has ~deteriorated in organization since
General Borden was jumped to the COM
mand Of the brigade of infantry troops
over the heads of officers who had &C.
tive service in France and who were
considered better qualified for the post.
Adoption Of the reorganization plans
ordered by Governor Edwards will
mean that the administration of the
affairs of the guard, even including the
units organized in south Jersey cOun-
ties, will be directed from the northern
part of the state, where there Is less
hostility TO General Borden and to his
views concerning the best interests Of
the guard. South Jersey will retain
guard units, but they will be absolutely
controlled from the other end Of the
state.
Headquarters Transferred
The executive order issued by Gov
ernor Edwards was unlike other mill
tary orders in that it did not come
through the office of the adjutant gen
eral. 1t transfers the headquarters Of
the One Hundred and Fourteenth Regi-
ment, south Jerseys crack infantry or
= ganizatiOn, from Camden to Paterson
and the headquarters of the three bat
talions making up the regiment, now
located at Elizabeth, Bridgeton and
Trenton, to cities in north Jersey.
At present the New Jersey brigade is
made up of the One Hundred and Thir-
teenth Infantry, with headquarters in
Newark, and the One Hundred and
Fourteenth Infantry, whose headquar-
tiers have for years been at Camden.
Pesent Headquarters Of the One Hun
dred and Thirteenth battalions are at
Newark, Jersey City and Paterson, but
under the reorganization plan they will
be located at Newark. Elizabeth and
Railway. Headquarters Of the present
Paterson battalion will be transferred
to Elizabeth and that of the Jersey City
battalion to Railway.
The reorganization of the One Hun
bred and Fourteenth Infantry will car
~ with it the transfer of the present
Elizabeth battalion headquarters to
Orange. the Trenton headquarters to
Jersey City and the Bridgeton head
quarters to Paterson.
Changes will also be made in the
numerical designations Of many Of the
companies. Company a of Salem will
be Company l of the One Hundred and
Thirteenth Infantry, Company X Of
Melville will become Company E and
Company G of Asbury Park will be-
come Company F, Company L of Vine
land will become Company B of the
JT.4J,4l 4nI INa,Irtnntth nn1 Com
pany e of Mount Holly will become
Company l.. Company H of Bridgeton
will retain its present designation.
Charge Attempted Manipulation
Members of the National Guard who
are unfriendly to General Borden see in
the proposed Encouragement of guard
, units an attempt to manipulate the va
rious organizations so that it will be
nossible to control the election of supe-
rior officers to succeed those who have
resigned. The success of this plan Is a
subject for speculation.
stations of the south Jersey compa-
MES were not changed at this time be-
cause of the fact that under federal
reeulations units of the National Guard
Qffpr TeCtlN Iii I a
tain a federal status, and the stations
of the units may be changed only with
RE sanction of the wal department.
$e42,87o to Assist Jobless
= New Jersey will receive S942,S10.9o
ont of the $4,000, 900 just appropriated
nv Congress for the various states for
the purpose of alternating the unem-
nIovment situation by building new
state highways. This appropriation
was contained in the federal highway
act, passed a few days ago, OF New
~Iersey's allotment ~S314,290.32 is now
available. and $62S, 5So.95 will be OBJ
toinable on January l next. These
amounts are in addition to the unex-
J nended balance of $1,51S,4SO from al
iotments to the state under the proVi-
30 former federal aid acts.