The age-herald., 1898-09-16
FIRST ALABAMA STRIKES TENTS Baggage on Board Train to Start
 Home. SOL LDlERS WILL LEAVE TODAY Barring Accidents Mil Reach Hero on
 Schedule Time. A GREAT FEAST AWAITS THEM All Parties Urged to Send Baskets to Provision Gar as Early Saturday
 Morning as Possible-No
 Change in Program.
A GREAT FEAST AWAITS THEM

A private telegram received in this city last night from Jacksonville, said that the First Alabama had broken camp and that the men were spending the night in their little dog tents. All of the regular camp tents and nearly all of the baggage had been packed on board the cars preparatory to the regiments departure from Jackson vile this morning.
 No news has come of any change in the schedule, and barring accidents the regi- ment will leave Jacksonville this morning and will arrive in Birmingham tomorrow morning as was first announced several days ago.
 The ladies who are working so energeti- cally- to prepare the spread for the ooys when they arrive tomorrow, have been too busy to make much news. All of them re- port that baskets of provisions are being contributed most generously, and that rom all the indications the provision car would be well filled tomorrow
 In announcing the committees of ladies the other day, Mrs. E. L. Higdon was put down by mistake as chairman of the Wood lawn committee, while the proper name should have been Mrs. George F. Wheelock. Mrs. Higdon is not in the city
 Will Not Be Postponed
 There was talk yesterday about the din- ner being postponed until Monday, to let the regiment get better settled and that the food might be served more convent ently. But after due deliberation on the part of the ladies in charge and the special comimttee of the Commercial club, it was decided that it would cause too much con- fusion to postpone the dinner at this late date; accordingly it will be served tomor- TOW, the car leaving the postohice at o'clock as was at first announced Demere's Instructions The following are a list of instructions issued by Chairman Demere last night.
 1. The provision car will be stationed on Eighteenth street and Second avenue, just at the postoiIice, early Saturday morning. Some one will be in charge all day to re- ceive the baskets and boxes.
 ?. All parties living in Bessemer, Wood- ward, Pratt City, Ensey, Powderly, CleVe- land, North Birmingham, Jonesville or oth- CT places north and west of the city must arrange to send their contributions in to the car as early as possible.
 8. The car will leave the city promptly at 3 o'clock by way of the East Lake car line. Stops will be made at Avondale, Woodlawn and other places along the line to take up the boxes contributed at those places. They must all be waiting at the stations.
 f. At East Lake the contents of the car will be transferred to the mess hall by means of wagons. The committee of ladies who are to have charge of serving the dinner, will be in waiting. They are all requested to take earlier cars to the lake so that they will be on hand promptly
 D. All parties are requested to send their contributions in old baskets or boxes, for it will be impossible to return any good bas- kets that may be sent out.
 G. It is urged that every family and store in Birmingham send something. Don't think that there will be plenty without your con- tribution. There are over 1,200 boys who have not tasted a home-cooked meal in over four months, and what they won't consume on the first meal, will be eaten with equal relish the second. Too great a quantity cannot be sent out.