Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
Philippine Veterans to Meet.

The Seventh Annual meeting or
the Army of the Philippines, which
will be held in Des Moines, August
Is. IA and Is. 1906, promises to be
the greatest gathering of the society
ever held. Already the local cors
mittees are assured OF an attendance
of 1000, principally from central ana
western states, including some OF the
most prominent men in the United
States. While President Roosevelt
and Secretary OF War Taft were
forced to decline the invitation to az.
tend, which was signed by Admiral
Dewey and twenty-five generals, yet
they aided the meeting by counter.
manding the order sending the 18th
| u, S. cavalry froIu ut. Des MONIES TO
the Fort 6iley maneuvers until after
the meeting SO that the regiment
could participate In the big parade
and also give half days review and
exhibition drill in honor of the Wis.
itors.
Secretary of Treasury Shaw, who
was was governor of Iowa during the
| Spanish-American was will be here
to represent the administration and
make an address. Governor Albert
| ing address to the visitors. Congress-
man John A. T. Hull of Iowa, chair
man of the house committee on mill.
tary affairs, will speak.
Every effort has been made to
make the visitors welcome. Mel.
chants will decorate their places or
business as never before. Headquar'
ters will be at the Savery Hotel, and
reception committees will meet the
incoming trains and escort the visit.
ors to the hotels and bc<rding houses.
This will take up the morning OF the
| first day. In the afternoon the first
| business session will be held at the
Knights of Pythias hall, and in the
evening there will be smoker" at
the same place.
The forenoon OF the second day
will be spent at Fort Des Moines, the
new 100000 home of the nth cav.
airy, u. s. A. The visitors will DO
| rendered a reception by Col. Earl d..
Thomas, and his officers, and later
there will be review and special ex-
hibition drill. In the afternoon there
will be the second business session.
and in the evening an exhibition OF
wrestling and boxing at the Iowa Ath.
letic Club free to all visitors.
In the morning OF the last day
will come the big parade, with Col
Earl ID. Thomas as chief marsha,
The 18th Cavalry will be the escort
Of honor to the visitors who will fol.
| low their Commander In Chief, Col.
| A. s. Frost Of Evanston, H., through
| the principal streets. The visitors
will be formed by departments and
camps. Following the visitors will
come the civic societies Of the city,
and the local military organizations,
and the last division will be special
affair under the heading "As 1t was
In the Philippines" and Is the inspir'
alton of the men and teamsters OF FIT
Des Moines, who will have some 100
mules and twenty army wagons In
line. This wagon and pack train will
be equipped as for a campaign and
escorted by cavalry and infantry.
There will be band OF Filipinos In
proper costume, carabaos from Luzon
with their native attendants. captured
prisoners from General Luna's army,
and Filipino women In carriages,
| smoking the real Manila cigars. An
| insurgent army in costume will attack
| the wagon train at various places,
| and after the street fights are over,
the insurgents will come In and be
amigos" and Join with a glee club
in singing the old songs coined In
the Philippine,