Gass jj J / -'• NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY' IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1918 COMPILED BY JOHN P. WALL U}l|p Mm mxh Unmni lit" Neiu Irimsuitck, Ncut dlrrspy utbu uphFlft tlif lionnr nf tlirir rily tn tbr minib Mar PREFACE THESE PAGES WERE COMPILED TO PERPETU- ATE THE VALOR AND COURAGE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NEW BRUNSWICK WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREATEST CONFLICT THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, AND TO EXPRESS OUR DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE NEARLY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS CITY WHO DONNED THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES AND GATHERED UNDER THE COLORS TO OFFER THEIR LIVES THAT THE PRINCIPLES SO DEAR TO THEM SHOULD NOT PERISH. f {A^^^- '^^f 3I5SJ 1> IIIi;]!M01«I.^I> ( H^ ^ f W 11 Mi\..i ..1 \,u 1,1 UP \ uk \ 1 %M i^9i MA.IOli-CEXKRAL WILLIAM \\K1(;1-;L S8th Division brigadiki;-(;kxki;ai. .M)SI';i LIEUT. COM. /RTHfT]; CARPENDER LIEUT. COM. FRANK J. DALY LIEUT. CRAIG DENMAN, U. S. N. LIEUT. COM. WM. NICHOLAS Ciipt. HAROLD S. FLANNAGAN. D.D.S Capt. WM. J. CONDON, M.D. Capt. HERBERT J. NAFEY. M.D. ipt. AT,EX. GRUESSNER, M.D. Capt. UALl'H X. I'ERLEE Ai-tillery Cap;. FLOYD M. CHIDESTER Sanitary Coi^ps P^DMOND W. BILLETDOUX isoii Officer, Q.M.C. Capt. \VM. B. TWISS Infantry Capt. RAYMOND S. PATERSON Sanitary Coips Capt. WM. P. WHITE Sig-nal Coips Capt. CHARLES H. REED Co. M, 311th Infantrv, 78th Division Capt. T. RICHARD A. SMITH Co. H, 113th Infantry, 29th Division Capt. VIVIAN ROSS Ordnance Capt. CHARLES F. SEIBERT Co. I, 305th Inf., trans, to Co. D, 113th Inf. HOW THE GREAT WAR OPENED N June 28, 1914, the Archduke Fraacis Ferdinand, heir-apparent to the throne of Austro-Hungary, visited the city of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, to take part in a public ceremony. As he was driving through the town a Bosnian named Cabri- novicz threw two bombs at his automobile. Both fell short Despite this warning and the supposed excel- lence of the Austrian police system, that same after- noon a young Bosnian named Gabrilio Prinzip succeeded in reaching the steps of his automobile and fired two shots from an automatic pistol. His aim was only too good. Both the Archduke and his wife, a Czech countess whom he had married morgana- tically, were killed. Prinzip was seized, but was later given the com- parative immunity of a prison sentence, while several political leaders of the pro-Serbian faction were held as the real principals and three of them were exe- cuted. The Serbian government immediately ex- pressed its horror, and was assured that the affair would not disturb the relations between Austria and Serbia. The world in general assumed that the inci- dent would end where it had begun — in Bosnia. Nearly a month passed. Then on July 23d, to the amazement and consternation of all Europe, Austria- Hungary sent to Serbia the most startling ultimatum ever addressed by one free nation to another. It demanded: Prohibition of publications hostile to Austria-Hun- gary; suppression of societies engaged in propaganda against Austria-Hungary; elimination from the schools of teaching opposed to Austria-Hungary; re- moval from the Serbian military service of officers whom Austria-Hungary should thereafter name; ac- ceptance of Austrian military and judicial commis- sions to carry out Austrian demands. Press, public meetings, education, military service and administration of justice in Serbia must all be turned over to Austrian dictation. And Serbia must accept these terms within 48 hours. Serbia accepted! The terrified little nation quib- bled on only two of the demands, conceding the others unreservedly and concluded with an offer to refer any point not satisfactorily answered to The Hagfue tribunal or to the powers. And then, on July 28th, Austria declared war, and on July 29th the great world war was begun by the shelling of Belgrade. The alliance between Germany and Austria was defensive only, as Italy, the third member of the league, later showed. Even had it been otherwise, disregard of its obligations for the purpose of pre- serving peace could have presented no moral dif- ficulties to a nation which was soon to violate equally binding treaties in order to carry out her plans of war. The slightest word from Germany would huve compelled Austria-Hungary to settle her quarrel. As a matter of fact, the Austrian government was at one time on the point of yielding to reason, but Ger- many compelled it to go on. The assassination of the Archduke was to be made the pretext for cai-ry- ing out plans of military aggression which the Ger- man imperial leaders had long been preparing. These plans contemplated nothing less than the conquest of a large part of Europe, if not of the world. Evidence of this accumulated during the progress of the war. Aug^ust Thyssen, a leading German steel manufac- turer, published in 1917 a pamphlet telling about several meetings of German men between 1912 and 1914 at which the Emperor promised them gr«>at financial rewards for supporting him in the projected war. Thyssen was "personally promised 30,000 acres in Australia." Other firms were to have "special trading facilities in India, which was to be conquered by Germany, be it noted, by the end of 1915." A syndicate was formed for the exploitation of Canada." Prince Lichnowsky, who was German ambassador to Great Britain when the war began, wrote for his family archives in 1916 a record, which later gained publication, in which he said that Serbia had accepted almost the whole ultimatum "under Russian and British pressure," and that "Count Berchtold was even prepared to satisfy himself with the Serbian reply." Lichnowsky added that he had to support in London a policy, "the heresy of which I recognized" and suggested that the German people were domin- ated by "the spirit of Treitschke and of Bemhardi, which glorifies war as an end in itself." The United States army intelligence service learned from German agents arrested in this country that on July 10, 1914, a corps of German propagan- dists had been sent to neutral countries to develop sentiment for Germany in the war which was about to begin. Henry Morgenthau, United States ambassador to Turkey, was told, a few weeks after the war started, by both the Austrian and German ambassadors at Constantinople, that war had been decided on at a conference in Berlin early in July- This was why when Russia called her reserves to the colors on the day following Austria's declaration of war on Serbia, Germany immediately began to mobilize and on August 1st declared war on Russia. It was not on the Russian frontier, however, that Germany massed her troops. France was bound to Russia by a treaty of alliance; and, before sending her ultimatum to Russia, Germany demanded of France whether she would remain neutral. France ordered mobilization, but directed her troops to keep ten miles inside the French border. Nevertheless, cav- ahy skii-mishe? occurred on both the French ard Rus- sian frontiers on the following day, August 2d, and Thirty-three NEW BRUNSWICK on the same day German troops entered the neutral duchy of Luxemburg, which could only protest. The formal declaration of war on France was made on August 3d. The first and greatest horrors of war, however, were to fall, not on Serbia or Russia or France, but on a nation which was absolutely inoffensive and un- concerned in the quarrel. On July 31st, before any declaration of war except that of Austria had oc- curred, three German army corps started for the Belgian border, and on August 2d the amazed and frightened government of Belgium received an ulti- matum demanding the right of passage for the Ger- man army through Belgian territory. The particular wickedness of this note lay in the concluding para- graph, which read: "Should Belgium oppose the German troops and particularly should she throw difficulties in the way of their march by a resistance of the fortresses on the Meuse, or by destroying rail- ways, roads, tunnels or other similar works, Germany will, to her regret, be compelled to consider Belgium as an enemy." Germany was not content to ask the privilege of sending troops through Belgium and to offer alliance and protection against invasion by France, which she professed to believe was threatened, though France had just given the most positive assurance to the contrary. She was not even satisfied to an- nounce her purpose to move through Belgium and leave the question of Belgium's attitude for the fu- ture. She placed Belgium at the outset in the posi- tion of a subject province to be subdued if it dared to resist. In view of the later attitude of the Ger- man leaders, there can be little doubt that this note was written in the expectation and hope that Belgium would resist, since that would further the project of annexation. Germany's course violated written as well as moral law. The perpetual neutrality of Belgium had been solemnly guaranteed by a treaty between the five great powers, including Prussia, as early as 1831, and had several times been reaffirmed. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg frankly admitted in his speech to the rcich.stag on August 4th that Germany had acted "contrary to the dictates of international law." The excuse offered was "military necessity." When the British ambassador at B^rMn gave warr- ing of the consequence of violating Be'gium's neu- trality, the German foreign minister, Von Jagow, heatedly referred to the treaty as a "scrap of paner." Great Britain's attitude up to this time had been that of a mediator seeking to avert the general! calamity. She had a friendly undorstanding with France and Russia, but was not allied with thom by treaty. It is probable that even when Premier As- quith and his associates sent an ultimatum to Ger- many demanding that Belgium's neutrality be respected, they cherished a strong hope that their threat would compel Germany to pause. But if so, Thirty- foir the hope was disappointed, and on August 4th the was became general with Germany and Austria- Hungary on one side and Great Britain, France, Bel- gium, Russia and Serbia on the other. Montenegro came to the aid of Serbia four days later. The events of 1915, which had most influence on the outcome of the war, though not in the way which the Germans expected, were the operations of sub- marines. On February 4th, the German government declared all the waters around the British Isles a war zone and gave notice that neutral as well as enem.y shipping was liable to be sunk. This aroused the United States. The President immediately notified Germany that she would be held to "strict accountability." The seriousness of the submarine threat soon Be- came apparent when the British steamer "Fa'aba" was sunk on March 28th in Saint George's Chnnnel, drowning 111 of the passengers an! crew, including one American. Soon nfterwjrd the Aireican steamer "Gushing" was attacked and damaged by a German ail-plane in the Norlh Sea a'd a litlo later the "Gulf- light" was torpedoed off the Scilly i lands. The climax came on May 7, however, when the great passenger liner "Lusitania" was torpedoed off the south coast of Ireland with a loss of 1,153 men, women and children, of whom 114 were Americans. Indignation blazed to a white heat. It was thought that the United States would declare w»ar at once. The President called on Germany to disavow the act, adding that the United States would not "omit any word or any act necessary to the perfonnance of its sacred duty" of maintaining the rights of its citi- zens- The Germans, however, made a conciliatory answer, and although the steamer "Nebraska" was soon afterward torpedoed, but not sunk, the incident was allowed to dwindle into a series of inconclusive diplomatic notes, only to flame up again when, on August 19th, the liner "Arabic" was sunk off Ireland with a loss of 44 passengers and crew, including two Americans. More notes followed, culminating on October 5th in a disavowal by the German government of the act of the submarine commander, an offer to pay indem- nity and a promise that no similar incident would occur again. Little more than a month afterward, the "Arabic" tragedy was repeated in the Mediterranean when the Italian liner "Ancona" was sunk with a loss of more than 200 lives, including nine Americans. The responsibility for this act, however, was as.sumed by the Austrian government, which, after another series of notes, duplicated the German promise and then broke it on December 30th by sinking the liner "Persia" with a loss of 392 lives, including an Amer- ican consul. Public indignation was further aroused by the dis- covery of indisputable evidence that, while this con- troversy was going on, plots to foment strikes, N THE WORLD WAR destroy munition plants and commit other acts against the peace of the United States were being directed from the German and Austrian embassies. The recall of the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Dumba, was demanded in September, and the German mili- tary and naval attaches, Captain Von Uapen and Captain Boy-Ed, were similarly sent home in December. Nevertheless, the government accepted the Ger- man word, and the country was kept out of war for the time being, even refraining from beginning any active preparation. The "Lusitania" sinking, how- ever, had turned against the Teutonic powers a greater force than cannon or armed battalions. It had aroused the conscience of civilization. Their every word and act thereafter were faced by the silent, accusing fingers of drowned children. "ILS NE PASSERONT PAS" The battle cry of the French poilus at Verdun, "They shall not pass," was descriptive of the entire war in 1916. Not only at Verdun, but at Ypres, in the North Sea and in the Italian Trentino, they did not pass. And the successful counter-blows on the Somme, in Galicia and the Caucasus and on the Isonzo gave offensive emphasis to the power of the Allies. Nowhere except in the detached campaign against Roumania had the Gennans been able to repeat their successes of 1915. If the Rus- sians could have continued to develop the recupera- tive strength which they had shown in 1916, the campaigns of 1917 might well have brought a de- cisive Allied victory. But intrigue and treachery had been at work in Russia. It was probably a knowledge of the successes of their agents in Russia and an expectation that the betrayal of Roumania was to be followed by a sep- arate peace with the Czar's government which gave the Germans confidence to break their word to the United States for the third time. On January 31st, they gave notice that after February 1st they would resume submarine ruthlessness. This was a con- temptuous violation of both the "Sussex" and the "Arabic" pledges as well as of a special pledge, given in the "Frye" case, not to sink American .ships. The Germans may have believed that the influence of their friends in American politics and the sts-onjc pacifist sentiment in the Southern and Western parts of the country, which in the winter of 1916 had nearly put through Congress th^ McLemore resolu- tion forbidding Americans to travel on foreign ships and had made a powerful appeal for an embargo on the export of munitions, would prevent the United States from entering the war under any provocation. They undoubtedly thought that, in any event, the Uinted States, having made no preparation, would be unable to send troops to Europe in time to give effective help to the Allies. This time the Germans did not attempt to hold off the United States with diplomatic notes and new promises, although given ample opportunity to tlo so. President Wilson, when he severed diplomatic relations on February 3d, still declared his unwill- ingness to believe that the Germans would actually do as they threatened. The sinking of several ships, including two American merchantmen and the liner "Laconia," by which three American lives were lost, removed all doubt on that point. Feeling was further intensified by the discovery of a secret message from the German foreign minister, Zimmermann, to the German minister to Mexico, directing him to propose to Mexico an alliance with Germany against the United States and that Mexico should conquer Texas, Arizona and New Mexico and should attempt to draw Japan into the plan. The President then, on Feb- ruary 26th, proposed a resort to "armed neutrality," asking authority to arm American ships for defense, but again expressed the hope that it would "not be necessary to put armed forces anywhere into action." The opposition of twelve senators prevented the granting of this authority before the expiration of Congress on March 4th, but the President pro- ceeded to arm merchant ships under his general powers and called a special session of Congress to meet on April 2d. More ships had been sunk in the meantime, and there was no further hesitation. When the President asked Congress to declare war, however, he based his action, not alone on the special grievances of the United Staates, but on the gen- eral course of the German government, which he called a "challenge to all mankind." He denounced the German autocracy as "the natural foe of liberty" and asked for action because "the world must be made safe for democracy." The declaration of war was adopted on April 6th with six opposition votes in the Senate and 50 in the House. In addition to providing for a large increase in the Regular ai-my and National Guard by voluntary enlistment, a general conscription of all men between the ages of 21 and 31 was ordered. Money was raised by popular bond issue, and war activities be- gan on an enormous scale. A naval contingent reached Great Britain on May 4th and at once began patrol work against submarines. General John G. Pershing was appointed to command the army. He landed in France with his staff on June 13th. The first contingent of regular troops arrived on the 26th. More than a year passed, however, before the United States began to take an active part at the front. Cuba followed the course of the United States at once. Brazil immediately severed diplomatic rela- tions, but did not declare war till October. Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, Ecuador and Santo Domingo either severed diplomatic relations or otherwise indicated their sympathy with the United States. Siam de- clared war in July, and China in August. Panama, Hayti, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nica- ragua all declared war. Even the little negro re- public of Liberia came in. The worid was at war. Thirty-five NEW BRUNSWICK New Eirisimswklk's Abswcit fto ftlhie Call On April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared be- fore Congress and advised a declaration of war against Germany. Acting upon this advice the Senate, on April 4th, and the House of Representa- tives, on April 6th, each by an overwhelming vote, passed a resolution declaring that a state of war existed between the Imperial German Government and the United States. President Wilson signed the resolution on the same day and thereupon immediate- ly issued a proclamation heralding the news to the people. For more than a half century, barring the short conflict with Spain, the United States had been at peace. There seemed no danger of war. The United States was so gigantic, so powerful, so isolated, that nothing threatened it. There could be no war- On the whole Western Hemisphere there was no worthy foe for America; therefore there could be no war — for it was unthinkable that the United States would plunge into a war in Europe; unthinkable that the Republic would form an alliance with any nation of the world to fight against another nation. That would be contrary to the traditions of America, contrary to the fundamental principles of our exis- tence, contrary to the doctrine of every President from George Washington to Woodrow Wilson. It seemed certain that there was no danger of our being forced into the war. And Mr. Wilson ran for President on the platform, "He kept us out of war." That was his watchwoi-d in 1916. That battle cry re- elected him President of the United States. Therefore on April 6, 1917, when the declaration Thitiy-six of war came, the people scarcely comprehended th« gravity of the situation. Nobody believed, even then, that our boys would be sent to the battlefields of Europe. It was to be a sort of negative warfare; so it seemed. Diplomatic relations were to be ; evered and moral and financial assistance was to be lent to the Allies, but the people could not realize that their sons were to be drafted from the field and factory and sent to the trenches in France. But in six weeks from the day that war was declared. President Wilson signed the draft act- The situation began to grow serious. The stem hand of discipline had appeared and the people saw that the government was in eamest. The registrations and drafting of men commenced. The National colors were flowing full to the breeze there to remain until the Hun was defeated. .\t this point the nation began to come into con- tact with the realities of the war. Farmer boys left their ploughs in the field, mechanics dropped their tooLs at the bench, bookkeepers closed their ledgers and accounts, students walked out from the college doors, young professional men closed their offices and in every phase of life the vocations of peace were abandoned for the duties of war. The streets were filled with the tread of marching troops and scenes of parting were witnessed on every hand. From the very beginning of hostilities in Europe, long before the submarine outrages at sea, the pub- lic sentiment of America turned strongly against Germany. Why this w&s so it is not necessary to argue — it was so. This feeling became greatly inten- sified by the sinking of the Lusitania. A wave of IN THE WORLD WAR indignation swept over America and the world. The people took sides positively with the Allies, nine- tenths of them. Then came the destruction of the Arabic and the Sussex and the rapid aggression upon American shipping, so that the overwhelming preponderance of public opinion was against Ger- many. There were many who had ties that bound them to their Fatherland and the Central Powers- But sud- denly the bugle sounded and the American flag wais unfurled in war. The honor of the Stars and Stripes was challenged. Then patriotism, the great dormant American instinct, leaped into being. All the ancient ties were forgotten. America was in the war. That was enough. All other con- siderations disappeared. The summons was issued and every race, color and creed responded. Those maligning the Kaiser, those friendly to the Central Powers, those native to the soil of this continent, those bom across the seas — the Yankees, the French, the Poles, the Irish, the Swedes, the English, the Italians, the Africans, the Germans, the Chinamen and the Japs were assembled soldiers of the Republic. All true Americans cemented into one body and for one common cause — to win the war. While all this was taking place in the Nation, Mayor Farrington and his band of faithful advisers were hard at work making every preparation for the protection of New Brunswick and its citizens. On April 2, a proclamation was issued by Mayor Farrington on account of the critical international crisis, assuring the foreig:n bom residents every protection as long as they remained loyal. The proclamation follows and was printed in six different languages, English, German, Hungarian, Polish Italian and Greek. PROCLAMATION "I, Edward F. Farrington, Mayor of New Bruns- wick, deem it wise in the present crisis, in this formal proclamation to assure all residents of foreign birth that even in the event of the United States becoming involved actively in the great European war, no citizen of any foreign power, resident of New Bruns- wick, need fear any invasion of his personal or property rights as he goes peacefully about his busi- ness and conducts himself in a law abiding manner. "The United States has never, in any war, con- fiscated the property of any foreign resident unless by his owm hostile acts he made it necessary. "I take this formal means of declaring to all foreign-bom residents that they will be protected in fhe ownership of their property and money, and that they will be free from molestation so long as they obey the laws of the State and Nation and the ordinances of the city. "I urgently request that all our people refrain from public discussion of questions involved in the present crisis and maintain a calm and considerate attitude toward everyone without regard to their nationality. "EDWARD F. Farrington, Mayor. "New Brunswick, N. J., April 2, 1917." During the entire period of the war there was not the least sign of disloyalty shown by any of the inhabitants of New Branswick. At the same time no chance was taken. The Home Defense league was formed. The water plant, the bridges, factories and public buildings were put under guard. The United States Secret Service had a central office located in the Post Office under the direction of the Navy, and what they did not know about the citizens of this vicinity did not amount to much. It must b« said for the men that were in charge of the local office that they were of the highest type of citizen- ship and when the time came to close the office it was with regret that our citizens saw them depart. Spies and rumors of spies, bomb plots and anti- American propaganda had a real meaning for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and one of the points most carefully watched was its great bridge across the Raritan River between New Brunswick and Highland Park. The first real sign of the threatening war was the placing of guards and the building of guard houses at each end of the bridge, on the tow path and on the bridge proper. The honor of being the real pioneers in the actual protection of the city fell to these guards who went on duty early in March, 1917. They were relieved April 3, by a detail of thirty- five men from Co. H, 5th Reg. N. G., N. J., from Orange, N. J. They were encamped at Buccleuch Park. They were later replaced by a detachment from the 15th colored regiment of New York. When these men were called into active service the rail- road company took over the guarding of its whole system. In compiling this record of New Brunswick's part in the war every effort was made to list all the men that entered the service from this city and Highland Park. The names of the drafted men from Local Board No. 1 is complete. The enlisted men who were under or over the draft age or entered the service before the first registration were difficult to find and a few may be missing from the list If so, it is not the fault of the compiler as every means was taken to notify the missing that their names were needed to complete the list. There is no official list either of the drafted or enlisted men from Highland Park but through the efforts of Mrs. Alfred S. Tin- dell of Highland Park, and the files of the local papers, a very complete roster was made. The Honor Roll is complete, as extra care was taken to secure the names of those who died in the service. The most remarkable feature of the com- piling of this list was the lack of interest taken by the families of the boys that died in service, only seven of them making any effort to give conect data- The same is to be said of many of the boy« Thirty-seven NEW BRUNSWICK who returned and did not take the trouble to have their names repistei-ed. Of the hundreds of men who went to war from New Brunswick not one lost an arm or leg. The most seriously injured was Captain William J. Con- don, wounded in action less than three hundred yards from the German trenches while giving surgical aid to the wounded. Captain Charles H. Reed and private William Manley sustained severe wounds in the body and legs. In the Navy, William V. Kibbie lost an eye at target practice in England. A number of others were wounded or gassed but so severely as to cause a permanent disability. New Brunswick had the distinction of being the only city in the United States in which a Major- General, on active sei-vice, led a parade of discharged service men. Lieutenant Commander Arthur S. Carpender com- maned the Fanning when she captured the Ger- man submarine 11-58 off the coast of Queenstown and took four officers and thirty-five men prisoner, the first to be taken by the United States Navy. For this action Carpender was recommended by the British Admiralty for the D. S. O., which was subse- quently conferred upon him by the King at a private audience at Buckingham Palace. Later he was granted the D. S- C. by Congress. New Brunswick in a little more than two years, contributed $413,240.80 to war relief and war relief campaigns. This only includes contributions for organized campaigns conducted in the city. Of course, the Liberty Loan drives and the War Sav- ings Stamp sales — being investments — are not con- sidered, although to many it was a sacrifice to sub- scribe as heavily as they did for the Government bonds. The people learned to give during the war and large sums were raised in "quiet" campaigns. For instance, at the beginning of the war $16,400.00, was raised at a meeting held at the residence of Mr. Sidney B. Carpender, ex-President Taft being the speaker of the evening. This was for the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. In the earlier campaigns it was no small task to collect money. As the war progressed the people gave to all drives without a question. The hardest di-ive was the first Red Cross, and the one that the people gave up to the easiest was the second Red Cross. This appeal came at a crucial time — in May, 1918 — ^when soldiers were being nished to France at the rate of hundreds of thousands a month. The Germans appeared stronger than ever. Just as the Red Cross campaign opened the Seventy-eighth Divi- sion left Camp Dix and brought the war home to New Bnanswick. Never before was there a more generous response with contributions. The largest campaign was the United War Work in which $n4,16-J.29 was subscribed. The city over subscribed its quota in every drive. The average number of subscribers to all of the campaigns was about 10,000, and as more than $400,000 was collected for the war drives it shows an average of more than $400 given by each sub- scriber, or placing the war population of the city at 40,000, it means that every man, woman and child gave up about $100, a record to be proud of. Retrospective of war time campaigns a word is not amiss concerning a few New Brunswickers whose personal application to the task was a feature of every drive. First place must be given to the late Mayor Edward F. Farrington, who will always have the distinction of being known as the War Mayor of New Brunswick. To the work coming to him as the city executive in the many different direc- tions caused by the world-wide war he devoted his time and brain unstintedly and gave to the service a patriotism that was pure, self-sacrificing and noble. AS President of the Patriotic Force of New Bruns- wick, as President of the Home Defense League, and as Chaii-man of the Soldiers' Farewell and Welfare Committee, he extended his labors night and day to the breaking point of endui-ance, but he never stop- ped and could not be stopped because his rich heart was absolutely engrossed in the America that he loved and his sympathies for his own boys who had offered their all for their country had become the passion of his life. Next comes Henry G. Parker, to whose executive ability was due the success of the First and Second Liberty Loans, of which he was the Chairman. It was he who organized the workers that later put over all the drives. As Chairman of the Third and Fourth Liberty I.oans, James