The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-17
be set down in a formal report to Gov

be set down in a formal report to eo'- ernor Jelks
 Regiment ComplimenteA.
 At dress parade yesterday evening a general order was read to the reslen containing the circular from Generai Ligon in which he complimeneed the regiment The order in full was as follows:
 "Headauarters 2nd Regiment. A. N. G.. Camp Henry B. Gray. July 16. 1905.
 General Orders No. l2 "rne commanding officer of the End Infantry publishes for the informatioh of all concerned. the following com munication: .F
 ..The Inspector General desires to compliment the 2nd Infantry upon the c,eanly and we'll policed condition Of its camps and the neat appearance or the officers and general appearance or the men, at the inspection on Jury lo, 1905.
 ".Thc Inspector General also desires to especially compliment Company 2 and B upon the general excsiience oi their inspection and Company A upon appearance of it's company quarters.
 "'R. F; Ligon, '
 Inspector General A. N. G.
 By order of Colonel Graves.
 ID. c. Williamson.
 Captain and Adjutant.
 Religious Services. Church services, an annual encamp- ment service, was held for the men of the regiment yesterday morning at II o'clock by Capt I. o. Adams, Chap- lain of the End At church call the men who had bee n' kept in camp TOT ln- spection were marched to the big tent of the Young Mems Christian Associ- ation which is situated in the rear or headuuarters. There were also large number of civilian visitors who went out to camp to be present at the unique service A large number of these Vis- itors were ladies. The big tent Was unable to accommodate the crowd apd it's members sat about on the ground near the tent.
 Chaplain Adams took as his text: He called two his servants ana a devout soldier of theirs who waited on Him and sent them to Joppa.
 The text, the chaplain pointed out. in dicated that the soldier was thorough and prepared one. He was evidently of some authority and he was above all a devout man. He had strengthened his character and met his duties ana responsibilities so well that when the time came for the choosing of men Tor this important mission he was selected
  fitted him for the discharge of import ant duties.
 In enlarging this thought the chap lain pointed out that many great bat ties had been lost, many causes had been destroyed because those upon whom the responsipLlty rested were neither devout nor prepared and failed at the critical time. The making or the character in the soldier was IS in the making of the character of men in the attention to detail in the doing of the small things we'll The men who failed were men who had devoted too much of their time that should have been given to their labors and their duties to social affairs. The soldier who would spend his time in the things that pleased him for the while was not the soldier who would be called up on when the great moment arrived. He urged upon his hearers the beauty and the importance of devotion not only to their spiritual but to their military af- fairs.
 Good Music q Feature.
 Music for the occasion was furnished by the piano of the Young Mems Chris tian Association and the Regimental Quartette, made up of four young men of the regiment with fine voices. The singers were Lieutenant Pierce and Private Pierce of the Montgomery Blues, Musician Gillian of the Graves Rifles of Birmingham, and Private Johnson of the Montgomery Greys.
 The crowd which attended the dress parade was the largest that has yet visited Electric Park during the en- campment, and this notwiths landing the rainy and indictment afternoon. It was estimated that four or five thous- and people were at the park at somc time during the afternoon. After the parade the camp for a while was filled with visitors. During the parade the