The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
ELECT OFFICERS TODAY
C0ETEsTs IN THE ALBANIA
 NATIONAL GUARD. g
Commanders of First Infan.ry. Cav. airy and Artillery to bs Chos- en--Warm Race on in
 the Squadron.

A Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Infantry, Major to command the battalion of Artillery and Major to Com mand the Cavalry Squadron of the Ala bama. National Guard will be elected to- day by the officers of those commands :.
 There will be but one contest in the elections. The infantry and artillery will re-elect their old officers by exclamation, but for the honor of commanding the Squadron of Cavalry, 6 warm contest is on.
 To succeed Major James T. Beck of tine Cavalry Captain A. @. Forbes of Mont gomery and Captain V. B. Atkins of Sel. ma are candidates. Major Beck, who re- sides at Camden, declined to be a candi- date to succeed himself.
 Tn the 1st Infantry Colonel R. B. due Mont of Mobile will be unanimously re. elected. Colonel dnMont has seen more than twenty years service in the Nation al Guard. He was Major in the End Ala. bama Volunteers during the Spanish. American war and upon the reorganiza- ton of the Alabama National Guard he was cho5en Colonel of the 1st Infantry. Under his command the regiment has at- tained 6 high degree of efficiency.
 The compliment of unanimous re-elec- tion will also be rendered Colonel du- Mont's assistant, Lieutenant Colonel C.. f1uUpdIu VI AEUy. NOtDNet T1uUDEEQ was a Captain in the 2nd Alabama Volun- teers and he has for many years been an active member of the State Guard, For Major of the Battalion of Artillery no name has been mentioned but that of Major s. T. westcott of Montgomery, its present commander. The Battalion offi- cers will give him unanimous vote in recognition of his long and faithful ser. vice in the artillery. The four batteries of artillery are stationed, one each. al Montgomery, Selma, Mobile and Birming- ham.
 The race for Major of the Cavalry Squadron has been interesting from the outset and the interest has redoubled with the public announcement by Major Beck that he would not be candidate. Cap. tain E. J. McCrossin of Birmingham was prominently discussed as a candidate but
 he also declined to enter the race. These developments left the contest tt
 Captain Atkins of Selma and Captain Forbes of Montgomery. Captain Atkins
 is the commander of Troop c at Selma
 He was a candidate against Major Beck | for the command of the Cavalry Squad ron four years ago. Captain Forbes 1: Adjutant and Chief of Stan of the Cav airy Squadron.
 The squadron has four troops, one eacf at Montgomery. Birmingham, Selma and Camden. There are four votes to eacf | troop. making a total of sixteen. Cap 1 tain Forbes. 1t is said, will receive the en
 tire vote of the Birmingham troop ant three of the four votes from the Mont
 gomery troop. Captain Atkins, it is sait
 will receive the four Selma votes and ont
 Montgomery vote. The Camden vote fl | the uncertain quantity and upon It. de
 bends the result of the election. The mode of balloting for all the flelt
 officers will be the same. The officers oi
 the battery troop or company will meet
 In their armories between 9 a. m. and |
 m.. when their ballots will be prepared
 and sent to the Adjutant General. The ballots must be received by the Adjutani
 General by December f. He will on that
 day open them. ascertain and declare the results.