The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
Every Member Is a College Man With Previous Ex- perie ce in Military Ira h. ing and Tactics
MOST PROMINENT
 MEN IN CITY ARE
 AMONG ASSOCIATES
Battery Works With Idea of Creating the Finest Bat talion for Birmingham in the United States

if not in the south, is the Jefferson Artillery Battery c, first battalion, field artillery. Alabama National Guard, which has just been completed, and which num- bers among its enlisted men some of the most prominent men of Birmingham.
 The organization is unique in that it of men prominent in business life in Birmingham. The associate members are not regularly enlisted men in the bat tery, but they are a part and parcel of it, and, as such, support it is every way they can.
 The battery has full equipment with the exception of horses, and the federal government will supply the deficiency in horseflesh as soon as the battery is re- cruited up to the required strength. The officers of Battery c all have had exten- sive military framing, and many of the enlisted men have a wide knowledge of matters military, having held offices be- fore in the National Guard and other military organiza tions.
 RAISE STANDARD
 The purpose of the organization is to foster the Alabama National Guard as a body by working directly with and through Battery C, in an effort to raise the personnel and standard of efficiency of the state troops. The battery was organized by young men and young men of Birmingham will control it. Every enlisted man at present is college man. and all the officers are w. M l. men, this institution being known as the West Point of the South." Graduates of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Van derbilt and other great institutions of learning are members of the battery.
 The resolutions of organizations ex- plain the purpose and aims of the or ganization. The follow:
 Resolved, first, that the members of this organization, realizing the question of preparedness to be one of the fore- most issues of the day and one worthy of the support of every patriotic Amer ican citizen, do hereby band themselves together to promote this movement through the Alabama National Guard, as body in Birmingham, and directly through Battery c, first battalion, field artillery, Alabama National Guard
 Second, that this organiza ton shall not be made the tool of politics.; that 1t shall be social in spirit, with the prime object of raising the personnel and effi- ciency of the Alabama National Guard, and giving it any other assistance in it's power, such as it's public indorsement and recognition.
 The governing board shall be com posed of F members five of whom, in cluding the present and first vice pres- ident, shall be elected from the associate members, and seven of whom, including the second vice president and secretary, shall be elected from the active members of Battery C."
 OFFICERS SELECTED
 At meeting Friday night the organi : zation named Col. T. o. Smith, president and Judge J. T. Stokey, first vice pres ident. George Gordon Crawford, Borden Burr and T. E. Brooks were named as additional members of the governing board from the list of associates. From the active list, James A. Simpson was elected second vice president, and Ed mund c. Arms, secretary. They con- stitute two members of the board of governors from the active division, and other members of this board from the actives are c. Powell Noland, Henry J. Porter Jr., John L. Cox, T. w. Palmer, Jr., and E. c. Watkins.
 The constitution and bylaws which govern the organization were drawn by T w. Palmer, Jr., Robert Thach and James A. Simpson, being patterned after the constitution and bylaws of similar organizations
 The Jefferson Artillery is social in spirit, but it is far from being social organization in the generally accepted sense of the word The purpose of the organizatio is to aid in the programme of preparedness by taking the material within reach and developing it. This is what they hope to do with the National Guard.
 At first these young men thought they would form company of infantry. and make it the most efficient company in the National Guard of the United States setting an example for the remainder of the state of Alabama, and of other states to follow, After thinking the matter over further, however, they decided that the artillery was the one branch of the service which would be hardest to re- crut up to a war footing should the need arise. Therefore. they decided that a battery organization would be formed in Birmingham of which the entire city the state. and the nation could be proud.
 ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP
 In carrying out the idea, it was agreed that an associate membership would be of material value. Therefore a num- Der of Brminghams most prominent and most public spirited men were invited to become associate members. The list was carefully selected and the names voted upon by the active members before those who were desired as associates were noti- fled Some of them have not received