The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-11
1T IS CAMP CoLGRovE
Ia. OF p. COMMITTEE HONORS THE
SUPREME CHANCELLOR.
Details of Some New "Percentage"
Lodges for Large Attendance.

Camp Colgrove" is the name that has
been selected for the camp of the Uniform
Rank knights of Phythias to be held here
Aug. %, in honor of Supreme Chancellor
Colgrove, OF Hastings, Mich, formerly of
Indiana. The camp lies north of Fall creek
from Meridian street to Central avenue and
contains eighty acres of ground. Maps of
the camp have been completed showing
3,100 tents laid off in streets corresponding
to Twenty-eighth street. east and west. and
Talbot avenue and Pennsylvania street,
north and south. There will be accomnlo-
dations for about 10000 Uniform Rank
knights. The headquarters of Major Gem
eral Carnahan will be just east of Meridian
street after one crosses Fall creek. There
is an assembly tent capable of holding quite
a large crowd. Headquarters of the eXecu-
tive committee will be hard by General
Carnahan's A little north of them will be
the commissary tents where arrangements
will be made to provide meals for all the
knights who desire them. The places for
the various brigades have not been assigned
yet other than the Indiana brigade, which.
as the senior brigade, will have the right
of the camp and the right of the line of
march. Hospital tents will be west of Merid-
ian street and just above Twenty-eighth
street on what was formerly the old roller
coaster ground. The competitive drills for
which prizes have been offered ranging
from 81 $50 down to 800, will occur in the
Business Mems Driving Park on Central
avenue Already twenty-five companies
have signified their intention of competing
for the prizes. The review ground will be
the large tract between the driving park
and FAN creek.
A number of prizes have been offered to
the subordinate lodges of Indiana. The
lodge having more than one hundred MEM
bers showing the greatest percentage of its
membership in the parade will receive $500.
A $500 prize will go to the lodge having one
hundred or less members showing the larg-
est percentage marching. The second di-
vision of the parade Will be made up OK
lodges in some distinctive uniform This
will lend a spectacular appearance to that
prizes mentioned above will be c. npeted for
by lodges outside of Marion county. A
prize of $50 will be given to the Marion
county lodge having the largest percentage
of its membership in the parade. Other
prizes offered include one to the lodge COM
ing the longest distance General Carnahan
OFFERS personal prize to the company haV
ing the largest percentage of its membership
present. General Ross offers similar prize
to be competed for by the Indiana Brigade.
The percentage prizes are new feature
ing of the executive committee last night.
when the plans Of the camp committee were
also approved.
General Turner of Virginia and General
Smith, of Maine. who have been here tnis
week acting as a finance committee. vi n
General Ross. TO audit the books OF the
General Assembly, report that a great deal
of interest is being exhibited in the forth
coming encampment, Notwithstanding the
war.
I he First Regiment of the Indiana Rri-
gade last night elected Quartermaster
Harry Sheets. of the first battalion, lieu
tenant colonel of the regiment.