The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-18

table d'hote dinner tonight with the following numbers which will be sup plemented by popular requests:
 Raymond overture ......... Thomas Nalse-Elalne ........,....... Easter Sunshine of Your Smile ........ Ray
 Miss Sisson.
 Listen to That Dixie Band d... Cobb Chin Chin Selection ............ Caryll Sprinkle Me With Kisses. Ernest Ball your trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry" kind of policy, there is one thing agreed upon. That is that soldier cannot be made in a day, and that no army can be better than the individual soldiers in Sthe ranks. In the art of war as in everything else we are in an age of specialism, and the only way to make specialists is by long and arduous training, The giv- ing of this training is the main pur- pose of the national guard.
 National Guard in Birmingham
 In Birmingham the national guard is represented by three branches of the service, infantry, field artillery and the hospital corps, or sanitary troops. There are three companies of infantry, one attached to the Fourth regiment and two to the Second. They are Com pany K of the Fourth. and Companies and c of the Second.
 Although Birmingham has supported Cor rather has tolerated and been guarded by) military companies from the earliest times, the oldest of the organizations now in service is only Il years of age. As time goes on and conditions change older organizations become disorganized and are replaced by newer ones. Thus the famous old Jefferson Volunteers and Birmingham ..s r1x1 IT along with Troop D and the Brandon field artillery. They have all been re- placed by new organizations or in some instances broken up to make two new ones. The cavalry organization, Troop D, was changed into an infantry com pany
 Company B, second infantry, was the outcome of the work of the present ranking infantry officer of this dis trict, Maj. Carl Seals. The company was organized in 1904. has seen hard service more than once and Is now in a flourishing condition. There are 65 effective men on the rolls, and the company is exeellently armed and equipped. It is under the command of Capt. William T. Wingo with Lieu tenants R. B. Kelly. Jr, and Louis J.. Beaumont W. T. Evans is first ser geant, the other sergeants being A. l.. White, $. c. Walters and s. Willoughby. The company property Is under the care of rmaster-Sergeant A. M. Miller. The corporals are B. Kelly. M. Kelly, Spencer and Knight
 Company c. Second regiment, is the infant organization of the regiment. It was organized last October to take the place made vacant by the muster ing out of company in Selma Capt. J. ToWles Evans, who had served as lieutenant with Company B. was chosen to command. He has rapidly built q highly efficient organization and one which, in spite of it's youth, standn high in the list. Captain Evans has served for many years as na- tional guard officer, and has wrought well with his present command. As sociated with him are: First Lieutenant Hal F. Halstead and Second Lieuten- ant Virgil Roach. The company num- bers about 65 enlisted men. The non commissioned officers are. First Ser geant ]. P. Gilchrist, and Sergeants Virgil N. Evans. James c. Beatty, Ches- ter r. Price, and Edward O. Smith. Howard Bemiss Is quartermaster ser geant. The corporals are Ray B. Roach and Albert & Ross. Four posi- tions as corporal are yet to be filled.
 Company K. Fourth regiment was organized in 1910 as the Highland Ri- fles. It is under the command of Capt. Joel D. Carlisle who served for years as a field artillery officer, with one of the local batteries. John D. Trimble, who commanded com pany of the Third Alabama infantry during the war with Spain. has re- gently been commi issioned a first lieu tenant and assigned to Company K. Sergeant James Russell, veteran of many years in the national guard serv- ice and a non commissioned officer of high efficiency, Is company quarter master.
 It is needless to say that the local infantry companies are doing all they possibly can to put themselves in readiness for any call that may come Their greatest need is recruits. Their greatest obstacle is the indifference of the public and the unwillingness of employers to grant their men leave of absence to attend camps, drills and maneuvers.
 Another drawback that will be diff ficult to remedy is the failure of the state and city to furnish them ade- quate quarters. While other states give their organizations ample armor- ies, the local companies are suffered to occupy whatever portion of the city hall no one else may want. While Florida has built an armory in Jacksonville at cost of $115,O00 Alabama lets her citizen soldiers worry along on a total appropriation of less than one-fourth O: that for the entire national guard.