The age-herald., 1898-09-29

| q large body of men were brought togeth- CT there were necessarily lot of bad men ncluded In Chattanooga there were gath cred suddenly 40 900 men. It took some time to establish discipline in that unar- panized body of men. They had not been rained to the life of a soldier. Some out rages were perhaps committed at first, but this does not occur when an army is well reeuIated and well disciplined. The gov ernment has expended thousands of ool-
 lars in Atlanta to take care of tho sol-
 diers. and the people of Atlanta do not
 fear them That is always the case in the
 camps of the regular army. They are no
 more to be feared than other citizens. The
 men who will be gathered here are as well
 regulated and are no more to be 1eareu
 than the regular army men. In regard to the First Alabama he said that the T gl- ment had been disorganized for six weeks before it came here There was d1ssension among the officers and the men did not know whether they were to go to Cuoa or he mustered out. Perhaps when they came home some of them did spree little too much, but he thought they had s-tt.ed down and the officers would keep them quiet hereafter. Officers who know thelr business can control their men and we have nothing to fear from them. Chears) MT. Notion said: "We have our piie If we get them here how much Will we get out of them?'
 Mir Jemison said that from the best in- formation the committee could optalh IL was thought that one brigade, thfee resl- ments, could be gotten. When they wou-o ne mustered out no one could tell | Did Not VI ant Club Blamed
 Here Mir. Sigfried Steiner also came to the defense of the soldier.
 Alike with General Shelley salu nc ne, "I am not expressing my wish or ofihlon @ as to myself as to the desiraplnty ol llo l military encampment near lne o.' uonId | sonally, or in my business vocation' woulo | have but little to gain; but as meHiper on this organization, having the interest 0 oi inc club at heart do hope that II the camp is not desired, that the reason or IL pc M ho. thai as stated by Colonel Roden. do hoe ansbt hut that the statements made by Col | onai foden may be correct in their entire | ty: having been a soldier himseif TOT hlany 1 years as he sites, he Is nturais sup | oosed to be well informed, and much petleI than I could possibly be. Besides, ooloAAei Roden would make no statements ol ~ ouIAt .sweaning and serious character 1T they were | not true; hence, 1 am not reIutlnS any .h4ls | that he says, inasmuch as uo nol hiu" I | the true character or usposlliou oL l,a0 l American soldier. But, in behalf or the | club. I urge that they do not eminate rom I it as a body, but remain the views or an iii- | dividual, since otherwise, it may appear to | those abroad as un-Amer1can ana uhpa- l triotic on the part of the people or this | city. , | "L. not the c mmercial club cast such 1 stigma and degredation upon the American | soldler-sons of American citizens, ana the | young American pride, who have Voluil- l teered their services for their country, o1- | fered thcir lives in the defense of tie na- l lions glory in defense of millions or oP- l pressed and suffering humanity, and Wnc l have won the nobltst battles ever tough' l upon the sea of time. Let us not say tna
 | we cannot trust them around ouf wives
 | daughters and children, and that they arc
 | not fit to be in our midst. Let us not cast
 l such imputation upon the American army
 | who have, to my knowledge, thus far, beer
 1 the recipients of no ng Tut the great :Sl | praise, the greatest credlt and the sfeates l s'ory, both at home and abroad, that was
 | ever bestowed upon a countrys army Iol
 | the laurels that it has won, at the risf l and sacrifice of their time, their health ano
 | their r.ves"
 | k. w. Barrett said that if the clut
 | wanted the camp an effort should be made
 | at once and a committee appointed for the
 | purpose.
 l On motion of MT. Kettig the chair was l authorized 70 appoint committee of twen'
 l ty with Emil Lesser as chairman.