The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-03
FORESTERS' ENCAMPMENT
GROUNDS WILL BE LAID OUT AS RAP
IDLY AS POSSIBLE.
Six Cities at Present I'm the Race For
the Next Head Camp-Local Com
mittees at Work.


encampment, to be held during the week of
the Head Camp of the Modern Woodmen of
America in this city June 1920. was begun
yesterday, and the work of laying out the
grounds will be rushed as rapidly as the
weather will permit. The grounds. which
are In the State field, opposite the Deaf and
Dumb Institute. on East Washington street,
have already been plated, and the work
now being done is that of laying off COM
pany and battalion streets, laying water
mains from the city supply, placing cleo
trio light poles, etc. The tents for the For
esters and the visiting bands will not be
placed until about Saturday, June 10. Con-
tracts for 800 tents for the Foresters, be-
sides officers tents and tents for the fifty
or more brass bands, have already been .et.
The officers quarters will be located in the
southeast corner of the field, and the en-
campment proper will tend north to the
grounds Of the Women's Prison. Each tent
will accommodate four men, and canvas
cots will be used for sleeping, instead of the
bed sacks used In the militia camps
There are at present six cities in the race
for the next Head Camp of the Woodmen.
Los Angeles. Cal. Salt Lake City. Utah.
Denver, Col, Niagara Falls, N. Y, Saratoga
Springs, N. Y, and Milwaukee, Wis, are
the aspirants for the next big gathering.
The latter city is not at present within the
jurisdiction, but a stiff fight will be made
to secure admission. The law barring cities
of over 100000 from the society has hereto
fore excluded the city made famous by
Herr Schlitz's product, but there is a good
prospect that this law will be abolished at
the coming Head Camp. If this is done Mil
waukee will be in the fight for the next
national gathering, and is prepared to make
a most fiattering offer for 1t. Los Angeles.
Cal, Is a formidable aspirant for the event,
as Is Denver and Salt Lake City. No ag-
gressive fight has so far been made by Nj
ready engaged a business room the
ground floor Of the Hotel Claypool and is
putting up stiff battle for the Head Camp
to be held In 1905.
NEBRASKA'S BATTALION.
A recent issue Of the Nebraska State
Journal says: "It is now definitely settled
that battalion of six teams of Foresters,
headed by the famous Hagenow Band. will
leave Lincoln for Indianapolis for the Head
Camp of the NJ. w. of A, held In that
city the week Of June 10. The teams of
Camps 1922, $50. 2266 and 969, with the teams
from Crete and Hebron, will make up the
battalion. This means that 155 uniformed
men will leave the city of Lincoln alone.
Seven coachloads will make up the special
train from Lincoln. and the delegation will
show up in splendid shape at Indianapolis,
and will do all they can to bring about the
election of Nebraska's favorite son, A. r.
Talbot, as head consul. Captain Glider
sleeve, of Hagenow's Band, says: We have
the finest band this year ever got together
In the city of Lincoln, and will go down to
Indianapolis prepared TO win one of the
prizes offered by the Head Camp. Having
won the first prize at the Kansas City
L. D..
we go with the confidence that we can max
some of the big bands of the East hustle
to secure one Of the prizes. Besides this,
the Hagenow Band is known wherever il
band in the West
Word has been received from Kansas CITY
that fourteen teams of Foresters will ac-
company the Missouri delegation The
teams number, in the aggregate over three
hundred uniformed men, and will come by
special train. Another special from Kan
sas City will bring delegates not Foresters
while other specials will be run from
Springfield, Joplin. Trenton, Hannibal, Clin-
ton. st. Joseph and st: Louis. Bands from
st. Joseph and Springfield have already ap-
piled for quarters at the camp grounds.
LOCAL COMMITTEES
Work of the local committees is practi-
cally completed. although the finishing
touches are yet to be put on. A final meet
ing of the finance committee will be held
attention of this committee will be finished
off.
The hotels committee. of which DIR. Worth
is chairman, is receiving a large number
Of applications for rooms with private FAM
lilies, to be used by delegates to the coming
Head Camp of the Modern Woodmen. Dr.
Worth states that the hotels have been filled
to their limits, and that many delegates
remain to be provided with rooms. Any
one having rooms to let that can be used
during the week of the Head Camp, or from
June 10 10 June 20. are requested to register
with DIR. Worth 433 Stevenson building
giving their names and street numbers the
number of rooms they have, and whether
or not they will board delegates
p. T. Anderson, of Rockford. ILL.,, quarter
master general of the Foresters' encamp-
ment, arrived in Indianapolis yesterday
and has taken charge of the work at the
camp grounds. General Anderson is wei
pleased with the preliminary work for the
big Head Camp, and predicts great week
He says: More interest-more general in
terest-is being taken in the coming Head
Camp than in any Head Camp ever held by
the society. From all parts of the country
have received letters Of inquiry I'm regard
| TO quarters. accommodations, etc, and al
| the letters have been most enthusiastic over
| the coming trip to the beautiful Hoosiei
| capital II is safe to say that at least one
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