The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-06
ALAB yMA MEN MAZE PROTEST Soldiers Had No Ponchos
 For Rain. COLONEL BRIcEEN IS HURT Horse Ran Away and His Arm
 Injured. Private sweeney of Mobile is the Vie tim Of Aa Accident During the speetseular shan. BsttIs-

Camp William H. Taft. Lyfle, Ga. Aug 5.--(speciaf l--Drenched to the skin after a four mile battle the Ala bana troops put in a dreary day In camp this afternon, none of the men having change Of clothing.
 Following an all night rain in which several of the tents were blown down the storm of today was very unwel- come.
 Colonel c. R. Bricksn of the and Alabama was in serious accident this morning and had very narrow escape with his life While riding through the wooden land to the North of the camp a spirited animal which the Col onel was riding got away with him and running through the trees the Col onel thrust forward his right axsn to prevent collision with tree and the force of the collision was such as to knock the horse froiA his feet When Colonel Brtcken got of his mount he discovered that his right arm was either broken or dis1ocated. He was considerably shocked by the accident but was able to walk back to, camp. after Mrs. Bricxen had summoned as- Sistance from the ist Regiment.
 Col. Bricken was treated by his own hospital corps and after his arm had been put in spiints he was able to at
 
 To Investigate 1mdignifies.
 Indignities heaped upon members of the End Regiment men by regular army men is calling for an Investigation.
 Even officers of the End have been held up and relieved of their firearms and orderiies have been stripped of everything of value on their person. Colonel Potts received Colonel Brici<en and other officers of the regiment this afternoon In reference to the com plaints @
 The summonlnE nf detail for guard duty last night during the heaviest portion of thei storm gave cause for q dramatic action on the part of the of- ficern Of the 2nd Regiment. It wag poarinn down rain when Colonel Graves field Sffaceg of tks brigade. sent to the headauarters of the End Regiment for q provost guard detail to do duty at the Lytle railroad.
 Colonel Bricken endeavored to reach brigade headquarters to remonstrate with the officials for asking for men on such a night when they had not been issued ponchoes. BrIcken was loathe to order his men to report for duty un- der the conditions unless they were supplied with ponchoes and an en- deavor was made to secure enough men from the various companies to all thee;detatl, but the majority of the ponchoes were in use by men on regi- mental duty and Captains Walker and BaIlou, respectively of companies A and |, reported to regimental head 1 quarters that they would refuse to send any of their men for guard detail with out protection from the rain, but they would take the place of their men on the detail.
 Colonel Graves of the regimental stan. made d trip to the 2nd Alabama "a Ane.o w&. aA axnla4nAA Ia C0nfafxa- Adjutant Paterson that 1t would be ab-
 soiuteiy necessary to furnish the de- tall. Captain CFenshaw and Captain Howard joined tho two captains who at first had refused to send their men. Such q scene Is seldom heard of In mil- Itary circles and the men of the End Regiment arc proud of their command CTS who will not order them to do any
 thing which they themselves would re- fuse to do.
 Colonel Bricken grasped the situa- | ton at once and immediately ordered
 the captains not to join the guard de- tall. He relieved his entire regimental guard from duty and picked out the | four necessary men from that guard. Alabama in sham Battle. The sham battle this morning was | fought about four miles from the camp. | One battalion commanded by Major Baber secured hill with a heavy pro- tection in the front and to the rear.
 The first and third battaiions of the
 2nd Regiment. under command of Ma ! jors Dickey and Seal. after a long de- | lay in locating the second battalion. | attacked the hill from three directions
 and in each instance were driven back. | The umpires ordered a Hull in the | engagement and the defense was nov
 ed back to the wooded hill in their | rear where a determined stand was
 made and where the attacking force was again repulsed. although they had twice as many men.
 1 Captains Jackson and Weiss were l compiimented for saving the right flank ] of the defending party in the first en- gagement and preventing the attack ling party from getting in their rear.
 Tnnmediately after the engagement | Inc men started off for camp and a
 heavy rain which began to fall drench- cd all to The skin before they ar-
 rived.
 Iment this morning. Private Sweeney | of Company F. Mobile. was seriously wounded when one of the men back | of him stumbled and sent the wad
 from his blank cartridge Into Sweeney's
 arm.
 service at Birmingham, but 1t Is not | likely that more than half that number
 will be selected.
 The nag which was won by the Montgomery Greys last year in Selma
 win not be contested for at this camp
 snd most likely 1t will never be com
 neted for in a drill. By vote of the
 raptains it was decided today not to drim for 1t here. A company did not Nave thirty-two men doing duty, and as the competition was supposed to | be between A, c and L companies, ~
 ,ra. not thought right by the officers 1 "a hava fha drill.