Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-21
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYEDOM
Items of Interest Gathered
During the Past
Week,
ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Veterans Hold Annual Encampment at
Council BIuffs-welcomed in an Address
BY Governor Cummins-Strong Senti-
ment for General Smith.

Council Bluffs, Aug. 1.-THE third
annual reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Philippines opened in this
city yesterday amid circumstances the
most suspicious.
The first meeting OF the society was
held at 1870 o'clock in the Royal Ar
canum hall. The gathering was called
to order by Brigadier General Irving
Hale OF Denver. president of,the ma
tional society. The business of the af-
ternoon was chiefly routine. The re-
ports OF the president and other Of
ficers were made. These were signi-
ficant for the excellent showing made
as to the growth of the society. Since
last year. Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota
and Colorado have organized state So
cieties. Wyoming will soon organize
and organizations are being perfected
in New York, Tennessee and Pennsyl-
vania. Members are being added
whose locations are in Cuba, Porto
Rico. the Philippines and Alaska. A
rapidly growing feeling of friendliness
toward the organization is being mani
tested in the regular army.
A number of distinguished officers
are among the numbers assembled.
One of the first to arrive was General
Charles King, the novelist. While
here, General King is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest E. Hart. General
Hale was an early arrival.
Governor Cummins, in the presence
of a magnificent assemblage last night,
welcomed the National Society Army
Of the Philippines to the state. The
governor was given a most cordial re-
ception. He spoke eloquently of the
work of the army and declared the
American people trusted 1t to main
tain the .-onor of the republic. I'VE
would have been satisfied with the
army's conduct" he said, 'if it had
found it necessary to leave nothing
standing in the Philippines, but the
palms to salute the breezes of the
Pacific"
Other addresses were by Generals
Hale, King, Frost and Metcalfe and
Governor St.vage of Nebraska. Cap
tain Culver, a personal friend of Gen
eral Smith, brought a personal greet
ing from him. The demonstration in
Smiths favor is such mat it is likely
to break out in the resolutions in
strong language.
Council Bluffs, Aug. 15.-The fea-
ture OF the second day of the reunion
of the Society of the Army of the Phil
ippines, was the military parade
which occurred during the forenoon.
The parade was headed by Cover
nors Cummins and Savage and their
STATS, and was participated in by regu-
lar army troops from ort Crook, the
Nebraska and Iowa national guard,
high school cadets from this city and
Omaha and the veterans OF the Philip
pine war The marchers were re-
viewed by the two governors and the
two generals. Hale and King. The
general society met during the after
noon. at which was taken up the rou-
tine business begun Wednesday.
Yesterdays program Of the reunion
closed with a sham battle at Lake
Manawa, in which a battalion of the
Twenty-second Infantry and several
guard companies took part. Fully
$4,000 people from Council Bluffs and
Omaha witnessed the event.
Council Bluffs, Aug. 15.-The report
VI lnc nOHlualluB COuHlllltt, HdInlIS
the officers for the ensuing year. was
unanimously adopted as follows:
Northumberland Irving Hale,
Denver.
First Vice President - Lieutenant
Donald MacRae, Council Bluffs.
Second Vice President-Brevet Brig
adler General Alfred S. Frost, Evan.
ston, III.
Third Vice President - Brigadier
General Chas. King. Milwaukee.
Fourth Vice President-Colonel ].
W. Pope, Colorado.
Fifth Vice President-Breyet Brig
adler General Wilder S. Metcalf, Law
renee, Kas.
Sixth Vice President-Captain H,
A. Grow, Connellsville, Pa.
Secretary-F. M. Schultz, st. Paul.
TreasuTer-C. b. Lewis, Colorado.
Chaplain-Rev. Charles Mailley,
Nebraska.
st. Paul was chosen as the place for
next years meeting and the executive
committee was given authority to
change the date of the reunion for next
year, If deemed advisable, to the first
Tuesday in September. After passing
a resolution of thanks to the local com.
mittees, municipal officers and citi-
zens, the convention adjourned sine
die