The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-07
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THE GREAT GYMNASTIC FESTIVAL.
Teutonic Thunder in Williamsburg Days
Procession and Display-Programme Of
Exercises Origin Of the Turner's
Interesting Facts.


American Turner's Union, which Is at present hold
ing at Brooklyn, E. d. (Wiamsburgh VIII COM
mence at Myrtle Avenue Park to-day.
The programme invites to picnic at the park,
which Will introduced by grand procession,
and IN the evening to reunion at Turner Hall. The
details are as tollows:-
At six O'Clock A. NJ. the drum corps OF the Turner's
Will beat reveille At eight O'Clock A. NJ. tne
Turner's ana the civic and military organizations
participating In the procession VIII assemble at
Turner Hail. Nos. 81 to 10 Meserole street. and IN the
adjoining streets.
The procession will be formed as folows:-
squad of Police Officers
FIRST DIVISION.
one Marshal and three Adlutants Oh horseback.
Jefferson Horse Guard OF the Eleventh Brigade
N. \. S. N. G.
Twenty-eighth Regiment N. Y. s. N. G.
Brooklyn Rlnemen's Corps, Brooklyn, &. D.
North German Iandwehr Society OF New York.
Williamsburg Rlnemen's Society.
HubertuS Hunters Union.
Mr. Peter Bertsch, Chief Marshal OF the Festival, and
three AdJutanLS on horseback.
Marshal and four Adjutants on horseback.
Band OF Music.
Williamsburg Singers Union.
Williamsburg German LlederkranZ vocal society.
Uoncordia Singers Circle.
Redmen's Glee Club
Male Chorus OF the Herman's Sons.
Vocal Society Germania of GreenpOint.
Vocal Society Fronsnn lcheerfulness
German Sick AID Society.
Dramatic Society Thalla.
Tailors Union.
Clgarmakers' Union.
Young Mems Pleasure Circle.
Society Badenia, No. /.
Socrates Lodge !. o. o. F.
Long Island COnclave !. 0. D.
United Brothers, Grove No. 2.
| THIRD DIVISION.
Marshal and three AdJutantS on horseback.
| Bana of Music.
- Turner's tgymnasts) from Newark n J.; Railway
Louis Mo IN lan Go ~ srsy o S
| Columbus OhiO Dayton, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis. !;
Leavenworth Kan; Chicago M; Rock Island, III. /;
paign city. H. La Sale ill.,: Baitimcre ' Md ief
ierson CITY, Mo-; washington, MO. !; New Orleans,
Mich. PniIadeipnla Pa; Erie Pa; Lousvllle, Ky.
TOT ' Sewburg Albany, pougkeepsie, Rondoat,
staten Island Morrsana. New York city, Brooklyn,
East New YORK, strattonporLaL, l.; Williamsburg.
The procession will start at nine O'Clock A. NJ. and
| TIE ROUTE
will be as follows. vlz.:-Meserole Lorimer, Grand
| and Fourth streets; Broadway, Union and MOntrOse
avenues Leonard, SchOles anu Even streets; Broad
way, Depevolse street, Bushwick and Myrtle ave.
Alter the arrival at the Park rest will be TAKEN
At twelve O'Clock M. grand dinner. After The DIM
ner festival Grafton 10y Mr. Simon Splitter, President
OF the executive committee OF The Turner's Union
Then
| GYMNAsTIC EXERCISES
of the Turner's, both Tree exercises and exercises in
| squads. Gymnastic exercises OF the girls OF the
| female gymnastie schools Of the Williamsburg and
| New York Turnvereins tgymnasts sOcletlesl GYM
nastic prize exercises OF the boys Of the gymnastc
| schools of the Turnvereins.
At five O'Clock p. NJ, grand manUuvre OF the
| Turner Rtnemen, Cadets, Jefferson Horse Guard
and artillery, under the command OF Colonel
Scnnepf and Captain H. Benecke. At seven O'Clock
| p. NJ. return to Turner Hall.
| The reunion at Turner Hall in the evening will
have the character OF summer nights festival
Tomorrow and on Wednesday the gymnastic
prize exercises or the Turner's will take place at the
Myrtle Avenue Park. Tomorrow evening theatre
cal performance by amateurs VIII be given at Tur-
ner Hall, and on Wednesday evening q
GRAND BALL
will be held there. when, ALSO the prizes will be dis
| triUuted to the Turner's
| be superinuended by Mr. John Rueger, OF Williams
burg, who Will DC assisted by Messrs Francis Ball
Stahl all OF New York city. The necessary appara-
tus for the gymnastc exercises was erected and pre-
pared by carpenters at the Park during the past
week. Each Turner Will wear his regular summer
festive costume-namely, linen coat, pair OF
linen pantaloons and black felt hat
With the exception OF the Turner's from New York.
| Brooklyn and East New YorK the out of-town Turn
Will enjoy during the whole festival hosp-
tally Of the Williamsburg Turnveren, numbering
| FOG members The Committee OF Arrangements
| Messrs Louis FnEelmeier. president, and Charles
Ehrmann, secretary-conssts OF about forty men,
bers. Among the Turner's from The West present at
the festival is Eugene weigel Secretary OF the Stale
Of Missouri. Tne German Turner's use 10 greet each
other with the words
(All hail. which phrase was introduced among the
| Turnvereins OF Germany when they were first
started by Friedrich Ludwig jam, at the downfall
| of Napoleon |. They started for the purpose
OF giving to the Youth and young men IN the cities
OF Germany, besides their intellectual education, a
systematic training and development of their pnysi-
| cal powers by gymnastics. practised under proper
| discipline.
| AT the biennial Convention Of delegates OF the
| North American Turner'S Union, which was held ut
| Plttsburg, Pa, last year, platform was adopted
which says that the object Of the Turner's Union Is
| to educate Its members to be men OF strong bodies
| and free minds, and that the organization opposes
every attempt at cur aling liberty OF conscience and
| the equal rights OF all men.