The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-12
TENTED CITY is WAITING
CAMP on EAST WASHINGTON STREET
READY FOR THE FOREsTERs.
City Being Decorated for Next Weeks
Meeting of WOOdmen-AnE Estimate
of 100000 Visitors.

Inc Work OF putting up the decorations
for the Head Camp of the Modern Wood
men of America, which meets here next
week, was begun yesterday, and Washing
ton street. from Senate avenue to East
street, is hung thick with banners of red,
white and green, the colors of the Modern
Woodmen. The work is to be completed, as
far as stringing the banners and draping
bunting over the street, by this evening
The larger decorations will not be placed in
position until Monday morning when
Washington street, and, indeed, the whole
of the business portion of the city, will be
profusely decorated.
The first of the delegates are arriving in
the city, and each incoming train brings
new arrivals. James F. Egan editorial at
tache of the head Office at Rock Island, ILL.,,
came in last evening and expresses himself
enthusiastically over the prospects for
not time at the Head Camp, the opening
session of which will occur Tuesday Mr.
Egan says the head officers at Rock Island
are reliably Informed as TO the number of
dianapolis during the week of the Head
Camp, and that estimates that have been
printed are in no wise exaggerated I'VE
VIII have, said he, upward of fifty thou
sand people In town during the week, and
on Thursday, the big picnic and excursion
day. there will assuredly be 100000 visitors
in indianapolis. Not all of these will be
Woodmen, but the great majority will be
members of the society. Had we been able
to get more advantageous rates in Indiana
and throughout the territory of the Central
Passenger Association the crowd would
have been far larger than this; in my opin-
ion 1t would have taxed the resources of In
dianapoliS TO the utmost to have cared for
the people who would have come. AS IT is
however, We will bring 10 the city the larg-
est crowd that has ever assembled here.
The Head Camps, or national conventions
OF the Modern Woodmen, are now recog-
nized as one of the four big national gath
erings-the Democratic and Republican
national conventions and the G.. a. r. en-
campments being the other three. This
years attendance at the Head Camp will
by far exceed that of any Head Camp the
society has ever held"
Mr.. Egan says that all the head officials
of the society will be in Indianapolis by
Sunday evening and that many of them
will arrive in the city to-day and to-mor-
row. Head Consul William A. Northcott
is expected to be among the later arrivals
while Head Clerk Charles w, Halves will
be among the first to reach the city. The
entire board of national directors will be
in the city by Sunday evening and all will
be in readiness for the business of the
Head Camp by the time of the opening ses-
sion on Tuesday morning.
CAMP CLERKS ASSOCIATION
The Local Camp Clerks Association,
which meets in this city tomorrow for a
two days session. will bring a good sized
crowd to Indianapolis. Many CT the local
camp clerks delegates to the Head
Camp and will remain during the week.
others who are not delegates will be in
attendance at the sessions of the Head
Camp. The Camp Clerks Association is
an organization formed among the clerks
of the camps of the society and has for its
purpose the dissemination OF information
valuable to the clerks in their work. The
programme for the meeting. which will be
held Saturday and Monday in the
Masonic Temple, has been published
The camp grounds for the Foresters is
almost ready for occupancy, most of the
tents having been placed in position yes
terday. The big state field on East Wash
ington street, is crowded almost TO its
limit with the canvas homes TO be used by
the camping Foresters and little is left
to do in the way of preparing for the big
body of uniformed men. Tents for the Of
ficers were erected late yesterday even
ing and are situated at the south end OF
the field. Headquarters tent will be light
ed by incandescent lamps, and the entire
grounds will be Illuminated with electric
fty, while water from the city
mains will be used to supply the
camp grounds. The tents and
some of the tents for the different
concessionaires were placed in position
Yesterday and the camp ground as a whole
looks very military
The first of the Foresters are expected 10
arrive this afternoon, when one of the
Iowa delegations has written that it will
reach the city. The delegation will be
composed of Foresters from Fort Dodge
and near by points in Iowa, accompanied by
the Fort Dodge Military Band OF thirty
five pieces A part of the Iowa delegation
TO the Head Camp of the Woodmen will
also arrive on the same train, which is
special.
were moved this morning TO the Claypool
Hotel where all those having business with
the committees may apply. The headquar-
ters will be Tor a time in one OF the bust
rass rooms on the ulinois-street side of the
hotel Press headquarters were also re-
moved to the Claypool this morning. and
viii occupy Rooms $50 and S62 until the
close OF the Head Camp.
Or c. +. Worth. chairman of the hotel
.1-, rnittee desires TO say to the public
tbat no charge is made for registration of
rnoms for Woodmen during the week of
ne Head Camp. The impression has gone
ort that a fee is charged, and persons not
onthorized to register the names of those
haxi,y rooms or TO assign delegates and
,,iz,f,rs have been charging for such reg
,s,ration. Dr. Worth makes the announce
ment that any person making charge for
.arvices of this kind is not acting under
he authorize ton of the local committees.
and that all registration should be made
with him at Room AIS stevenson building.