The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
LOCATION OF CAMPS
OFFICERS HELD A MEETING
 YESTERDAY.
The Dates and Cities are Fixed. Montgomery Infantry Com panies Will Go to Eufaula
 on July 9th.

The 1st infantry, Alabama National Guards. Colonel R. B. duMont, com mander, will go into annual practice encampment ct Mobile fer seven days, beginning Thursday, July 18th.
 The 2nd infantry, Alabama National Guard. Colonel Henry B. Foster, com mander. will go into annual practice encampment at Eufaula for seven days, beginning Saturday, July 9th. The 3rd infantry. Alabama National Guard, Colonel E. l.. Higdon, comman- der, will go into annual practice en- campment at either Huntsville or Bir~ mingham for seven days, beginning Wednesday, July 10th.
 The squadron of cavalry, command ed by Major J. T. Beck. and the bat talion of artillery, commanded by Ma for s. T. Westcott, will go into annual practice encampment together at Mo- bile for one week, beginning July 24th. These dates and locations were de- termined at meeting of field officers of the Guard, which was held in the private office of Governor Jelks yester- day afternoon. The Governor was pres ent.
 The following officers attended the meeting:
 Col. W. W. Brandon. Adjutant-G Gen eral: Col, R. B. du Mont of Mobile, commanding 1st infantry; Major Zell Gaston of Greenville, 1st infantry; Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Wiley of | Montgomery, Major E. H. Graves of | Eufaula, Captain w. T. Sheehan or | Montgomery. and Captain c. A. Allen. | Jr. of Montgomery, representing the | End infantry; Colonel E.. L. Higdon and | Captain H. B. Kennedy of Birming- ham, representing the 3rd infantry. | Captain A. G. Forbes of Montgomery, representing the cavalry squadron, and Major s. T. Westcott of Montgomery, representing the artillery battalion. The meeting was not open to the pub | lic The officers were in session more | than an hour, and it is understood | there was some spirited discussion. The | location of the encampment of the Srd
 jnfa ntry was not definitely fixed Both | Huntsville and Birmingham want it. and it was decided to allow them to
 bid for the encampment. Colonel Htg-
 don, commander of the regiment, said there was a deficiency of about $l,5O0 | to be raised by the city which secured | the camp of the soldiers.
 | The men or the 2nd Infantry, which
 includes the Montgomery companies,
 will encamp at Eufaula, a city which
 has never before entertained the sol
 diers The Bluff City has made a de-
 termlned campaign TOT the encdiHplheh
 and will no doubht give the military
 men a royal welcome. It IS said that
 the camp ground will be located on a
 high bluff overlooking the Chattahoo-
 chee River, and that the Alabama sol
 dieys will experience the novelty oi
 drilling on Georgia soil. The Southern
 Empire State touches the river opposite
 Eufaula, and it is said that the drill
 ground will be laid out on the Georgia
 side of the river; the soldiers going to
 and from the ground by way of
 bridge
 The official order setting out the
 dates and locations of the encamp-
 ments will be issued today by the Ad-
 jutant- General.
 Col. W. w. Brandon. Adjutant-Gen-
 eral of the National Guard, has off,
 cially notified the State Guard of the
 death of Governor Sanford in the fol- lowing order:
 General Orders No. 5.
 Tt is with profound sorrow that the % %Commander-in-C Chief announces the
 death of Governor William J. Sanford,
 which sad event took place at Tusca-
 locsa Ala, at 10:55 p. m., on June 1lth,
 1901.
 By his death the National Guard has
 lost an exemplary Commander. and our
 country a patriot who had devoted the