Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24
BIC ENCAMPMENT
FOR ODD FELLOWS
SAN DIEGO TO WELCOME
PATRIARCHS
Members of Order From All Points in
California Will Be Guests of
Southern Cantons Early
In October

are showing great interest in the prep
Patriarchs Militant, which will be held
in San Diego during the first week of
October. Everything possible is being
done both by San Diego members of
the order and all other Odd Fellows
throughout the south.
The executive committee appointed
by San Diego Canton No. % to take
charge of the preparations for the en-
campment is devoting all of it's time
to the work.
The executive committee consists of
Joseph Foster, president; John Stork,
vice president; Frank P. Frary, secre-
tary; George Hansen, treasurer; C. NJ.
Clifford, Edwin T. Phillips, Nelson
Snyder and Stephen Brown.
City to Be Decorated
The city will be decorated from one
end to the other of the business sec
tion with the colors of the order, or of
the uniform rank of the order, which
are purple and gold and there will be
night decorations.
A grand encampment tent in electric
lights will be shown above the en-
campment headquarters in the armory
hall of Company B of the Seventh regi-
ment. An electric flag will be displayed
at Odd Fellows hall, which will be the
headquarters of the Rebekah branch of
the order. An electric crown, with
symbols of the order will appear over
the government barracks, where the
uniformed drill teams will by courtesy
of the government officials be en-
camped.
Special trains are to be run from San
Francisco and Los Angeles, and cantons
are expected as follows: Sacramento,
No. 1; San Francisco, No. 8; San Jose,
No. 9; Petaluma, No. 10; Oakland, No.
H. Stockton, No. 10; Vallejo, No. 16;
Riverside, No. 25; Los Angeles, No. II;
Ventura, No. 80; jacksonville, No. S2:
Santa Cruz, No. 3S; Napa, No. "a;
Santa Barbara, No. 36; Pasadena, No.
81. The special trains will arrive on
Monday, October 2. at a o'clock, and
that evening there will be an informal
reception at headquarters at the Eighth
street armory.
The meetings of the grand encamp-
ment proper will begin on Tuesday
morning, and sessions will be held at
10 o'clock in the morning and o'clock
in the afternoon, until the business of
the encampment is completed. Tues
day evening a public reception will be
held at the Isis theater, when Joseph
Foster will preside. Addresses of well
come will be made by Mayor Sehon on
behalf of the city and by L, r. Kirby
on behalf of the local Odd Fellows. The
responses will be by Grand Patriarch
Stanley A. Smith of Downieville and
by Grand Scribe William H. Barnes of
San Francisco.
Competitive Prize Drill
The competitive drill will take place
at Coronado race track on Wednesday
afternoon, and on Wednesday evening
at Grand Encampment hall the grand
patriarchial degree will be conferred
by Oriental encampment No. 81 of San
Francisco, and the Golden Rule degree
by Star encampment No. rs of River
side.
Thursday morning will be held the
public parade at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and in the afternoon an excursion
has been planned to Tia Juana in Low
er California. In the evening the
Patriarchs Militant degree will be con-
ferred by Vallejo canton No. 16, which
will be followed by a social entertain
ment.
The closing sessions of the encamp-
ment will be held Friday, and that
evening the degree of chivalry will be
conferred publicly at the ballroom at
Coronado, the ceremony to be followed
by the announcement of awards and
the grand encampment ball.
There are to be prizes for drills both
by canton and by single members, and
handsome prizes go to the winners.