W. Johnson gave the best that was in him— and that is saying as much as a whole volume. Charles A. MacCormack, after .serving his country in Washington, assumed the Chairmanshin of the Victory Loan and with his usual energy put it "away over the top." The smooth oratory and fine hand of Peter F. Daly was forever in evidence when needed to make the war a success. The same may be said of Dr. Austin Scott, Commissioner John J. Mor- rison, Robert E- Ross, James K. Rice, Jr., Sidney B. Carpender, Robert C. Nicholes, Robert W. Johnson, Dr. E. I. Cronk, J. Keamey Rice, Sr., and Elmer E. Connelly. There were many others but these were the towering lights who led that others might follow. Thirty-eight IN THE WORLD WAR j®]n^fl(£© Tllne War EirotuglhiL Horn© as C©o H Depairiis Two weeks before the United States broke off diplomatic relations with the Imperial German Gov- ernment there was no class of Americans who ap- peared, to the casual eye, more unconcerned with war and its alarums than a certain proportion of tlie male population of these parts that was wont to congregate one night a week in the National Guard armories, there to don olive drab and spend an hour or so practicing the intricacies of fall in, right dress, front, squads right, march, etc. They seemed to be m the mood to take things as they came and not fret over what the future held. Half the world was at war and America was fast drifting into it, worthy citizens were crjdng out for retaliation for Germany's insults, the nation was working itielf up into a just rage. But these undisturbed young men went their way in unruffled calm. Time enough to get warmed up when the call came. These seemingly nonchalant fellows were the men of the National Guard of New Jersey. They were the men who responded eagerly enough when their call was sounded, and who, with recruits and replace- ments swelling their number, and welded into the Twenty-ninth Division, hammered the Hun with all their might and nobly did their part of the task that befell the ai-my of the United States in the forests and ravines of the Northeast of France. The break with Germany was announced to Con- gress, February 3, 1917, and the evening papers spread the news throughout the country. Disap- peared then the manner that had made the National Guard seem apathetic and indifferent. No flaring patriotism took its place, no frenzy of enthusiasm begot in them an up-and-at-'em bravado. They simply dropped into the amiory to see what was do- ing, and hung around awaiting the call they expected. The night of February 3 there came the forerunner of the actual declaration of war in the shape of a telegram from the War Department notifying the adjutants general of the states to take steps to insure the safety of ai-mories, arsenals and store houses within their military jurisdiction. The notification found the New Jersey National Guard ready, its mobilization plans all prepared and the men await- ing only the order calling them out. On March 28, 1917, the War Department ordered the mobilizing of the National Guard for police duty. Company H was notified that afternoon at 2 o'clock and were placed under arms. Later the members were examined and those that passed were, on March 31. mustered into the Federal service. On Tuesday, April 6, 1917, amid the cheers of a huge crowd that completely filled the station plat- form. Company H of the Second Regiment of New Jersey departed on the 1.14 train over the Pennsyl- vania Railroad for Trenton, and thence to Camden where they were detailed to points to be guarded. The company was made up of 68 men under the command of Captain J. Bayard Kirkpatrick. Orders to move were received by Captain Kirk- patrick early in the morning and at 9 o'clock the men were informed and instructions issued to make immediate preparations for departure at 1.14 o'clock. The men were permitted to return to their homes to bid their relatives a last farewell and were back at the armory again at 11 o'clock. At this hour final orders were imparted to the men and at 11.15 o'clock they were sent to the mes» hall and reported back at 12 o'clock. With all their equipment the men proceeded to the Pennsylvania Railroad station and were cheered enthusiastically all along the line. Huge crowds assembled at the railroad plaza and wished the boys the best of luck. When the train was about to pull out, wives were embraced in their husbands' ai-ms. To some anxious hearts there came the fear that sons and husbands were already start- ing off for France. As the hour approached for leaving, anxious mothers and wives overwhelmed the telephone at the armory seeking information on the movement of Company H. Some anxious mother wanted to say a last good-bye to her son, others wanted to impart a last word of good fortune before the final word which would take the men out of this city was given. Thus war was brought to the city's doors. It had seemed such a far-off thing — thousands of miles away; something associated with strange foreign names like Bapaume and Przemysl. But here it was Good Friday, the same day that war was formally declared on Germany, that the bitterness of war was brought right to our own doors. Here it was with young men in khaki and loaded rifles parading our stieets to the railroad station to be detailed to active work. Face to face with the facts. New Brunswickern to whom war had been so far off and apparently so impossible, began seriously to look into the future. Thirtv-ninc NEW BRUNSWICK ROSTER The following shows the roster of Company H while the company was at Anniston, Alabama, shortly before sailing for overseas duty : Captain J. BAYARD KIRKPATRICK, First Lieut., RICHARD A. SMITH Second Lieut., FREDERICK T. HAMER, First Sergeant, WALTER H. SMITH, Supply Sergeant, HARRY KRAMER. SERGEANTS: Edwin F. Ellison Rudolph C. Nordhouse Charles H. Skidmore John H. Hoagland Otto F. Wolff Merrill H. Morris CORPORALS: Russell B. Howell Stephen C. Austin Albert E. Davis, Jr. George H. Meirose Charles A. Wissert Charles Morris William Boschong Ralph Solomon Charles S. Smith William C. Hampton Theodore Lachenmayer COOKS: Arthur V. Miller George L. Burt Mechanic — Peter F. Copeland BUGLERS: Adelbert J. Heim Roy F. Fellers PRIVATES, First Class: Edward L. Breen Bertram E. ordo Charles S. Dixon James J. Hannan Edward S. Hoe, Jr. Lester Irons Howard Louyinger William B. Manley Leroy H. Morris John E. Ross Joseph Russo Chester C. Seemann William A. Smith, Jr. William Stuart James J. Staudt Benjamin H. Tallman LeRoy E. Tappen John H. Tunison Russell B. Walker George H. Wood PRIVATES: Charles J. Anderson Thaddeus A. Anzolut Walter L. Barr Clarence Bailey William J. Bates Joseph Bernard Philip H. Breece Carl J. Buckelew Martin J. Burke Albert E. Carlson Robert E. Casey William W. Cathcart Woodbum T. Covert Voorhees Dean William E. Dunham Frank J. Eckert LeRoy Ervin Harold P. Ellison John J. Ferrin Thomas A. Fullerton George Gamble Edward T. Garrigan Myles V. Garrigan Arthur L. Gowen Austin Hagaman Carl A. Hokanson Abraham Hortz Frederick L. Jemee Joseph LaPlace Edward L. Linke William H. Lorch Lester W. McGinnis Joseph V. McGovem John F, McKeon John A. Manning Oscar W. Marks, Frederick W. Matthies Louis Matthies John H. Merritt William A. Merritt James E. Mulvey Thomas H. G. O'Connor Frederick W. Obrowsky John Olesnewicz William N. Ramponi Anthony Silzer John J. Selesky John J. Slavin William V. Smith George H. Stillwell Stephen J. Stevenson William D. Tallman, Jr. Harry Tatarsky Harold Van Liew Herbert F. R. Van Nuis Alonzo F. Warren John F. Williams Leo Witkowski Ernest Zogg. Elias Goydas DR. SCHUREMAN FIRES THE FIRST SHOr IN THE ARM-Y. Forty *— 4' -< s -< o o I ssO'CiidB 1 - «""•: '1 i M pigirrS^I JA ?4^ v'4 #^!» IS 8^ -T^L i^ ^'i2i> ^;f»^^ii C' 9^ mj: ...-,. ^F^K*? i k j*iflpf I'r; 4|g ^"^^a 4 S-^i ^^if ) 'jj^^^^H^^^^^^^^^I 1 I ^ -^^^;-=-^ • T'^ . !.' ^ MIHBH; '^kT^^^MfllB^HI^I IN THE WORLD WAR Farewell Recepftaoira to Coo H aimsll ftlke Eoys of ftUn® New Naftioimal Airmy Company H and the new National Army men arrived in town on September 14, 1917, in full fight- ing array. Their springy steps and broad smiles, as they marched through the streets upon their arrival, attested to the joy in their hearts over the chance of getting into service. As the boys of Com- pany H proceeded to the Armory, they were greeted enthusiastically. Captain J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, First Lieutenant Richard S. Smith and Second Lieutenant Fred Hamer marched at the head of the local unit. The boys were bronzed by the several weeks of camp life, and marched in perfect alignment. An eleventh hour shift in the plans brought Com- pany H back to this city at 9.42 o'clock over the Pennsylvania Railroad, but even with the sudden change of plans, the citizenry of New Brunswick turned out strong to bid the boys welcome home. When the train pulled into the station, the platform was crowded with relatives and friends of the boys. Both the Public Service and the Pennsylvania Rail- road officials refused to transport the boys of Com- pany H at no expense to the committee from Tren- ton to New Brunswick, even though the Public Utility Commission had granted them a permit to do so. It was thought that either of these corporations were patriotic enough to waive the small expense at- tached, but they even refused to consider the request of the local committee. As a result, the committee had to charter a special car on the Pennsylvania Railroad to convey the boys to this city, at an expense of $177.50. Mayor Edward F. Farrington with a committee, composed of John P. Wall, Francis M. Yorston, Mil- ton Strauss, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Joseph Snyder, W- F. Thomas, Chester Wood, Harry Silverstein, John Payton and George Cathers, met the boys at the railroad station and escorted them to the Armory on Codwise avenue, where the Mayor welcomed the boys. As the boys swung along the streets on their way to the armory, they were loudly cheered. The pupils of the Livingston school were dismissed to enable them to cheer the boys, as they passed the school. When the boys marched out of the railroad station there was a bedlam of noise, with the cheering of the crowd and the shrieking claxons. Headed by the Second Regiment band and bugle corps and Mayor's committee the boys paraded down Albany street to George, to Livingston avenue to Handy street and thence to the Armory. Upon their arrival at the barracks, the soldier boys found their entrance blocked by the huge crowd. The boys were surely a happy lot They were glad to get back to their old home town and as soon as they were dismissed, there was a merry scramble for the door. The boys were granted their freedom until 3:30 o'clock when they mobilized at tue armory for the parade. The boys had nothing but praise for their company and regimental officers. Not a single complaint was heard and on all sides the boys expressed gratifica- tion over the interest manifested in them by New Brunswick citizens. MAYOR'S WELCOME Mayor Farrington in welcoming the boys said: "We are proud of 'Our Boys.' You are going from us to put down a force that has flooded the world with blood. You are coming back to us, but you are not coming back until you have finished your job. Your bravery and valor will speed the end. "As Mayor of New Brunswick, I welcome you back to this historic old city, whose revolutionary tradi- tions are known far and wide. The citizens of New Brunswick have prepared a celebration in your honor, for they have the sincerest love for you and pray and when this bloody conflict is at an end, you will come back to us. "To Captain Kirkpatrick and officers of Company H, and above all, to the men in the ranks, in the name of the people of New Brunswick, I bid you Godspeed. You are worthy defenders of the righteous cause to which our nation is committed. "The love and hopes and prayers of a great people go with you. Thousands of us, men and women, put our trust in you. Every day we shall look for news of you. Every day we shall know you are bearing yourselves as soldiers of the Republic, doing your part to right a great wrong. We cannot fail because we know you and the others of our great army. "May the holy cause for which you contend pre- vail and may the Almighty in His infinite mercy bring you home to us. PARADERS MOVE Early afternoon, the blaring of trumpets could be heard, as the various organizations began to mobilize at the concentration point. Practically every society in the city met at 3 o'clock at their respective club rooms and proceeded to the comer of Handy street and Codwise avenue, where they were assigned their position in the procession. Forty-one NEW BRUNSWICK The big demonstration held in honor of the New Brunswick soldier boys was a spectacle, and will long live in the minds of every person who was fortunate enough to witness it. The one predominating feature was the crowd that turned out to view the parade and to bid the boys of Company H and the new National Army lads Godspeed. There have been big crowds before — when the city bade farewell to the boys in blue who went forth to engage in the grim Civil War and again when the old Company D marched away in 1898 and later returned, but the city never witnessed such a tremendous outpouring of people. All New Bruns- wick turned out to bid good-bye to its gallent soldier troops, who were due to be projected into the most devastating war this world has ever seen. As numberless as the sands upon the seashore appeared to be the crowd that surged the parade route and jammed the main arteries of the city. It was a grave and reverent throng and for the first time, the citizens of this city were made to realize of what a serious job the nation had on its hands and the celebration was almost a rite. There was an unexpected solemnity about the affair that can not soon be forgotten. All along the line of march, faces drawn and anxious, or eagerly expectant, or smiling were all turned in the one direction, scanning other faces, as the boys of Company H followed by the new Na- tional Army boys paraded by. In the windows, the trees, along stoops, on balconies, wherever a foothold offered, there were people and more people, eyes all bent in one direction. There were many flags, a few waving in time to the music, but most of them held rigidly still while men and women gazed silently on the vast spectacle. To be sure there was cheering as the boys marched through the lanes of thousands of people on George street, but those who had anticipated that the young soldiers of New Brunswick would march through the streets to the accompaniment of tumultuous cheer- ing found themselves treated to a lesson in the phsychology of the crowds. It was apparent that too many in the crowds jamming the sidewalks had personal interest in the soldiers passing by to permit tne cheers and good-natured chaffing that generally characterizes a parade was lacking. The strange silence of the crowds was puzzling until one trailed along with the parade for a time and observed what many of the spectators were doing. Every few feet there was a weeping woman. Fath- ers, too, who were too old to fight, but had son.s in the ranks of the new National Army and Company H were seen to pull out their handkerchiefs and mop their faces and eyes as their sons passed by. "There goes my boy" many women cried forth with brave efforts to voice the exultation they felt, as the gallant bays in khaki, looking straight ahead, Foitrty-two marched along seemingly as unconcerned as though they were but on parade in time of peace. As the boys swung along the line of march, many weeping mothers and sisters waved their tear-wet handker- chiefs at them and in several instances, flags were showered on them. Although the tumultuous cheering was lacking, the blaze of patriotism touched every heart. There are those in New Brunswick who have been wont to give expression to the opinion that