The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
OFFICERS SCHOOL AT CAMP PIKE MAKING
 R AP ID PROGRESS.
Personnel Is Made Up From Pick of Division-Many AIabamians are
 Enrolled
By c. F. DAVIS

Camp Pike, Little Rock, February zo' Especial. )-After most careful mental and physical tests the personnel or the third officers training camp at Camp Pike was selected, and the organization is known by officers as .'the pick of the division The men are now taking an intensivec curse to fit them for ohl- cers At the close of the course they will be placed on a list in the order or their merit, and from this list the future officers of the divison wlll be drawn The barracks of the school are used as a model of soldierly neatness for the en- tire division, and although the men nave been in training less than eight weeks the military precision of their drill mas won them compliments from many hlgh military sources. The school consists ol two infantry companies ana DatteiS of light artillery, each organization con taining about 200 men. Lieut.. Col F. A. T. Chapman is conmandant; Maj. Taui c. Potter, senior instructor; Capt. ROD ert L. Eighelberger assistant Tor ih- fantry, and Capt. Noland Blass assist ant for artillery. Lieut.. c. M. Eisman is adiutant. In addition, Captain Raw cliff of the British military mission and Captan Montaland of the French Mill tary mission, both veterans of several years service on the battlefronts ol France, are attached to the school head quarters as special instructors, ana olhef officers and non-commissioned onlcers of the foreign mission are teaching their specialties in grenade throwing, bayonet
 fighting, gas defense, etc. The com
 pany commanders and tactical oHlcers are drawn from the line organizations
 41za -;eio h1tt n c fa a students themselves are given command of the companies, platoons and squads
 to familiarize them with the art of com
 manding men. Following are the Ala
 bamians who have been designed Tor
 the school:
 Leroy B. Barber, Birmingham; John
 R. Beggs, Mobile; Edward V. Birk, Ems
 ley; William H. Blanton, Huntsville
 George c. Bruner, Birmingham; Robert
 E. Cammack, Grove Hill; Col R. Carnes,
 Hamilton; Roy G. Carpenter. Bexar; OH-
 yer A. Chalifoux Jr.. Birmingham; John M Davis, Birmingham; Floyd E. Day, Selma; Horace R. Drew, Birmingham; Milton J. Easter, Athens; Phil E. Full cher, Guntersville; Henry G. Gillam, Gadsden; Claude l.. Goodwin, Birming- ham; Copeland w. Guice, Eufaula; Lloyd Percy Guice, Birmingham; Thornton F. Quinn, Huntsville; Glenn E. Hill, Oak ban; Nathaniel B. Hughes, Birmingham; Earl E. Jackson, Killen; William E. James, Cullman; William E. F. Lake man, Haleyville; Joseph Levy, Birming- ham; Thomas H. Lining, Mobile; Fred B. Littlefield, Decatur; John w. McDon- aid, Bessemer; Guy w. Mcintosh. Rus sellville; A. S. McIlroy. Birmingham; Joseph N. McNeil, Vinegar Bend; David l.. Martin. Courtland; Henry B. Norton Florence; John c. Orr. Hartselle; Ches- ter Arthur Patterson, Birmingham; Will liam Columbus Parkins, Pratt City William CPetty, Collinsville; Guy Pal mer Powe, Tuscaloosa, James Richarc l Price, Buhl; James S. Radcliff, Mobile Isaac J. Rogers, Villa; Frank Vernon | Sergent Mobile; John D. Sawyer, Bir | mingham; Carl H. Schall, Florence Thomas w. Scruggs, Bessemer; Emme | c. Stockton, Moulton; Sam Zavelo l Brookside.