The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
JOURNAL. CADETS TO !.
FORM !. MARCHING i / i E| & FLAG |. t
RED, WHITE; AND BLUE uMBREIr
"- LAS AS MEANS TO END.
Boy Regiment. will Have. Prominent
Part in Great ParadeAPlans for Hos
pital Tent Da6ahg tthe" G:1FA. R. En-
campmept fl i + 1Giansapolis p 3s@ 4,

marching flag will be made a prom
inent, and striking feature of the vet
Grams parade at the G.. A. R. National
Encampment. 1t is to be formed by
journal Cadets, carrying red and white
umb brellas that will represent the stripes
silver stars the forty-six states in the
| union. ...,', ~: : - :e r. r. ~
There will be l29 cadets to carry
umbrellas for the ored stripes and ia
for the white stripes, 46 for the stars,
and 10 additional ito fill in the field of
blue, making 299sReadets in all In the
flag which will be- I a trifle over sixty
feet long by forty WIDE >. s..
The umbrellas will be in solid colors
and the cadets will march so compact
" that a perfect flag will be formed.
In. marching, by zig-zagging, and rails
ing and lowering the umbrellas, the
waving or undulating of flag can be
initiated. -. ~ aa,
When the regulations for the parade
of the veterans were. adopted provision
was made for this marching flag as the
rade aside from the veterans them
selves, the bands, drum corps and police
escort. This will be the first time that
the marching flag has been used in the
National G.. A. R. parade. There have
been living flags, %ns they are called,
composed Of children in red, white and
blue dresses, seated in reviewing stands
but not marching flags. ~,
The Journal Cadets, who are now well
drilled in foot movements, can be re-
lied upon to march, with such precision
that the form Of flag can be perfectly
maintained, which will be nearly the
width Of the street and nearly half a
block long -. -. -
Hospital Tent
Equipped with all the conveniencei
of modern field hospital, huge tent
will be erected in the center of Min
neapolis, probably on Seventh street
for use during the. Grand Army en-
campment. This announcement wa.
made yesterday by the committee il
in charge of the eneampment and to
a stretcher brigade, ambulance service
and the use of the regular Minneapolis
hospitals, it completes systematic plal
:. for caring for the injured and sicl
during the encampment.
The tent hospital will be under th
: charge of local physician who, j,
conjunction wit ha staff of nurses, will
are brought in by the Red Cross corps
| In cases where it is deemed advisabl
the patient will be moved at once t.
i a permanent hospital, but it is though
, that the emergency tent will be usefu
, at all times, especially on the day o
the parade, when the number Of prostra
;, tions and injuries might be greatest.
State Headquarters.
2 Natives of New York state who ar
: residents of Minneapolis have joine
J the movement to provide state head
: quarters during the encampment, an
t Tuesday evening, at the Commercis
l club, the Manhattan society, compose
: Of former residents Of New York city
4 Brooklyn and the outlying distric1
Y will be reorganized for the purpose Q
providing headquarters during the e1
t campment. The society maintaine
E headquarters during, the encampmen
E Of 1854 and kept open house for vi.
: itors from the Manhattan district.
] list Of the visitors was afterward
+ published. ~ u,
| Fraternal societies are also beginnin
to arrange for the entertainment Q
visiting delegations during the e1
campment and many tof the organize
Z tions will open headquartery, A con
4 Minneapolis lodges of the knights Q
Pythias to make arrangements TO
. maintaining Pythian headquarters thr
i encampment week, and other fraterna
1 bodies will join in the movement
OIL The knights Of Pythias purpose t
: assist visiting ymemerst of their orde
1 and their families in fnding comfor,
q able quarters y