this nation had lost its ancient soul in the mad and selfish chase of the almighty dollar, but as the soldier boys of our city marched by, this sentiment was all changed and replaced by a feeling that the old fires were aflame again even as they flamed in the days of peril long ago. Officially the day was a holiday. Merchants, bank- ers, manufacturers and professional men made it so. All the big stores were closed in the afternoon and most of the manufactories ceased operation either at noon or the middle of the afternoon. Plenty of time was given everyone to get out on the streets, for the parade didn't start until 4 o'clock. ONE MISHAP The only mishap to mar the whole celebration was the late arrival of the boys from Camp Dix, Wrights- town. The boys were brought back from Wrights- town by automobile, and in passing through Mon- mouth Junction one of the machines broke down. The other machines stopped and every effort was made to repair the broken machine, but to no avail. A hurry call had to be sent to this city for another machine to convey the men to town. The boys arrived safely, however, in time for the parade. They were fully uniformed, but they did noi carry weapons. Those who paraded were Eugene Reilly, James S. Walker, Henry M. Stang, Guorge B. Wright, Michael Potnas, George Anton, Leon H. Draper, Francis Eldridge, Louii F. Kulm, Michael Moundalexis, John D. Reebe, Konstantin Zoricksy, Herman J. Levine, Fred Curtis, Wasil Bolsizek, Victor Samanon and Robert Dempsey. PARADE GETS OFF There was not a single delay m getting the parade off, so well were the plans of the parade committee, organized. Promptly at 4 o'clock, as the shrill blasts of Johnson & Johnson whistle were heard, the Second Regiment band struck up "Over There," and the parade was off. Headed by a platoon of police, in charge of Chief O'Connell, the marchers made their way out of Handy street to Livingston avenue. At this point, fully three thousands people had gathered, but the excel- lent work of the police cleared a passageway for the marchers. Andrew Rappleyea, as Uncle Sam, carry- ing a silk flag, followed the police. The City Fathers, refusing to ride, marched with the boys, and followed Uncle Sam. Commissioners IN THE WORLD WAR John J. Morrison, Edward J. Houghton, Joseph J. Feaster, Charles A. Oliver, Sr., and Mayor Edward F. Farrington, marched abreast. The Mayor's execu- tive committee came next in line, and then the boys who were to do the real fighting. Colonel William Martin, accompanied by his aides, escorted by the Mayor's committee, also walked. The big Second Regiment band and bugle corps did their best and were accorded a warm reception. And then came the home boys, which was a signal for an emotional display. Captain J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, f'irst Lieutenant Richard Smith and Second Lieu- tenant Fred Hamer led these boys, who marched stoutly and with a steady tread. As the boys from Company H came parading down the avenue a ripple of "Here comes Company H" could be heard, and then there was scuffling, for everyone wanted to get into the forerank. One searched the faces of the crowd of those masses lin- ing the street on either side while the boys passed through. They were subdued. Their faces were set and tense ofttiraes. They were tiied from waiting foi- the parade to start, for many began to assemble long before 3 o'clock. But it wasn't physical fatigue that constrained them. It was not the time for emotion, but the time for thought, and that thought was "there goes my boy, will he ever come back." Then came the boys who were soon to make their departure from this city, and in their ranks were also some boys who were already in training, pre- paring to help lick the Kaiser. These boys were members of the new National Army. Many in their ranks were of foreign birth, but of American spirit. Several were coloi-ed. Elmer Connolly and Dr. E. I. Cronk, members of the local Exemption Board, acted as an escort to the boys. The boys assembled at the court house, where they were given a short talk and then muster- ed into the parade. Fully 150 paraded and they carried American flags. There were many features and sidelights in the great crowd. There were Ci\nl War veterans, few in number, but in martial spirit they were a mighty host. They wore the old G. A. R. uniforms, and medals they had won for deeds of valoi-. Under the command of Lieutenant Gorslin, Co. E. of the State Militia paraded. The boys numbering fifty, marched erect and made an excellent showing. The Spanish-American War Veterans, with their own fife and drum corp, marched thii-ty strong as did the Home Guards of Metuchen and New Bruns- wick. SECOND DIVISION The second division was composed of the various civic organizations of the city, including the Red Cross Society and the Exempt Firemen. In this division there were several bands of music and a fife and drum corps. The Red Cross Society members, attired as Red Cross nurses, and numbering nearly a hundred, marched four abreast. The Exempt Firemen's Association were escorted by a line of ex-chiefs of the New Brunswick Fire Department. The ex-chiefs were attired in their parade regalia of former days, and were also ap- plauded enthusiastically. Several of the exempts wore their red shirts and caps, while others were attired in their uniforms of blue. The old volunteer veterans surely made a nit, and many who lined the curb recalled the good old volunteer days, when the monstrous firemen parades were held. There were fully two thousand marchers in this division, including the Goodwill Council, Good Intent, Knights of Columbus, the various Hebrew societies. Sons of Veterans, steam fitters. Eagles, Moose, For- esters, and many others, all of whom were represent- ed by large delegations. The Boy Scouts were largely represented. A flag of historic fame was carried by the New Brunswick Lodge of Elks, B. P. O. E., No. 324. It was a tattered flag presented to the local "Hello Bills" by Major Buttler, after the battle of Manila. No little comment was heard about the flag. 30,000 SEE PARADE It was estimated that fully 30,000 people viewed the spectacle. On every street of the line of march, hundreds gathered to pay their tribute to the boys. As the parade passed St. Peter's Church the chimes played. The biggest crowd to witness the demonstration was on George street, bet^veen Washington street and Livingston avenue. Between these points there was a solid mass of people on the sidewalks. Every window along the parade route was occupied and on several of the house roofs, along George street, men climbed to get a good view. Although the demonstration was hurriedly ar- ranged, it is doubted if the city of New Brunswick will ever see such an intensive military and civic spectacle. With the Second Regiment band playing "Auld Lang Syne" the boys of Company H, Second New Jersey Infantry boarded a special ti-ain at 8.30 o'clock Saturday morning, tired and happy, while hundreds of friends and relatives crowded the plat- form to bid them a last good-bye. Tired because of the heart-rending and nerve-racking duty of part- mg with those they love and hold most dear, and happy because every soldier boy, from the oldest veteian of the company to the youngest "rookie" was convinced that behind Company H stood, united as one, the 35,000 people of the city of New Brunswick. Forty-three NEW BRUNSWICK THE BANQUET "May each and ever>'one of you be returned to us sound in mind and body," said Judge Peter F. Daly to New Brunswick's soldier boys, gathered in the Ballantine Gymnasium at Rutgers College on Fri- day afternoon, September 14, 1917, for the city's great farewell banquet, and that was the sentiment echoed by every man, woman and child in New Brunswick. The banquet was a fitting farewell to the soldiers of the city. The big gymnasium, the scene of many and many a jovial banquet of Rutgers alumni, never looked down upon a merrier scene, a scene that was just a little bit over-joyous, perhaps, because of the ache in the heart of everyone there at the knowledge of what was waiting for the boys in khaki — an ache that had to be hidden. The banquet scene was a memorable one. Iiong tables seating nearly fifty men each, ran lengthwise along the big gymnasium, covered with snowy cloths and laden with delectable viands of every description. Across the left end of the hall was a table reserved for the officers and other dignitaries. The boys of Company H, New Bi-unswick's first sons to enter the Federal service, filled three long tables in the rear of the gymnasium. The selective service men, in civilian clothes, occupied three other tables in front. The members of the local Exemption Board also were present in a body. RED CROSS LADIES SERVE The ladies of the local Red Cross Chapter acted as waitresses, and they kept heaping the plates of the soldiers with good things. As the ladies moved swiftly and quietly about the big gynmasium their headdresses and white dresses lent a pleasing touch to the picture. Never was such a banquet in New Brunswick before. Perhaps it was the knowledge of what that banquet meant that lent added savor to the food, but never did any body of men so enjoy a dinner since the city was founded. Praise for everything was heard on every side. During the meal the musicians kept up an almost constant flow of music. Popular songs, national airs, stirring military tunes were kept up almost con- tinuously, and from time to time the soldiers joined in the choruses. Performers from the Opera House and other volunteers also added to the entertainment of the fighting men. Not content with listening, the soldiers started several songs of their own in the infrequent inter- vals when they were not busy eating, and they were also liberal with yells for various persons connected with the celebration. A handsome compliment was paid to Rutgers Col- lege, which had donated the use of the gymnasium, by the boys of Company H, when they sang the college song, "On the Banks of the Old Raritan." Forty-four Finally, when all had satisfied the inner man to the full, topping off an excellent meal with ice cream, home-made cake, coffee and cigarettes. Mayor Ed- ward F. Farrington called for order and briefly intro- duced tne Rev. George H. Payson, one of the speakers of the evening. Extolling the patriotism of the men who were about to go forth to defend their nation's flag. Dr. Payson expressed to them the pride that the city felt in them and its urgent desire that everyone of them might come back home before long. "I have never seen the city in such gala attire as it was today for the parade of our soldiers," said Dr. Payson, "and yet 7 could not help but feel that beneath it all there was a feeling of solemnity and awe at the great sacrifice that you men are about to make." But there is as much patriotism in the hearts of the mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts as in those of the soldiers, he said. Every shot strikes twice, killing a soldier and at the same time break- ing the heart of a woman. "But with our tears, our smiles, and our prayers," he continued, "we send you forth. Soon your ad- dress will be 'somewhere in France,' and there our hearts will be. If I were a little younger I would be glad to exchange with you myself. "This war is a cruel war; the evidences of this are everywhere. But it is the holiest war that the world has ever seen. It is war not only to defend freedom and humanity, but a war of deliverance, to succor the oppressed, deliver all nations and to de- stroy the awful fiction of the divine right of kings." A rising vote of thanks to the city of New Bruns- wick, to Rutgers College, and to the ladies of the Red Cross, was then called for by the Second Regi- ment officers, and it was given with a will. Yells for all were given by the soldier boys. "We want to thank New Brunswick for the splen- did entertainment given us this afternoon and even- ing," said one of the officers. "And some of us are Rutgers men, and we are glad to see how Rutgers has come to the front and identified herself with the Nation's welfare. And most of all, we want to thank the splendid ladies of the Red Cross." $200 FOR COMPANY H. Judge Peter F. Daly, of the Court of Common Pleas, was then introduced by Mayor Farrington, and he announced that the sum of .?200 had been presented to the members of Company H as the balance of the fund raised by the people of the city. "With it goes the heart-throb of every man, woman and child in the city," said Judge Daly, as a silence that told more plainly than any words the way that the soldiers felt about it, settled over the big hall. "There was a lump in every throat, a jump in every heart today. For magnificent as are the world's movements, great as are the national issaes IN THE WORLD WAR at stake, the afl'uctions of family and relationship are, after all, the ultimate things of life. "And it was only these intimate relationships that we could think of today. 'These are our Brunswick boys,' was the thought in every heart, and that is the ultimate in life." With an eloquence, and earnestness, that touched every heart in the gymnasium. Judge Daly went on to say that it was the intimacy of feeling for the soldiers that was the great reason for the demon- stration, and all shared in it from the Mayor to the humblest citizen. Incidentally, Judge Daly paid a high tribute to Mayor P'arrineton for his "splendid integrity and self-sacriflce in public sei-vice." Life would not be worth living. Judge Daly went on, if the principles of American democracy and all true democracies were not secured, and for this the boys of New Brunswick are offering their lives to their nation. Our cause is just, the speaker declared, for the United States suffered humiliation and shame almost without end before war was declared. "But now," he thundered, "There are only two classes left, the loyal and the disloyal — and, God forgive them, there are a number of the latter left." But the manly stride of the soldier boys and boys who soon will be soldiers, said to the intriguer, the anarchist and the pro-German, "There is no room in America for you." This statement was greeted by a wild outburst of applause and hand-clapping which forced the speaker to stop for several minutes. "The cry of women and helpless babes still comes to you from the watery grave of the Lusitania," said the ji' ;., "and this war cannot end as long as any human oeing responsible for these things still claims a divine right of partnership with God. You go t") make the world safe for American democracy and for every other true democracy." The blood of every race, he continued, is banded together in New Brunswick's soldier representatives, joined in a militant brotherhood of Americans. As the speaker concluded his address the big audi- ence burst into round after round of applause, which ended only when the band struck up "America" and all joined in the national hymn. To the stirrinij strains of "The Star Spangled Banner" the meeting then broke up, and a page was written into the history of New Brunswick that will stand out always in bright letters. There was more than one wet eye among those who had gathered to honor the soldier lads, but smiles were bravely substituted as all rose to honor the khaki-clad youngsters. It was a fitting climax to an occasion that probably never before, even in the trying days of the Civil War, has been seen in New Brunswick. The com- mittee in charge cf the big farewell celebration was one of the most active ever appointed to arrange for a big demonstration in this city. The members of the Mayor's committee were: Chairman — Mayor Edward F. Farrington. Treasurer — Commissioner John J. Morrison. Secretary — Frank M. Deiner. Executive committee — Mayor Farrington, Commis- sioner Morrison, Jesse Strauss, F. M. Yorston, J. Fred Orpen, John Payton, John P. Wall, Milton ^trauss, Frank M. Deiner, Charles A. McCormick and Elmer Connolly. Pageant— J. Fred Orpen, R. C. Nicholas, Edward Burt, Charles Spratford, I. Ross, John Conger, Ches- ter Holman, Raymond White, Samuel Shannon, James Tomney, Charles A. McCormick, William Hig- ley, Ralph Gorsline, Philip Bruskin, John Bartholo- mew, Fred Gowen, Robert Hyde, William Applegate, Morris Bauer, Edward Johnson, William Watson and John Watson. Music — John Payton Joseph Galipo, Charles Mor- ris, Frank Knoll, B. M. Bohn, William Cortelyou and John Donnegan. Finance — Commissioner John J. Morrison, Jesse Strauss, Henry Landsberg, C. A. Groves, Harry Solo- mon, Hai-vey Hullfish, James Kidney, George Gath- ers, Elmer Boyd, Ralph Holman, Ernest Webb, Wil- liam Applegate, William F. McGovern, Jacob Hoag- land and Edward Gleason. Refreshment — Charles A. McCormick, Andrew Kirkpatrick, John Kirkpatrick, John Paulus, Joseph Snyder, Harry Silverstein, E. V. McCormick, Chester W. Wood, Harvey Hulfish, W. F. Thomas and Ed- ward Ballantyne. Publicity— Frank M. Deiner, Harold E. O'Neill, City Clerk McLaughlin, District Court Clerk Ray- mond Stafford and George C. Ingling. Entertainment — Milton Strauss, Jake Besas, Joseph Shagrin, Edward McCormick, Nelson Ham- mell, Charles Whalen and John Clark. Forty-tive NEW JERSEY DAY REGISTRATION DAY TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH June 5, 1917 — What a wealth of color in that phrase! JUNE 5, 1917 — A mere day — a day among 365 in the year — and yet a day which in history will share honors with America's greatest of days, July 4, 1776. FOR ON JUNE 5, 1917, men from twenty-one to thirty-one years of age, representing the flower of the nation, will for the second time in his- tory assert their inherited independence. The President of the United States has prescribed that all male residents in the United States from the ages of twenty-one up to thirty-one years of age shall register at their customary voting places on June 5. What an honor it is for those whose years qualify them to this consecrated duty — what a thrill there is in the mute voice of 10.000.000 men — "Here I am to render to my country any service for which I may be suited." 