The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-08-15

there viii be services for the sol
diefs in the pavilion 81 Lake Park,
the services being conducted By Rev.
/ ". r Boiling, d. d. chaplain Of the
/ mississippi National Guard. The SER
mon viii be preceded by fine mus
fcal program, consisting OF both vocal
+ selections by a male quartette fur
nisbed by the regimentaI Y. NJ. c. A..
and sacred music by the Second Reg
iment band These services win be
for the public generally, as well as
for the soldiers, and Gen. KeesIer cor
daily invites the citizens of Colum-
bus to be present. The afternoon
will be devoted largely to rest by the
soldiers, the only military maneuver
being a regimental parade by the
Third Infantry, which viii take place
at six o'clock p. M, and which the
public is cordially invited to witness.
The troops will be reviewed by
Gov. Vardaman next Tuesday. The
soldiers will march from the camp
up to the city, and will pass the re-
viewing stand about 1880 a. m. The
reviewing stand will be erected at
the corner of Main and Market streets
and the governor will review the pa
rade at this point. The parade will
include the entire brigade, which will
leave camp about $50 a. m, under
command of Major General Keesler.
The pageant will pass up Main street,
and it is suggested that citizens liv-
ing along the line of march decorate
their homes in honor of the soldiers.
The following is a list of the COM
missioned officers now in camp: Gov.
Vardaman's staff - General Arthur
Fridge, adjutant general; Col. Wal
ter Weaver, paymaster general; Col.
r. V. Rachford, commissary general;
Col. c. c. Wyatt. inspector general;
Col. w S. Vardaman, quartermaster
general; Col. w. T. Boiling, chap
lain; Col. ]. D. Money, chief of ar
tillery; Maj. Frank Craddock, aid
de- camp; Capt. j. T. Mclean, as
sistant surgeon; Capt. A. P. Gamer
on, aid-de-camp.
The camp is in command of Major
General S. r. Keesler, with the fol-
lowing staff Col. Jno. P. Mayo, as
sistant adjutant general; Lieutenant
Colonel w. F. Scales, assistant in
speetor general; Lieutenant Colonel
Calvin Wells, Jr., judge advocate
general; Lieutenant Colonel d. w.
Harrison, division chaplain; Major
E. w. Nall, aid-de-camp; Capt. Sam
Stein, aid-de-camp; Capt. B. n. Par
ish, aid-de-camp; Col. Chas. LeBar-
ron, surgeon; Capt. Nash Broyles,
aid-de-camp; Capt. j. f. Pope, aid
de-camp; Capt. L. R. Hodges, aid
de-camp; Capt. E. H. Magruder, aid
de-camp.
Second Infantry = Col. Sam Nc
Cants, commander; Lieutenant Col.
Virgil Jones, Capt. r. w. Briggs,
commissaries; Capt. Deb. Waddell,
chaplain; Capt. r. G.. V. Mytton,
quartermaster; Capt. J. w. Dement,;
adjutant; Capt. c. A. Coleman, in
spector of rife practice; Maj. Cecil
Champenois, surgeon; Capt. Harry
G. Fridge, assistant surgeon; Lieu
tenant Jno. T. O'FerralI, assistant
surgeon.
The army inspecting officers of the
camp are Capt. Ephriam G. Peyton,
of the Eighteenth United States In
fantry, and Lieutenant L. G.. Brown,
of the United States Cavalry.
The following is a list of the COM
panies composing the two regiments,
together with the different commits
stoned officers:
First Battalion, Second Infantry
Company G, Ellisville; T. NJ Curtis,
captain; Wallace Aston, first lieu
tenant; J. E. Baylis, second lieu
tenant.
Company I, Hattiesburg-N. Fair
lynn, captain; D. T. Hopkins, first
lieutenant; VIII Lucas, second lieu
tenant.
Company K, Lumberton - w. L.
Lowery, first lieutenant; o. S. Linn
bough, second lieutenant.
Second Battalion, Second Infantry:
Homer Brett, Meridian, major.
Company A, Meridian - Linwood
Griffin, captain; Charles Cameron,
first lieutenant.
Company D, Meridian-James a. |
Bell, captain; Luther G. Moss, first |
lieutenant; Ben r. Wiley, second |
lieutenant.