The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
OLD GLORY IS RUN
 UP AT CAMP NOEL
Columbus Prepares to Receive
 Soldier Boys
LOW RATES ON RAILROADS
Camp Will Open Early in August, but Many Officers Are Already on the Ground Perfecting
 the Details.

Columbus. Miss, July a.-Cspecial.)- Old Glory was hosted this morning at Camp Noel. Adjt. Gen. Arthur Fridge was master of ceremonies and while the programme was not at all pre-arranged it was quite interesting and recalled forcibly the days of last summer when the same handsome flag foated over Camp Colum- bus. The flag pole is 1l6 feet high. It is the same one that the Stars and Stripes adorned last year, and everyone says the emblem looks better waving over Camp Noel than it would over any other place in the state. The officers of the guard showed their sentiments about this mat ter, however. and the people of this en- terprisng city have likewise manifested their regards for the encampment
 Yesterday was a busy day at the camp. Three car loads of tents and supplies have arrived, and are being unloaded, and the tents placed in position. The water mains laid for the camp last summer are being extended a considerable distance on ac- count of the greatly extended limits the coming camp will occupy over the one las; summer. The electric light wires were also found necessary to be extended. One of the features of this years camp will be that every officers tent from captain all the way up the line will be designated by an incandescent light in front of it. In front of Gen. Keesler's general headquar- ters there will be two arc lights. These headquarters are just at the point where the car line turns from Washington park. general headquarters, toward the baseball park, only about 300 yards away. The To- cation is admirable for the commander on account of the entire camp being visible therefrom.
 Low Railroad Rates.
 The Southern Railway company in Mis- sissippi and the Southern railway from practically all points in Alabama have an nounced rate of one fare plus 25 cents for the round trip rate to Columbus. This rate goes into effect two days before the camp commences and continues in force throughout the entire season. While these roads are the first to come forward with their formal announcement of the tate, there is no doubt whatsoever but that the chairman of the Southeastern Passenger association will inaugurate this same scale of fares affecting all roads in Mississippi
 Gen. Franklin A. Bell chief of staff, United States army, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., has been wired an invitation by local officials to at tend the camp while in session.
 Commanding General Keesler will ar rive in Columbus on August 1 and have his quarters all in readiness for trans action of business August 8. The camp will open on the 4th, two weeks from today, and special trains will begin ar irving early that morning.
 The "Natchez" special will leave Natchez at 12 p. m. August 3, Monday night. It will reach Elizabeth in time for breakfast. The companies frofl Natchez, Port Gibson, vicksburg (two companies), Indianola and Yazoo City will be on this train. It will consist of seven coaches and two baggage cars.
 Big Special.
 The "Winona Special" will have aboard companies from Brookhaven. HaZlehurst, Jackson, Canton. Winona and Louisville. Transfers will be made at junction points to the South ern rail- way at Winona and the train will ar rive in Columbus Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. Six coaches and two bag gage cars will be this trains equip ment.
 The Meridian Speciar' will begin it's journey at Hattiesburg at $40 D. m. Monday, August 8. Six coaches and two baggage cars will be on this train. and it will go from Hattiesburg to Laurel, thence to Seminary and on up to Meridian. The companies from all these places and also from Bay Springs will then be. on board The Mobile and Ohio will be taken there and the trip to Columbus, stopping at Macon for their crack company, will be fin- ished some time quite early Tuesday morning.
 The companies from Corinth Okolo- na, West Point and Aberdeen will come in at midnight on Monday. This will bn the "Corinth Special" Company K Second regiment, from Caledonia, Miss. 15 miles north of Columbus. will march to Camp Noel. Troop A, calvary will arrive in Columbus mounted Tuesday morning. This is the famous Noxu- bee county organization which was so highly spoken of last summer.