The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-15
HERMANN'S SONS.
The Coming Celebration of Their
Fiftieth Anniversary.

The delegates appointed by the lodges of
the Order of Hermann's Sons TO make ar
rangements for the celebration of the fif-
tieth anniversary met last evening in
Druids' Hall, on Suffer street. Sixty dele
gates were present, with John Schuur as
presiding officer.
committee. consisting Of seven dele
gates, was appointed to act as floor man
ayers, with Theodore Wilt as Chairman.
The Committee on Games numbers five and
William Cror will act as Chairman.
William Schultz is Chairman of the Re-
ceptiOn Committee, which numbers So c.
Andersen was appointed by the Grand
Marshal a special aid to command the es-
cort of aids, and a committee composed of
Delegates Wilt and Schultz was appointed
10 look after the electric lights.
The Grand Marshal reported that the for
nation Of the parade had been arranged as
follows:
Drum corps: Grand Marshal Chief OF Stan,
Special Aid and Chief Aid; aids to Grand Mar
shal.
First DivisIon-Band; Marshal Ulrich Remens-
ger; San Francisco Schueizen Verein; float rep
resentng America showing her greatness to
The world; John Wieland MaennerchOr.wit one
decorated wagon; Two lodges OF F0reSlers.
Second DiyisiOh-Band; Marshal j. +. w. Un-
flu e; Deut>che Fusier Guarde; Krieger Verein;
Baecker Verein. with decorated wagon; Mis- sion
Turn feTeln; Deutsche Wlerthe Verelu; TWO
decorated wagons.
Third Diyison-Band; Marshal. F. Wieken-
hauser; Ind pendent Order OF Red Men; Wetter-
auer IiederkranZ- Schiller Band; German
MetZger Verein, mounted.
Fourth Diyision-Band; Marshal. Ernst
Kaiser; Schwaber VeIein; SoeialisIischer Maen-
nerebor; Norwegian Gesaug VeIein; Helvetia
Gesang IeIein; Saxonia Verein; Einlracht
Verein OF Oakland.
Fifth Dlvlsiou-Band; Marshal, Adam Nau.
FLOAT, hermann The CherusEer; L. Won Banded,
No. 3, o. d, II. s.; Eureka Lodge, No 8. o. d.
Germania Lodge, No. Il Hercules Lodge. No. 8;
Float, Hermann Sons 1910 to 1890; North
Beach Lodge, No .: Mission Lodge, No. 10;
Alexander Won humboldt No. IT; float, Friend
ship, Love and Truth; HOtinung Lodge, Ladies
No. l; Thusnedu Lodge, Ladies No. 2; car
riages containing German fellow citizens and
invited guests.
The celebration win continue for two
days. The parade will be held on Sunday
next, followed by exercises at Woodward's
Gardens in the afternoon and ball and
historical tableauX IN the pavilion at night.
On Monday the gardens will again be
thrown open, and during the day the pro-
gramme will consist of concert by the
German singing societies and games. fol-
lowed by a ball at night.
The procession, which will start at 10
o'clock A. NJ, will form on Pine street, be-
low Kearny. The route will be from Pine
to kearny, to Market, to Twelfth, to Mis-
sion. to Fourteenth, where the Hermann
Sons will pass in review and enter the gar
dens, followed by the other organizations.
The entrance for the procession into Wood
wards Gardens will be through the amphi-
theater.
The exercises Of the day, which will take
place in the pavilion. will be opened by
Grand Marshal F. w. Rossbach, who, in
few Introductory remarks, will present the
Orator of the Day, Grand President John
III. Schuur. A concert and chorus from the
various German singing societies will fol-
low, after which the attendance will dis
perse throughout the g. ounds to take part
in the many amusements TO be presented.
The order derives its name from Her
mann de Cheruska, who, in the year SO B.
c., liberated the Germans from the Roman
yoke. In the year 1910 ten Germans founded
the organization of the Sons of Hermann in
the city of New York. The pareut lodge
was Instituted under the name of Teutonia,
No. /. Since that time the order has spread
through every State and Territory in the
Union.
The first society in this city was organ
lied IN 1870 by Emil Grimm, Henry lost
man and F. r. Meyer. 1t was named San
Francisco, No. 1. The present grand
officers are: Grand President, Henry
Schuur; Grand Vice-President, H. Spier-
ing; Grand Secretary, Ii. Stettin and Grand
Treasurer +. Hensel.