The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-06
SECOND INFANTRT Y CAMP ..s..
 NAMED ROBERT B. DU MONT

Call to quarters. II ?. m.
 Taps. 1f:50 ?, m.
 "Church call. f0:45 a. m, Sunday. .''Warning calls will precede assembling calls by ten minutes.
 By order of Colonel Graves.
 M. H. Hurt,
 Captain and Adjutant." i" The companies from Tuscaloosa, De- mopolis and Selma reached the city at 6 o'clock in the evening. and 1t was night fall before they reached camp. The Sell ma company. which Is the second largest in camp. wore brand new regulation uni- forms with the recently adapted blue chevrons and stripes. The company pre- scented very natty appearance. The largest company in camp Is sthe Twin City Guards. with sixty-eight men.
 Attendance Satisfactory.
 The attendance at camp is satisfactory been much larger had the camp been held earlier in the summer. Various circum- stances prevented an earlier camp of the regiment. but the attendance Is larger than the officers expected at an August camp.
 There are now In camp about 625 ,ofii- cers and men. A number of men are ex- pected to reach camp today. The cofipa- nies in camp are Montgomery Greys, Cap
  der; Selma, Captain Crais; Montgomery Blues, Captain Baber: Wetumpka. Cap tain McMorris; Tuscaloosa. Captain Col Her; Eufaula. Captain Mckenzie: ope- ilka, Captain Peacock; Luverne. Captain Dickey: Phenix City. Captain Coulter; Tuskegee. Captain Grimm.
 The three majors of the Regiment. O R. Briclzen. Charles P. Anderson and Ernest Carter, are at camp. but Lfeueen- ant Colonel H. B. May Is absent.
 The stan othSers present are Major I. N. Ctowe, Ca fkalns Hurt Williamson, Sheehan and Goodwyn. a-s
 Religious Services Sunday.
 Rev. A. L.. Andrews, of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church. yesterday ex- tended to the regiment an invitation to worship Sunday morning at the Dexter Avenue Church. The invitation was re- gretfuliy declined by Colonel Graves. who found on Investigation that there were certain difficulties in the way of trans portatlon.. Church services for the regi- ment will be conducted Sunday morning at II o'clock by Rev. J. T. Mangum of the Clayton Street Methodist Church. The services will be held in the Casino Theatre. Mir. Mangum will spend the greater part of the week in camp with the regiment.
 Sergeant Lanier of Company l.. has been made Sergeant Major of the Regiment. Corporal Lehrnan Ashurst of Company K. Tuskegec, has been appointed Regimentai Commissary Sergeant.
 Memoli's Band each evening about o'clock, will give a concert at the camp.
 A Parade Friday.
 The regiment will parade Friday morn ing in town. This will be the only tina of the week that the Regiment will visit the city in body.
 Saturday will be Governors day. on which the Regiment will be reviewed by the Governor and Gen. Louis V. Clark. Adjutant General W. W. Brandon reached the city yesterday from Mobile and he has quarters at the camp. Guar termaster General Barry l.. Holt also has quarters at Camp duMont
 Col. R. F. Ligon, Inspector General. will not be present at the camp. He. has been sick for several days and the Gov ernor has excused him from performing his oficlal duties.s He will leave tomor- row for a stay m the mountains of North Carolina. Colonel Ligon said yesterday that he very much regretted that he would be unable to attend the encaMpment.
 Camp in the Sun.
 The camp of the Second Is sun camp, that is, 1t has practically no shade. This is the single feature of the camp that has so far been unsatisfactory, but It could camp could not be found where there was shade.
 Because of the camps lack of shade. Colonel Graves has decided to keep the lines open in the day so that the men can rest under the shade of neighboring trees or visit the pavilion and car sta- tion.