The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-27
CAMP M GILLIAN
 OFFICERS ORDERED
 10 Fl. SILL, OKLA.
Assignment of Col. Reading of Second New Jersey Has Been Accepted by the
 War Department

Anniston. November -tspecial)
 Orders have been issued at Camp Me l CIellan for the following members of the commissioned personnel to pro | ceed at once to Fort Sill, Okla, to en-
 gage in special training courses First Lieutenants Hary c. Wright, Harris W. Watkins, Wise Wourle, Charles E. Reeves, o. V. Daws, Will | liam A. Twanley, William Doyle and E. w Moorring; Second Lieutenants Fred c. Dawson, Charles P. Opper- man, Harry w. vanBuren, William W. Ramsey William F. Gallagher. Ru- 1 dolph Schlaepfer, Frank D. Reilly, C. J. sawden and George W. Meredith. 1 It was announced today that the as- signment of Col. Horace M. Reading formerly the commanding officer of i the Second New Jersey infantry, has 1 been accepted by the war department. Colonel Reading has been connected with the New Jersey National Guard in different capacities for p years, and is considered to be one of the best informed regimental commanders in
 the whole state. Since the reorgan- ization of the different guard units into
 the Twenty-ninth brigade, Colonel
 Reading has been attached to the 115th
 infantry He expects to leave for his
 home in Trenton next Saturday.
 That the True American" or anti
 Catholic agitation that followed the
 special privileges granted Knights of Columbus in cantonments does not
 prevail at Camp Mcclellan was shown during the visit of Father Steiner, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Paterson, N. J., by the holding of services from the same platform by the Catholic priest and the Presby- terian chaplain.
 attendants at the meetings of the To- cal chapter of the Zamora temple, and they have been asked to accompany
 the local shriners on their journey to Birmingham next Thursday. The Anniston chapter has chartered a spe~ cial Pullman for the occasion and will leave here for Birmingham at 943 in the morning. They will be joined al the station by the military contingent, who will be brought back in time for reveille the next morning.
 DEAN AlI DOo4ND w LAN
 James NJ Bentley of Cleburne coun ty has been bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury un- der bond of $500, after prelm- mary hearing in Judge, Luther Lyle's commissioners court Saturday after noon under a charge of moonshininS SHIPS CARS TO PENNSYLVANIA
 The large plant of the NiIby Car and Saf made the first shipment of 30 steel c~fs among an order for 150 to the Pennsylvania railroad, and the line of gondolas presented pretty view as they stretched out for several blocks along the tracks beside the plant.
 These cars are the finest of the kind ever built in the south, owing to the fact that the Pennsylvania people are known to be the most exacting buyers in the world. the Admission manufac- turers are being congratulated on being able to meet the demand
 In addition to the making Of the Penn sylvania cars, which were originally un- dertaken as war order, the kilby plant has been busy for sometime other federal business. The shop has grown rapidly in the past two years, the pay roll Saturday amounting to more than s9OO0 DEPOT BUSY PLACE
 With the inauguration of target prac- tice on the rifle range, and with the beginning of instruction in the use of other small arms. the divisional ordnance depot at the foot of the hill, near the base hospital, at Camp Mcclellan, is one of the busiest places in the entire camp.
 The divisional ordnance officer. Major s. Jarman, ably assisted by Capt. Lane Schofield and Lieutenants Happer Alexander and Hagan, has organized into an efficient working organization the entire personnel of 1O5 men of extra abil- ity to handle the affairs of the depot with the regularity of veteran warriors.
 $. TarboX, the top" has had r years of experience in the regular army, and he is especially qualified for the import ant duties which devolve upon the com mand of the outfit
 The noncommissioned personnel of the ordnance depot company is as follows: Ordnance sergeants, T. R. Ward, P. H. Claud Gordon, Leslie R. Twist, J. H. Houseman and James K. Wilson. Sergeants of ordnance, J. J. Donohue and Paul Gordon and Corporals H. Harmon and John Richards Ordnance Sergeant T. R. Ward has been confined to the base hospital for the past few days with an attack of tonsilitis, and his com rades are rejoicing that he is mprov- ing.
 Among the noncommissioned officers In this outfit there is great variety of mechanical ability, and much talent is also included in the organization. Ord nance Sergeant P. H. Mccarthy is a member of Columbia Typographical union No. 101. District of Columbia, and held a responsible position as Monotype machin- ist in the government printing office in Washington city before entering the service. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of Kallispolis Grotto, Mystic Order of the Mystic Veil still another fighter in the ranks of the depot ordnance company is Sergeant J. J. Donahue, who has a long record Of military service to his credit Ser eeant Donohue was "a soldier of the sea and was fin" on the taking of Vera Cruz. accepting discharge from the navy month after the Mexican Incident. He is big, husky fellow. and for two years held the middleweight champonship of the north Atlantic fleet. He is blacksmith by trade and has had a wonderful career both as a citizen and as soldier.
 Sylacauga Items
 Sylacauga, November 26-(SpecialO The local Red Cross chapter will give q