10,000.000 noble men symbolizing the verv soul of Old Glory — men who will shape the destiny of our entire beloved country. What an honor it is to register one's name on memorable June 5, 1917 — what a noble duty will be performed by 10,000,000 men to 100.000,000 men, women and children. YOU Will you head the grand procession to the registration polls "Bv the Dawn's Early Light" on JUNE 5. 1917? N THE WORLD WAR PROCLAMATION ON REGISTRATION No day in the history of our country is so important to the gi-eat conflict on the other side of the water as tomorrow, when all men BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 45 WILL REGISTER for the greatest army in the history of the world. These earnest, loyal, true Americans will form the last of the great units to leave from the soil of the United States. This vast army will join in the triumphant march through the streets of Berlin, they will stop the flow of innocent blood, forever still the cravings of the ambitious Hohenzollem leaders, and, lastly, make the world safe for democ- racy. LET ALL MEN COME TO THE FRONT; it is no time for the slackers, or the "would if I could" crowd. We must keep before us one great thought and that is to defeat Germany. Don't allow anybody to influence you to shun your duty — no true American will try to — but keep ever uppermost in your mind the fact that we will soon emerge victorious from the great conflict and fhat you will want to have it said that you did your duty. We know of no case in New Brunswick where anybody of the draft age has not come forward and offered his services to his country. New Bruns- wick is proud of her splendid record in going over the top in the Liberty Loan and other war campaigns, and in contributing many of her fine young men, many of whom are now fighting on the firing line in France. As Mayor of this great commonwealth, I do hereby request that the American flag be displayed on all public and private buildings of New Brunswick tomorrow. I further request that the employers give their em- ployes ample time in which to register and to do everything within their power to see that there is no evasion of the law. AlE men between the ages of 18 and 45 are to register at the various poJling precincts designated by Local Board No. 1, tomorrow, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. By way of instruction and to clear up the uncertainty which seems to exist among some of the older men involved in the extension of the draft ages to include men between 18 and 45 : "A man is considered to be included within the new age limits unless on or before registration, September 12, he has reached his forty-sixth birth- day. If his age is 45 years and 364 days on September 12, he must register. "The minimum age limit of 18 years, on the other hand, is intended to include any young man who, on or before September 12, shall have reached his eighteenth birthday. "For these reasons it is important that all men who have the slightest doubt as to whether they are included within the new draft limits, ascertain as soon as possible before Registration Day the date of their last birthday. The burden is on the man who fails to register to show that he does not come within the new age limits. "The man who stands back now is lost; lost to the ranks of citizenship; lost to the mother who bore him ; lost to the father who gave him a name ; lost to the flag that protects him ; lost to the Nation that calls him ; lost to the world that needs him. His day of birth is henceforth a day of dishonor. He can never name it without a lie. His time has come, and he has denied it. He is a man without a country, an outcast I EDWARD F. FARRINGTON, Mayor. New Brunswick, N. J., September 11, 1918. Forty-sez en NEW BRUNSWICK Tlhie Maim lPo)w®ir of ftlhi® Malhnoim Siginis On the 5th of June, 1917, occurred one of the most memorable events in the history of democratic institutions. On that day 10,000,000 self-governed young Americans marched quietly to the polls and, in a voice that was heard around the world, registereo their invincible detei-mination to preserve for them- selves and their posterity the blessings of the liberty with which they have been so richly endowed. The young men of New Bi-unswick made Regis- tration Day a real voluntary offering of their ser- vices to the nation in its hour of danger. All over the city they hurried to the registration places early to enroll their names for militai-y service. The city awoke thoroughly on that morning to the fact that the United States was at war. When .it seven o'clock a great salvo of factory whistles, mingled with the pealing of church bells, announced the opening of the Registration Day that was to secure for the nation an army to put in the field, the youths who were to serve and the relatives who were to keep the home fires burning realized keenly that the war had been brought home to America. And the young men made it plain by the way they hurried out that they were no slackens, but were ready to do their share to make the world safe for democracy by service overseas. And the people of the city did what they could to honor the men who were enrolling. Flags were flying everywhere. Probably at no time since the nation entered the war was there such a display of the national colors, together with those of the Allies. The saloons were all closed, as were many of the factories, but most of the stores were open. But it was not altogether a gala affair. Beneath it all was a realization of the solemnity of the occa- sion of the fact that before long the casualty lists might contain the names of those who were going on the registry lists. But there was a feeling of solemn pride, of joy in sacrifice, beneath it all. The quietness of the registration, in fact, was its distinguishing feature. The crowds were orderly, waiting their turn in line, and causing the registra- tion officials as little trouble as possible- All seemed to be imbued with the feeling that the nation was calling on them for service and that it was the least they could do to help the registry along. Forty-eight Few precautions were taken by the local authon- ties. At the third poll of the Fifth Ward, in the verj' heart of the Hungarian section of the city, a mili- tiaman was stationed, but there was no occasion for his services. Throughout the city, the registra- tion proceeded as quietly as an election. It was purely a civil affair, carried out with the full consent of the people of the city. The foreign population, largely through the effoits of manufacturers, seemed to have been impressed even more deeply with the necessity of registering than were the Americans themselves. They all turned out early, and at the registration places where the foreign population was large, the clerks were rushed all day. In the purely American districts, however, thei-e were often lulls in the registration. On the whole, New Brunswick took the registra- tion merely as a chance to show its patriotism. There was little shirking and no disorder. No political election in this city or county ever passed off in smoother manner than on that day, a day which marks an epoch in the history of the nation. The manner in which the youth of New Brunswick and in fact, everywhere in the country, realized its responsibility was a tribute to the young patriots, while the sober sense of its citizenry oblit- erated any disloyalty or anything that smacked of treason. The work of registration was carried out by volun- teers. There was not the least bit of trouble throughout the registration. Everything was har- monious although the enrollment meant the rounding up of men belonging to many nations. Untried registration machinery, extemporized for the occasion and operating under the provision of a law containing many things new and strange to even experienced registrars, was handled in a way that did great credit to all who participated. Men of large affairs deserted factories, banks, industrial plants and offices to aid in the registra- tion- Everyone seemed to want to do his bit. The question of exemption was answered by nearly every alien in the city and nearly 75 per cent claimed exemption, on the grounds of dependent relatives. Exemption was dmeanded by a very small percen- .' '' ' ■■ "n ^^^^H^' ij'S ! ■■ S ' ^i^r'^'i' J' }■: .---■.'.?^¥-:^ ^ ^^^^■^ ' ","■ iJ&' - ~ t^.-J^.^.-. . ■■■■'' ' V ''' mlK-immtk w&^'':'\Pf * r». IrW" I l^^i y. ^^^^?»" h 1 ■ 1 I'-^PfP'^^p''^ hlU / < ■iy^. ;^,,. '.,f ; lit / ^ flE^S^'' 1 ' ' iim¥f ^S i^ Q m^-M, iP^gM' i^n^H^i^Ml Bs^^^SBHnl ? '"z ■S' .$.■ ' "' ■^^.:£-", ^.IWl", 1 1 / ---~*-u5 gill / tf I 7 I ^^^:: '1' 2p OQ fei.-'M yd ^H^^f' ">-:.:: t.'- — i U ■ 'a j Tf j R oz ;■ '^^ .:' ; 1 i i ,/ { 1 , kS > '^^^^^H^bI 1' ■) f ' fiuJy- L ■ v» ^< Bast' .nj^IPP Tjy II :^ *^^apPlp Hp^3^ M-- 1 ' " J '^ r^ 1^-''' p ' ~mI. ^^ Wl - -^ r IN THE WORLD WAR tage of native-bom Americans. The employes of the Public Serivce all asked for exemption because of occupational duties. The employes of the Wright- Martin Aircraft Corporation and munition plants claimed exemption. All the firemen who registered also claimed exemption. The registration was in charge of the general elec- tion board in each election district with a chief registrar in charge. The result and total registration in this city ac- cording to wards was as follows: District White Black Ailen Total First Ward, First poll 118 5 104 221 Second poll 122 2 184 309 Third poll 82 5 15 10'^ Second Ward, First poll 119 2 82 15S Second poll 120 45 39 204 Third poll 174 49 138 361 Third Ward, First poll 267 .... 88 355 Second poll 65 .... 181 246 Third poll 85 6 217 308 Fourth Ward, First poll .... 104 1 23 128 Second poll 122 .... 65 187 Third poll 95 2 32 129 Fourth poll 125 5 86 216 Fifth Ward, First poll 103 22 51 176 Second poll 135 1 202 338 Third poll 159 1 159 319 Sixth Ward, First poll 98 5 31 134 Second poll 167 4 35 206 Third poll ..._ _ 163 7 30 200 Total, New Brunswick....2423 162 1713 4298 The statistics compiled by the local board of the registration of June 5, 1917, and the draft following are of interest. The report was made up for the Provost General's office and shows the following facts: Called for examination, 2701; men who failed to appear when called, 240; men called but had previously enlisted, 71; accepted on physical exami- nation, 1451; rejected on physical examination, 809; certified to District Board, 474; men who failed to re- port at Camp when ordered, 33; rejected at camp, 1; claims filed, 1196; claims allowed, 1006; claims disallowed, 101; men dischaiged by District Board on appeal, 12; men discharged by District Board on industrial claims, 51. In comparing the married and single men in the draft, the following figures are submitted: Married men registered but not called, 721; single men, 736; married men called but not accepted, 1157, single men, 920; married men called and accepted 107, single men 516; total registration of married men 1985, single men 2172; total number of married men called 1264, single men, 1436. The following figures show the number of aliens and citizens affected by the first draft: Total number of native citizens, 695; total number of naturalized citizens, 73; aliens, 574; alien declar- ants, 120; total number of native citizens called but not accepted, 1034; number accepted 310; total num- ber of naturalized citizens called but not accepted, 104; number accepted, 25; number of aliens called but not accepted, 751; accepted, 249; number of aliea declarants not accepted, 188; number accepted, 39. The total registered native citizens in the first draft was 2,034; number of naturalized citizens, 202; number of aliens, 1574; alien declarants, 347. Registration day, June 5, 1918, for young men reaching 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, added the names of 256 youths to the list of draft regis- trants of New Brunswick. The official report as published in the second annual report of the Provost General gives the total registration for the draft as 5176, while the local registry returns show 4298 registrants. The only way that this difference in the total can be accounted for is that the registrants left the city before they were checked up by the local board. REGISTRATION OF SEPTEMBER 12, 1918. Registration of all men not enrolled in previous drafts between the ages of 18 and 45 years was accomplished on September 12, 1918. The registrants answered all questions readily and fully aided in every way possible the registration. The registration in this city fell short of what was expected by the Federal authorities. A total registration of 5,545 was expected here, whereas only 5,435 men enrolled for Uncle Sam's mighty army. In all four districts of Middlesex county, excluding Perth Amboy, 20,223 men were registered. The Third District, which embraced the various munition works, enrolled the largest number of men, 5,800 be- ing enrolled. The Fourth District was second to New Brunswick with 4,951, while the Second District registered the least number of men, 4,037 men being enrolled. The employes of the Wright-Martin, Johnson & Johnson, Brunswick Refrigerating, Neverslip and the India Rubber plants registered in their respective plants. At the Wright-Martin p'ant, 1,121 men were enrolled; Johnson & Johnson, 339; India Rubber, 68; Neverslip, 31. Registration was carried on at the local draft board headquarters, a corps of clerks be- ing engaged in this work. During the day 183 were registered. Of the 5,435 men registered here, 2,574 were native-bom citizens; 573 naturalized citizens, and 133 citizens by father's naturalization before registrant's majority, making a grand total of 3,280 citizens eligible for military service unless given a deferred classification or exempted because of physical defects. Of the men registered, 766 had taken out their first papers, while 1.389 were non-declarant aliens, making a total of 2.155 who were not citizens of the United States between the ages of 18 and 45 years. 