The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-14
TODRIL FOR MEDAL
MEN OF THE SECOND REGIMENT
 WILL CONTEST.
The Three Majors wuI Be the Judges and Lfcatenant Colonel Carter VIII Give the Commands to
 The Participants.

OCAtttot 1u&J 1os--l ne QTGns pdt tadS VI the End Regiment this afternoon was viewed by only a few persons, as there was steady rain all the time the soldiers were on the drill grounds and the parade was rushed through as quickly as possible.
 The events of interest on the camp tomorrow will be the drill in the morning for the regimental medal. Four men from each company of the regiment will compete for this trophy. This drill will take place in front or Colonel Bricken's quarters at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and the judges will be the three majors of the regiments. Dickey. Baber and Seals. Lteutenant Colonel Carter will give the commands of the drill. The medal which will be drilled for tomorrow was bought this morning by the officers of the regi- ment. They subscribed certain amounts for the medal. which will cost in the neighborhood of $50.
 The medal remains the property or the regiment, and the soldier who wins it Is allowed to wear 1t from one en- campment to the other. but on the first day of each encampment the medal must be returned to the coni- manding officer.
 Considerable interest Is being evinced among the nnen of the regiment in this prize dill, and each man who goes in the line to compete will do his best to come out winner.
 Dress parade tomorrow afternoon will be held earlier than usual and will be only short affair. After the dress parade each company will give an exhibition drill for the regimental flag. These drills will be judged by the commanding ofticer and his staff. They will attract large crowd to the camp grounds. At meeting of the officers of the regiment today. the Ofi- cers' Club of the regiment was reor- ganized. The club was once import ant in the affairs of the regiment, so- cialfy and otherwise, but of late years 1t has practically gone out of business The officers today decided to reorgan- ize the club and to perpetuate its ex- istence.s Election of officers of the club resulted as follows: Major Carl Seals of Birmingham. President; Capt Ever ett Jackson of Montgomery. Vice-Pres- ident and Lieut.. B. R. Howard of Sell ma, Secretary and Treasurer
 At the officers meeting a motion was made instruction Captain and Adjutant Brame to write letter to Lieutenant Joseph Long of the Abbott Rifles. ex- pressing the regrets of the officers at his enforced absence from the camp on account of illness and expressed a hope for his speedy recovery. Lieu tenant Long is the only officer of the regiment absent from camp on account of illness.
 Tonight at the regimental mess. Coll cnel Bricken rendered dinner to Miss Bessie McDuffie and several other young ladies. Among those present were the chaperons of the regiment, Mesdames Brame. Chapman and Kirk patrick, and Misses Nellie Breslin, Ben- nie Johnson. Irma Mallory, Elm. Nich- olson, Pauline weIch, Katherine Mil- hous. Flora Kornegay Miss Monier of DemopoIis and Miss Bessie McIbuffie.
 The officers detailed for tomorrow are: Captain Ballou, Company "L,' of- ficer of the day; Lieutenant Ward, Company H" Senior officer of the guard, and Lieutenant Grimmett Com pany "K," junior officer of the guard.