The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-30
COMPANIES MUSTERED IN


 Seven companies of the Alabama Ma tional Guard were mustered into govern ment service today by Capt William P. Screws, U. s. A, senior mastering off cer at the mobilization camp here. These companies with the number of officers and men, were as follows
 Company E, Second regiment, three of ficers and S5 men; Company G, Second regiment, three officers and "A men; Com pany F, Second regiment, two officers ana 97 men; Company H, Second regI- ment, three officers and SS men; Company B, Second regiment, three officers and 96 men; Company A, First regiment three officers and 80 men, and Company D. Fourth regiment, three officers and 7S men.
 Altogether about 14 companies had been mustered into service by tonight, and it will probably be the end of the week be- fore all of the various organizations at the encampment will have enrolled in Uncle Sans service.
 The examination of the officers and men precedes the muster roll. For the past two days, Maj. William L. Little, surgeon in charge of the medical exam ination of the troops, assited by three or four other surgeons has been busy day and night making rigid inspections of the officers and men at the camp. The per centage of rejections so far has been dDOut ~, dIlQ IL IS eApeC6Q that tnlS pro- portion will obtain. Among those re- jected for physical unfitness is a num- ber of officers.
 ROUTINE WORK FEATURES DAY
 Today, as on yesterday and the day preceding, routine work, including drills. maneuvers and organization, was the principal business in hand By steady process the soldiers are being prepared for service They are being rd tan oh discipline.
 Hundreds of soldiers came to camp with their hands soft and white, men and boys of education and refinement whose hardest labor had been confined to the pages of a ledger or to the hand ling of law books. They soon learned the meaning of work. With picks and shovels they were put to digging ditches in preparation for the raising of tents. Others plunged into the task of carrying bricks, heavy boards and performing other duties in keeping with camp life.
 The first night they went, to their beds-a blanket placed over it-too tired to sleep. The second day it was easier work and sleep was easier, but 1t was a deep, healthy sleep that rested mind and body.
 But there have been no complaints. The men at the mobilization camp. whether they belonged to the class of cotillon leaders or whether they were fields. have shown both courage and fortitude in the severe tasks imposed upon them at the military camp, and they have, with few exceptions. per formed their arduous labors with no word of complaint and with no word of regret for having enlisted in the army.
 ANXIOUS TO GO TO FRONT
 And all are anxiously awaiting orders to move to the front There is hardly a man in the camp who is not anticipating with feverish impatience the order to entrain. They are all anxious to perform actual service for their country, and the sooner they have this wish the bet ter for their spirits. There is not man of the 4OOO or more encamped at Vandiver park who would not like to be ordered to the Mexican border tomorrow. And more than this they would like to be ordered across the border into the midst of things.
 Recruiting still continues. Men are en- listing every hour in the day in one or more of the organizations at the camp, and indications are that the company rolls will continue to swell as long as the troops are stationed here.
 VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS
 As announced in The Age Herald yes- terday there is much talk of raising vol unteer regiments. Maj R. E. Steiner of Montgomery already has received more than enough offers of companies to fill a regiment. From all parts of the state he has received enthusiastic offers of support in his undertaking to raise a regiment. Several old National Guard of ficers have already raised companies which they have rendered to Major Steiner
 Major Steiners regiment is purely a volunteer organization, and will be ready for mobilization orders perhaps before a call is issued for additional troops. It Is Major Steiner's purpOse to raise the