The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-04
ALABAMA BOYS SUPPLEMENTED Best Drilled Men at
 Chickamauga. GOV. CoMER REVIEWS TROOPS Montgomery and Selma Companies
 Capture the Honors. Five Hour Drui of the morning Was -EnIivened by Three Separate
 sham Battle Fought in
 Extended order.

Camp William H. Taft. Chickamau- ga Park, Ga, August 3.--(Special.)- )-- The troops of the Alabama brigade passed in review this afternoon before Governor B. B. Conner on the parade grounds north of the camp. Twenty one hundred men passed in front of the Governor and the front presented by the men was equal to that of the regulars.
 Brigadier General Bibb Graves as- sumed command of the brigade at the parade grounds and in turn presented it to the governor who was mounted on a handsome black charger.
 The Governor accompanied by Ma jor General Potts and General Graves. passed in front of the line of men who were drawn up in mass and then the after a line of soldiers had passed him. his excellency jumped into an automobile and was rushed to Chatt- anooga where he boarded a train for Birmingham. The Montgomery and Selma companies are capturing hon~ ors of the camp In the review this afternoon, the regiment officers were heard to remark here comes the crack battalion" when the Montgomery Greys and Blues approached. While in the drill exercises this morning. Gen. eral Potts. the commanding officer of the reservation, after witnessing the execution of a movement on the part of the Abbott Rifles of the End Rcgi- ment, called to Captain Adjutant Pat- terson and asked the name of the com pany and when told 1t was the crack Selma outfit. he requested Captain Pat terson to tell Captain Howard with his compliments that his was the best drilled company he had seen.
 Lieutenant Albert. of the Greys, is the police officer Of the regiment and the sanitary forcements have been turned over to him and the command regiment on being the best "poiieed" in the camp.
 Governor Conner PIeased.
 Governor Conner while pleased with diers was much elated when General Potts said to him that the Alabama men were the best drilled that had visited the reservation during the ma neuvers and that accounting to their records the men are the seventh best drilled in the United States.
 remarkable feature of the encamp- ment Is the general health of the men. Not a man in either of the Montgom- cry companies has had a spell of sick ness and in the entire brigade of near ly 2500 men but, four or i've have had to go to the hospital and these will all soon be out. Several persons learn ing of the fever which appeared in the first day or two became alarmed, but the officers say that out of the number of men in camp. they have never seen a more healthy crowd
 The five hour drill of the morning was enlivened by a stiff attack and de- fense formation in which three sepa- rate sham battles were fought by the men in the extended order. Major Seab, of the Third Battalion of the 2nd Reg ovar4fa1ftfnnAA hta and a spirited battle was fought on the hill In the rear of headquarters where two companies had beep placed on the ton of the hill, while two companies were in the attacking party. Twice the hill was charged, and although the men went to the top, the guar dians of the hill held the advantage at all times, and had real bullets been in the camp. the attacking party would have been annihilated.
 Companies c, F, B and D of the End Regiment commanded respectively by Captain Mckenzie, Captain Walker, Captain Smith and Captain Hogan participated in this engagement.
 The "Squaw Camp" Is now ready To entertain the officers of the brigade at the historic Dyer house, one quarter of a mile from the brigade headquar- ters. Seven tents have been pitched for the ladies and together with sew eral rooms in the house the twenty two are very comfortably situated.
 Girls at Camp.
 Three additional young ladies VIII join the camp tomorrow, Miss Mary Kirkpatrick of Montgomery Miss Ethel Clifford of Birmingham and Miss Susie dickinson of Tennessee.
 The Selma young ladies were enter tained last night on Lookout Noun tain where they were feted at. the Inn. The party returned to the camp in a tallyho.
 scene of a reception to the officers of the brigade. Tomorrow a dance will be rendered the officers and the "Squaw Camp" at a dance at Fort oglethorpe, Mrs. John Craig. wife of Captain Craig, being the hostess
 Wednesday night a dance will be rendered at the Patton Hotel in Chat