5 204 men who registered were whites, while 216 were Forty-nine NEW BRUNSWICK negroes. Fifteen Chinamen of the city registered. It is interesting to note the ages of the men who registered- A total of 45 men were registered who neglected to register in the dralt of 1<>17. The majority of these men were "slackers," while there were a few who came into this country since mc last registration. The table on ages follows: Eighteen years, 303; nineteen, 273; twenty, 317: twenty-one, 19; twenty-two, 4; twenty-three, 3 twenty-four, 4; twenty-five, 5; twenty-six, 6; twenty seven, 5; twenty-eight, 1; twenty-nine,5; thirty, 6; thirty-one, 7; thirty-two, 254; thirty-three, 446 thirty-four, 443; thirty-five, 373; thirty-six, 366 thirty-seven, 355; thirty-eight, 344; thirty-nine, 306. forty, 305; forty-one, 248; forty-two, 290; forty-three 247; forty-four, 230; forty-five, 271. LIST OF ALIENS There were 578 non-declarant Austrians and Hun- garians here who nad not taken out tneir papers, as against 338 who had. The list of declarants and non-declarants fellows: Belgium, 1 declarant and 2 non-declarants ; England, 41 declarants and 18 non-declarants; Irelanu. .. declarants and 6 non-declarants; Scotland, 6 declar- ants and 1 non-declarant; Canada, 6 declarants and 6 non-declarants; Jamaica, 2 declarants; other Brit- ish possessions, 1 non-declarant, making a to.al of id British subjects who have declared themselves and 34 who have not. France, 17 declarants, 12 non-declarants; Italy, 118 declarants and 184 non-declarants; Portugal, 3 non- declarants; Russia, 115 declarants, 143 non-declar- ants; Servia, 3 declarants, 2 non-declarants; Chin% 1 declarant and 12 non-declarants; Japan, 1 non- declarant; Denmark, 2 declarants, 1 non-declarani; Netherlands, 5 declarants, 4 non-declarants; Nor- way, 3 declarants; Roumania, 5 declarants; Spain, 2 declarants, 73 non-declarants Sweden, 8 declar- ants, 2 non-declarants; Switzerland, 3 non-declar- ants; Mexico, 2 non-declarants; Central and South America, 2 non-declarants; Greece, 23 declarants, 169 non-declaiants; Sundries, (?), 9 non-declarants; Austria-Hungary, 338 declarants, 578 non-declarants; Bulgaria, 2 declarants; Turkey, 18 declarants, 134 non-declarants; Germany, 31 declarants, 15 non- declarants. REGISTRATION BY WARDS The third election district of the Second Ward had the largest registration; 375 men registered m this district, while in the thiitl district of the Third Ward, 310 men registered. Third honors go to the third district of the Fifth Ward, in which 270 men were registered. The registration by districts follows: First Ward, First district, 226; second district, 171; third district, 86. Second Ward, First district, 159; second district, 184; third district, 375. Fifty Third Ward, First district, 163; second district, 238; third district, 310. Fourth Ward, First district, 123; second district, 85; third district, 116. Fifth Ward, First district, 214; second district, 311; third district, 270. Sixth Ward, First district, 144; second district, 147; third district, 132. NAMES OF REGISTRARS The local draft board appointed the following men to act as registrars. FIRST WARD First District, James A. O'Cormell, chief registrar; C. Van Winkle, Elmer Spratford, A. McCloud, Fred Potter, Jr., and Joseph Slilkin. Second District, William Van Nuis, chief registrar; Frank Holden, A. J. Farley, A. W. Reeve, Frank M. Deiner, H. B. Crouch, S. G. Hales, John Warner. Third District, E. J. McLaughlin, chief registrar; James Talmadge, Louis Ferguson and Frank Pen- nington. SECOND WARD First District, John J. Welch, chief registrar; E. R. Carpender, F. A. Connolly, Eugene Morris and Chas. B rower. Second Diptrict, Thomas F. Brennan, chief regis- trar; Joseph Doyle, Henry Dunn, Charles Lowe, Ed- ward White, John Colligan and Howard DeHart. Third District, William A. Gioben, chief registrar; John G. Wynkoop, Alfred J. Lins, Clarence W. Cronk, Charles S. Britton, John Bauman, John Jonas, R- F. Tuttel, Jolm W. Grymes, Howard A. Re>Tiolds, Clarence H. Hill, George Kohlhepp, William Baldwin, John Rowland, Jr., David Barry. THIRD WARD First District, Fred B. Tappen, chief registrar; T. R. Sloan, Grover O'Neill, Robert Hannah, Andrew Zahn and Frank C. Wark. Second District, John V. Hubbard, chief registrar; Edward Oram, Charles R. Dey, Joseph Fertig, George MacPherson and E. W. MacKenzie. Third District, George Baier, chief registrar; Harry Grimes, John Dawson, John Clark, Joseph lovan and George C. Landmesser. FOURTH WARD First District, Morris Bauer, chief registrar; Nor- man Moore, Charles Foi-man, Charles Jackson, Elmer Boyd, Henry C. Pierce. Second District, George D. Johnson, chief regis- trar; Harvey L. Hullfish, Frederick Thickstun and William Whitfield. Third District, J. J. Rooney, chief regi.^trar; Wil- liam Statt, Lawrence Perkins, William Colburn and Alfred Fleming. Fourth District, Thomas F. Boylan, chief registrar; J. A. McCloskey, Edward Gleason, D. J. McCormick and Edward Foley. IN THE WORLD WAR FIFTH WARD First District, Walter C. Sedam, chief registrar; Charles Greenwald, James V. Haskins and Harold W. Morris. Second District, Alexander Gold, chief registrar; Michael J. Smith, Frank McMahon, E. J. McMurtry, John Mooney, John E. Smith and Rev. Sigmund Laky. Third District, Edward Burt, chief registrar; Wil- liam Kane, Peter Tennyson, Thomas Whalen, Dr. L. Mundy, Robert Houston, Milton R. Jaques and George Orpen. SIXTH WARD First District, George McCormick, chief registrar; Robert C. Nicholas, John P. Wall, Benson J. Trum- bull and Fred Cole. Second District, John T. Bradley, chief registrar; Frank McCabe, John A- Gibbons, John J. Donnelly, and Patrick J. Stanton. Third District, James A. Morrison, chief regis- trar; Raymond P. Wilson, R. 0. Smith and John L. Daly. The registration of all inhabitants of New Bruns- wick and vicinity was part of a national movement to make available a record of every person who resided in these United States. With this available data, the government was able to reach any indivi- dual without trouble or confusion. At the same time, tabs were kept upon the movement of strangers within the city. Among the questions asked of every person were the following: Name of head of house, owner ol premises, owner's address, family residence, flat or apartment, rooming or boarding house, how heated, if coal used for fuel, what size, how much on the premises, normal annual consumption of coal, num- ber of tons of coal for heating, number of tons of coal for cooking, is gas used for cooking, is gasoline used, how are premises lighted, occupation of tenant, business address, nationality, age, if alien, how long in country; how long in city, how long on premises, if not native American has he taken out citizenship papers; v/hen and where were first papers taken out, when were second papers taken out, name, age, sex, occupation, birth place of all occupants of house, what war activities have you participated in, give name of each. Aiding in this great work, the New Brunswick Lodge of Elks tendered the use of their building to the Patriotic Force for all meetings at no cost. This census was taken in March, 1918. ALIEN ENEMIES REGISTER The registering and fingerprinting of all male German residents of New Bnanswick, not actual Ij naturalized as American citizens, was done by the police department and under the direction of Chief O'Connell, commencing at 6 A. M. on February 4th, 1918, and continuing each day thereafter between the hours of 6 A. M- and 8 P. M. up to and including the 9th day of February, at 8 P. M. Each registrant was required to furnish four un- mounted photographs of himself, not larger than 3 by 3 inches in size, on thin paper, with light back- ground. All four signed by the registrant across the face of the photos, so as not to obscure the features. For identification a card bearing his thumbprint was issued to each registrant. The finger printing was done at police headquarters following the practice observed in the military and naval service of the United States. The forms filled out by a German gave in full his doings for the past three years. He had to state if since the war began he had offered himself for military service in any German consulate in the United States, and just what service he had seen, if any, in the German army. His place of employment since January 1, 1914, each place of residence and the name of every rela- tive in the armies of enemies of this Govemment or its allies, and the particular branch of service in which that relative was engaged. Of all registered at the police headquarters, not a single registrant stated that he had relatives fighting against the allies. Several of the registrants di-1 state, however, that they were not aware as to the whereabouts of their relatives on the other side. His age, height, weight, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, hair, complexion and face, with any distinctive marks and full name and address were also recorded. Family particulars were given as to whether the registrant was married or single, name of wife if married, and names of children over 14 years of age. "Have you been registered for the selective drafts?" "Have you had previous military or naval experience?" "Have you been partly or wholly natu- ralized in any other country? or taken allegiance to any country other than the United States?" were among the questions asked to be answered. No enemy alien could change his residence to another registration district without a permit. The alien enemy women were registered at a separate registration and had to ansewr practically the same questions. Fifty-one NEW BRUNSWICK L^ NEW BRUNSWICK'S FIRST CONTINGENT OF THE NATIONAL ARMY EUGENE PEILLY, 21 James street. JAMES SCHUREMANN WALKER, 96 Prospect St. HENRY M. STANG, 125 Somerset street. GEORGE B. WRIGHT, 131 TouTisend street. ALEXANDER PARKAS, 13 Prospect street. ALTERNATES MICHAEL POTNAS, 266 Burnet street. CONSTANTIN ZORICKSY, 1 Neilson street. ROBERT DEMPSEY, 18 Throop avenue. Solemn and impressive was the departure of New Brunswick's first contingent of the new Naaonal Army, on the afternoon of September 5, 1917, at 2:24 o'clock for Camp Dix, Wrightstov\-n. There was neither the blare of honi or trumpet to signal their approach or departure. A large number of fiiends of the men were on hand, however, to bid them a last farewell. The boys assembled at the ofTice of the Exemption Board, 57 Livingston avenue, at 1:30 o'clock and fol- lowing the roll call, which was made at 2 o'clock, they marched to the Pennsylvania Railroad ttation. There they met their friends and relatives who had gathered to bid them Godspeed. It was but a short wait before the special train bearing other drafted men i-olled into the station, the local boys boarding amid the cheering of the crowd. The local boys drafted into the new National Army had their first taste of military life wr.en they attended the first roll call which was made at 5:30 o'clock at the Exemption Board office on the after- noon previous to departure. There were no atten- dants with the exception of the board, the clerks, and Judge Peter F. Daly. The impressiveness of that roll .call will never be forgotten. The twenty-two young men summoned before the board responded to the roll call wi;h one exception. When the name of Leon Assco, of 25 Hiram street was called, there was no response. Although but five men were selected, the entire group expressed a willing-iess to leave for the train- ing camp. Following the roll call and the address by Judge Daly, the boys were peiinitted to return to their homes. In a most eloquent manner, Judge Peter F. Daly paid homage to New Brunswick's first contingent -A the new National Army on behalf of the citizens of this city. It was one of the finest patriotic addresses Fifty-two ever delivered by Judge Daly and the only regret expressed was that a large crowd was not able to hear it. "It has been my privilege and opportunity, time and time again to speak to small and select crowds and to thousands," began Judge Daly, "on occasions of jubilication and on occasions of sorrow, but never before in my life has there been an occasion so solemn as in speaking to you men. "I was indeed signally honored," continued the Judge, "when this distinguished board asked me to speak to you. You who are recognized as the youth and strength of this nation, who stand ready to give your lives in order that America may live. "I hope you boys realize what this draft is. You are to he members of our National Army. An army that is more democratic than any army in the world. In this army we will find both the rich and the poor. It did not matter whether you had political influence or whethsr you had gold, if you were drawn you had to respond. It is this procedure that has made the new army so democratic. "You men are going into this new aiTny and will be measured not by your political influence, nor your wealth, but by your manhood, courage and heart. Upon you rests much responsibility. Upon you rests the task of proving that the youth of America stands ready at all times to preserve democracy against atuocracy. Speaking of the bloody conflict across the sea-s, Judge Daly declared that if the kaiser had won m his purpose in Europe, his militarism would have stretched across the sea to this country. Judge Daly also censured the kaiser and his war- lords for the debauchment of the women of Belgium and for their ruthless warfare and said that in his opinion Germany had all the European nations whip- ped until the entrance of this country. IN THE WORLD WAR ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OFF FOR WAR Amid outbursts of cheering mingled with many sad tears, one hundred and forty-six of "Our Boys" marched away to war on the morning of Saturday September 22, 1917. Scenes attending their depar- ture were unprecedented in New Brunswick. Hundreds of loyal citizens turned out to bid New Brunswick's increment of the National Army fare- well, and a rousing and inspiring farewell it was. One hundred and eighteen members of the new National Army from the Second Exemption District and one hundred and thirty-two from the Fourth Exemption District accompanied the local boys to Camp Dix. The Second District boys boarded the train at the Pennsylvania station here, with the local contingent. The ceremonies attending the departure was to behold sad and inspiring. They were intensely impressive and stirred the patriotic soul of every citizen who witnessed the departure. Many of the boys as they made their way through the lanes of thousands of people wept, for they realized that soon they would be in the trenches offering their life for Democracy's sake. Although some of the thousands who filled the sidewalks seemed to take the occasion not seriously, there hundreds more — men, women and children — who wore solemn and sad faces, and many of them wept, for it was either their sons, brothers or cousins that filled the ranks. In the ranks of the men, many were to be seen laughing and joking as though they were on their way to an outing, yet there v/ere still others who had a tear in their eye and a lump in their throat, as they saw their fathers and mothers in the big crowd waving a fond farewell and wishing them Godspeed. The boys were ordered to assemble at 8 o'clock, but long before that hour, they began to assemble at the local exemption headquarters. Simultaneously the boys of the Second and Fourth Districts were meeting at their headquarters to make ready for their departure. When the roll was called there were but few absentees, and for these, alternates were provided. The local exemption board officials were greatly handicapped by the massive crowd that gathered on Livingston avenue in front of the headquarters. The crowd