The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
TROOPS REACH SELMA
MEN OF THE SECOND HAVE
 PITCHED THEIR TENTS.
The Camp Named in Honor of Col. Henry B. Foster of Tuscaloosa. Order No. Issued by
 Colonel Graves.
Advertiser Bureau.

| Selma, July g. | In thirty minutes after the ten coaches bearing the soldiers from Montgomery reached Selma, they were safely in camp and Colonel Graves and his staff were | busy for the next hour or two prepar- ing the details under which the camp will be conducted.
 Adjutant-GeneraI W. W. Brandon came | with the troops and his long experience in military affairs was seen and felt on ali sides
 Chaplain I. O. Adams of Eufaula was also on hand and was mingling with the men. All of the officers and men are ioo king in splendid trim and 1t looks now as if this will be one of the finest en- campmcnts ever held by a regiment of Alabama troops.
 II The camp was named Camp Henry B. Fe ster. in honor of the popular ex-Colo- mel of the Regiment. who resides in Tus- caloosa. Colonel Foster Is very popular with the men of the regiment and when his name was read out this afternoon and 1t was known that the camp had been named for him 1t gave great satis- faction to the entire regiment.
 Colonel Graves. the popular and ef.- cent commanding officer of the regi- ntent issued the following: Order No. l:
 Reveille. 5:45 a. m.
 Assembly. 6 a. m
 Sick Call 6:1o a. m.
 | Breakfast, 6:30 a. m
 Fatigue. a.. m.
 Drill, first call, 7:30 a. m
 Assembly, TAO a. m.
 Recall, S:l5 a. m.
 Officers call, g a. m.
 First Sergeants' Call, 10 a. m. Mess, F m.
 Non-commission school. 1 p. m.
 Guard mount. p. m. Assembly, 6:05 p. m.
 Adjutant Call. 6;1o D.. m.
 First call Dress Parade. 6:So ?. m
 Assembly. 6:35 p. m.
 Parade. GAS p. m. Mess. 7:so p. m.
 Tattoo. 10:3o p. m.
 Taps, Il D. m..
 Miss Mary Kirkpatrick of Montgomery was chosen as sponsor, and four young ladies were made Maids of Honor, viz: Misses Burch, Mae Hooper. octavia Lam derdall
 The advance guard of the End regiment which came to superintend putting up the tents and getting everything In readi- ness for the encampment, spent last night .
 posts and supper was served to the men in the long mess halls. The electric { lights worked well and the mess halls were as bright as day.
 All of the tents were up by sun down g last evening" sign Is nailed up on tree in front of each row of tents, tellins which company will occupy that tent. The camp is spread over large area, as there is plenty of shade and the fifty-two
 acres in the woods. composing Elkdale ? Park, did not make 1t necessary to crowd the tents.
 At noon today, Company D, the War a rior Guards of Tuscaloosa, came in forty : three strong, under command of Captain n w. A. Collier and Lieutenants R. H. Lit- S tie and F. E. Cox They are spiendid f looking set of young men and presented ,l a most soldierly appearance. On another = section of the Southern came Company
 M from Demopolis thirty strong in com Q mand of Captain B. G. Wilson and e Second Lieutenant B. c. Grimm. They V too, are a fine looking set of men. After f remaining at the depot a short while both f companies bearded the street cars and k were soon at Elkdale Park. The men suffered some for ice when they first arrived in camp. The water I is brought through a two inch pipe from l the nearest water main a quarter of a mile away. For half of this distance the sun beams down on the pipe, which is laid on top of the ground, and the water was so hot that it could not be I held in the mouth comfortably. In the heat of the day the water is too hot for I the soldiers to stand under the shower ? baths, and on that account they will do F most of their bathing after the sun goes down and a cool stream of water can be let into the small pipe from the under | ground mains.
 There are several barrels in the park . along the line of pipe into which the water is allowed to flow for drinking i purposes. A hundred pound block of ice will be dropped into these barrels : once or twice day and in that way the s soldiers will be enabled to get all the cool drinking water that they may want. With this single defect which could have been remedied had it been thought of in 1, time, the soldiers are delighted with the camp surroundings, and 1t promises to , be one of the most profitable and pleas ant encampments ever held by the End regiment
 During last night Colonel Abbott Tad | a large force of laborers at work white- , washing the trees as high as ten feet , from the ground and this gives the park neat and attractive appearance.
 The regular train, bearing the full regi- ment, with the exception of the above two companies, arrived over the Western from Montgomery little after o'clock ] and a busy, hustling scene was then en- acted at the depot. Four or i've hun dred came in on that train and they f made quite a martial spectable as they , boarded the cars and were taken to Elk i dale
 2 WILL PLY THE TENNESSEE.