The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-24
CAMP GRAVES CLOSED
FnsT REGIMENT LEAVES MONT
 GOMERY THIS MORNING.
General Ligon Inspects soldaefs as Pickett Springs and Highly Con- pliments the OutnAt-GOv.
 Jelks Visited Camp.

With the rising of today's sun Camp E. H. Graves becomes memory. by that time the regimsnt will have risen eaten breakfast and received their pay for cauap services. The various com
 panies will come into the city and take the trains their schedule calls for.
 Tae final day of the camp was fuii of interest. The most important mel dent ofi the day was an informal ana unofficial visit paid the camp by Gov. ernor Jelks. The Governor went out to Pickett Springs yesterday afternoon and remained for an hour or so at the headouarters of Gems. B. l.. Holt, R. F. Ligon and W. W. Brandon. Colonel duMoht with his field staff officers call ed upon him at General Holts tent
 which is a few yards out of the camp limits.
 A little later, accompanied by the members of the State Military Advisory
 Board the Governor made an informal
 inspection of the camp. The Governor declined the escort offered by Colonel du Mont. inasmuch as his visit was un-
 official Later in the evening the Gov-
 ernor was the guest of honor at a sup per given by Captain John Callaghan.
 The Governor took occasion to spe- cially compliment Colonel du Mont on
 the record the regiment had made while it was in camp at Pickett Springs. He congratulated Colonel du Mont upon the
 bearing and the department of the men end oficers of the 1st Infantry.
 In the morning the camp was inspect
 ed by Gen. R. F. Ligon, Inspector Gen. eral of the Alabama National Guard,
 United States Army. The regiment
 made a fine sho wing for inspection. The
 equipment was found in fine condition and policing and sanitary arrangements
 of the camp were found to be all tha, could be desired. The kitchen tents
 and all the kitchen accessories were es- pecially> complimented. A circular or der containing the compliments of Gen. eral Ligon was read at dress ara1e yesterday evening.
 The officers and men Of the regiment
 have been as we'll pleased with Mont gomery as the people of Montgomery have been pleased with the regiment
 The members of the regiments have been very much gratified by the cordi- ality and the warmth of their recep-
 tion and treatment by Montgomerians
 Colonel du Mont has several times ex-
 pressed his qualification at the kfnd-
 nesses sh own the regiment.
 As an expression of this feeling of kindness the following letter was writ ten the Mayor: Camp Graves. Montg omery. Ala. July 23. 1905.
 To the Honorable Mayor. Montgomery Ala:
 Sir-I take great pleasure in inform ing you that at a meeting of the ,off1- cers of this regiment at Camp Graves held on the twenty-second day of July, resolution was unanimously adopt ed requesting the commanding officer of the regiment to have an official letter ad- dressed to you expressing the sincere appreciation felt by the. officers and men for the uniformly courteous and con nsiderate treatment accorded them, both by officials and citizens of the city of Montgomery.
 Complying with the foregoing reso- lution I am directed by Colonel du Mont to inform you, as the official head of the city, of this action of the officers and to add thereto his personal expres- sion of eradication for fhe unusual kindness that has been shown the reg iment during Its stay near your city. Very respectfully, 0b Thad Partridge, Jr, Captain and Adjutant. The letter was handed to Acting Mayor Mcintyre yesterday afternoon while he was a visitor to the camp In receiving 1t he took occasion to highly compliment the behavior of the men of the regiment while they were in the city.
 All is in readiness for the regiment to move out this morning. General B. L. Holt, Quartermaster General, with the promptness that has always characterized his work has had all the