The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-02
SCREWS AND MOON
 COMING HERE ID
 MUSTER IN GUARD
Brown Expects to Form Two Full Com panies at Tonight's
 Meeting

Adjutant General Hartley L. Moon and Col William P. Screws will arrive from Montgomery tonight to be present when two companies of the old 4th Alabama in- fantry are to be re-organized and mus tered into service at o'clock tonight Colonel Screws will officiate as muster ing officer. The following telegram was received by Maj. Lucien Brown yester- day morning from Adjutant General Moon relative to the mastering in of the men.
 Will arrive in Birmingham about ' o'clock Wednesday night with Colonel Screws. who will inspect the company for federal recognition. Have enough detachments to assure an absolute mini mum of 65 fully qualified men. Enlist as much officer material as possible for promotion as organization expands
 With regard to the organization of the national guard units that will be or ganized tonight. Major Brown said:
 There will be possibly enough men present to form two full companies; or ders have been issued for all members of the three temporary companies A. B and c, that were organized here last winter to be present. They have all signed the regulation oath of enlistment. and will be transferred into the new or ganzations
 ''The full band will be mustered in. and possibly enough others with them to make the headquarters company of 5S men
 Captain Lacey Edmundson telephones from Bessemer that he will be present with about 10 men to start the company at that point. It is the intention to re- organize first old companies of the 4th Alabama infantry, G, K and H. These were the Jefferson Volunteers. the Bir- mingham Rifles and the Bessemer Rifles The two first mentioned companies have a record of service in the civil war, Span ish-American war and the world war, and it is desired that their long service should be commemorated.
 There will be also a company formed at Ensley, and Captain Ira D. Davis, who served for long time as captain of cavalry in the Texas national guard, has been selected to take charge of that organization. He has telephoned that he will be present and will bring in with him a number of ex-service men and oth- CTS that are interested.
 Much interest was manifested at the meeting held Monday night; many of the men have already had their physical ex- aminations and have signed up their pa pers; service records are made out and nothing remains to be done but to show em' to the mastering officer; he will certify that there are enough men pres- ent to form the companies, swear them into federal service, and then the men will proceed to elect their officers
 "The requisitions for the uniforms have gone in, and in few weeks we will have complete outfit t is also under stood that a balloon section will later be organized, as well as a detachment Of signal corps and machine gun company As stated in the above telegram, men who join now and get the first training will be made into officers for the com panies that will be formed later. Every one that contemplates coming into the guard should come in at once, as the chances of promotion will be greater for the first ones.
 s,The new organizations will be on pay basis; this is the first time that Uncle Sam has paid the national guards men. except on active duty; men and of- ficers who qualify will be permitted to attend the schools held for the men or the regular army, and will recieve full pay and allowances while attending these schools. All members of the national guard are also exempt from jury duty and from poll tax. The plan now is that Alabama will have total of $500 men in the guard this number will give SIX or seven full regiments and will require many officers for the line and staII places.
 'Colonel Screws especiallys requests that all men of the 167th regiment meet him at the city hall Wednesday nlght at 8 D. m .
 CT have issued the following order to all those who enlisted in companies A. R and c last November and Decemper'
 "'AlI members formerly with temporary comnanies A, B, and c are ordered to report at city hall, 4th avenue and isln street. for reorganization and asslsn- r,apt to companies on Wednesday night. July 8, at O o'clock. Uniforms have been ordered. The United States musterihs officer will be present.