The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
First Group Left by Auto mobile Yesterday, Others
 Go by Train Today
TOTAL OF 155 FROM
 BIRMINGHAM ALONE
Active Training Begins Next Monday. Many Prominent Young Citizens Will Take Training
 Course

Yesterday afternoon the first contln- gent of the officers of Birmingham de- tailed to three months of intensive mll- itary training at Fort Oglethorpe Ieft the city in motor cars for a leisurely trip through the country. They will re- port at Fort oglethorpe at o'clock Monday morning for active duty
 Among the well-known young men who left yesterday were Hugo L. Black, for merly county solicitor: c. Lewis Bailes, assistant city attorney Oswell Newell of Newell Brothers. contractors; J. Frank Jutz, of the Union Pacific rail road; Virgil Evans, of the International News Service, and several others. The party stopped at Rome. Ga. last night, and win arrive in Chattanooga about noon today.
 At 6:3O o'clock this morning large number of the local appointees to Fort Oglethorpe will leave by train at the Terminal station. Others will follow in automobiles during the day Among the men leaving this morning are Ottocar Martinsen manager of the local branch Of the National Cash Register company Arthur Berkowitz, of the law firm of Beddow & Orberdorfer; Morris L. Allen, former assistant county solicitor; Julius May, a local real estate and in- surance man and Richard F. Lussier, formerly of The Age-Herald reporter ial staff
 Among others who will go through the 1 country today by automobile are: Brad 1 ley J. Saunders, Julian Dow, Houston 1 Jones, A. J. Bowron, F. W. Bowron, 1 Sorsby Jemison, Porter Walker, Gus 1 Fort and Capt. Jelks H. Cabaniss, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Cabaniss.
 OTHERS LEAVETOMORROW
 The remainder of the local allotment to the reserve officers training camr at Fort Oglethorpe will leave Birming ham tomorrow morning. In all, 155 Bir mingham men are going to the training camp. The great majority of them arc lawyers and business men.
 Great hopes are held out for the sue l cess of the Birmingham men in the second training camp, as the majority of them have been in active training for the past two months. and they have also profited by the advice of the offl cers who have just returned from the first camp at Fort McPherson.
 In the first training camp, Birming | ham men made an exceptional record securing a large number of captaincies 1 while the great majority received com missions The men appointed for the 1 second camp are out to surpass tha brilliant record if possible.
 TRAINING BEGINS MONDAY The second officers training camI opens active training at o'clock Mon day morning. From that time until the close of the camp three months hence an interesting schedule of activities VII be provided for the candidate officers IL is generally understood that the ca dets are reused at 5:20 o'clock in th' morning and that the "end of a pertec 1 day. does not come ntuil 10 o'clock tha night The light occupations that ar' provided for the men in training arr maintained with splendid regularity fo five full days of the week and hal l day on Saturdays. From noon on Satur days until Sunday night at 10 o'clock candidate officers will be encouraged t l visit Chattanooga. where Advertisement
 of health nature can be ndulged in | On the whole, it has been emphasizes by the men who have succeeded in get | ting commissions at fCrt McT hefsol' INhat the less advertisements on Satur
 day nights the more good marks dur ing the week and quite naturally tn
 better chances to be in the final call o
 fall in.''
 Other hints thrown out by the gradu
 ates of Fort McPherson now in the cit
 are to travel light in going to Fort Ogle
 thorpe Civilian clothes are nuisanc
 and if a candidate cannot provide him
 self with a regulation uniform befor
 leaving the city. he should send his lay
 mems attire homeward as soon as h
 is fitted out with his outfit at For IOglethorpe Another excellent hint not to forget the formal order to report Without an order, it is considered yer bad form to report in military circles