The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-12
WELCOME HOME
PRIlHDEGREt TEAM
Woodmen andR Royal Neighbors
5 Greet Men Who Captured
First Honors at st. Lofts


The homecoming of victors was
worthily celebrated last night when the
Mooern WoodEnen of ST. Paul united to
welcome the degree team of Mfnnehafla
camp the winners of three prizes during
the Foresters 1encampmen at the worlds
falr, ST. LouisJ Captain r.. L. Slocum
ana his sixteen men, as already an
nounced, carried off the first prize of $500
Tor the best drilling doneTc by any Junior
team, that is. by any team that has not
already won some prize at "a national en-
campment. The Minnehaha team also OBJ
tanned the fourth prize of $25 for the best
kept quarters and the fourth prize of SIT
TOT the best service on sentry duty. There
were 1900 Foresters at the st. Louis en-
campment or 200 teams, both Junior and
senior.
At the union depot last night great
crowd of WoodmenS or Foresters, or uni
formed Woodmen, and of Royal Neigh
Dors, the Women's auxiliary to the Wood
men, We're awaiting the Milwaukee train.
Il Il was to bring the Minnehaha team from
st. Louis at Obs O'Clock, but it arrived
unexpectedly fifteen minutes earlier.
The team was. hardly on the platform.
L however, before zoo members of Royal
OAK camps Royal Neighbors; auxiliary to
Mlnnehaha camp had appeared with
smiles and flowers. MRS. j. C. Collins,
OF Royal Oak camp, chairman of the SUI
preme &board sof managers, presented to
captain Slocum a splendid bouquet of
aSterS, white and purple the auxiliary
colors Mesdames E. b. Lott, J. A. Rob-
eftson and 81! 1Herbnrger had single bou-
tonnleres of the same flowers to diStrib-
ute among the members of the team.
'-.@s Cheers for the. Prize Team
Representatives from all the twelve
Woodmen camps of st. Paul united in
cheering the travellers and in admiring
their tl1 blue silk badges. These were headed
m From Missouri and were inscribed,
IN larger types First Prize Winners
Worlds Fair. ST. louis
Formal welcomeswas extended on Sib-
ley street, before the depot, by two bat
talions of Foresters under Mai. Cleaye-
land HllSon They extended military
courtesies to their uniformed brethren and
then escorted them to- Woedinen hall
West Ninth street.e
AT quick pacesthe Foresters linked"
up Slbley street, the escort in blue, their
off1cers in kahlSi, and the Minnehaha team
IN attractive mouse colored uniform with
trimmings of greenland gold. For4decora-
tive weapons instead of4.the cleaning ak,
each OF the vietoTs carried "a Japanese
parasol.
tip Sibiey street 5and along Sixth street
beyond Robertestreet the team was fol-
lowed by a'rspeciai escort Of laughing
young women members of Royal Oak
camp. RI
+ Still more novel was the welcome at
Woodmen hall, 162 West Ninth street. At
Feacn side of. the entrance stood half a
dozen little girls wearing white. frocks
and gilt crowns, waving American flags
and cheering gleefully.yrA small boy in
white uniform presented arms-the first
lied under the auspices of Minnehaha
camp.
Venerable Consul Marrow,s Welcome
l'isfWhen the prize winners and. their. hosts
were seated within the hail. James Nor
1Frowp Venerable consul Of Minnehaha, de-
sclared Sthatahe never, before had been so
proud He welcomed the visitors in the
name of sthe.. camp and Of thex1M Minnesota
Woodmen. The team. he said, had justi-
fed fully the ncenfidence placed in it,
It's triumphss at ST. Louis were but addi-
tionaf proof aof the pre-eminence of the
North Star statesiais =, "a s5-TtsS-5 s-s-..
Il c. T:ft HeydeekerySo of Illinois, al well
Known pioneer. OF the order, extended his
scribed the difficulties in the way of such
achievement IS the team had recorded
ain the national competition, and he made
| clear that the victory was mot easily won.
| Applause that followed the entrance 81
fsOr. tTEtheibert sGeer,w assistant II surgeon
! general sat the national l4encampment
/ just come from ST., Louis himself, 8 he
iIsaid, and he; was gratiied to report that
lathe trophies brought home by the team
Justly indicated the high rank Minnehaha
at the fair Rhe team conduct had been
exemplary. Their, drilling had been so
smanifestly superior that they were Sc
lected for first place by the spectators
before the actual trial. -
Now that the team had won the first
prize, with a percentage of .96. S, the
camp had the satisfaction of knowing
that ltsShadf the best junior. team in the
United States, the finest hall in the United
States, and that the 1920 Woedmen on its
roll constituted the largest membership
in Minnesota ssstlssiisls4a -
One or two informal speeches preceded
an invitation to the dinner that was
awaiting the degree team and their
friends down in the dining room.
The members of the team are:
Capt. Ralph T.. Slocuna, Ira Enmark, A.
]. Rosenmeyer, William II. Crawford. B.
Carlson, Ernest Murray, William II. Blay-
lock- W. P. Stillman, Philip BeaurIine,
Harry P. Morton, Edward D. Walker, A.
Anderson, Louis S. Johnson, John p.
Holly, George Meyers, Arthur w. Lilley,
James F. Eayes.