The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-24
CRACK CAVALRY ID BE B|G ATTRACTION President of State Fair Con-
 ferred With Officers FULL REGIMENTAL BAND Troop of Famous Seventh Regiment Is Unsurpassed in Infantry Drill.
 Will Give Daily Exhibi-
 tions at the Fair.
FULL REGIMENTAL BAND

Troop c, Captain o. ". Bell, seventh United States cavalry, consisting Of about seventy of the most expert cav alrymen ia the world, and the seventh regiment band consisting of twenty-sev- en men, will arrive in Birmingham by special train on the 4th of October the day before the opening of the Alanama State Fair, in which the soldiers and the band are to take part, remaining in at tendance until the fair closes on the 18th of October
 President Krebs of the state fair re- turned yesterday from Chattanooga whither he went to confer with Colonel Morton, commanding the regiment ana other regimental, officers.
 MT. Krebs visit was in the highest de- gree satisfactory. After full under standing with Colonel Morton, he spent some hours in consultation with Captain Bell as to details, and likewise made arr engagements with the regimental band master. He also met and conferred with a number of other regimental officers. In the evening he was entertained at din- ner by Captain Bell in their quarters in Camp Thomas.
 Arrangements Satisfactory.
 Everything was satisfactorily arranged with Colonel Morton and the officers for the presence of the famous cavalry and band at the state fair, and yesterday MT. Krebs received a telegram from the war department confirming the agreement ar rived at between Congressman Oscar w Underwood as representing the fair as- sociation and the department, whereby the cavalry are ordered to Birmingham
 While at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga President Krebs had the privilege of wit messing a sabre drill by the entire Sev- enth regiment, twelve hundred strong the splendid drill music being rendered by the band as 1t is to appear at the state fair. It was noble spectacle, stir ring and thrilling the civilian spectators President Krebs was shown a great many fine photographs representing the extraordinary tricks of drilling perform ed by Troop c, and which will be daily and nightly executed at the state fair
 Cavalry Unsurpassed.
 The work of this cavalry is said to be unsurpassed, if quite equalled by any other regular cavalry in the world, and | there Is no doubt that this troop of regu- lar United States soldiers drilling or horseback almost as one man doubly dis counts In daring and difficult feats the best work of Buffalo Bilrs best experts | of the saddle and the rifle.
 | So wonderful is the drill work of Troor c that when it was detailed for instruc- tive drilling Madison Square Garden, New York, thousands of New Workers nightly paid five dollars each for tickets of ad- mission.
 Captain Bell informed President Krebs that it requires one year of ceaseless and most expert work to train a horse for Troop c.
 Clusters Old Regiment.
 The Seventh cavalry is the immortal Busters old regiment. The government consents for these soldiers to give ex- hibition drills occasionally for the pur- pose of better acquainting the civil popu- lation of the country with the military and thereby drawing the people and their armed guardians closer together in mu- tual interdependence and comradery.
 The following telegram from the war department explains itself:
 Washington, September 22T 1903. Hon. Allen J. Krebs, President, Alabama Fair Association. Birmingham, Ala.
 A troop of the Seventh cavalry and the Seventh cavalry band will leave Nash vile. Tenn, October 10 or Il for Bir- mingham to remain until the 27th to at tend Alabama state fair. Troop and band will bring their tents and rations so as to camp within fair grounds. Suggest you correspond with commanding officer of troop, who will be at Nashville horse show from October 5 to 10, with a view to details.
 HALL,
 Acting Adiutant General. In connection with this telegram, it was agreed between Mir. Krebs and the lead CT of the band that the band would be entertained at hotel