The age-herald., 1898-09-18
BRONZED BOYS MET
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that the regiment would be paid off in Jack sonville just before it left, but Colonel Hig don insisted that this be put off until it had arrived in Birmingham. He did this be- cause he wanted Birmingham to get the benefit of all this money, which will be put in circulation
 An entire company will be detailed to do provost guard duty in Birmingham today, to keep the men out of the saloons. From now on, there will always be strong guard of this kind in the city day and night. Headquarters will be established in some vacant store.
 Regiment Furloughed Tomorrow
 Supper will be served this afternoon at 1 o'clock, and at o'clock dress parade and Iegimental review will be held This after noon will be Birmingham's only chance to see the full regiment, as Lieutenant Van Densen, the United States mastering oii- OCT, issued orders last night that the whole regiment would be given thirty days fur tough tomorrow. Only about 3V0 or 400 men will be retained in camp to protect the same. and they will all be men who vol untarily wish to remain.
 Adventures of the Trip
 The trip of the First Alabama from Jacksonville to Birmingham was almost an uneventful one. All of the trains left Jacksonville within an hour or two of each other Friday. All of them except the last section made very good time 10 Montgem- cry. This train was afflicted. with hot boxes. The first section which contained two sleeping cars filled with sick, well as the baggage of the regiment, arrived in Montgomery about o'clock yesterday morning, and the next two passenger sec sections with the sick, left that city at 730 and came straight to Birmingham.
 The reception of the two battalions which came on the first two sections received in Montgomery while waiting for the third section to come up, was akin to a "Klon- dike chill," according to the officers The consoling part of it was that the Second regiment, with Montgomery's own com panies, had arrived in tie depot at the same time over another road and there the larger part of both of Alabama's s regi- ments waited with not hundred people to welcome them.
 The Birmingham battalion disembarked from their train, and, loaded down with all their equipments of war, they started a march up Commerce street. with the regi- mental band at it's head On up to the square they went, and then up Dexter ave nue to the capitol, where they went to pay the.f respects to Governor Johnston. Un- fortunately, however, the governor was out of the city, so the Birmingham boys missed at least one appreciatiye friend in Mont gomery.
 Next they went by Colonel J. M. Falk- ner's residence, where that gentleman who IS always a friend of the suidier boys, came out and made them a nice talk. The bat tallon then resumed it's march to the de- pot. During the remainder of their stay in Montgomery the boys spent their time in decorating their engine with red, white and blue bunting. Even up to the time they left there were not over a hundred or so of spectators in the depot. Dispatches from Montgomery state that both regi- ments. were given an enthusiastic reeep- tion, but the officers and men of the First state that this must have occurred after they left that city.
 Ali the way up the road between Mont gomery and Birmingham an enthusiastic reception was givent to all four of the trains. At Clanton, Calera and other cit ies large crowds turned out.
 The whole regiment was smiling all the way up. That they were anxious to rive home one who witnessed their ac- tions on the train could deny. Long before tIe trains were anywhere near Birming- ham the boys began to brush off their dusty uniforms, comb their hair some of them with their fingers, and to make themselves as presentable as possible.
 At Oxmoor, the furnaces and manufac- turing establishments al that place all turned loose their whistles, and the boys received their first taste of the grand re- ception that was awaiting them in Bir- minsham. At Magela, just four miles out from the city, the first section stopped and waited for the other two to catch up.
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad has the good will of the entire regiment for the excellent manner in which they handled the sections from Montg gomery to Birmng- ham. They were as accommodating in every particular, and the run was made without hitch
 Regiments Itinerary
 The regiment, when it left Birmingham, first went to Mobile. Full equipment was in waiting for it. but there was some de- lay in mastering and the equipment was given to recruits of the regular army The