The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-18
MEN OF FIRST
 ARE IN CAMP The Name is Not Yet
 Made Public. DRESS PARADE NOT HELD Twelve Tired Companies Rested at Pickett Springs. Actual Duty Will Begin Today With the eco Soldiers Forming the South
 Alabama Organization.
DRESS PARADE NOT HELD

All companies composing the lst regi- ment of infantry, Alabama National Guard, arrived inMontgomery yesterday and long before sunset the last piece of canvass had been stretched at Pickett Springs for the beginning of the an- nual encampment with the exception of the tents of Companies H and respectively from Uniontown and En- terprise. These organizations arrived on schedule time yesterday evening and their men had completed all their ar engagements in time to obey taps last night.
 owing to the fatigue of travel. a large portion of the regiment having arisen yesterday morning as early as 1 o'clock, Colonel R. B. duMont decided to forego parade on the first day of the encampment. The late arrival of the two companies mentioned also argued for postponment of the first regiment al formation until this afternoon. The parade will take place at o'clock this evening.
 Colonel duMont said last night that he had not received a count of all sol diers present at camp. but that the rosters were being made out as rapidly as possible. He confidently expects the number to reach 500 men. The companies appear to be nearly full averaging about fifty men.
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 The civilians at camp yesterday even- ing and afternoon were many and cheerful. The men of the 1st regiment have always commanded good deal of respect and a large acquaintance in all parts of the State. They stand on their record as a unit in past perform ances Last year at the brigade en- campment in Birmingham they carried off the markmanship trophy put up by .ly avrA otherwise behaved themselves ef- ficiently.
 large crowd of visitors is expected to visit camp today. The vicinity of the site selected for the encampmen' affords an excellent vantage ground from which regimental drills can be viewed. People arriving from the city step off the car and need only to stand in their tracks to get an ideal view oi the parades and reviews.
 Guard mount was the first regimenta practice yesterday. This began at o'clock. Officers of the guard were Captain C. J. Morris, of Dothan com pany, and Captain A. l.. Campbell. oi Geneva company. The rules for guare mount were carried out without a hftcf and discipline was effected in the resi ment before night came on.
 The first officer of the day Is Captain Thomas F. Mckay. of the Lomax Rifles one of the companies forming thu Mobile battalion. Captain Mckay! day has seen good order so far. Th' company commanding officers wer' given instructions yesterday afternoon which insured a good rest last nigh for all the men.
 The commissary arrangements undel the direction of Commissary A. White of Mobile have already beer highly commended and his initiation 1T this service is said to have been highly satisfactory to the men who enjoyed the first mess last evening.
 Many Came on Special.
 The major portion of the regimen arrived in Montgomery at l o'clocl yesterday afternoon on Louisville ant Nashville special train. This train bor' the four Mobile companies. A. B. and M, Company D from Fort Deposit Company G. from Brewton and Com pany K from Evergreen. After empty Ing the train of seven coaches and bag gage car these seven companies formed compact line of march which attract ed great attention along Commerc' Street and Dexter Avenue. This de tachment of the regiment was accom- panied by the regimental band con ststing of twelve pieces. It is the onl! regimental band in the brigade. TO b' seen in this band Is Sergeant E. Yer beck, a veteran of the Civil War ant known as the Drummer Boy O Chickamauga. Sergeant Verbeck Is 6 years old. but is more adolescent il his military spirit than other must clans by his side. He Is member O Semmes Camp No. II, united Con1ed crate Veterans.
 It ;oes without saying that the Is Regiment leads the militia in point o buglers. The crop this year Is greater than ever. Healthy lungs have beer aspiring to bugler honors in many o