The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-03
THE SOLDIERS READY
SOUNDING OF RIOT CALL ALARMS
MONTGOMERY.
Blues and Gregg Responded Quickly to
Cali Of Govern0r-Men Dixap-
pointed at Revocation
Of OrdeP

After having been assembled in their
armory last night to proceed to Mo-
bile, the Montgomery True Blues and
the Montgomery Greys were relieved
from duty by a telegram received from,
Governor Jelks, who 10 in Mobile. coun :
demanding the order for Montgomery
soldiers.
This order reached Montgomery after
q riot call had been sounded. the mill
tia had been mobilized and after a spe-
cial train had been chartered to trans
port the soldiers to Mobile.
At 10 o'clock last night Hon. J. X.
jackson, the Governors Private Secre-
| tary. received a telegram from Cover
nor Jelks directing him to immediate
ly send two companies from Montgom-
cry and companies from Fort Deposit.
Greenville and Brewton to Mobile and,
II necessary to charter a special train
to carry them to the Gulf City. Mr.
Jackson was advised by the Governor
that there was a riot in Mobile
Mr.. Jackson went at once to the
armory. and found Capt. w. F. Weiss,
Of the Montgomery Blues whose com
pany had been drilling. whom he or
dered to have his company in readi-
| ness in an hour to leave for Mobile on
| a special train.
Excited By Riot Call.
Failing to be locate Captain Everett
Jackson Of the Greys and realizing
that 1t was Imperative to summon as
many members Of the Blues and Greys
| as quickly as possible, Mr.. jackson
went to the Madison Avenue fire sta
ton, awakened Assistant Fire Chief
| E. J. Griffith. and. at the Secretary s
request. the riot call was sounded
Mr.. Jackson hurried in a carriage
| to the telegraph Office and ordered out
the soldiers Of Fort Deposit. Green
Vile and Brewton. and then drove to
the union railway station, where he
| found an official Of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad. and chartered n
special to Mobile.
The sounding of the riot call. No.
IS. caused intense excitement and
alarm in Montgomery 1t was repeat
| ed several times. Fields Minstrels.
playing to a packed house at the
Montgomery Theatre. was Just con-
Guiding its perforif,ance, and the crowd
poured out of the play house, all rush
ing toward the city building and all
intent upon ascertaining the cause OF
the call.
Even to the most remote suburbs.
the people were aroused. 1t was the
| first time in many years that sucn a
call had been heard in Montgomery
Hundreds OF people called up police
headquarters. The Advertiser and
public places. by telephone begging to
know the trouble. Members Of the
National Guard rushed. with all pos
sible haste. to the armory.
| Blues Were Ready.
| Within twenty minutes after the
taps were sounded. the Blues had for
| ty-four men In line and ready to leave
and Captain Jackson of the Greys
had already gathered large part OF
his company Major E. F. Baber was
ready in a few minutes. Many of the
members OF the companies ran a mile
| or more from their homes in answer
to the alarm. All were eager to go
| to Mobile In answer to the GOVERNOR
| call
When the riot number was tapped
| excitement was also caused at every fir
| station In Montgomery. Firemen sill,
down the brass poles. ready to go to
fire. The horses were harnessed an,
the apparatus. in many instances, wa
| almost pulled out of the stations, be
fore the firemen realized that the cal
was not for fire but for n riot
| Order COuntermanded.
While the troops were mobilizing
Mr.. Jackson. accompanied by AdJutan
| General w w. Brandon. drove to tn
/ telegraph office and had been there onl
| a few minutes when the message wa
| eceived from the Governor counter
manding the order for Montgomery sol
| diers. The Blues and the Greys wer
Immediately Informed and a more dis
| appointed crowd of men was never seen
| Mr.. Jackson had made arrangements
| to have the special Louisville and
| Nashville train leave the station at
| 1890 o'clock. He ascertatned that the
regular Louisville and Nashville train
No. 8, due to leave Montgomery for
Mobile at 9:35 o'clock. was several
hours late. and he had planned that
the Fort Deposit, Greenville and Ever
green companies should be taken to
| Mobile on No. 3. and that the special
should carry the Montgomery troops. at
the same time pick up men left behind
| by the down state troops He i'm
| medately annulled the special. a regu-
lar train No. 8. which left here at Has
o'clock, took the troops from the low
| er towns.
| Mr.. Jackson was warm in his praise
| of the quick response which the mill
tary of Montgomery to the call, He
also highly complmented the Louis
VILE and Nashville Railroad Off Is
for their assurance of a special train
in one hours notice.
| The great mass of people, who
| crowded the down town district, di,
not entirely dispense until midnight.