The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-13
Still Hope to Take Regi- mentS to hickamauga.
Espection Officer of Army Tells Milf tary Men State Troops Are in Good Condition-Recommend- , ed, That Four Companies
 Be Mustered Out.

The meeting of the officers of the Ala bama National Guard held yesterday at the Capitol left open the question of To- cation of practice camps of the State troops
 The recommendation made by the spe- sial committee of officers to Governor pelks is that the time and place of the camps of the 1st and 2nd Infantry be left open in the hope that it might be possible Tor the regiments to so to Chickamauga. The committee recommended to the Gov srnor that the 3rdInfantry be ordered into camp between July and July IS. at a place to be decided upon by the officers of he regiment. The further recommenda- don of the committee is that the cavalry and artillery be put in camp some date after July at places to be named later.
 The meeting unanimously thanked Capt W. H. Johnston, the inspecting officer of Inc United States army. who has been in- ypecting the Alabama troops for his ser vices to the State Guard.
 By a unanimous vote the officers asked the Governor and AdJutant General to request that in case the Alabama troops held State camps, the War Department assign Captain Johnston and his com pany of the 18th Infantry to camp with the different infantry regiments.
 The special committee of officers ap- pointed by the Governor to settle the samp question consisted cf Adjutant Gen. bral W. w. Brandon, Col. R. F. Ligon, Col. B. L. Holt, Col, B. H. Graves. Col RR. B. duMont, Lieutenant Colonel r. P. Mcconnell, Maj. s. T. Westcott and Capt. A. G. Forbes All members of the com mittee with tn exception of Col. B. L. Holt, were prel It.
 In addition, Capt. W. H. Johnston of the regular army and the following offi- cers of the Alabama National Guard met n conference with the committee: From the 1st Infantry, Maj. Dayton Plaster and Maj. Alto Williams; from the 2nd In fantry, Maj. Charles F. Anderson. Capt. W. T. Sheehan, Capt E. F. Baber, Jr. i; from the srd Infantry. Capt Walter E. Gardner, Capt. Clyde Haskins and Capt. W. s. shellnut, and Lieut. Sam Roswald of the artillery.
 After canvassing the situation 1t was he opinion of the majoroty of the officers that there was a possibility that the Ala bama National Guard might still be able to go into camp at Chickamauga under the provisions of the Dick act. although lhe hope was a small one. Still the off, gers felt that there was time to wait and that the success of the summer practice camps would not be endangered by fur ther delay.
 Colonel Brandon presided over the meet Ing. He read all the correspondence which his ofice had had with the War Department relative to the encampment of the Alabama National Guard with reg nlar army troops at Chickamauga- No aefinite information had been received as lo the plans of the War Department rela tive to the National Guard camps. The War Department appeared to have no definite plans regarding those camps.
 Captain Johnston, speaking to the offi- gers, said that it would be late in the pummer before the regular .trpops would go into camp. The Dick act provides that Inc State troops shall go into camp only with regular troops. The regular troops, Captain Johnston said. were now engaged m target practice which would hardly be completed before the latter part of Au- gust. It was customary. he said, for the regular troops to go into camp in August pr September.
 He said further that careful reading