The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04
SOLDIERS GO TO MANEUVERS Alabama Regiment Leaves
 For Manassas. TO BE GONE TEN DAYS State Guard to be Represent ed by 12 Companies. Commander w. w. Brandon and Five Companies Travelled From
 Montgomery in Special
 Train of Seven.
 teen Coaches.

Twelve hundred soldiers Of the Ala bama National Guard are en route to Manassas. Va, to participate in the military maneuvres under the direc- tioh of the War Department
 From the Montgomery Union Depot at 12:30 p. m. yesterday drew out the special train of seventeen coaches bear ing five companies of the Alabama Pi ovisional Regiment to the maneu- vres at Manassas Junction.
 The companies were in charge of Col. W. W. Brandon who will command the regiment at Manassas. At Opelika they were joined by sixth company from Phoenix City, while the six other conn panies of the regiment left Birming-
 ham at $50 o'clock yesterday morning, under command of Col Frank P. Mo- Cornell of Talladega, who Is to be A | major in the Provisional Regiment. Between 10:30 and II o'clock yester- day morning the Montgomery company | left the City Hall and marched through the business portion of the city to the depot. The men presented very sol dier-like appearance, completely cloth | ed in khaki, with their new magazine
 rifles, canteens and cups dangling from
 their belts, and ponchoes containing
 their baggage for the trip slung over
 their shoulders.
 | Busy Scene at Station.
 A goodly crowd of Montgomerians | were assembled at the depot to see the
 militiamen off, and the station present.
 ed a busy scene. Railroad officials
 were there. hurrying to and fro on the platform, soldiers aided porters in get | ting their baggage on the cars, while
 every now and then trains containing
 fresh detachments drew up. heralded
 by bugle blasts, and disgorged their | nf in nf
 the fair friends of the soldiers boys
 were present and lent color and beauty
 to the scene
 | The train which carried the compa-
 nies from Montgomery consisted of sev-
 enteen coaches. A palace horse car
 was next to the engine followed by q baggage car. Next came two coaches
 which were left vacant for Company l.
 of Phoenix City, and two coaches occu- pied by Company c of Fort Deposit. | The next two coaches, the fifth and
 sixth, were filled by Company E of Mo-
 bile while the seventh coach was re-
 served for a detail from each company | to unload the train. Then came a
 sleeper for Colonel Brandon, Major Gaillard. Captain Friedman, Captain | Partridge, Capt. Charles Dexter, Major Stowe, Captain Taylor. Sergeant Key
 holds and Sergeant Rubira, and the 0
 E. This sleeper was followed by a baggage car and that by two coaches
 for Company II of Dothan. Two coach-
 es for Company G followed. while the last two coaches were occupied by the | Montgomery Company, D, with a sleep-
 CT in the rear for Col. F. H. Graves, | Lieut.. Col. Bricken, Captain Kendrick.
 Captain Williamson, Captain Roberts.
 Captain Soper, Captain Clifford and
 Captain Gunter. and the company off,
 cers of II, and D.
 At Atlanta the train was divided in-
 to two sections. the first section con-
 sisting of the cars from engine to, and l including sleeper of the commanding
 officer, the second section, under the
 command of Lieut.. Col. Graves, com
 prising the remainder of the train. The Montgomery Company. The Montgomery company was un- der the command of Capt. E. r. Baber, of the Montgomery True Blues, with Lieutenants w. F. Weiss and J. J. Pierce, also of the company, acting as First and Second Lieutenants, respect lively. About seventy-one men left in this company, which comprised mem bers of both the infantry companies. as well as men from the cavalry troop and the artillery battery, with de- tachment from the Wetumpka com pany.
 The other companies were of the same approximate strength. The Phoe- nix City company, Captain Coulter rep resents Phoenix City, Girard and Ope- lika; the Eufaula company under Col onel Dickey, contained men from Flu faula and Luverne; the Dothan com pany. Captain Williams. represented Dothan. Enterprise and Geneva; the Fort Deposit company. Captain Cole man. included attachments from Fort Deposit, Brewton and Evergreen, while the Mobile company, Captain Hagan, comprised the four infantry companies of Mobile.
 The Alabama Regiment will probably be gone ten days. The men are ex- pected to break camp at Manassas on September 12. after the review on that day by Mai. Gen. H. C. Corbn of the regular army Fully 25,000 men will be encamped at Manassas. nearly every State in the Union being represented by a regiment.
 The strictest good order marked the departure of the troops.
 Texas Regiment EnrOute. The First Battalion of the Texas Pro- vIsional Regiment arrived in Montgom- cry over the Louisville and Nashville at o'clock last night en route for Ma nassas, and made a short stop at the Union Depot for the purpose of obtain ing supper.
 The battalion was under the com mand of Major J. s. Hoover and num- bered 24O men, It comprised four com panies from Orange, Jasper, Houston and Laredo, Texas. Along with the battalion also came the Brennem Band.
 which is the regimental band of the | End Infantry Texas National Guard. The First Battalion left Houston, the
 rendezvous Friday afternoon. and was
 followed by the two other battalions,
 one arriving here at midnight and the other a few hours later.
 The regiment is under the command of Col. Henry Hutchinson of Austin,