The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
TROOPS TO
 CHICKAMAUGA Alabama Soldiers Will Camp With Regulars. GEN BIBB GRAVES TALKS Ihrse Infantry Regiments and Two
 Batteries. xsedea 'Eauibment wnl Bs Furnishsa the Troobs Before the IEneamp- meats Besin-An Financial
 Arrangements Have
 Been Made.

On his return from Washington, D. C. and Chattanooga. Tenn. where he went to arrange for the encampment of the Alabama National Guard this sufn-
 mer. Adjutant General Bibb Graves is wearing A satisfied look. General Graves has q reason for satisfsd look as he has secured the guarantee from the War Department of suf1cient money to pay the transportation of all three Alabama Infantry regiments and the Montgomery and Birmingham Artillery 10 Chsckamauga Park. :.
 The financial end of the Alabama practices at Chickamauga has been al- ready arranged. There will be no ern- barrassment on this score. When Gen eraI Graves left Montgomery lsss than week aEof for Washington # looked as if 10 would be a niggardIy sQpeezs to carry the three regiments of infAn- tfy. Indeed. the appropriation from Congress was calculated to pay the ex- penses of only one regiment from Ala nana- But the importance of sending &lI the Alabama military units to Cfiekamauga was urged by General GFawes The result Is that he has availabla now e2o,0ee for transporta- tion of the soldiers from Alabama to the fields of Chicl<amauRa. M
 Counting this appropriation. the State appropriation and the Dick fund for equipment of the militia, 1t can be safe ly said now that the Alabama military department has available approximate lx S99s000 for the various summer prae- ices. This includes. of course. the ex- pendltures for the coast artillery en- campments which have been hefd re- gently at Fort Morgan near Mobile.
 While all the details for handling the artillery at Chicxamauga have not been arranged. General Graves was optinals- fie yesterday about this part Of the National Guard.
 z nave been in Chattanooga for a day or two said General Graves "and hawa gone carefully over the sites for encanpment. We will have a very de- alrable location. I am sure that the three infantry regiments will so to the joint maneuyers between the State n1i- litia and the Federal soldiers and have been negotiating with local liv- erymen in Chattanooga for the supply ok sufficient draught horses for the ar tiAiery.s
 Astters were addressed yesterday bv General Graves to the comnandine of- ncers of the infantry regiments and ar tiilery batteries. calling on them to state briefly the needs Of their rasnee- tive units in the way of equipment AS soon as these wants are ascsrtained by the Ad5utant General he win look i'm. ttt7t.A%~~~-S " A4tRVtu& LAGANt Ak t& ms Idea to let not a soldier from Alabama SC % chichamauga in July without all parts of the most modern euuipmenfe and accoutrements that gre known to 4he military world.
 From present prospects, the predlc- ton is that the Alabama rniIitianlen are going to present the best front that nas ever been shown by the brigade or this State. They win undouhtedly pc the best equipped lot of men that have ever represented this State or who ever went to Fegimental practices du- ring past summers. The funds are available for such a lineup and dIs- play and it is the purpose of General Graves to make the showing unequalled in numbers. in discipline and appear Anre.
 The maneuvers at chickamausa will be begun by the Alabama and Virginia soldiers and those of another State from the Department of the Gulf on July 2s. They will last for ten days. running through August 1. The regi- ments are expected to carry their tent age. The hope of General Graves is to establish much better target shoot. Ing record on the part of Alabama troops than they have had. This year they have been provided with rifles and ammunition ample for good. continued practices.
 The announcement of the date of th q cavalry encampment has not been made by General Graves. He said yesterday that they would hold their encanaprnent in Montgomery. The date will De an- uounced later.