The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
ARMY O. UNIFORMED MN
DEGREE TEAMS OF MODERN WOOD
MEN TO ATTEND ST. PAUL
MEETING
THEY'RE KNOWN AS F0REsTERs
Small Army of Uniformed Men, I'm
der Military Discipline, Will Be
Present at the Great
Convention.

The Foresters' national encampment, TO
be held in this city ~during the week
Of the Woodmens national convention,
VIII be the picturesque attraction of the
week. These Foresters. it may be eX-
planned, are the degree teams of the va
riouS camps of Modern Woodmen. In
the main, the teams are uniformed, the
prevailing colors being red, white and
green. All in attendance upon the en-
campment viii be IN uniform. The en-
campment viii be conducted along strict
y military lines, Gen J. n. Reece, adju-
tant general of Illinois, being supreme
IN command with the rank and title Of
major general of Foresters. Gen. Reece
has been selected for this position by
reason of the fact that he is one of the
national board of directors of the Wood
men society and ranks high in military
circles.
1t is intended to open the encampment
for Forester teams, or COM anies, as
they viii be known in camp. on Mon
DAY, June 10, and all companies are ex-
Dected to be in camp by Tuesday morn
ing. Camp viii not be broken before
Friday, and possibly Saturday will find
1000 or 5000 remaining. All Foresters
IN camp will be under orders until 8
o'clock each morning and there will be
an evening dress parade each day. This
dress parade will be similar to the regu-
latiOn United States army dress par
ade
Mai. Gen. Reece has announced his
staff appointments, which are as fol-
lows:
Brigadier general commanding encamp-
mCnt, Capt J. D. Liggett. DeS Moines, 10.
Assistant adjutant general. with rank
OF lieutenant colonel, Capt F. 1. Ringer,
of Lincoln. Neb.
Assistant inspector general, with rank
OF lieut. n2nt colonel, Capt. H. a. NJ tchell,
IOnia, Mich.
Quartsrmaster gene: al, with rank of
major, Capt. P. T. Anderson, Rockford,
Ill.
Acting assistant quartermaster general,
with rank of captain. Capt Samuel B.
Davis, Rock Island, Ill
Chief surgeon, with rink of lieut. r%ant
colonel: DR.. c. A. McCollom, Minneap-
oils, MINI.
Judge advocate. general, with rank of
lieutenant colonel, Hon. B. D. Smith,
Mankato, MINI.
Besides these, Maj. Gen. Reece has
named as aides and instructors in drill,
Capt. NJ. w. Saxon. Topeka, Kan; Capt
Samuel DeLong, Grand Rapids, Mich
Capt. c. A. Mitchell, Chillicothe ILL.,, and
w. V. TLfford, Clinton. To- These aides
at the encampment will rank as majors.
On Tuesday, March u, the complete
encampment staff will meet with Gen.
Reece at the Woodmen home office. in
Rock Island, III. 1t is possible that
al InaI time committee will be ap-
pointed to come to st. Paul and go over
the camp grounds and locate headquar-
tiers, mess and hospital sites and make all
necessary arrangements for correct SAM
tation of the grounds.
DR.. c. A. McCollom, chief surgeon, will
have staff of thirty-one state physl-
clans under his command, each physician
being assigned to the care of the For
ester companies from his own state.
These physicians will rank as captains.
DR.. McCOllOm states that he VIII probably
appoint the present Woodmen state
physicians to these positions.
Rules regarding camp discipline will be
issued by Gen. Reece about the first of
the month