refuf:ed to remain on the sidewalks as com- manded and as a result, the exemption board official were greatly interferred with. Headed by the Boy Scouts' drum corps, "Our Boys" paraded down Livingston avenue to New street, to Kirkpatrick street, to Bayard street, to George street, to Albany street, to the railroad sta- tion. Mayor Edward F. Farrington, Commissioner Edward J. Houghton, Rev. Edward Hall and Dr. 1. Cronk and Elmer E. Connolly paraded at the head of the delegation. Monroe Taylor acted as captain of the local dele- gation and was ably assisted by several corporals. All along the line of march, thousands surged from the sidewalk to the street, leaving little room for the boys to march. Upon reaching Albany street, the crowd reached such proportions that the boys were compelled to break four abreast and march in twos. All traff'ic was held up by the gigantic crowd and as the boys reached the railroad station, they were greeted by the shrieking of the claxons, sirens and other noise making devices which was deafening. Making their entrance to the railroad station on Easton avenue, the boys were put on the offense for the first time, for the mob of people that gathered there refused to give way even for them to pass. Everyone, apparently, had a brother, son or a dear one in the ranks and was eager to say a last farewell. A rush was made by the surging crowd for the railroad platfoi-m, but they were driven back by the police, who had their hands full in keeping them from breaking through their guard. Automobiles clogged all traffic on Easton avenue and for a half a block away from the station, autos lined up in zig zag fashion. The boys, on reaching the platform, were marched to the Somerset street entrance where they were lined up and given instructions. Fully 160 composed the local ii'crement and of this number 164 were selected to make up our quota of forty per cent Fully 135 men made up the Second District's delega- tion and of this number 118 were selected to board the train. As the train rolled into the station, there was a mad scramble to get aboard the train and disregard- ing all advance orders, every conscripted man on the platform apparently jumped aboard. Unable to cope with the situation, the local exemption boards per- mitted all hands to continue their journey to Camp Dix, where matters were finally adjusted and the surplus sent back. The boys were all eager to get into service and at the First and Second Board headquarters, there was a unanimous feeling that the sooner you get into service, the better it will be. Although hundreds of relatives and friends of the boys were denied the privilege of bidding the boys farewell on the railroad platform, they gathered m large numbers on Wall street, Somerset street, on the Rutgers College campus and on the railroad em- bankment on George street. At these vantage points they cheered the boys to the echo. When the train quickly disappeared out of sight, the cheerful look that many men who gathered on the platform had forced gave way to one of serious- ness. Many of the women's eyes outside the station were red from weeping. They tried to be brave but here and there was one who would turn away when spoken to. She dared not answer for fear she would give way to tears. Her heart was in the train. Fifty-three NEW BRUNSWICK speeding on its way to camp — in tlie keeping of someone v/hD would don the khaki and before long be in the trenches beneath the flying shells. Promptly at 10 o'clock, the troop train pulled out of the loc.il station and then there were more cheers and tears. The men quickly entrained as stated and as many as could leaned from the windows to con- tinue their talk with the few who succeeded in evad- ing the police guard. The boys were in high spirits as the train pulled out of the station and from the rear platform of the last car came shouts, "We'll get the Kaiser." On one of the coaches was the inscription "To H with the Kaiser." FIFTY-FIVE MORE FOR DIX t'lfty-five sound men and true, went out of New Bi-unswick November 19, 1917, into the great school of the National Army to be fitted for soldiers' part in America's war for v?orld freedomi. Accompanying the local lads were forty men from the Second Dis- trict Board. , There couldn't have been more auspicious condi- tions than those under which the boys left this city for Camp Dix. Although the skies hung low, the sun taking only an occasional peek from the clouds, the day was an ideal one from the selective's point of view. The populace of the city was there by the thousands, the city's representative men were there, the Mayor and City Commissioners and the Board of Trade, and, of course, the mothers, and sweet- hearts and the kid brothers and sisters to give the valiant sons of Uncle Sam a fitting au revoir. There were sixteen carloads, including the local contingents and those from various points of North Jersey. They left this city at 11:30 o'clock exactly eighteen min- utes behind schedule. It was one of the impressive incidents that will always remain in the memory of those who witnessed the passing of these boys to the Great Adventure, to do their part in the strafing of the Hun, to make the world safe for democracy. Under such conditions the emotions run riot and are all according to the peculiar makeup of the individual, but in the aggre- gate there can be no question but that there was a strong feeling, deep and sentimental that brought tears to the eyes of the women folks and caused a very preceptible tightening of the muscles of the throats of the sterner sex. There was laughter and tears, but no hysteria. Men and women cried but softly that the departing loved ones might not be depressed. Sweethearts struggled heroically to make the farewell a smile, but the tears would come, now and then, despite the determination not to. But the departing men were cheerful outwardly at least, concealing the pain of separation that many must have felt. The last farewells were brief. The departing waved cheerfully, lifted their hats and called out cheering messages. Knoll's band played the "The Gang is All Here" while the men boarded the train. Fifty-four and as the train rolled out of the station, it was the dominant note. The draftees gathered their kits and their friends at the local Exemption Board headquarters. The Second District boys met at the county court house. In the main they were a very happy aggregation of young patriots and a mingling among them failed to overhear one single word that might indicate anything like bemoaning their fate. All were, in fact, apparently eager to get to camp and to training preparatory to "going over" to help the valiant Polius and the Tommies and the sons of Italy wal- lop the barbarians who massacre under the guerdons oi Bill the Frightful. At 10.45 o'clock the line of march was taken up with Andrew Rappleyea in the lead impersonating Uncle Sam and carrying a large American flag. He was followed by a detail of police and then came the City Commissioners and Mayor Farrington. The band came next in line, followed by six school girls carrying a large American flag, and the Spanish- American War veterans with their colors. The members of the local Exemption Board came next and after them streamed the boys on their way to real war, the city and then the county boys. Marching with the men were many women and children. One woman pushing her baby in a small carriage trudged along with its brother. Mothers clung to the arms of their dear sons- Two or three of the selectives walked arm in ai-m with their fam- ilies to the station. These sights moved more than one to emotion. Before their departure from the Exemption Board headquarters, the local men were presented with complete comfort kits, sweaters, mufflers, etc., by the local chapter of the Red Cross, and a tobacco kit by the Soldiers' Farewell-Welfare Committee. The line of march took the men down Livingston avenue to New street to Codwise avenue to Bayard street to George street to the railroad station. At the railroad station, hundreds had gathered to bid the boys a last farewell. Th local police and rail- road detectives were at both entrances of the station and they refused to permit anyone to trespass on the platform without a pass. There was a great cheer as the men struggled through the crowd and stopped for an interval at the station entrance. Many relatives and friends struggled with the police to get upon the platform but they were denied permission. After much push- ing, all the selectives succeeded in getting upon the platform. Many relatives and friends, too, got by the officers who had their hands full in handling the rush. The crowd became so large that the police were swept aside at the foot of the stairs leading to the platform and then there was a mad rush up the stairs to the platform. The crowd was only to be thwarted in their efforts by another strong arm IN THE WOR LP WAR squad at the imemdiate entrance to the platform who held them in check. But along came the hour, 11:30 by the clock, uiiu the engine began puffing and blowing and some stentorian voice shouted, "All aboard," and those wtio were taking their farewells hopped on the train just as it began to pull out of the station. Every window displayed a young patriot's face, mostly smiling, sometimes just a bit indicative of late and excusable tears. Hands waved, flags fluttered here and there as down the iron bound track the sinuous line ol: coaches wended its way, off toward the training camp. And so they passed until the faint echo of the puffing locomotive could just be discerned in the distance carrying its precious freight to the strange world of intensive training and preparation for the part Uncle Sam was to play in giving the knockout blow to 'the barbaric hosts of the Kaiser. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE OFF TO "CAN THE KAISER" With the band playing, with thousands of rela- tives and friends assembled on the streets surround- ing the railroad station waving flags frantically and cheering them on lustly and with city and county officials, members of the clergy and men and women of prominence bidding them Godspeed from the rail- road platform, the New Brunswick contingent of the National Army departed for Camp Dix, Wrights- town, on February 25, 1918 to begin a vigorous course of training preparatory to taking active part in defense of democracy. One hundred and twenty-five composed the New Brunswick contingent and it was a truly representa- tive company. One hundred and one boys from the Second District also accompanied the local contingent and they, too, represented all walks of life. Shoulder to shoulder they marched to the railroad depot. All on the same plane and all determined to cross the seas for that which is holy. There was no class distinction in the d' awing of the boys for the army. All were given the same chance and they who went forward represented the true red-blooded American. The boys showed signs of tiredness as they moved along the railroad platform, after climbing the steep stairs but it was not the tiredness brought on by physical exertion but because of the heart-rending and nerve-racking duty of parting with those they loved and held most dear. Reville was sounded for the second time at 9 o'clock and every member of the contingent answered the roll call. Knoll's band assembled at the Exemp- tion headquarters. The Red Cross Chapter was represented by a corps of good women who saw that every boy was comforted with a sweater, wristlet, helmet, socks, and a comfort kit. It was just one event after an- other for the soldier boys. Mayor Farrington delivered a message bidding them Godspeed and then the men assembled on the steps of the Free Public Library anl had thir pictures taken. It was 10:15 o'clock when the rumbling of the drums was heard and to a martial air, the soldier boys began their first march as members of the new National Army. Andrew E. Rappleyea, impersonat- ing Uncle Sam, led the procession and he was follow- ed by the Spanish-American War Veterans who carried their colors. The City Commissioners, the Soldiers' Welfare and Farewell Committee and the members of the local Exemption Board acted as an escort to the men. Marching four abreast the new soldiers paraded down Livingston avenue to New street, to Codwise avenue to Bayard street where they met the men of the Second District with their Exemption Board as escort, and then proceeded down the thorough- fare to George street and thence to the railroad sta- tion. As numberless as the sands upon the seashore appeared to the soldiers the crowd that surged the parade route and jammed the main arteries of the city. The people literally banked the streets and compelled the soldiers to force their way through. Business wiis practically closed down. The clerks of the various department stores thronged the thoroughfares, while hundreds of factory employes left the plants at 10 o'clock, practically suspending operations loi the day. The newly inducted soldiers were cheered all along the route and at various intervals the men broke ranks to embrace some loved one who happened to be on the edge of the surging crowd. Many pathetic scenes were enacted on George street where the largest crowd assembled. At the ccmer of Church street, one aged woman was so overccme by the sight of her son who marched along burdened by heavy luggage that she fainted. She was removed to a nearby store and was later revived. A large force of police under the charge of Chief O'Connell wrre on hand, but the crowd grew to such large proportions that they were unable to handle it. At the railroad station, thousands of people gathered and mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers in their determination to see their beloved ones, blocked every channel that led to the railroad platform. Upon arriving at the station, the crowd was bo large that it was decided to march to the comer of College avenue and Somerset street and then coun- termarch. This change in the program attracted a big crowd from the station entrance, but when an- other attempt was made to gain an entrance, the crowd completely swept the details of police off their feet and made passage for the men utterly impos- sible. After the 10:27 train had passed through here, a call was made to the men to proceed. The men re- Fifty-five NEW BRUNSWICK sponded under many difficulties, for the crowd made a rush for the railroad platform. The police ordered the crowd back and to make an opening for the soldiers, but this command was heeded but little. Finally the crowd did make a narrow passage way through which the men marched. Upon reaching the railroad platform, the Welfare and Farewell committee of which Mayor Farrington was chairman, met them and presented each with a comfort kit- Once reaching the platform, the men had little tinie to wait and at 11:05 the big troop train pulled into the station while the band played "Over There.' When the train came to a standstill many of the North Jersey boys on the same train alighted and m a democratic way met the local boys. The train pulled out of the station at 11:15 o'clock well crowded with over a thousand young huskier. The pulling out of the train was a signal for a wild demonstration. Hats were hurled into the air, women ■waved their handkerchiefs, others waved flags while the boys standing on the platforms of the coaches bid all a last farewell. That demonstration will never be forgotten by the boys. It showed that the patriotism of the citizens of New Brunswick was not doi-mant and that New Brunswick was alive to the fact that the United States was at war to a finish. MAYOR FARRINGTON BIDS FAREWELL TO THE BOYS The Mayor's message to the new National Army men follows: On this solemn occasion, when you stalwart young men — 125 strong — are about to depart from this city of ours to begin a new life, one that requires courage, it beheoves me, as Mayor