The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-06-13
St Paul's Magnificent Provision for the Citys
Guests-Parade Delayed Two Hours
by This Botch
The St. Paul Committee Kept the Finely Ca
parisoned Steeds for Local Marsha!s
and Committeeman.

! mittee in supplying the needs OF the visit
! ors, commenced yesterday, when a case
very similar to that of this morning near
/ ly caused the abandonment Of the dress
parade. The committee had promised to
] furnish horses for the officers in camp
and for Head Consul Northcott and Gov
ernor Van SAINT, who were to review the
! companies.
| These horses were to be at the officers
| quarters at o'clock, and the drill COM
| petition of the teams was called off at
little after o'clock to allow the men to
prepare for the dress parade. At o'clock
they were ready but the horses did not
arrive and Brigadier General Liggett de-
cided to wait for them. He kept the
troops in line ready for the march from
o'clock until 6, and General Mitchell,
the head consul and the governor decided
that they would not keep the men waiting
longer, and the line was allowed to pass
in review before headquarters.
The reviewers occupied chairs beneath
the generals tent, from where only a
! very poor view of the troops could be
had. General Mitchell decided then that
he would not depend on the committee
for his horse this morning and engaged
one personally. When it was not brought
into camp this morning at the appointed
time he telephoned the person of whom it
had been engaged, and was told that it
had been called for and taken by a local
Woodman, and the general expected to
see it bearing one of his hosts at the head
of the parade.
Officers Complain.
This is the worst reatment any body
Of Woodmen has ever received said an
indignant officer from out of town, this
morning. ''The failure of the St. Paul
people to furnish our horses yesterday
was very serious offense, but their ac-
tions this morning were disgraceful. Not
only have they failed to keep their prom
ise in supplying the needs Of the camp,
but they have failed to treat US with
respect
NOrthcOtt Starts at Last.
The incomplete corps Of officers, ac-
companied by Head Consul Northcott and
Head Clerk Hawes, the two latter in
civilian dress, finally left camp at 1920,
two hours and half after they were
ready for the start
The horses were anything but what one
would expect to see as mounts for off,
GERS, and resembled more than anything
else, hack nags or farm horses, and the
equipment was not only painfully plain,
but ragged, in marked contrast to the ap-
pearance of the sprightly, sleek steed
upon which civilian from St. Paul, be-
decked with a long, flowing sash Of red,
white and green, who came out to hurry
up the officers, rode.
Had 1t not been for the elegant, we'll
groomed uniforms of the officers, and the
strictly military appearance of the men
themselves, the camp officers would have
been veritable awkward squad
The Procession.
The companies which had fallen in at
o'clock were compelled to wait two long
| hours in broiling hot sun, before start
n moi
When, at 10 o'clock, Brigadier General
Llggett ordered the line to march, the
companies each formed in a single line,
extended from Victoria street to St.
! Albans, a distance of four long blocks.
The line moved forward on Fuller,
turning at st. Albans, and, with the brig
adler general and Adjutant Ringer riding
ahead, the troops set out to join the st.
Paul end, which had been compelled to
wait for about three hours for them.
Hagenow's band OF Lincoln was In the
lead. They were followed by the Omaha
| brigade, which included Lincoln division,
No. l. The Kansas City, Mo-, battalion
occupied second place in the line. Grand
Rapids team came next, and then Kan
sas City, Kan, and Lincoln. The camps
from the cities were represented in line in
the following order
Bloomington, I'LL; Rockford, ILL.,; De-
catur, ILL.,; Elgin, ILL.,; Grand Rapids.
Mich; Joplin, Mo-; st. Joseph, Mo-; Kel-
logg, Mimi; Springfield, Mo-; Lincoln,
Neb.; Plattsmouth, Neb.; Decatur, Neb.:
Sparta, Wis; Kalamazoo, Mich; LIE Roy,
Mimi; Topeka, Kan; Clear Lake Iowa;
Des Moines, Iowa; Pontiac, Ill; Red
Wing, Mimi; Galesburg, ILL.,. Kansas City.
Mo-; Band Of Royal Camp, No. 4,5OS, West
Superior, Wis; Clinton, Mo-; st. Paul,
Mimi; Benton Harbor, Mich; Sleepy Eve.
Mimi; Wichita, Kan. Garden City, Mimi:
Davenport, Iowa; Savannah, ILL.,; Butte,
Mont. Des Moines, Iowa; Dubuque, Iowa:
Sheldon, Iowa; Oelwein, Iowa; Luverne.
Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Whaleback
Band. Superior, 779, West Superior; Lu-
verne, Mimi; st. Cloud, Mimi; Inde-
pendence, Iowa; Joliet, ILL.,; Moline, ILL.,;
Springfield, Mo.
There were fully 1900 men in the line
that marched out Of Camp Northcott this
morning.