The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-28

holiday. because Uncle Sam has so or
 dered. Indications are that In the future
 most of the Saturday afternoons and Sundays will be allowed the men.
 Birmingham has more men at the camp than any other city with the exception | of Atlanta, and the University of Ala
 oama has larger representation than any other educational institution unless f 1t be Georgia Tech, which is doubted.
 From the best information available there are nearly 300 students or alumni of
 the University of Alabama here. Georgia Tech has about 250 with Auburn close behind with more than POO. The Universi- { ty of Georgia is also well represented it f being estimated that more than 15O stu dents are in training here.
 | Dr. Charles C. Thach, president of Au-
 burn, was here yesteday Saturday, v1s- ] itlng his former students and conferring with the army officers regarding the military training given students at the Alabama Polytechnic institute. Coach Mike Donahue of Auburn accompanied him and called on many of his former l football stars who soon expect to be rushing the Hindenberg line. Colonel ! Patrick, the military commandant of Au- burn, was here earlier in the week Maj. Ed s. Anderson of Birmingham, a bat talion commander of the First Alabama cavalry, was another camp visitor yes- terday.
 AUBURN OFFICIALS IN CAMP Charles c. Simpson, prominent Tusca- loosa business man, called on a number of the Tuscaloosa and University boys. Senator Milner of Lamar county visited his friend, A. R. Brindley of Gadsden. member of the house who is one of the spryest rockies in the camp. Incident ally the honorable gentleman from Eto- wah is one of most accomplished men in the camp when it comes to wearing a. wrist watch.
 So determined was the Gadsden law yer in this matter that he brought one from home with him, fearing possibly that the supply here might De exhausted. His apprehensions in this regard, how ever, were totally groundless, for despite the serviceability of this wrist adorn- ment to man in the field, the inherent prejudice against wrist watch wearers" has deterred most of the Birmingham and Alabama men thus for. A few fall every day or two, though, and it seems that before the 90 days have expired most of the men will adopt them.
 TOO BUSY TO VISIT But due to the strenuous work, the Birmingham men and the Alabamians who had hoped to renew old acquaint- ances and spend many pleasant hours fra ternizing have been denied this privi- lege to any great extent. Only those in the same company are able to get to- ] gether to any great extent, for as soon as all the days work is over, it is time to go to bed. However, they see each other in passing, on the parade grounds and , while hiking over the roads in the fort and somewhere in Fulton county Plans for the formation of Birmingham clubs, for University of Alabama reunions and fraternity gatherings have for the present gone glimmering. There is no time for such things, and besloes an the men get sleepy soon after dark
 One of the surprises of the camp has been the large number or men 30 years of age or older. The idea which prevailed for a time that the personnel would largely consist of college boys or those just out of college was not borne out by the facts. Lawyers are probably more numerous than any other profession. Business men are here in numbers-bank- CTS, bank clerks, merchants, brokers and many men of large affairs. A number of Atlantas leading club men are here. and then there are farmers and planters galore. School teachers are also quite noticeable. Newspaper men are probably here in greater numbers in proportion to the number engaged in that occupation than any other. Practically all of them
 
 partments.
 One of the interesting things to a man who fancies he is something of psy- chologist is to size up the other men in his company and make guess as to their occupation, education and status in life.
 Probably no feature of the training served to impress the people of Atlanta with the work being done at the camp. the aptitude of the men in mastering their subjects, and their readiness to learn. than. the parade given when Gen. Leonard Wood was here. There can be no doubt, and the Atlanta newspapers and people vouch for this, that the 250O ] rockies with four days training, drilled like veterans. They followed in the line of march immediately after the Seven teeth infantry, and in appearance and precision the embryonic officers suffered none by comparison. Of course the maneuvers executed in the parade were simple, but the new men, stirred by the music and thousands of applauding on- lockers, marched with machine-like pre- cision.