The age-herald., 1898-04-21
 GOOD LEAYEN OF SOUTHERN TIMBER Among Young Officers of Regu- lar Army Who Will FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM In the Near Approaching War With Spain -four of Them Were on the Maine and Es- capped When the BattIeship
 Was Destroyed,
FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM
Special to The Age-Herald.

opecial 10 The Age-Herald.
 Washington, April 25.-There is good
 leayen of southern material among the
 younger officers of the regular army who
 will go to the front for Uncle Sam in the
 near-approaching war with Spain. Ala
 bama is we'll represented in each branch of the service, naval officers of the line, the marines; in the army, infantry, cavalry
 and artillery.
 In the navy are Lieut.. Geo. M. Storey, who was appointed from Huntsville, wEo distinguished himself for gallantry in saw ing life in a storm at sea, and who was the first explorer of the great Alaskan river, the Yukon. There are four who were serving on the Maine when it was destroyed but who es- capted without diabling injury. They are Lieutenant John Hood, of Florence; Junior Lieutenant J. J. Blandin, of Selma; Cadet Engineer Arthur Crenshaw, of Greenville, and Cadet David F. Boyd, of Lee county, who is the usual two years cruise | which graduates of the naval school serve | before further advancement Other officers are Lieutenants Richmord d | P. Hobson of Greensboro; Bernard O.. | Scott, of Selma Chas. M. Fans, of Maren- | go county Ensigns Richard H. Jackson, of | Florence Gone of the survivors on the Tren- | ton in the great Samoa storm dsaster); i; | L. H. Everhart, of Perry county; Raymond | Stoner, of Uniontown Assistant E. g neerS Boiling K. McMorris, of Montgomery, and Alfred W. Hinds, of Selma; naval cadets on two years cruise: Duncan M. Wood, of Jacksonville, and Oscar B. Duncan, of Athens.
 Henry T. Wright, of Hale county a cadet of the first class at the academy, and Hilary H. Royal, of Marion, are now serv- ing on cruisers.
 Other officers are: Captain Geo. F. FL | liott, of Decatur, and Lieutenant Clarence L. H. Ingate, of Mobile, both in the ma rne corps
 The marines now on shore all go south tomorrow to go on board battleships. They | will be the first to land in storming posi- | tons after bombardment. Surgeons, with the rank of lieutenant, Is l Remus c. Persons, of Mobile, and Leknski l w. Spartling, of Montgomery. Henry A. | Dent of Montgomery is post assistant l paymaster and Geo. G. Sebels, of Maren- | go county, is an assistant paymaster. Those in the Army | In the Army.-Assistant Quartermaster | Captain w. H. Miller, of Tuscaloosa cap | tain of engineers, Wm s. Sibert, of Gads- 1 den; lieutenants of engineers, Chester | Harding of Tuscaloosa, and Chas. P. | Echols, of Huntsville. | In the artillery branch are James M. Williams, of Wetumpka, first lieutenant | First regiment.
 Captain A. D. Schenck. of Huntsville; | First Lieutenants Eli D. Hoyle, of Tusca- l loosa; Chas. F. Parker, of Tuscaloosa, and l Ernest Kinds, of Selma, all of the Second | regiment
 Third regiment-Captan Sedgwick Pratt, | of Mobile.
 | Fourth Regiment-Second Lieutenant | Joseph Wheeler Jr., of Lawrence county, | a son of General Wheeler. CAVALRY. First Regiment-First lieutenant, George | L. Byram, of Eufaula. | Second Regiment-First lieutenant, Ster- 1 ling P. Adams of Tuskegee; and second | lieutenant Matthew c. Smith of Living ston.
 Fourth Regiment-First lieutenant, Sam | G. Jones of Montgomery. Sixth Regiment-Second lieutenant, James | H. Reeves of Guntersville. l Eighth Regiment-First lieutenant, Matt l F. Steele of Huntsville, whose parents re- | side in Birmingham. Tenth Regiment-Frst lieutenant, John B..