Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-11
AFTER HEAD PRIZE
Rock Islands Crack Woodmen Team
20 Expected to Best Rivals at
ST. Louis Encampment.
1850 is IN THE JUNIOR DRILL
Arrangements Committee Announces
That Governors Of Nine States
Will Be Present.

Rock Islands crack Woodmen for
ester team of Camp &c is to strive for
first prize in the senior drill at the
national encampment of the foresters
at St. Louis next month. This team
has been entered in previous contests
against the best drilled companies in
the society and has never failed TO
score, if not at the top, so close that
the eyes of the jurisdiction will be
centered on it in the forthcoming COM
petition at the exposition city.
Four teams will go from here, two
from Rock Island and two from Daven-
port, forming battalion. and they will
be entered in the battalion drill as a
body The forester team of Camp 1850
of this city will try for the honOrs of
the junior team drill. and judging by
! the showing the boys are making at
practice, which has been followed ear
nestly the past few months, they are
! Expected TO prove a surprise party to
their rivals. The team of Camp 1850
| has not had as wide experience as that
of &c, the latter having brushed elbows
with the kings of the forester depart
ment over the country, and for this
reason they have passed up the senior
drill at st. Louis, content TO make their
beginning at the bottom of the ladder
and come to the front by degrees.
Nine Governors to he There.
Directors c. G. Saunders and E. Z.
Murphy and Head Clerk c. w. Halves,
appointed by the executive board to
direct the arrangements for the for
ester enCampment. have the details
well in hand. An announcement that
will be received with especial pride
among the members of the society is
one TO the effect that the committee
has assurance of the presence of the
governors of nine states at the main
day of the encampment, Sept. s. The
/ governors to whom invitations have
been extended and who are expected
TO attend are a. b. Cummins, Iowa;
Richard Yates, Illinois; S. r. Van
SAINT. Minnesota; r. NJ. La Toilette,
Wisconsin; W. T. Durbin, Indiana; A.
NJ. Dockery, Missouri; w. o. Mickey,
Nebraska; A. T Bliss, Michigan, and
w. J. Bailey, Kansas. These distiu-
guished gentlemen are to become the
guests of the society during their stay
at the exposition. and will be asked to
deliver brief addresses following the
Iencampment parade, which they are to
review While fraternal topics will be
particularly german to the occasion,
the governors have been informed they
will be permitted to give expression to
any message they may desire to con
vey TO the American people politically
Ior otherwise.
Five Thousand FOrcstcrS.
1t is expected there will be 5000
foresters in st. Louis during the en-
campment Sept 5-12. They will be &C
commodated in barracks provided by
the management of the exposition
which will offer $4,000 in prizes. One
admission of 50 cents, to be paid the
opening day of the enCampment, will
admit the fOrcstcrs the five days dur
ing which they are to be in St. Louis
TO the fair A chef has been appointed
to serve them meals during their stay
and the charge has been fixed at %
cents a meal.
The Modern WoOdmen is the only
semi-military organization that has
been recognized by the management
of the exposition, an unusual distinC
ton when the number of fraternal so
cieties there are in competition with
the Rock Island order is taken into
consideration. A board of nine regu
lar army officers will serve as judges
of the drills, the war department hav
ing granted them leave of absence in
order to serve the exposition and the
society. John II. Mitchell, of Iona
Mich, is to be in command of the en-
campment, with the title of major gen