Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
2 BIRMINGHAM BAT TALON.

The commissioned. officers or the BIT lamingham battalion and the Second reg liment staff officers met in the Jefferson 1 Volunteers armory last night and ef- I fected permanent organization by the adoption of the following constitution l and bylaws: 7"
 l Whereas, Comradeship and friendship | are fostered by association, be 1t re- l solved:
 | 1. That we, the commissioned officers I of Jefferson county district present, do l hereby constitute ourselves into club | to be known as the Jefferson County l Military club for the purpose of nourish- I ing kindly relations and promoting ac- curate military information.
 l 2. That the officers of the club shall be l,president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, the president to be the colonel I of Second regiment, Alabama state I troops; the vice-president the major Of l the Birmingham battalion; secretary and treasurer to be elected. by the club; each l officer charged with duties usually in- cident to such offices.
 3. All commissioned officers and ex- commissioned officers of the Second reg I iment, Alabama state troops, residing in the district of Jefferson are eligible to | membership and shall be enrolled as | members of the same upon notification I of their desire to join and upon the pay l ment of the sum of $1,.' ga84l+, :. l 4. That meetings shall be held every | month at place designated by president or directed by vote of members, and Emeeting can be called by president at the I request of three members. .f a,s tt l 5. That monthly dues shall be 25 cents l and initiation fee $1.
 | 6. That officers shall give at regular meetings local military items of general 1 interest.
 + 2. That secretary be empowered to fsubscribe to one standard naval and one I standard military paper, the same to be I turned over to party designated by pres ipident to give digest of news for current month with comment thereon.
 | 8. That the order of business shall be: I Reading minutes, reports of special com- I mittees, reports of officers, unfinished business, new business, military digest l 9. That five members shall constitute Ia quorum for the transaction of business. | The officers decided to participate in the mardi gras parade on the 18th and Major Higdon urged the captain of each company to exert himself to have as large a company as possible on that oc- l caSion. .-i's
 l Captain Warren of the Volunteers was appointed committee of one, with pow ' CT to appoint others, to raise money with purchase flag for the Birming-
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 ham battalion .Is}ii pe nela III .ne
 The next meeting wrRrst Saturoay
 Volunteers armory on theV--
 night in March. ,s4ss
 Birmingham Rifles. cation dgt Capt. c. A. Jones permits publh clpG EQf the following letter as convinsfn n proof of the kind of material his eos<r mand is composed of. Though the writer
 was little too previous, yet his action l,foretells what might be, expected if his llcountry should call on him in, these ftimes of peace:" j03s.. a.sE;-,, ssfzAa
 "Howelton, Ala, Jan. A, 1896. q, Capt c. A. Jones, Birmingham, Ala.-aj
 Dear Captain: I notice in some of
 the papers that the governors of the southern states have received orders ffrom Washington to instruct company Commanders to hold their men in readi- ness to move al a moments notice. 'E Should Company K be called out ad- Edress me at Howelton, Ala, if by mail, Or Attalla if by telegraph: suppose am still member of Company K, as l.asked to be placed on the non-active list when I left Birminghamatg en',- t* fh"1 have not heard from Company K in some time. but hope it Is keeping up it's Treputation of being the biggest and best
 in Ala bama ssssf l'F ..2sa94
 With kindest regards to yourself and
 comrades of the Birmingham Rifles,
 remain yours to command, .sE
 The Rifles held an interesting meeting last Thursday evening. Tn addition to an hours drilling ofathe boys by Captain
 Jones and Lieutenant Ledbetter there
 was some business connected with the company attended to- including the elec- ton of two new members for active ser
 vice, Messrs. J. E. Ellis and R. w. Lock-
 hart; also, by a unanimous vote the
 treasurer was instructed on behalf of the
 company to donate $10 towards the fund
 now being gotten up for a reformatory
 in this city. i9e r-f+ @fst a
 The Rifles have been highly remem-
 bered by the following invitations: ''The l Mobile cadets request the, pleasure of
 your company at Temperance hall Mon- day evening, February g. 1896. at S:30
 o'clock. Costume de rigueur."
 In addition to knapsacks canteens,
 etc, recently purchased by Company K, they have just received forty regulation
 army blankets. 7" i-' 3s9fG
 Messrs Henry Dean and Al Richter of I the Rifles spent last Sunday at the state
 capital. sa.t ezis T.
 Jefferson volunteers.
 A few afternoons ago your correspond ent, having occasion to visit the armory,
 was sauntering along toward the parlor
 doors and was just in the act of entering
 when he was greeted by the startling announcement that "gentlemen were not admitted" Coming from such quarter 1t was indeed startling. He was silently l musing on what it could mean when his musings were rudely interrupted by see ing Captain Demere making his exit through those self-same doors very pre- L cipitately, murmuring something about I"wrong pews" Your correspondent in- lsquired of the captain as to the mean ing of his actions and he replied in dove like cooings, Elisa" An. Elisa! The | name fell upon my ear with peculiar and indescribable charm, like the gentle murmurs of low fountain stealing forth
 from the midst of roses, or the soft, | sweet accents of an angels whisper
 breathed forth in all the bright. joyous dream of sleeping innocence And pres ently there issued from within the room
 rapturous burst of melody such as must have ravished the ears of the wan
 dering Peri as he stood at the gates of Eden. Never before had such sympho- nious strains greeted his delighted ears l and he fain would have fingered long T around that enchanted. place, and might for hours expatiate3 with rapture upon the coming Elisa" but human life is too short and time far too valuable to allow him to dwell longer upon this delightful