The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
SOLDIERS WILL BE
 TREATED FA|RLYBY
 ANN|STON CITIZENS

Anniston, July 20.-(speciaL)-That the citizens of Anniston stand as unit in the desire to do all in their power to make Camp Mcclellan the best canton ment In the United States; that there will be no gouging, but that every man who comes to the city, whether officer or en- listed man, will be made to feel at home,
 was strikingly indicated at the mass
 meeting held at the Calhoun county courthouse Thursday evening. The city IS better organozed for progress than ever before and, as expressed by E. l.. Tur- ner former president of the Civic as- sociation, "the knocker does only one thing-he builds a road on which to get out of town" MT. Turner heads the cam paign for new members and great strides were made Friday toward the 1000 mark. l J. B. Darlington, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided at the meeting Thursday evening, and made a
 rousing talk. Other speakers included
 E. L. Turner, w. H. McKleroy, H. NJ. | Ayers, w. H. Weatherly, T. E. Kilby, George Lang, w. A. Davis, Leon Sterne, l s. L. Crook A. P. Agee, Dr. F. c. An
 derson, D. c. Blackwell and L. E. Ogle-
 tree, all of whom made short talks in
 the way of suggestions and committee re- ports.
 l Maj Charles Dulin who was intro
 duced by President Darlington as the eff 1 fcent officer who does things and does
 them right" stated there is very great possibility that Anniston will get another I big camp. He has just completed the
 artillery camp, and in speaking of Camp
 Mcclellan, he said
 We have received instructions to build | a divisional camp for $500 men and to
 have it ready by August 15. We will build it and have it ready by August 15. 1 We are now in process of selecting the camp site on the finest reservation l | have ever seen. It is the most popular piece of ground for an army post of this
 kind in the estimation of the army offi-
 cers who have seen it, and who have l had their eyes on 1t for years.
 While I have the floor" Major Duin continued, q want to say that Annis-
 ton has the livest Chamber of Commerce | I have ever come into contact with, and the army's relations with the business
 men of Anniston have so far been most | cordial.
 | The pay roll will not fall below $90o, COG
 a month. It will probably exceed mill l lion dollars. The amount of financial ben
 eft to be derived by Anniston business men as result of the esta aplishment of 1 the camp here would be much greater if { tn city and county were in position to l furnish a sufficient quantity of forage, quarterma ster's supplies, etc. l Ross Peoples, Thirteenth and Wilmer, | found it necessary to kill cat that
 showed signs of madness Friday morn 1 ing. The cat was in the bathroom and l showed a disposition to keep the mem
 bers of the house from their morning | bath. It repelled any advance or attempts
 that could only be accounted for by the
 fact that it had gone mad.
 I A local building trades council has been 1 organized in Anniston, with the fol- lowing officials: J. B. Wood, president;
 R. F. Warehouse, vice president; T. M. l Harmon, secretary; William Austin, | treasurer.
 l The following gentlemen were appoint l ed as a committee to draft bylaws: w. 1 A. Spinks, Jack Tompkins and W. P. l Knighton. Meetings will be held every l Wednesday in Labor hall, at Thirteenth
 and Noble avenues, over Germans store. l A number of Southern and Louisville
 
 l the city Friday conferring with army of fcers and the Chamber of Commerce rela- J tive to the transportation of troops and supplies to the new camp.
 l It is believed that arrangements will soon Se made to build another short branA from the Southern to the new campA ite, of some point along the lJacksd file pike near the camp site. If this isA one, an attempt will be made to havek shuttle train service inaug- urated between the camp and the city However, all plans are tentative, but will be made definite as soon as the camr site is positively located.
 In the mass meeting held in the county courthouse Thursday night Major Dulin referred to the necessity for adequate transportation facilities and expressed the hope that the street car line would
 be extended from Noble street terminal to the camp.
 C..:k Il