The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02
BY ID. W. McIvER.


 The United States Government mas established seven camps of instruc-- tion, under the recent law passed py Congress which appropriates seven hundred thousand dollars for the pur pose and in which the regulars ana National Guard are to participate Joint- ly.
 One regiment of SIS men is to take part in these camps and the prorata given to this State Is $13,0OO. The ist Regiment, commanded by Coionei R. B. DuMont of Mobile has peen assigned to this duty and VIII go Ih,o camp at Chickamauga Park, Ga. duly 2S to August 5th, 1906, the tune pe- ing eight days
 The seven camps of instruction have been located by General Order llo, War Department, under date or June 18th, as follows: Mount Gretna. Pa American Lake. Wash: Fort hiley, Kas.; Fort Benjamin Harrison. mo, the State Maneuver Camp near Fort n A Russell. wyo., and Chickamauga Park. Ga. The routes will be so ar ranged as to require marches, Wnlch | for the infantry shall approximate zpo miles each way. and for field arti'ery and cavalry 25o miles
 The camps are to be established not later than August list. except those at Mount Gretna, Pa, Chickamauga Park. Ca and Austin. Tex. which will be es- l tablished not later than July 27. 1so0. and that at America Lake. Wash. not | later than August 10. 1906 This orde" | is for regulars. as matter Of course, I but the National Guard will nave to conform to them to the letter after I they go in camp The commanding om- i cer a Chickamauga Park will be BITE adler General John W. Babb, and the I regular troops to be stationed there
 will be as follows; 17th Infantry, en-
 0rA | Field Artillery; 4th Battery, Field Ar I tillery; 2d Battalion. Engineers; two l companies, Signal Corps, one-half com. | many (G); Hospital Corps one-hali Il company (A). The camps are to con- tinbe until September 30, 1908. T The marches will be made, as far as practicable, the occasion of suitable in I sfruction and extended tests of the clothing, equipment, and transportation Y as now furnished to the Army of the I United States. The 1st Regiment VII be the only troops from Alabama tax ing part and they will be there the I first week. They will be followed by other regiments from surrounding l States. one after the other until Sep-
 tember 3oth. ,. Special programs of instruction will be arranged which will as far as prac- !! ticable, harmonize with the more eV-
 tended schemes pursued by the regular
 troops and are expected to be of espec- \ ial benest to all the National Guard
 taking part.
 ,l As to Rank.
 : A decision of much importance ha l recently been rendered by the War De t partment, relative to rank, viz: ,rw
 captains in a regiment of the Nationa
 Guard were elected to the grade major on the same date. One ac
 cepted at once and was commissioneo ] and the other. who it appears was tn senior as a captain, did not qualif until later, but claimed seniority as major" Reply was made that Il
 the regular army the officer with tn
 oldest commission is the senior; an ,f inc commissions bear the same date
 tho oficer with the longest commis
 sioned service Is the senior. This .s very plain and Is right; the omcer VII VII is alert enough to get his commissio flrst should get all tho benefits an the rank can only in fairness be es tablished by the date of the commis
 sion.