The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-02
ST. LOUIS SECURES
THE NEXT REUNION
Veterans of the Philippines Are
Against Uniting With Any
Other Organization.

the National society, Army Of the Phil
ippines. This was settled at the fore
noon business session of the society
at the capitol yesterday morning, the
Worlds Fair city having everything its
own way. Chattanooga rendered the
society an invitation to meet there
next year, as did Seattle, but neither
city made fight for the convention.
and st. Louis, with it's delegation
which arrived early, had little trouble
in securing for that city the next meet
ing, the date of WHICH is to be settled
laetr by the executive committee.
The location of the next reunion was
not in doubt from the start, but in
spite Of this the st. Louis delegation
did not let up in its efforts. and when
Gen. Comfort presented the claims of
the big convention city, the delegates
voted unanimously to hold the next
reunion there At yesterdays meeting
Gen. Irving Hale won applause by
stating that the Nationals society, Army
of the Philippines, was here to stay
and not to be absorbed by any other
organization.
I'VE must cooperate with the other
organizations of the Spanish-American
war;" said Gen. Hale. but we must
never merge this society with any
other. This society has a distinctive
character and is destined to live and
grow and become part of American
history"
Gen. Hale, who is president of the
society, was so outspoken regarding
his views of holding office that there
is no doubt some one, other than him
self, will be selected as president for
the ensuing year. Gen. Hale said he
did not believe In the principle of one
man holding office too long. He
thought such things should rotate.
But, despite his protest Gen. Hale
may be elected to a third term. He is
very popular with the rank and file of
the society, and many of them favor
him for president, Notwithstanding his
inclination to give the honor to some
one else.
The other candidates talked of are
Lieut.. Donald Macrae, of Council
Bluffs, and Gen. Charles King. Lieut..
Macrae is now first vice president of
the society, and is very popular among
the men. He is accompanied by del
egation of thirty from Council Bluffs,
together with the famous McFadden
drum corps, and has the support of
large following.
1t is almost certain that Fred
Schultz, of st. Paul, will be reelected
as secretary of the national society.
During the past year Secretary
Schultz has shown himself a hard
worker, and he will most assuredly be
re- elected as secretary.
Secretary Schuttes report shows
that during the past year new camps
have been organized in fourteen diff
ferent states. Letters were read from
President Roosevelt, Gen. Miles and
Admiral Dewey, expressing sorrow at
being unable to attend the reunion.
The following committees have been
Nominations-W H. Anderson, Iowa;
II Hackbarth, Wisconsin; George B.
Gelter, Illinois; F. c. Husman, Montana;
". ]. Watson, Kansas; L. H. Stoner
Nebraska; Capt. Charles E. Locke, Col
orado; f. w. Peterson, Minnesota, and
j. E. White at large. This committee
will report its nominations at tomorrow
mornings business session.
Credentials and Auditing-R W.
Means, Colorado; Hugh Scott, Minnesota;
Sumner Knox, Iowa; P j. Cosgrove, Ne
braSka; Q. A. Howard at large,
Ritual. E. Fout, ST. Louis; Frank
Corriston, Minnesota; Rev. James Mail
ley, Nebraska.
Today will be one of the most i'm
portant of the session. The society
will, this evening, hold a campfire at
Reeve, Minneapolis, will preside, and
Gov. Van SAINT and others will speak
Following is the programme for this
evenings meeting:
Invocation
Rev. James Mailley, chaplain National
society.
Quartette ..."Boys of the Old Brigade"
Address of welcome, Gov. S. R. Van SAINT.
Response. Brig. Gen. Irving Hale, presi-
dent National society.
Reading-"The American Flag
]. F. B. Beckwith
Informal talks by Gen. Charles King,
Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf, Lieut.. Conkling
and others.
Twenty Minutes in the Philippians
G. D. Strong
The feature of the reunion will be
the parade to take place this forenoon
at 1890. The line of march for the
parade will be:
West Fifth street to st. Peter, on st.
Peter to Fourth street, on Fourth street
to Wacouta, on Wacouta to Sixth
street, on Sixth street to jackson, on
Jackson to Ninth, on Ninth to Cedar,
on Cedar past the capitol to Twelfth
street, where the parade win disband.
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