The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-21
NATIONAL COLORS
IN ACTIVE DEMAND
MERCHANTS FEAR SHORTAGE OF
FLAGS AND BUNTING.
Preparations to Police City Encamp-
ment Week Are Well Along and In
clude Employment Of Many Specials,
/ Sons Of Veterans, and National
Observation-Disclosures Men Ready.

Minneapolis may. face famine in
flags and bunting and all other sorts of
red. white and blue goods before the
Grand Army encampment. People who
are planning to decorate their stores
homes, will find that a little quick ac-s
tion at the present time will be better
than a lot more later on. Minneapolis
merchants and jobbers have laid in
large stocks, but the demand has been
heavy with the result that the stocks
will not last forever.
The decorations committee Is urging
everybody to be ready as early as pos.
purchases early. II this is done, some
extra stocks may be secured from Chi.
cago and other cities, but If left until
the last moment many will be disap-
pointed because they cannot find suit
able decorating material.
Colors Everywhere.
The city will be a waving mass Of
national c0lors. Some Of the decorat-
are most elaborate and unique. The
hotels are planning special and effective
decorations: One hotel is planning flags
Of solid colors Of red, white and blue
to be hung from windows SO that 9
waving mass Of alternating. colors will
cover the building. 1890
No Lack Of Police. 80.
Minneapolis will be the best policed
city in the United States encampment
week. The regular police force will be
strengthened, and expert detectives
from other cities will be present to min
)rrto xuif fn
crooks, drawn here by the crowds.
Many uniformed men will be put in
plain clothes to assist in the work.
In addition to the trained police
will be the volunteers and special police
The Sons of Veterans will have squad
Of 100 uniformed men in it's Red Cross
corps, who will have special police
power. The national guard will be
called upon to furnish special service
and with these and others, the regular
police will be free to attend to the reg:
ular police work. The relief furnished
by the specials in such work as will be
needed at meetings and to direct peo
pie, as well as in emergency cases
will give Chief Doyle a larger uni
formed force Of regulars to throw in
| where needed. y .r''Se. -
Guides at Stations.
| AZ dill VIC Td11WHy -,btdtlOLS opCCAa
guides and members of the Sons OF
Veterans squad will be constantly on
duty to assist travellers and with one
or two regular officers can handle any
| crowd. In handling crowds at meet
ings and campfres the specials will as
sist in preserving order and in keeping
out people inclined to Hbutt< IN j.
| where they do not belong. On the day
of the parade the national guard will
| be stationed along the line Of marct
to keep the crowds in bounds. Guards
men under arms will do picket duty or
both sides Of the street along the line
and will keep the full width of the linz
Of march open. The Red Cross Of thu
| along the line Is take Charge in emer
gency cases and the regular police vii
Be in position to do flying squadrel
duty where needed 15..sG& = 4 + ~ ~
j. F. Rogers. better known in Min
neapolis as "foozep Rogers, has of
fered the committee, the use Of the por
tico Of the Unique theater for a re
viewing stand for 1.-THE nurses Of tn
civil war; A canopy will be arrange'
1 over it and the nurses who served i
! the war will have an ideal place to wit
ness the parade. The offices and quar-
ters on the second floor Of the theate
will be open to them also. " "
Plans for the complete organizatio,
Of the Sons Of Veterans Red Cros
corps that will be on duty encampmen
week were discussed at meeting he'll
in Richmond halls last night. DR.. Nc
COLON of the committee on health an
comfort outlined the work the corp
will have to perform and gave gen
eral outline Of the proposed organiza
tion. Chief Of Police Doyle gave ir
structions concerning the police power
that will be conferred. Another meet
ing will be held Aug. 9, when all vo
unteers will be finally enlisted.
Veterans Of Wisconsin regiments VIII
now call Minneapolis their home ar
planning to make it homelike for tn
visiting comrades from the old state
The Wisconsin Veteran association me
yesterday in the office Of Robert Wat
son in the Boston block to formulat
plans. The county commissioners roo1
In the courthouse has been secured a
headquarters for Wisconsin regiment.
Veterans will be asked to register ther
and congregate about the quarters g
much as possible The commander Q
the Wisconsin department will be .aske
to send. or bring some Of the Wisco1
sin -battlefags to decorate the room
Another meeting will be held tonigh
The st. Louis road is the offci:
G. A. r. route for the Des Moines an
southern Iowa posts. A special trai
will leave Des Moines at 1880 an
g Aug. l3, reaching Minneapolis at 8:9
pm. On the same day a special wi
bring ten carloads from Rockford, II