Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-03
ANNOUNCED
All Arrangements for the Wood.
men Head Camp Have
Been Completed.
INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE READY
Delegates VIII Be Received Monday,
june Is, and Sessions End
Saturday.

The head clerks official red book
giving the program of the NJ. w. \.
head camp at Indianapolis, the roster
of delegates, officers, standing com
mittees, statistics and historical facts.
is being sent out from the head Office
today. There will be 400 delegates en-
titled to a vote, besides officers and
members of committees without votes
to the number of 6S.
The head clerks assistants who will
serve the delegates during the ses-
sions of the head camp are: Assistant
Head Clerk james Mcnamara, H. NJ
Waring, reporter of head camp pro-
ccedings, Reading Clerk Thomas Viii
hanson, Railway Secretary W. c.
Whiteman, James F. Egan, press re-
porter of head camp, Statisticians
Charles S. Quayle and George +. West,
Joseph b. McCrory, clerk Of creden-
tials committee; f. 3. Halves, clerk
mileage and per diem committees;
Fred NJ. Burt, custodian of property
and official reports; Henry SCHNEIDER.
daily bulletins for delegates.
The Program.
Monday, June 10:
Morning of delegates in
city.
200 p. M Reception of delegates,
head officers, etc, at the Claypool
auditorium.
$3.50 p. m.-Street car trip about the
city for delegates, head officers and
members of standing committees.
500 p. m.-Caucuses for state dele
cations.
Tuesday, June 10:
Morning of head camp.
Sessions of head camp.
500 p. m.-Vaudeville performance
at the Empire theatre for men only
Wednesday:
orning-Sessions of head camp
Afternoon-Session of head camp
500 p. m.-EXemplification of Sc
cret work at Tomlinson hall.
| Thursday:
Neutrality-suspicious. of head camp.
200 p. m.-Grand Woodmen parade.
500 p. m.-Grand ball at Tomlinson
hall
| Friday:
Neutrality-suspicious. of head camp.
Afternoon-SeSsion of head camp.
Evening Session of head camp
Saturday:
Morning Session of head camp.
Afternoon-Session Of head camp.
The FOresters' Convention.
The second biennial national en-
campment. Modern Woodmen Forest
ers, will he held on the encampment
grounds on East Washington avenue,
! in connection. The drill competitions
Twill be interesting and a large num-
/ Der of teams are entered. The first
prize in the senior class is $3.50. in the
| junior class $500 and in the pony class
$175, nearly $4,000 in all having been
appropriated for the prizes. The
three classes are for all teams of not
more than II members, teams which
have never before won prize at drills
or encampments. and last for teams
of nine men. The judges of the drills
viii be United States army officers.
| Prizes of 5000 have been placed in
the national band contest which is to
take place the 10th.
The parade, which is expected 10
eclipse all other efforts of previous
camps, will take place Thursday af-
ternoon at , o'clock and all Woodmen
present are expected to be in line.
One of the interesting features of
the meeting will be the two delega-
tons coming from Kansas, only one
of which can be seated. representing
| the two factions in that state The
credentials will be at indianapolis.
The other credentials for state dele
cations are being sent out from the
head office now.