History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . 48 CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT F£ C »5 J pd CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 49 DEPARTURE OF Militia. THE first military organization to be called into ser-vice immediately after America entered the warwas the Second Battalion, Naval Militia, National Guardof New Jersey. The organization was ordered mobilizedon the night of the day that war was declared, April 6,1917, and within three hours 85 per cent, of the menhad reported to their barracks on the fourth floor of theTemple Building. They marched away on Easter Sun-day m
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . 48 CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT F£ C »5 J pd CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 49 DEPARTURE OF Militia. THE first military organization to be called into ser-vice immediately after America entered the warwas the Second Battalion, Naval Militia, National Guardof New Jersey. The organization was ordered mobilizedon the night of the day that war was declared, April 6,1917, and within three hours 85 per cent, of the menhad reported to their barracks on the fourth floor of theTemple Building. They marched away on Easter Sun-day morning, April 8, in command of CommanderFrancis W. Hoffman. City Solicitor E. G. C. Bleaklybade them farewell on behalf of the city and Rev. JohnB. Haines, D. D., pastor of Centenary M. E. Church;Rev. George H. Hemingway, D. D., pastor of FirstPresbyterian Church, and Rev. Homer J. Vosburgh, , pastor of North Baptist Church, presented each manwith New Testaments on behalf of the Christian ministryof the city. There were 225 officers and men in the battalion con-sisting of three d
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