of New Brunswick, on behalf of the citizens, to bid you Godspeed and at th". same time offer up a prayer that the God Al- mightly will bring you all safely back to your dear ones at home. You men are going to assume greater responsibili- ties, and upon you the eyes of every loyal citizen of our city will be focussed while you are in the training camps, and later upon the battle scarred fields of France. While you men are at the front, the men, women and children who remain at home will do their utmost to supply you with the many comforts which are not provided by Uncle Sam. The good women of the Red Cross who are untiring in their efforts to make the soldier boys happy, will continue their splendid work. Today they provided you with warm sweaters, wristlets, comfort kits, etc. Oh! how grate- ful are we to this great Red Cross Army. Today America is in a war for democracy. We seek no indemnities, but only ask that the poor and weak nations be not down-trodden. You young men, Uncle Sam ir. sending forth to do battle with our Fifty-six enemy and to prove to them once and for all that although America is a peace-loving nation, still these United States stand for all that is righteous, and are prepared to stand upon her honor to the end. In this war we must keep our zeal at white heat and our heads perfectly cool, and if we should have to drink from the cup of suffering, let us drink in silence, as Belgium has done. There is no heroism like quiet heroism. There must be universal self- dedication to downright hard work. Two years ago the world was scarred and cursed by the most awful crime ever perpetuated since our Blessed Lord was taken by cruel and violent men and crucified on Calvary. Over a thousand peaceable and law-abiding citizens, including 114 of the citizens of the United States, were suddenly sent to their death by the sinking of the Lusitania. That deed waj hatched in hell. If peace were declared tomorrow, the shame and disgrace of that awful crime would remain written in scarlet letters across the Gei-man Empire. At first Germany tried to discount her own da- pravity by the statement that the vessel was power- fully armed, but later she had to admit the falsity of her plea. I have yet to learn that any leading German statesman, ruler, thinker, or even preacher has given to the world one sentence of disavowal of that deed. No — the crime was followed by the merry pealing of church bells, by the granting of holidays to shcool children by public celebrations of the event, and according to well authenticated reports, by honoring of the captain of the submarine that fired the torpedo. Well, one thing is certain, that awful crime has injured Germany far more than it has injured her enemies. For long, long ages to come, it will be remembered. That act and mr.ny other acts perpetrated by our enemy have enraged the peace-loving people of this country to war and today, you men and hundreds of thousands of other young men throughout this country, are called upon to revenge these acts and to uphold the honor and dignity of this country. America is at war, but America has scarcely be- gun to fight. We must keep our zeal at white heat, and our heads perfectly cool. Let us keep together. For the time being we must be united. The Govern- ment must be absolutely sure that in every wise and worthy step it takes, it can depend on our united and willing support — no matter what that support may cost. Let me remind you further, boys, that when you enter the camp, you live clean, decent lives, for Uncle Sam wants only fine, clean and strong boys. If you want recreation look to the agencies that exist in the camp. Don't seek immodest pleasure, for they only terminate in ruin. While at camp it is your duty to attend the ser- vices of your church. If you are a Protestant, chap- lains of your own church will be there to meet you. IN THE WORL D WAR If you are Catholic, the good priests will assist you. If you are of Jewish descent, the good Rabbis wi'J aid you. . And here I would pause to utter a warning to all who love their country, lest they be deceived by the plausible reasoning so current in these days. Re- member that those groups who have essayed and are still endeavoring to take God out of His world, are also aiming to take the love of country out of the hearts of the people. The same men who have denied God also deny the reality of patriotism. They have said that religion is only a survival of primitive fear, and that love of country is a survival of savagery. When therefore, they have destroyed one they will attack the other. Hence, my friends, if you would preserve in your hearts the love of freedom, the love of country, be careful that the knowledge of God and His attributes are not allowed to die out of your lives. Never forget that the impious group who would destroy the love of God would also, if unhind- ered, deny the love of country. To you, young men, members of our new National Army, I want to say that it is an honor under the selective draft law to have been proven mentally, morally and physically worthy to wear the uniform, to carry the rifle and to represent before the nations of the world, the American idea and American ideals. There is nothing under the present system that in any way reflects upon the courage, character or the patriotism of those whom the Government calls into its service. With great care, with the endeavor to adopt every wise precaution, detei-mined only that the armies we send forth shall be composed of those best able to perform great and important duties, governmental machinery has been devised and placed in operation to select the worthiest and the best. And so. members of the new army, with all my heart I congratulate you on having been found to oe fit defenders of our faith. You are picked men— chosen for your worth— the fower of our city. You stand for your country. You stand for liberty and freedom and progress, jusc as surely as Alexander stood for Greece, Caesar for Rome or Napoleon for France. You are going forth to fight against an idea that is wrong— a system that is wrong— a dynasty that is wrong— a country that blindly following a despotism gone mad, has committed itself to the wrong. History knows two Germanics. There is a Ger- amny which is very dear to the descendants of the sons of the fatherland, and they may be found in every country on earth— hosts of them in our own. It is a Germany of love and romance, of poetry and song, of music, of art and of literature, the Gennany of folk love and folk life. It is a Germany that has been transformed by a despotism that has filled the world with terror, a Germany committed to the proposition that might alone makes right — a Germany that must go down if peace and righteousness are again to prevail on earth. God grant that our beloved country may share in the stability and endurance of the Church of God, that she may soon emeige from this d.sastious war endowed with renewed life and vigor; that she may inaugurate a new era of lasting ptace, that may be emblazoned on her escutcheon. And then may we behold the sturdy emigrants coming to our hospitable shores from the various nations of Europe, being assimilated to the native population, becoming bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, contributing by their industry to the material prosperity of the republic. Above all, may we behold them enriching their adopted land with blessings of Christian faith, and uniting with us in building up the walls of spiritual Jerusalem. Let me say in conclusion thait we do not know when this disastrous war will come to an end. But of one fact I am certain, that you boys who stand before me, as well as the people of this country, have an abiding faith in the wisdom and judgment of the President of the United States- Let us earnestly pray the Father of Lights that He would mould and shape and temper the minds and hearts of the Chief Magistrate and his associates in the prosecution of the war, so as to lead us to an early, a permanent and an honorable peace. TWENTY-TWO OFF FOR CAMP GREENLEAF, GEORGIA More of them going away — to become soldiers in the name of world democracy. Twenty-two embryo soldiers swung dovra Living- ston avenue and over George street to the depot in the misty sunshine of 9 o'clock on the morning of March (3, 1918. Though lacking the military preci- sion they attained in a few months, they marched with unfaltering step. The greatest tribute that can be paid to them is that they were physically, mentally and morally fit for warfare, just as well as those who preceded them to camp. As Knoll's Band played "Over There" and "Keep the Home Fires Burning," they boarded a special train at the Pennsylvania depot at 9:30 which took them to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia. It was touched with melodrama, this going away of the selective men of New Bi-unswick. Emotions gripped the several thousand which bid the twenty- two goodbye and good luck. Cheers and tears mingled. Invariably it was those left behind who shed the tears. The departing ones themselves were cheerful, ctspite the sadness of a farewell demon- stration, wh)ch most of them would like to avoid. TWENTY-SIX FOR CAMP DIX, TWENTY OF THEM COLORED MEN With the band playing and hundreds of men, women and children bidding them Godspeed, sixty- Fifty-seven NEW BRUNSWICK two Middlesex County men — forty-six from New Bi-unswick and the others from territory em- bracing the Second District — departed from the Pennsylvania Station on April 26, 1918 for Camp Dix. The men were in the best of spirit and ex- pressed a willingness to get into training, prepara- tory to going to France. The men of the New Brunswick district assembled at the district headquarters at 10 o'clock. Appro- priate exercises were held, and there was the usual distribution of comfort kits, smoking material and essentials by the local chapter of the Red Cross and the Farewell and Welfare committee. Similar exer- cises were held at the Second District headquarters, with the usual distribution of comfort kits by the Red Cross chapter of the rural districts and the smoking material by the local Farewell and Welfare committee. Twenty colored men from New Brunswick were in- cluded in the local contingent. They were in a happy mood and were cheered all along the line of march. Many of the men were accompanied by their sisters, mothers and sweethearts, and on the way to the rail- road station, they walked arm in arm with them. There were more friends of the boys in line than the selectives themselves. Among the men who departed from this city was Robert Fitzsimmons, Jr., son of the late Robert Fitzsimmons, former heavy^veight champion pugilist. Fitzsimmons registered as a resident of Dunellen- FOR FORT SLOCUM, N. Y. On May 13, 1918, thirteen stalwart sons of New Brunswick were added to the constantly growing forces of General Pershing. They departed at 11.25 o'clock to be inducted into the regular anny at Fort Slocum, New Rochelle, N. Y. Accompanying the boys who represented several different nationalities and who go to make up this great democratic nation, were thirteen men from the Second District oi Mid- dlesex county, most of whom were of foreign birth. CAMP DIX On May 27, 1918, New Brunswick sent out what may be termed an "All New Brunswick" delegation to Camp Dix and for that reason an unusual crowd congregated about the local Exemption Board to see the boys off. At ten the boys answered the roll call, after which they were assigned to various captains. They were instructed as to what would be expected from them upon reaching camp and were requested to obey all orders promptly. After ths roll call the men were pei-mitted to mingle with their friends until 10:45 o'clock, whei the parade to the station was started. There was but little confusion in getting off, as all the boys showed an eagerness to reach the camp and begin their training. It was the greatest demonstration ever given the draftees to leave this city. Many of the local boys were very popular among the opposite sex and their Fifty-eight many friends were surely on hand. In the parade to the station, relatives and friends marched shoulder to shoulder with them. It was shortly before 11 o'clock, when the parade got under \vay at the local E.xemption Boaid head- quai-ters. Headed by Andrew Rappleyea, imperson- ating Uncle Sam, the marchers pioceeded down Liv- ingston avenue to New street, to Codwise avenue, to Bayard street where the boys of the Second Dis- trict were met. After a brief stop the parade con- tinued down Bayard street, to George street, and thence to the railroad station. TO SYRACUSE, N. Y. On July 30, 1918, th'rty-one limited service dral- tees departed from the four draft boards of Middle- sex County, for Syracuse, N- Y., to begin training for non-combatant service in the various embarka- tion camps of the country. The men will be assigned the task of doing fire and police duty in these camps. The boys were in a happy mood because they were entering the sei-vice of the government, but some of the draftees expressed the hope that they would be transferred to general military service. "We don't want to remain in this country, we want to go where there is action," ore of the lads was quoted as saying at the local station before departure. Ten boys departed from this city boarding a special at 7:47 o'clock. Because of the early hour there were but few people present to bid them farewell. CAMP RARITAN BAND MAKES ITS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE: THE FIFTH OF THE ROSENBERG BOYS GOES TO WAR The citizens of New Brunswick and surrounding municipalities paid homage to the ninety selectives who made their departure from Middlesex County on Tuesday, August 27, 1918, for Camp Mead, Md. The demonstration here was one of the most impressive held in honor of the youth of the city who stood ready to give their all in order that democracy might live. A truly military aspect was added to the depar- ture of the boys. A company of soldiers from Camp Raritan headed by the military band of fifty-five pieces from the camp, acted as an escort. The march to the railroad station from the local draft headquarters was started at 10:10 o'clock. The Camp Raritan soldiers were escorted by the mem.- bers of the City Commission and the mombe's of the Welfare and Farewell committee. Following the detail of soldiers, marched the members of the local draft board. The Spanish-American War veterans with their colors, also marched with the drafted men. The draftees paraded down Livingston avenue to New to Kirkpatrick street to Bayard street where the twenty-four draftees of the Second District Board fell in line at the court house. A large crow.1 of relatives and friends were at this point to cheer the boys up, and when the signal was given to fall IN THE WORLD WAR in, the relatives and friends moved with the draftees. The parade then continued down Bayard street to George street and thence to the railroad station. At the railroad station, there was a rush for tne platform and many succeeded in getting past tne oificers who were on guard. No sooner had the draftees reached the platform, than the special carry- injj many draftees from northern New Jersey, pullej into the station, and within five minutes the boys were on their way southward. The boys had hardl> time to bid their beloved relatives and friends one last farewell before they were whirled away. Mrs. William Green, of 22 Commercial avenuo, gave her fifth son to Uncle Sam with the departur? of William Rosenberg. She was at the railroa.l station to see her son off, as she had on four other occasions. Following the parade the Camp Raritan soldiers were the guests of the Welfare and Farewell com- mittee at a luncheon at the canteen on Bayard street FIELD CLERK HAROLD O'NEIL AT HIS DESK IN FRANCE. This is an exact likeness taken by our special artist on the spot. Fifty-nine NEW BRUNSWICK N