The age-herald., 1898-05-26
MORE VOLUNTEERS
 FROM THIS CITY Company Mill Be Raised to Answer
 MGKinley'S Call. NEGRO SOLDIERS WAITING One Hundred and Eighty Ready For
 Marching Orders.
THE CAvALRYMEN ARE IUBlLAN1
First Battalion Naval Reserves From Chicago Pass Through-There Is Still an Opp portunity to Enlist in the
 First Regiment

President McKinley's call for more vol unteers, the assertion that negro troops will be enlisted from Alabama and General Wheeler's activity in the interest of hte cavalry boys has aroused renewed patriot ism and military ardor in Birmingham.
 This city has already furnished about 400 soldiers to the national guard, including the Woodlawn and East Lake companies. Besides this number many have volun- teered to the regular army and several have gone to fill the quota of out of town companies.
 The negroes now have a company of 1SO men, awaiting the call of Governor John ston. The leaders in this movement say that if they were turned loose that they could easily raise an army of 600. They are eager to go to the front and are getting a little impatient that no definite intsruc- tions have yet been received from the gov ernor.
 They do not object to going under white commanders, but desire to choose their own company officers. It Is supposed that they will be allowed to do this, although nothing definite is known as yet
 An Effort for More Volunteers
 It Is likely that Birmingham will also respond to McKinley's last call for volun- teers. Several patriotic young men are already in the field seeking to enlist com pany.
 One of the foremost in this movement is Dr. Byron Dozier, who has had the ad- vantage of considerable military training He desires to raise company and any one can enlist at his office. corner of Nine teenth street and Third avenue
 Troop D has once more cast aside that gloomy feeling Fighting Joe Wheeler is making an effort to have a regiment of Alabama cavalry called out, and they feel that the little warrior will be successful
 "First" Has Its Quota
 The First regiment in camp at Mobile has secured the twenty-five men so badly needed, and has been mustered in after returning the twenty-five borrowed from Colonel Cox. This information reached Birmingham yesterday in a telegram from Colonel Hlgdon to General Clark.
 Although the regiment has been mus tered in, more volunteers will be received All men desiring to go can get transporta- tion to Mobile from Colonel Clark.
 That the regiment has at last been mus tered in must bring a sigh of relief to Col onel Higdon. Up to the date of mastering in both the officers and men have been practically on their own resources.
 Chicago Tars Pass Through
 ''Chicago Tars for Sampson's Fleet" was the inscription on a train of seven sleeping cars and baggage coach which pulled into the union station yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
 It was the First battalion of Illinois naval reserves from Chicago en route to Key West and Tampa. They will be detailed to man the ships of Uncle Sam in the war against Spain.
 There were 2O6 men in the train, all at tired in the regulation seaman's uniforms Lieutenant S. W. Stratton was in command, assisted by Lieutenant J. Arnold Ubsdell and Ensign B. R. T. Collins. The reserves have had three years practice and are said by their superors to be well up in naval tactics.