The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-18

q. Kyle. Ambulances were in waiting at
the station and conveyed those whose con-
oitions demanded it to the different hospi-
lis, the managers of which had kindly
made all necessary preparations to receive
them- The others were, taken to the arm
/ ory of the Jefferson Volunteers in Twen-
tieth street, where cots had been provided.
ON their arrival at East Lake about s:31
each battalion was formed and marched
over to the camp grounds where each COM
pany was assigned to its street Most OF
the tent floors were already in place. and
on these the men deposited their equip
ments to wait until the tents were unlcad-
ed from the freight train.
The ladies and friends of the men crowd
ed the grounds so that 1t was almost i'm
possible to erect any of the tents or to
get in readiness for the approaching night
Never a word of complaint was uttered
however, for who could get mad at such
an enthusiastic ovation as the people who
had crowded out from the city were g.v-
ing them, was the way TIE noble boys
reasoned it.
| Later on, when the battaions were form
! ed for supper the following order was read
| to each battalion, designating the name of
| the camp:
Headquarters First Alabama
United States infantry.
In Camp, East Lake, Ala, Sept II, 1898.
Orders No
In grateful recognition of the many cour-
tesles ana acts of encouragement which
the troops of Alabama have received both
when in the service of the state and in the
service of the United States at the hands
OF that gallant gentleman. CITIZEN and cx-
soldier, Captain Jefferson M. Falkner, In
an individual capacity AMI as the official
corporation this camp will be known as
Camp Falkner."
By order of
COLONEL IIIGDON.
LUCIEN C. RROWN,
First Lieutenant and Adiutant
All the afternoon and into the night a
heavy detachment was working with the
wagons unloading the tents and baggage
| from the freight trains and hauling IT in
| wagons to camp. They finished about
o'clock Though all of the tents were on
the ground, many of them were not pitched.
and the boys spent last night under the
open sky. The veterans of the First are
accustomed to this, and besides they were
too appreciative of the generous treatment
the yhad received to kick.
Regular sentnels were not placed around
SsHip last hSHt, tuouSn edcn the COM
panies had orders to effectually guard their
own baggage. A strong guard was also put
around the store-room of the mess hall to
guard the provisions which were left over
from the ladies' dinner. There is the
greatest quantity of food still left there.
enough to feed the whole regiment all of
today. This shows how thoroughly the
ladies did their work. Old soldiers esti-
mated yesterday that the 600 baskets and
boxes contributed contained enough food
for at least 5000 men.
Captain Romaine Boyd Company M. was
officer of the day last night, Lieutenant
Tom Cooper, Company l, officer of the
guard and Lieutenant VIII Webb. Com
pany E, junior officer of the guard.
viii BE Paid Today
This morning the camp will be put in
shape the first thing, and all tents put up.
Sometime this morning Major William b.
Wright, paymaster Of the United States |
army, with his assistant, Charles A.
Wright will begin the work of paying off |
the regiment Pay is due the officers and |
men for a little over months services, |
and 1t will require about s22, 900 at least for |
this purpose. 1t was thought at one time |
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