The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-11
COL. FOSTER PLEASED
APPRECIATES HONOR CONFER
RED By and REGIMENT.
Third nay Of the Encampment Neal
i. selma--Large Crowds Witness
Dress Parade-Governor to
Inspect the Soldiers.
Advertiser Bureau,
Selma InlY 10.


Selma. July 10.
Col. z. H. Graves tonight received
from Col II. B. Foster, inlwhose honor
the camp Of the End Regiment Is named
and who formerly commanded the resi-
mept, the following telegram:
"Words can't express my appreciation
of high compliment you have paid me-
Nv heart is still with tho old End. Wish
You successful encampment. My love to
oficers and men.
Henry B, Foster
!. The first news Of the compliment to
Colonel Foster in naming the camp in his
honor was conveyed to him through tn ;
newspapers.
This is the third day OF the encamp-
nnent OF the Ind Regiment in Selma and
everything is working beautifully. Yes
terday Colonel Graves commenced to en-
force camp rules little more rigidly, and
the crowds Of soldiers that visit the city
fell on perceptsbly. Last night there were
not q fourth as many men In town as
there were the night before. and officers
and men are realizing that this encamp-
ment is not to be big frolic but camp
Of instruction and hard work.
Yesterday afternoon a detail was sent
into the city to pick up the members Of
the regiment who had slipped out Of
camp without permits. There are always
big crowd of soldiers who had rather
slip through the lines than to get per-
NIT, and this encampment Is no exception
to that rule. The detail picked up several
straggiers and large crowds of citizens
took q deep interest in seeing them catch
the men who had violated orders.
A very pleasant incident took place out
at camp yesterday afternoon. Col w. w.
Brandon was at his tent with party Of
friends when Memolfs Band, seventeen
strong, came marching down the streets
Of. the camp and: making a sharp wheel
to the left, halted in front Of the tent.
Tho band leader informed Colonel Bran
don that in compliment to him Professor
Memoli had composed march and named
It "Brandons March In honor of the
Adjutant General. and at given signal
the band played the march. Competent
musicians who heard the piece pro-
nounced 1t as excellent. Colonel Brandon
made neat talk, thanking Professor
Memoli for the honor.
The targets were placed in position late
yesterday afternoon by Colonel Brandon,
Captain Jones of the regular army and
Captain Archibald Some difficulty was
experienced at first in deciding exactly
where to place the targets SO as not to
endanger life. This trouble was obvi-
ated by placing them beyond the range
line road. going out, which is about a half
mile from camp. Beech Creek swamp lis
shout mile to the east OF where the
targets were placed and any ball that
might be disposed to do mischief would
lose itself in the wilds of that cypress
jungle, and as 1t is some three or four
miles across and 10 densely wooded, no
ball could do any harm. These targets are
made as near the size and shape of a
man as possible. When In an erect posi-
ton they look exactly like man in the
act Of firing gun. They are iron frames
with domestic covers drawn over them,
and are so arranged that they can be
bent at the knees and made to represent
q man firing in q kneeling position The
target practice commences at a distance
ofz60 yards. with the targets in a stand
sng attitude. They are then brought to
within 400 yards and fired at while they
are In kneeling position and then
brought up to 200 yards and fired on lying
on their sides. The targets are very
unique affairs and attracted the atten-
ton Of the general public. The Warrior
Guards, Company F, went out this morn
ing for target practice.
The first dress parade was held at $40
yesterday afternoon and an immense
crowd went from the city to see the drill.
The cars were crowded from o'clock
until z, and several hundred vehicles
went out. filled with ladies and children
The street car receipts showed that two
Thousand fares were taken up during
that time and there must have been at
least one thousand who went In private
eonveyances to say nothing OF the small
pqys ana negroes who walked. The drill
a A@II
or more acres. slightly rolling. and which
has Sbeen used for year or more by the
Selma Golf Club for links. The car.
riages. buggies and other vehicles occu-
pled the ground to the east end of the
drill ground, while the immense crowds
that came on the street cars occupied the
space to the south Of the drill grounds,
on the line between the woods of ElkdaIe
and the open space
II was an inspiring spectacle as the
oand marched out on the field, playing a
martial strain. and one company after
another followed in quick succession and
tCok the positions that had been assigned
to them
FIVE men succumbed to the heat. but
this morning there was only one man in
the hands of the doctor under the big
tent prepared for taking care of the sick,
and he was only slightly indisposed
FMS Is remarkable record for camp
as large as Camp H. B. Foster.
Colonel Graves Informed your cores
pendent that he had not seen a fly or
a, gnat since he had been in camp. There
are no mosquitoes in Selma this year.
The officers Of the different companies
have named the streets running through
the camps. They have been named for
the young ladies' who came here with the
soldiers. and who have done so much to
make camp life pleasant. The Montgom-
cry Grays have named the, street in front
of their quarters Maud B., for Miss
Maud Burke. Of that city. Another street
was named Bessie NJ. for Miss Bessie
May; another Carrie B., for Miss Carrie
Bealle; one Juliet K, for Miss Juliet
Kidd Of Gadsden. and still another was
called Olive B.. for Mrs Olive Jackson
Bell. One street Is called Carolyn E. af-
ter Captain Elliott's wife. who is a sister
OF Adjutant-G General Brandon.
Captain r. r. Baber is Oficer Of the
Day. Lieutenant Abercrombie is Senior
Omcer OF the Guard. while Lieutenant
Muller is the Junior oflcer of the Guard.
Last night detail of ten or fifteen
men was sent to the city under the COM
mand OF Major Carter who volunteered
FOR the service because of his knowledge
OF the, city. Captain Klrtright of Tus-
kegee was also sent with him and with
this detail they secured the city and cap
tured about twenty-five men. who had
slipped through the lines The street
cars had stopped running before they
mad nnished their duty and about 10
o'clock In the night they marched back
to camp and lodged those they had CAP
L. H.