The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-14
EXHIBITION DRILLS AT
 ALA, STATE FAIR DAILY
Fair Opens Tomorrow and Troop c, Crack Cavalry Company of the Army, Will Be Among
 Great Attractions.
The Alabama State Fair opens to morrow.

nOFTOWs
 Booted and spurred, and mounted upon the best trained war horses in any stand ing army of the world. Troop c, Of the Seventh United States cavalry, the expert cavalrymen, rode yesterday afternoon through the streets of Birmingham to the Fair grounds, at the foot of Fifth ave- nue, only ten squares from the city hall, where they went into camp
 The troopers were in command of Cap- tain Ola Walter Bell and were accom- panied by the full band of the Seventh regiment, which is universally acknowl- edged to be one of the best bands in the United States army. Troopers and band came to Birmingham for the special pur- pose of participating in the fair every day, and to carry out in part the new pol icy of the general staff of the army of establishing greater personal familiarity and acquaintance between the American people and those citizens who as an army are trained for the country's defense in time of national danger.
 Came Ahead of Time.
 The gallant cavalrymen arrived in Bir- mingham about two hours in advance of the time announced which was about o'clock, and therefore they lost the enthu- siastic greeting that would have been &C., corded them by an assembled multitude of thousands. But they will get all that every day and night at the fair for the people of this city, district and state view the presence here of these soldiers with the keenest and most enthusiastic in- terest.
 It was toward 3 o'clock when the spe- cial train bearing the troopers from Nash vile drew up outside the union passenger station. With incredible swiftness their horses were disembarked, and at once the march to the Fair grounds was begun.
 No unpleasant incident marred the de- lightful daylight run of the special train from Nashville to Birmingham, and so the soldiers went into camp happy, every one giving expression to his happiness in being in the best town in the south and the thoughtful and perfect arrangements made for the comfort of all during their stay of two weeks within the gates of the great Alabama State fair. in which they will take the leading part in opening to- morrow
 Complete Muster Roll.
 Following is the complete muster roll Of Troop C., now encamped on the grounds of the State Fair:
 Captain-O. w. Bell
 First Lieutenant-Lewis H. Brown.
 Second Lieutenant-John c. Montgom- cry.
 Sergeants-Robert J. Napier, first ser- geant; Albert L. Lewellyn, quartermas- ter sergeant; May Windsor, H. W. Ket- chum; w. E. Lindsay, Otto E. Bender, Ernest A. Holmstand.
 Corporals-John Starr, John Wade, Chas F. Miller, Timothy Ford, Horace D. Young.
 Cooks-Henry Anderson and Robert Krebel.
 Trumpeters-Frederic Henselman and Walter Bailey.
 Farrier-A. V. Thomas.
 Blacksmith-H. Christensen.
 Wagons-William Wilson.
 Privates, Barnett, Bone, Chitwood Demerest, Darion, Engelskin, Fahay, Goessinger, Hoffman, Jardon, King, Lutz, Miller, Malt Paddock. Past, Powers, Progin. Rice, Schrader, Schupp, Scho- field, Shapiro, Snyder, Sours, Stevenson, Stratton, Thompson, Walker, Wallis Wells, Williamson, Wilson.
 The following are off on furlough:
 First Sergeant George Litter.
 Sadler Sitzer.
 Privates Austin Goesch, Clarke, Hay nie, Sibertson, Sullivan.
 The Seventh Regiment of United States cavalry Is accounted one of the most superb regiments of that arm of the nat ional defense. Indeed it Is everywhere known as the crack cavalry regimerf~ of