The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
REORGANIZATION
 OF THE MILITIA Gen, Bibb Graves Has Charge
 of the Plans
BROADER WAR ON DISEASE
State Board of Health Plans To Make Extensions ef the Work In Order To Combat Successfully
 Against Diseases.

Montgomery, October 11-(speciaL)-In line with the Dick bill passed by Con- gress in 1903, the Alabama national guard, as we'll as that of other states, will be fully reorganized. Under it infantry com panies and cavalry troops must have at least 5S men with three officers; batteries, 133 men and five officers. There must be battalion adiutants with rank of second leutenants, quartermasters and commis- saries with rank of second lieutenant.
 Inspectors of guard, rife practice and ordnance officers will be taken from the regimental organization. The gov lery will commissary captain. The gov ernor's stan will consist of adjutant gen. eraI and chief of staff, inspector gen. eral, quartermaster, judge advocate, medi- cal department, corps of engineers, ord nance officer, paymaster and subsistence officer
 In line with instructions which he has received from general headquarters in Washington, Gen. Bibb Graves will pro- ceed at once to the reorganization of the Alabama forces. Many companies will be forced out, it is feared, as it will be hard to keep them up to the regulation num- Der of men. It is thought that a result will be the organization of companies in towns and cities that will keep things well up and the dropping of all that do not show the required amount of interest. General Graves will send word out that it is all business from now on.
 Better State Health.
 The state board of health has made re- quest of Governor Conner for more room, as 1t is the policy of the organization to enlarge the work of looking after the health of the people. There is more money than ever before, though more is needed and will be urged. It is decided to em- ploy a pathologist, bacteriologist, regis trar of vital and nortuary statistics and an increase in the clerical forces. A room for laboratory and the collection of sta tistics and specimens is needed. and the board is going to seek better service in every way.
 This action was decided upon at the re- cent meeting of the board of health, and Dr. W. H. Sanders state health officer, is sending out copies of the resolutions to all the doctors of the state. It is hoped to limit the spread of those diseases that cause the most disaster and make the of fee equipment as full as need be- It is well known that the laboratories at Au- burn, of the Polytechnic institute, are among the best in the south. and the de- partment expects in time tc have them duplicated and more at the capital
 Text of Resolutions.
 .1. Be it resolved. That in order to promote in the broadest and most prac- tical way the sanitary interests of the people of the state, and to limit the spread of some of the most common and fatal of the preventable diseases, it is in- dspensble that work be undertaken in directions hitherto impossible on account of the mea gerness of the appropriation formerly made for the use of the state board of health
 '2. Be it further resolved, That inas- much as the present appropriation admits of undertaking this broader and more fruitful work, a larger force in the of flee of the state board of health is im- peratively demanded, the additional of fcials needed being a pathologist and bacteriologist, registrar of vital and mortuary statistics and possibly an in crease of clerical force.
 ''3. Be it further resolved That in or der to render it possible to undertake this broader work considerable increase of office space for the state board of health is urgently needed-a room for a microscopical laboratory and one in which the registration and tabulation of vital. mortuary and morbidity statistics can be properly carried on being the chief need
 A Be 1t further resolved, That copy of these resolutions be conveyed to Gov ernor Conner. with the request that he will give them such consideration as he deems proper