The age-herald., 1898-09-09
EbOn Hued DamSelS and Friends of
 Soldiers
CROWDED ABOUT THE TRAINS
Officers Say the Blacks Are Making Ex- cellent Soldiers-Well Drilled and Disciplined-Not a Case of
 Sickness in Regiment.


 | ston in Mobile.
 | The colored boys, several hundred of whom are from Birmingham, were given a right hearty welcome by the members of their own race They crowded around the rains by the hundred and many of them brought down nice little lunches for the colored troops.
 The colored maidens who came down were much more demonstrative over the blue coats than the people of Birmingha have been accustomed to see in the typi- , cal brass button girl. They were more friendly, and approached as near to the cars as the guards would permit. Finally, however, two CT three belles of Birminghams colored 400, more venture some than the rest, got near the coaches and began shaking hands wi.h their he- roes on the inside of the cars. I3n, this was not enough for Uncle Sams boys, who will leave for Cuba in Il month or two. They wanted more than Il handshake.
 The quickest manner accomplish this was the best. A half dozen pairs of strong black arms reached down from the ear windows seized holi If two of the brass button girls below and ill the twinkling of
  appear through the car window.
 Lips in Collision
 In another instant the untitled roar of the assault was heard, then the crack of lips coming in collision, sounding like the dis tant boom of cannon. I he coiored boys who were so fortunate as to be near enough were rewarded fer all the hard ships they have endured or thr rougn which they may pass in future.
 But the coid-hearted officers objected to any such breach of discipline and the en- thusiastic madens were forthwith ejected from the car. But they left with the con- sciousness of having done a patriotic deed, boldly executed.
 Arrival of the Trains The first train bearing all the horses and camp equipments arrived in the city from Meridian over the Alabama Great Southern road about Il o'clock in the morning.
 At 1 80 in the afternoon the first passen- ger arrived bearing the Second battalion composed of Companies E, H, l and G. Lieutenant-C Colonel Caffey was in command, and Surgeon Miller accompanied the train The officers on board were Captains Vaughn, Trmble, Armstrong and Hunter;
  Scott; Second Lieutenants Meade. Casey and Screws.
 The second train in command of Major T. E. Hill arrived about 3:S0. On board were Companies A, B, c and D, formerly the Third battalion. This was the battalion called by Governor Johnston in May to fill up Alabama's quota of 2,5OO men, and con- sequently is composed of the oldest and most experienced men. All the other com panies in the regiment were formed under the presidents second call. The officers on board were Captains Scott, Gage, Taylor and Perkins; First Lieutenants Goode, Partridge, Wells and Cowart; Second Lieu tenants Fleming, Sherrod and Hagood. Lieutenant Glover, Company b, was not along, being off on furlough. Accompany ing this train were Surgeon Dabney Lucke and Chaplain Scott, colored.
 Several Hours Late
 The third train, in command of Colonel Bullard and Major Sheffey, arrived be- tween 9 and o'clock this morning, being several hours late The train contained the Third battalion, composed of Companies F, K, L and M. The officers were Captains -Ingate, Gunter, Green and Tighlman; First ihCutOhdhto 0oiuoA, 1|hiOi, EdTSOHS ana Boles; Second Leutenants Fulton, Me- Cough, Adams and Redd; Surgeon Long, Quartermaster West and Adjutant Brumby were on board this train. as were Sergeant Hobbs and Quartermaster Sergeant Ben nett, the colored non-commissioned staff These two men, as well as nearly all the other non-commissioned officers in the regi- ment, are graduates of the coiored colleges at Tuskegee, Tailadega and elsewhere Some of them are very well educated. and all of them fairly so
 There were quite number of the rela- tives and friends of the Birmingham om. cers down at the depot to see the reet- ment pass through, and all of them took great interest in looking at the colored soI- diers who are quite novelty in Birm ingham. The following are the Birmingham off, cers in the regiment: Captains Vaughn Trimble. Perkins, Tilgham; First Lieuten- ants London, Boles Parsons; Second Lieu tenants Meade, Casey, Hagood, Redd: and Surgeon Luckie.
 The COlored Volunteer The officers are unanimous in the onn- ion that the colored soldiers are at least | as good, if not better, that is so far as | camp life is concerned. than the white sol- | diers. They are contented, easily com take great pride in keeping their camp and arms clean, they take to drill ing naturally and the officers say they can all drill as well as any of the white volunteers.
 They have not yet learned to obey as they should their colored non-commission- ed officers, but they have the greatest re- spect for the white officers. They have been in excellent health and there was not ! sick man in the regiment yesterday. The regiment was paid off on Wednesday, and officers and men were correspondingiy hap ,y.
 All of the trains that passed through l