The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21

not only to themselves, but to their families"
 The kind and size of the bayonet for the United States army ia now receiv- ing much attention. and the prevailing opinion is that 1t should be made a most effective weapon in close combat Speaking of 1t a general offieer says.
 Tt appears to me that our infantry should have . long bayunet of the gen- eral type of the old Springfield bayo- net. but also an entrenching tool Its principal effectiveness must lie in It's Are action. for which reason 1t should have target practice of more contin- ual nature. No workman can use his tools to the best advantage without keeping In constant touch with them. In our present system of target prac- tice the soldier is entirely out of prac- tice for about nine months in the year; and it Is believed there could be mod ification of the system that would De productive of better results without very much greater expenditure of arn- munition. And even if the approprfa- tion for the annual consumption of ammunition had to be increased. what better expense could be incurred? Surely the training of the infantry sol- dier to shoot Is paramount to all his other instruction"
 
 The Army uniform order prescribes the dress uniform for court-martial duty. The manual for court-martial goes into more detail and prescribes the uniform of the accused and the wit nesses. As the manual is In course of revision in the Judge Advocate gene rars office, the question has come up in view of the change from full dress to dress uniform for members. The gem eral stan has recommended, and the chief of stan has approved the sugges- tion, that the uniform order be amend ed so as to prescribe the service unis form instead of the dress, for such commands, for court-martial duty. It was considered that the accused and the witnesses should appear in the same uniforms at the court, witnesses with side arms and the accused with out
 The great season of rife practice at Sea Girt, N J.. earl yin September, is to be attended by teams from all parts of the country, aud it is quite probable that there will be team from Hawah present, which will be the first time that country has ever been represented at such a contest. They are said 70 have records in target and marksmah contests In the Islands that will conn pare favorably with those made at former national contests and ther teams expect to take off some of the at Sea Girt It is to be regretted that Alabama is not to have a team there.
 The question of q permanent camp ground for the Alabama National Guard is now receiving much attention and is being very generally discussed among the guardsmen of this State It has become to be recognised as the most economical and satisfactory plan, as only one camp has to be arranged for afl the organizations. and much la bor and trouble saved thereby. The plan is popular and is generally ap- proved, but the place has not been agreed upon.
 My observation and knowledge lead me to the conclusion that an over whelming per centage of the officers and men will want to go to some place on the sea coast. Without exception, so far as my knowledge goes. the rank and file were in favor of the sea coast this year. They want the benefit of the sea breezes during their outing as 1t is most beneficial and health-giving and better fits them for the-duties of their exactinE business callings during the remainder of the year. Most of the states have adopted the plan, and It is not improbable that Alabama will do so in a very short time.