The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-10
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 Second to Camp at Selma.
 At A largely attended conference Of ot- hcers of the Alabama National Guard held in the effice of the Adjutant-Geh- eral yesterday morning at Il o'clock the sites for the encampments of the diner- ent- regiments of the State guard and the date on which they win so Into camp
 were settled.
 The 2nd Regiment. of which the Mont gomery companies are part. will go in-
 to camp at Selma on July and remain
 until July i5
 The conference was attended by Adju- | tant- General w W. Brandon, Quarter master-G General Barry L. Holt, Colonei
 R. B. DuMont, commanding the list; | Colonel E. H. Graves. commanding the | End; Lieutenant-Coionel F. F. Mc- Connell. commanding the Sd since Colonel E. l.. Higdon was reiieved rom commando; Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. May of the End; Major s. T. Vest colt, commanding the Artillery Batal- lion; Major J. Y. Beck, commanding the Cavalry Battalion: Captain Dayton Plas- ter of Fort Deposit; Captain V. B. At-
 kins of Selma; Captain Jenkins of Cam
 den; Captain W. T. Sheehan of Montgom-
 cry: Captain W. M Van Hew of Mobile;
 Captain A. G. Forbes of Montgomery;
 Captain E. J. McCrossin of Birmingham; II Captain E. F. Baber of Montgomery; II Captain N. H. Jones of Montgomery, and
 Lieutenant Davis of Fort Deposit.
 The dates settled upon for the begin
 ming of the different practice camps
 were a little later than was generally
 expected. There was but little discus-
 sion of the dates and sites and the nnai
 decisions were aagreeable to all parues. ! The 1st Regiment has selected an espe-
 cially desirable location for it's summer camp. The regiment will camp at sans
 Souci Beach, near Porterville. 90 miles down Mobile Bay from the city of Mo- bile. The Artillery battalion will follow the First in this camping place They | will be only little over mile from Coden. The Sd will SC succeeded at it's camping place in Birmingham by the
 Cavalry battalion.
 Army Officers to Attend.
 The sites for the camp were selected without opposition. Selma was the only city recommended for the camp of the | Second and Birmingham was the only l bidder for the Sd. The 1st Regiment officers had made up their mind to go to 1 Sans Souci Beach and the Artillery off cers were ready with their preference | for the same place, where they could get l target pactice in the waters of the bay with their heavy guns.
 The Cavalry officers alone were unde- cided as their place of encampment, but proposition made by Captain F. J. Me | Crossin, who commands the troop at Bir- mingham, quickly decided them
 The results of the meeting will be pre- l sented to Governor Jeiks by Adjutant- l General Brandon and the necessary or ders will be issued in accordance with the wishes of the officers.
 The meeting voted unanimously to re- quest the War Department to detail Cap tain Samuel G. Jones of the Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. A. for inspection and in- | struction duty at the different camps. It | is hoped by the officers that he will be | sent to all camps to instruct them and l to make and file with the War Depart ment a report on the equipment and eft ciency of the Alabama National Guard. The Dick bill. which has passed the | lower House of Congress and which is
 
 | into more direct touch with the National Government and which makes a more generous provision for the Guard than it | has ever before enjoyed in the history | of the Government. provides for an army officers inspection of all the camps held | in the different States. The bill further | provides that the National guardsmen | shall be put in camp with regulars, so | that the former may learn from the ex- perience of the veterans In preparation 1 for this the services of Captain Jones has been requested. Captain Jones is we'll known to the citizen soldiery of Ala bama. he having for many years been Assistant Adjutant- General of the State. Higdon's Staff to Remain, The attendance of LIeuteuant-Colonel F. P. Mcconnell at the meeting was the performance of his first duty in his ca pacity of commander-in-chief Of the 3d since he. was placed in command of that regiment Saturday night. Colonel Mcconnell has had wide experience in the affairs of the National Guard, and feels confident that, in spite of the pre- vious dissensions in the Sd the camp will be successful and largely attended. Colonel Mcconnell said he did not care to discuss the affairs of the 3d at this stage but intimated that the old stan OF Colonel Higdon would remain prac- tically as it now stands. The officers who l were attached to Colonel Higdon's staff | will in all probability retain their places | under Colonel Mcconnell if they desire | so to do.
 The following order has been prepared | and will be sent out to the various of- | ficers of the Alabama National Guard:
 Adjutant Generals Order.
 First-The Second Infantry. A. N. G., | Colonel E. H. Graves commanding. is | hereby ordered into active service of the | State. for the purpose of perfecting it ] in military discipline and drili. and will | 20 into camp near Selma Ala on Tues