The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-23
CAMP M 'CLELLAN RE EADY FUR COMING
 UT GEN. PERSH|NC
Activity At Highest Point With 5000 Citizen Soldiers
 Present
ANNTsTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD AnnistOn, Ala, July 22

Activity and interest will reach the high point of the year here this wecte. With nearly 5000 citizen soldiers in training, there Is greater number of men in khaki at Camp Mcclellan than have been on duty here at any one time since the days of demobli- zation at the close of the World war.
 The entire camp is naturally on the qui vive in anticipation of the coming of the commander-in-ch chief, General Pershing, Wednesday. Be- ginning at revielle tomorrow morn ing, all troop movements will be at little quicker time; there will be an added smartness and snap in drills, and a little finer esprit de corps and soldieriness throughout camp. A dozen reglmental bands will be practicing up on Hail to the Chief" and "The Star-Spangled Ban ner," making ready to cut loose when the commander of the A. E. F. ar riyes.
 To Complete Training.
 At the close of the week many of the citizen soldier organizations will nave IlHlSuSd lItlI SGiItdhltS VI training for the year, and the num- Ders here will begin to diminish. This week marks the end of the six weeks camp for the R. 0. T. C., or reserve officer training corps There are HOO of these. They are from the colleges. It also concludes the two weeks camp of the o. R. C., which is the organized reserve corps. These are the officers of the World war who have been recommissioned in the reserves. There is half a thousand of them here.
 Several of the national guard units from the eight states embraced In the Fourth corps area will leave Sat urday. The Fourth corps area covers Alabama, Georgia. Mississippi. Louis jana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Alabama $ increment, the largest of the eight, Is the only one not already here. It comes on August 6. Another thing which goes to make this the peak ing of the c. M. T. C., or citizens military training camp. They come Saturday.
 Peace Time system.
 The organization of the Fourth corps area, and it's training, as is be- ing done at Camp Mcclellan, fur nishes at a glance a cross section by which an easy understanding can at once be had of America's plan of ma tional defense-the only one oVr country has ever had. The o. R. C. provides an officer personnel in the event one is ever needed. The gov ernment trained these men at an enor- nous expense during the war. This organization saves or preserves the result of that great outlay in time and money. The R. O. T. C. Is the reservoir which steadily supplies and augments the o. R. c. The C. M. T c. makes possible the training of a great number of the younger citi- zens out of which the majority oi nom missioned personnel would come if they were ever called to ac- tive service. Many of them would | necessarily be made officers. Besides leading In the number o1 | state troops, Alabama furnishes two of the regiments of the Eighty-sev enth division, O. R. c. Hers are the 345th and S46th, while Louisiana makes up the 347th and Mississippi comprises the 24Sth. The 345th is commanded by Col. T. S. Moorman Birmingham; the 346th is in charge of Maj. F. c. HecoX, Selma.
 The Eighty seventh division head quarters are at New Orleans. It's ex- ecutive staff are Col. J. H. Frior chief of staff; Col. R. F. McMillan assistant chief of staff; Major Me Ciintock, chief quartermaster; Maj H. L. King, adjutant; Major Shackel- ford, medical corps, and Capt. Skyles finance officer.