I appreciate the suggestion and I will go forward using the STOMP interface since it works so well out of the box, so to speak. I've already been able to get further with it and I'd rather keep making progress rather than wrestling with setting up the REST server.
I was using REST because I have tools setup for it already. STOMP requires new tools, libraries, learning etc. -- Sent from: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/ActiveMQ-User-f2341805.html