Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-19
CAMP
Big Preparations for Entertain>
ment of Woodmen Teams
at Milwaukee.
MAI. MITCHELL COMMANDS
Camp Equipage Sufficient to Aceomo
date an Army-Week's Round
of Duty.


| Especial -Milwaukee's City in White,
Camp Hawes. with its fluttering walls
and waving flags. will today take on a
wartime aspect, minus the boom of
cannon. rattle of musketry and commo-
tions of guard mounts that characterize n
regular army barracks. Before mid
night there will have arrived 500 Off
GERS and uniformed foresters. Modern
Woodmen of America. scores of them
accompanied by their respective wives
and children. to begin one of the most
notable weeks of reunion and earnest
contests in the history of the Organiza-
tion.
In every street in the White Pearl
of the Cream City" as Camp Hawes
has been happily nicknamed by Mrs.
]. II. Mitchell. whose husband, Maj.
Gen. Mitchell. is in command. scores
of men were busy yesterday and until
lights out" last night. from headquar-
ters to the great kitchen where will he
cooked food enough for all the 5000 or
more foresterS who will attend the en-
campment. preparing for the coming
of the hosts.
Docs Not Command All.
Gen Mitchell is in command. but, in
the presence of the women and in the
absence of a chaplain. with which the
foresters are not provided. he has had
to yield slightly to the dictates of the
fair sex in various appointments of
the camp. Mrs. Mitchell ard Mrs.
Ringer. whose husband, Col. +. l.
Ringer. is inspector general of the en-
Icampment, were the inventive geniuses.
for instance, who miie it possible to
put together the tall steel fiagstan
which had been brought from st.
Louis where the last enCampment was
held. The joints of the massive struc-
ture refused to fit. and Orderly Frank
Brecken. who does all the odd jobs
from carrying ice water to answering
the generals telephone. was at his
wits end Gen. Mitchell made a fail
ure at giving advice. as did Col. Ringer.
Brig Gen. Saxon, and the other officers.
and the orderly appealed to the wo-
men,
"Sure. an if YOU don't help me out
we'll never get this flag up" mOaned
the dapper Englshman, who talks with
the brogue of an Irishman.
THE joints have shrunk." observed
Mrs. Mitchell. The other women nod
ded approvingly Build a fire under
the threads and expand them" added
she with look that was as good as to
say, why didn't you big helpless
boobies think of that befOre?' and the
fire was built. Before sunset the pull
ley was ready for the stars and stripes.
Plenty 10 Eat.
Four large mess tents. one of which
will be used exclusively by the femi-
nine element of the enCampment, have
been erected. and behind them is the
mammoth kitchen, where. in a circus
stove 10 feet long and feet wide, will
be cooked every day tons of food for
the thousands of fOresters. The circus
stove, be it explained, consists of
trench dug in the ground. In addition
to this trench of ruddy Goals will he
battery of gasoline ranges.
Sixteen hundred and fifty tents, all
to provide sleeping quarters for Off
GERS and men, have been pitched be
tween the park and Summit avenue.
exclusive of headquarters where Gen.
Mitchell and members of his staff trans
act regular business. The headquar-
ters tents are near the south end of
the City i'm White. and exactly in front
of the generals is the towering flag
staff Today plat of the camp will
be perfected. each street being designa-
ted by a name dear TO the foresters.
The parade and drill grounds are be-
- hn hInH and
there next week will be held notable
contests in which the various camps
will vie for knightly honors. The
judges of the various contests, all army
officers attached 10 Fort Leavenworth,
were announced last night by Gen.
Mitchell. as follows:
Senior cIass-Maj. George S. Young.
18th L. S. cavalry; Maj ID. II. Bough-
| ton, 1lth L. s. cavalry; Capt. J. +.
NOrmoyle. quartermaster's department.
Junior class-Maj. J. p. Irwin, 9th
IU. s. cavalry: Capt PateT Murray,
18th L. S infantry; Capt. II. A. White.
I1th U. S. cavalry.
Pony. Battalion and Regimental
class-Maj. ID. l.. Howell, 18th u. 8. in
fantry; Capt NJ. F. Davis, 10th L. s.
cavalry; Lieut.. c. f. Besschel, 18th L.
S. infantry.
The order concludes with the follow
ing schedule for the week:
| Monday.
Inspection, 7.3O to $3.50 a. N.
Battalion instruction, s 45 TO 10 a. m
Regimental dress parade, End regi-
ment. 4:3O p. N.
Brigade dress parade, 1st regiment
$50 p. m.
Tuesday.
/ Inspection. 7:30 10 $50 a. m.