Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-02

The greatest head camp meeting and en-
campment of Foresters in the history Of
the order was that held at Milwaukee
June II to "a The members of the Local
Camp Clerks association were the first on
the ground. This association is composed
of the clerks of the local camps of the
entire national jurisdiction and is quite
factor in the head camp. Their meeting
was called to order by President II. b.
Hoyt Of Seattle on the morning of June II,
and after a royal address of welcome by
Mayor d. g. Rose and responses the recon-
mendations of amendments to the bylaws
were discussed. The following were elected
officers for the ensuing term: President,
F. II. Norling of Kansas City; secretary,
W. T. Copeland of Lima, o.. treasurer,
c. H. T Riepen of Omaha,
The city of Milwaukee was dressed in it's
best, with thousands of banners of the
red, white and green floating in the air
alongside the Stars and Stripes. AZ night
the city was brilliantly Illuminated. Dele
cation after delegation accompanied by
Forester teams arrived every hour and all
day Sunday from every part of the juris-
diction A special train from California
arrived on Saturday evening. All delega-
tions were met at the depot by bands and
reception committees. The local commit
tee, WIFI hdNpI INuSt at Tue Htdu Idu
everything splenddly arranged for the
Woodmen and visitors BY Monday noon
there were over 5000 Foresters in camp at
Camp Hawes, quartered in tents and under
military discipline, with Major General -. 4
II. Mitchell of Iona, Mich, in commandy
Prize drills took place all day Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. In the drill con-
tests Nebraska Jared exceedingly well,
carrying off eight prizes, two OF which
| went to Omaha the team of Camp No. l2O
receiving NTH prize with a percentage Of
| 9S. .443 out Of possible 100. and Beech camps
team seventh prize with a score of 97657,
| only a fraction of a point behind. The
team from Joliet Ill, won the first prize
with a score of 9s,997. /
Wednesday afternoon the 5000 Foresters,
all in uniform, the finest that could be had.
with bands, were reviewed by the head
officers.
Thursday afternoon the parade of tho
Foresters was one of the prettiest sights
ever witnessed in Milwaukee. There were
over 1000 Woodmen in line, all in uniform,
some in white, some I'm purple, blue, green
and maroon, and bands galore. Hundreds
of thousands witnessed the pleasing spec
tacle
Friday morning the prizes for the win
ming teams, medals and cash prizes were
distributed in the presence of a large con-
course of spectators. In addition 10 tho
medals there were cash prizes distributed
to the amount OF $5,l0O.
Hagenow's band of Lincoln, Neb., won
the first prize in the band contest
Four thousand Woodmen witnessed the
ritual exemplihed by the officers and team
of camp No. 81 OF Rockford, Ill.
Hereafter the head camp will meet every
three years. The next head camp, in 1908.
will be held at Peoria, III. Buffalo, Detroit
and Cincinnati were ali bidders for tho
next head camp meeting,
The result OF the election OF the head
officers was as follows, with only four
changes made. Head consul, A. r, Talbot
of Lincoln, Neb.; head adviser D. Il, Horne
OF Davenport. Ia: head clerk, c. W. Hawes
of Rock Island, IL; head banker Charles
II. McNider of Mason City, Ia; head escort,
c. d. Elliot of Seattle. Wash; board OF d.
rectors. George W. Rilly of Illinois H. r.
Smith of Missouri, c. J. Byrnes OF Michi-
gan and L. L. Murphy and A. N Bort Of
Wisconsin.
A large attended reception was given at
Myrtle hall Friday evening to the drill
teams Of Omaha camp No. 100 and Beech
camp No. 1854, In honor OF their achieve
ments at the meeting OF the head camp rel
Gently held at Milwaukee The drill teatnN
Of the Ancient order Of United Workmen
was among the invited guests and took
part in the reception. The committee in
charge of the reception was: j. w Ben
nett, ]. c. Snyder, II. d, Stone, j. G. Ed
mundson, c. f. Liston, T., @. Neihede, A.
Z. Baldwin and III. Evans. The master OF
ceremonies was II, NJ. Waring. A pleasing
feature Of the evening was the presentation
of bouquet OF American Beauty roses to
each OF the captains OF the teams Altar A
short address by Dr. l.. A. Merriam, coIuN
mending the teams for their work, . short
musical program was rendered