The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-20
HOCH DER HERMANN :!
GREAT JUBILEE OF GERMAN
 ORDER IN THIS CITY TO-DAK

With ReprOductfOn of ROmanO-Teu-
 tonic Battle at Lion ParlO-order of
 the Parade. Visitors to the golden jubilee celehra- tion of the National Grand lodge, Order Sons of Hermann, in this city, to-day began arriving Saturday. Indications point out that all records as to attend ance at any fraternal or German gath ering in New England will be broken. The fifty lodges of the order in the state will be represented by large oele- gations. The members from New Lon don New Britain, MiddletoWn, Hart ford, and Bridgeport are to come i'll special trains, while those from Vest port and other smaller towns will come in special trolley cars, beginning to ar rive here this morning.
 Other states will also send delegations and the grand lodge of Rhode Island will be represented by delegates head ed by the grand President Kriegsmann. The New York delegation is to be head ed by John M. Engel.
 The New London lodge will be headed by Secretary of State Theodore Boden- vein, the guest of honor Mayor John P. Studiey of this city, as also the war den of West Haven, and his selectmen will be guests of honor.
 Saturday afternoon the committee of Freidens lodge, in charge of the ar- arrangements, received evidence that anything that comes from Middletown is "crazy.' That the members in that place have the right "crazy" mess was shown by the announcement that in ad- dition to the special train they have engaged band for the day,
 The celebration will be divided in three parts the first being monster street parade this morning; the second a Volysfest with addresses and various games in Lion park in the afternoon, and the third of a reproduction of the great historical battle between the Romans and the Teutons in the Teuto- burger woods,
 The programme in it's entirety is as follows:
 Opening of the celebration with can non salute in Lion park in the morning,
 At g a. m. the out of town guests will be welcomed and entertained at head quarters, Colonial hall, Gregson place. At 10 o'clock the parade will form and move under the direction of Marshal Henry Weidemann, who win have as liam Hecht, John seibold, and William his assistants George c. Reinwalk, Will liam Hecht, John Seibold, and Will liam Schneider.
 The procession, the features of which will cost over $500, will more to Crown street, thence to Park, to Elm, to Church, passing city hall, and down Church to Congress avenue to Lion park.
 z The parade will be made up as fol- < lows:
 First Division.
 Platoon Of police; band; state grand officers; national grand officers Secre- tary of State Bodenwein, Mayor Stud ley and the committee in carriages; the members from the lodges of the coun- ties of Hartford Litchheld, and Tol- land, all in full regalia, will then fol low on foot, marching in the following order. Lodge No 1, of New Britain; No, of Hartford, No. IS of Rockville, No Is of Broad Brook, No. 21 of Thompsonville, No. 22 of Torrington, No. 2S of Thomaston, No. 24 of South Manchester No. 25 of Collinsville, and No 32 of New Britain.
 Next in line will be a group of twen- tw-six young girls, dressed in white in carriages, followed by the float, bear ing Thusnelda, Mrs, Emelie Lehman and her suite, followed In turn by a guard of twenty-five young men, dress ed in black with white sash.
 A picturesque sight will Toe the legion of Romans, in costumes as worn at the time of the battle, bearing the an- cient implements of warfare. Next in line will be in carriages the grand off, eers of the ladies state auxiliary and the members of the ladies lodges of New Britain, Hartford, Torrington, Rockville and Thomaston. Second Division. Band; float with Hermann, the Che rusker leader of the Germans in battle, on horseback, represented by Louis iRempfer who will have as his body guard a horde of Teutons in their an cient outfit of bearskins, long swords, war clubs, stone axes etc. Following will be lodge No. of Stamford, No 6 of South Norwalk No. 1 of Bridgeport, No Ii of Norwich, No 12 of New Lon- don. No 15 of Middletown with band, No. IA of Danfoury, No. IS of Portohes- ter. and No. 2S of Westport.
 Then will follow in carriages the la- dies lodges from Bridgeport, South Norwalk, Danbury, Stamford New Bon- don, Norwich, Middletown, and West port.
 Third Division.
 Band; lodge No. of Meriden, No. of Seymour, No. of Waterbury, No. | , of Ansonia No. 30 of Waterbury, ana No. 10 of New Haven. Following in carriages by the l2fies' lodges from Mer1den. Seymour, Ansonia, Waterbury , and New Haven.
 Arriving at the park cannon salute will be the beginning of festivities The chairman of the committee will welcome the guests, and will introduce , Secretary of State Bodenwein, who vii speak on the order. Mayor John P Studley will dwell on the history of the \ order and particularly on Frieden. lodge of this city, which is arranging Itha affair The warden of Vast Haven