New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . State camp at Sea Girt was designated as theplace for rendezvous, which camp on April 28thwas constituted a military post under the com-mand of Major-General Joseph W. Plume, Gov-ernor Voorhees having assumed the responsibilityof changing the place of rendezvous from JerseyCity to Sea Girt, which move was made in absenceof instructions to the contrary from the depart-ment of war. Upon April 30th Assistant Adjutant-GeneralAlexander C. Oliphant, then inspector, staff ofdivision, National Guard, under special orders was
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . State camp at Sea Girt was designated as theplace for rendezvous, which camp on April 28thwas constituted a military post under the com-mand of Major-General Joseph W. Plume, Gov-ernor Voorhees having assumed the responsibilityof changing the place of rendezvous from JerseyCity to Sea Girt, which move was made in absenceof instructions to the contrary from the depart-ment of war. Upon April 30th Assistant Adjutant-GeneralAlexander C. Oliphant, then inspector, staff ofdivision, National Guard, under special orders wasdirected to report to the governor as commander-in-chief for temporary duty on his personal staff. So rapidly did the National Guard of New Jer-sey mobilize that on Monday afternoon, May 2d,at one o clock. Companies A, C, and G, Sixth Regi-ment, and Company E, Seventh Regiment, Nation-al Guard, all of which organizations were to beattached to the Third Regiment, marched intocamp. At three oclock the First Regiment, head-quarters Newark, and the Third Regiment head-. 218 NEW JERSEY AS A COL quarters Elizabeth, arrived at Sea Girt. At fouroclock the same afternoon the Second Regiment,headquarters Paterson, reported in camp, andtwenty-five minutes thereafter Major-GeneralPlume had the camp colors hoisted and CampVoorhees was formally established. Captain William C. Buttler, Third Infantry,United States Army, the mustering officer of theNew Jersey troops, reported to the governor, andCaptain William C. Gorgas, assistant States Army, reported as the medical offi-cer for the examination of recruits. On May 4th the governor officially offered to theUnited States government the camp grounds atSea Girt and the adjoining property as a militarypost, stating that it was sufficient for the encamp-ment of twenty thousand troops. The offer wasnot accepted. Company B, First Regiment, was the first com-pany mustered into the service of the UnitedStates for the war, by Captain But
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