The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-08
Lss.dD N. TAKES THE LEAD

Offers to Transport Commands on
 Its Lines Free.
 Doubt and Uncertainty As to Miiitar,
 Feature of Big Event Set At
 Rest by Action of Rail-
 road.
 At least eighteen companies of in fantry. three trops of cavalry. and three batteries of artillery of the Alabams National Guard, together with five military bands. will participate in thu Inauguration next Monday of Hon. B B. Conner as Governor of Alabama.
 This was assured by an announce ment made last evening to Captain A q. Forbes, President of the Commercial Ciub( that the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad would transport all thu militiamen on its lines in the State O Alabama to Montgomery for the inau gural ceremonies, free of charge.
 Thus, it is assured. after days O doubt and uncertainty. that the olt time military pageant. which has beei witnessed in Montgomery in the past when many chief executives of th' State have been inducted into the higi office, will be repeated next Monday when a new Governor of the Common wealth Is to be inaugurated.
 The announcement of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was made en tireiy independently of the possible ac ton of other lines operating in thu State, and the list of military organi zations which will participate in thu function a week hence. include onl, those which are upon the lines of ths Louisville and Nashville road.
 Information that this road woult take this action as received from th' headuuarters of the road in Louis vile yesterday by George W. Jones assistant district attorney for thu railroad, and was at once communicat ed by him to A. c. Forbes, chairman of the committee representing the Cit Council and the Commercial Club.
 The Letter T0 F0rbea.
 The letter of Mir. Jones follows:
 Montgomery, Ala. Jan. !. 1907. Major A. c. Forbes. Chairman Join
 Committee, Montgomery Commer
 cial Club and Montgomery Cit!
 Council
 Dear sir--"Referring to your Iette of January 3. it is q pleasure to advts you that I am this afternoon in receip Of a telegram from Mir. Q. B. Phelps superintendent of Transportation o the Louisville and Nashville Railroa' Company, Louisville. Ky. to the effec that your request for free transporta tion of troops from points on our line to Montgomery and return will be com piled with.
 MT. Phelps asks me to advise hin promptly how many coaches will be re quired; also how the business iron Florence. Huntsville. Oxford. etc. will move. He asks me to give him full information along these lines immed lately. in order that he can arrange fol necessary equipment and notify his al vision superintendents.
 "I will thank you to communicate with proper parties by wire. so as ts obtain this information with all pos sible despatch, furnishing me the in formation as fast as 1t Is received b1 you, in order that I may comply witt the instructions of the Superintendent of Transportation.
 Yours truly,
 George W. Jones.
 Asst. Dist. Atty"
 Over 1000 wnI Be Here.
 The action of the Louisville and Nashville makes it certain that there will he more than 1000 men in uni form at the inaugural ceremony. Witt the twenty-four military 'companiei present, averaging probably forty mer to the company and five bands of per haps twenty-five musicians each, there will be from these sources alone an az, gregate of 1,0S5 men in the inaugura parade.
 Captain Forbes, in order to ascertain how many men will be present undel the liberal offer of the railroad com pany. and how many persons 1t will he necessary for the city of Montgom cry to prepare to entertain. has writ ten the commanding officer of eacl of the different commands, asking then to secure at once the number of mer they will bring to Montgomery for th' inauRuration, and to communicate witl him.
 In addition to the twenty-four militia examinations on the line of the Louis vile and Nashville, there are over 6 dozen other companies upon the line ol other roads. For these provision hal not yet been made. although 1t is pos StDIe WOIQ WlAA DC ASSOANS0 AAOAh NtACi roads today.
 The bands which will be present a the inauguration will include the Is Regiment Band from Mobile, the 3rC Regiment Band from Anniston, tht band from the Boys Industrial Schoo at East Lake. near Birmingham. anC the band from the Alabama Polytech nic Institute. if the transportation fol that band. it not being a military or ganization. can be secured. In addl ton. there will. of course.- be the Mont. gomery City Band.
 Many Troops Included. Colonel R. B. DuMont. of Mobile. vii be In command of the companies of tn, Ist Regiment. Infantry. that will bt present. The companies of that regi noent that are on the lines of the Louis vile and Nashville are A. B. E anC M of Mobile D, of Fort Deposit: G of Brewton, and K, of Evergreen.
 The companies of the 1st Regimen which are not on the line of the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad are To. cated at Dothan. Troy, Enterprise ant Uniontown.
 Of the End Regiment. Infantry. which will be in command of Colonel c. R Bricken, of Luverne. there are located on the Louisville and Nashville lines counanies A and D. of Montgomery and B, of Birmingham.
 The companies of this command sit uated on the lines other than the Louis vile and Nashville are at Unior Springs, Eufaula, opeItka. Luverne Tuskegee, Girdard and Demopolis.
 Colonel w. H. MeKleroy. of Annis ton. me commanding officer of the 3rC Regiment, Infantry. is at present ou of the State. and Lieutenant Colonel H R Kennedy, of Birmingham. will be IT L..--..oad at tha inauguration