Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-04
GERMAN VETS IN BIG PARADE
Fifteen Hundred Former Soldiers of
Kaiser March Through City
streets


streets.
| Fifteen hundred patriotic Germans, with
bands playing and colors flying. in, line
which extended blocks and blocks,i pre-
sented an inspiring spectacle as they
marched through Omahas principal streets
Monday afternoon. With .vsterans of the
German army in the lead. and veterans
of the German army in the rear. and be-
tween these hundreds upon hundreds Of
members Of various vereins. decorated with
German insignia, the march might have
been taken for a military parade in the
j Fatherland, except that the American flag
waved at the head of the column 1t was
4 the big spectacular event OF tlte anniver-
| sary celebration of the battle OF Sedan.
/ The Germars gathered at washington
! hall at 12:@ and formed in line. starting
north on Eighteenth street at | O'Clock. The
line OF march led to Farnan. then on Far
nam to Sixteenth, thence 20 Iseavenworth,
north on Sixteenth to Dodge. 'south to
Douglas. on Douglas to Twelfth. on Twelfth
to Farnam thence to Fiftsenth and to the
Auditorium, where long line of special
cars were waiting to take the -paraders to
Krug park.
Marshals of the Day.
Comrades Schagun. Hoffman, schoetzer
and Dickmann were the marshsls OF the
day. Five divisions composed the parade.
and in front of the FIRST rode the standard
bearer with large American nag. followed
by Comrade Hobert and a squad OF
mounted police. The order of formation
was as follows: First division. Royal Ca
madam band then the Cedar county. West
Point, Bennington. sarpy county and Grand
Island Landwehr vereiEs; second division,
schunke's band. Omaha southside Turner's.
Sons OF Hermann of Council Bluffs Sons of
| Hermann OF Omaha Sons of Hermann of
South Omaha. German lodge of woodmen
OF the world third division. Kubat's band.
South Omaha Plattdeutecher vereen, Claus
Groth Plattdeutscher vereen. brewery work
ers, Schwa bians, Swiss and Bavarians;
fourth division Omaha Plattdeutscher
vereen. Saxony vereen. Omaha German Re-
lief society, German Order Of Hungary,
Brotherhood of America, 81. Peters So
ciety, orpheus Singing society. Omaha
Mannerchor, Benson Schubert Msnnerchor;
fifth division. drum and 1fe corps, Omaha
Landwehr vereln.
KruR Park visited.
When the parade dsbanded at Fifteenth
and Farnam streets a long line OF street
cars were in waiting to take the veterans
ana tne OtneT Cefindn pEBdnlbdliOHS WhlCil
had taken part I'm the parade to Krug
park. where the closing features incident
to the formation of the western Krieger-
bund occurred.
At the park the several German societies
kept things moving an the time. There
was something doing every minute. The
Royal Canadian band occupied the band
stand. The Turner's with Schunke's or
chestra furnishing the music. did their
stunts in the arena. The Meennerchor
Singing society entertained those in the pa
vilion. Among the selections rendered by
the Maennerchor. under the direction OF
Mr. Peter Laux (acting as director during
the absence of Mr.. Petersen In Europe)
) were the following; 'Wie Hap Ich Sic
Geliebt" CMohring); ''schafcr's sonntass-
lied" &C. KreutzerSi irRi1kshr" { c. zoii-
ner). and ''schlachthy ymne,f' from ''Rienzf'
(R- wagner).
The Wagner Herbert program, arranged
by Bandmaster J. M Finn Of the Royal
Canadian band for the afternoon. was en-
tirely abandoned on account OF so many
request numbers coming up to the band
master all of the following being played
in response to requests: March, "Unsei
Heinrich" (Chambers); waltz, "Germans.
Welcome Thee" a collection of popular
, German airs. arranged by Tobani; char
acteristic piece, "Silver Heels" CMoreD
Die wacht am Rhein" Cwllhelm); "Songs
of the Fatherland;' potpourri Of German
, folk songs (Andauer); German medley two
, step (Ascher); Songs OF Germany" (Mar
. gis- -Berger), was directed by Mr.. C. II
Roden Kirchen, a Franco Prussian wal
veteran. the cornet virtuoso OF the band
and for an encore Happy Heine" wal
played Tone Pictures of the North and
South" tBendix), concluding with SedaI
, rag" entitled Coon Town Doings'
, CYingling).
Prize winners Among Turner's.
The prize winners in the Turner's con
! test were First prize. gold medal. Charles
Ries: second prize silver medal, Louis
Boldt; third prize, bronze medal Charles
Stalimer The work was ON horse, higl
bar. parallel bars and eight pyramids
There were races of every description an'
other lesser athletic contests.
Following the regular afternoon concer
Schunkes orchestra occupied the band
stand and gave a most enjoyable concer
of nearly two hours length, filling in TIN
time continuously until the Royal Canadian
band appeared for the evening concert
? Just before the regular evening cOncer
? the Maeunerchor occupied the bandstan'
. and sang a selection most effectively. Thel
e the audience sang, the Maennerchor sang
the Royal Canadian band played, Schunke'
] orchestra played and the evening hour
a failed to exhaust the supply of both instrd
= mental and vocal music at Krus park
: Manager Cole sent up the big ninety-foo
= balloon and everybody was delighte
$ thereat.
: II was impossible again in the evening
n for Bandmaster Finn TO follow the Wagner
y Herbert program that had been announced
I as his band divided the time with tn
n Omaha Musical union musicians, unde
e the leadership of Prof Schunke. TIL
grand march from Wagner's "Tannhauser.
the 'Tannhauser' overture and Herbert
"Grand American Fantasy, were, how
, ever, among the numbers played by tn
Roval Canadian hand