St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-04
Reunion Of the Kriegerver-
Elm, or Imperial Army
Veterans.
Turner Hall Made Gay With
Flags to Honor the
Occasion.
Early ARRIVED Delegates
Treated to a Sumptuous
Wine Supper.
To-day Will Witness the Main
Proeeedings---The Whole
Programme.

Decked with eyergreens, gay with col
Ored bunting and myriad flags, was
Turner hall last evening. Across one
end. and up two sides of the spacious
hall tables were laid, and at the table
sat some two hundred and fifty men,
bers of Der Deutsche Kriegerverien of
America. Round the outskirts of the
hall were arranged chairs surmounted
by cards, showing the position assigned
each delegations ofAmerica. AS yet but
two delegates have arrived, one from
Kansas City and the other from St.
Louis, though to-day there will be an
influx of delegations from Chicago
and the East. Quarters have
been engaged at the hotels for
250 delegates expected to arrive from
other cities. The different delegations
will be received at the depot as they ar
rive by Seibert's band and conducted to
the headquarters of the organization
and thence to the hotels. The commit
tee having charge of the arrangements
consists of E. Lehman, F. Daily, j.
Nemendorf, Gus Henricke, Peter Els
worth, Adam Gesell, B. Butterman, F..
.Stivarius, Fl. Hillman, Paul Freitag and
William Theobald. The banquet at
Turner hall last evening was the in
augural, and merry crowd was
that which lined the tables and made
patriotic speeches between the intervals
taken by the band. DR.. Dedolf was
chairman and John Jessang president
the former i'll a short, we'll delivered
address, explaining the object OF the
banquet and paying a glowing tribute
to German spirit, energy and enterprise
in this country. Aid. Fischer was then
called upon and spoke at some length,
being loudly applauded. MIR. Dienstog
then took the floor and offered toast,
which was followed by many others.
Suddenly the bard struck up the
"Deippeler Schauzen March," and no
sooner did the spirited strains. to the
tune of which Gen. WranZel and his
men took the Deippeier forts with colors
flying In 1864 and Knocked seven kinds
of surrender out of the Danes, break
upon the ears Of the. two hundred odd
Germans present, than two hundred
lusUy voices took up the refrain and
made the rafters ring again. Pendant
from the center of the festoOned ever
greens in the middle of the hall hangs a
reproduction of the iron cross of 1870.
the emblem of highest honor to be at
tanned by the soldier of the empire. a
relic of 1918. None but German can
fully appreciate the full import of the
ordinary looking cross OF Iron with
which the empire is wont to adorn the
breasts of the braveSt of her brave de-
Tenders. When, in 1918, Germany was
suppressed by Napoleon L., and almost
ruined financially, the medals given in
recognition of great yalor were of iron
in the form of cross. When, after
the Germans, had been successful i'll
freeing themselves from French OPP
preston. and there were funds in
plenty for the provision of costly me-
dallions, nothing could supply the
place of the iron cross, and from that
time to the present the iron cross has
been the highest decorative honor the
country could confer. Thus is eX-
planned the prominence given the ordi-
nary-lOOking cross among the decOra
lions of the Turner hall.
To-day is practically the opening day.
and after the arrivalGf the various dele
cations expected from the cities of the
East, procession will be formed in
front of the Peoples theater, with the
right wing at the corner of Sixth and
Franklin streets, and at drum tap Will
move up Seventh street to Shades
park. The order OF the procession is as
follows:
Squad of Mounted Police, Lieut.. Budy Com
mauding.
Seiberts Band.
Marshal Hopping and Aides Lehman and
. Daily.
The American Flag.
Committee on Arrangements
Officials of the Union.
Delegates.
Guests.
. Singing Society Concordia.
Singing Society st. Paul Maennerchor.
Dayton Bluff Singing Society.
Local Kriegeryerein.
President Jessrang, of the Local Kriegerver-
Elm, President Walraff, of the Union,
in Carriages.
Ladies in Carriages.
Speechmaking in the park will be
opened by Mayor Smith, in welcOm-
ing address to the delegates. to which
response will be made by President
Walraff The remainder Of the day will
be spent as best suits the personal
wishes of each delegate. The conven-
ton will get down to business in the
hall on Monday morning, and in the
evening ball will be held in the hall
Tuesday will be spent by the visitors in
riding around inspecting the beauties
of the city, and the convention will dis
band ON that day.