Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
MODERN WoODMEN
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there was a general llnpTeSSloh fIo"
town that there are some Modern Wooo-
men in this neck of the woods.
The cause OF the demonstration was
grand class adoption held at Simpson
auditorium at whio 800 young men TOOK
the obligations and promised to be ex'
omplary Woodmen the rest of their lives:
The street parade was largely composed
of the members of the uniform RANK
known as Foresters. of which there are
more than 10000 in the ranks of the order.
The parade was in charge of Col. ri. ~
MORGAN commander of the Third regi-
ment but Lieut.. Col A. M. Newton was
in active command. The other officers ot
the Foresters, ranking as follows, were In
line:
= Col. T. d. Jones of Nal. Gen Mitchelrs
staff: Capt G. l.. Gregory, aide de camp
on Mai Gen. Mitchelrs staff; Surgeon
Major j. D. Jones' Third regiment; Capt.
lRussell I<imball, adjutant Third regiments
Regimental Sergt. Mai. l.. C. GrieVes' ~
C. stiles. regimeutai bisief; MAJ . -
L. Murray and Capt. CLAUDE Johnson. ~. u,
command of the Seventh battalion, Inlra
regiment, and Nal J. r. Green In COM
nand of the Twenty-fourth battalioh'
Third regiment, M. w A. T..
The following was the formation of tha
parade:
Lieut. George H. Williams with platoon
Of twenty-four policemen' Horne oanl'
two carriages COntdlHlllB Eituu Npt'S"' -
f Talbot, State Deputy j. G. Davis DIS
trict Deputy J. Q. Burgess, w e. NC
Jaughlin. w c. Allen and w. G. Sheets,
the latter three members of the executive
committee in charge of the arrangement
of the class adoption. Col. II, Il. Morgah'
Capt G. L. Gregory and Col D. ID. Jones
also rode in the carriages. The rest OF
the officers of the Modern Woodmen OF
America 5oresters rode on horses. pre-
senting q fine appearance In their uni
forms.
Naxt came the Modern Woodmen For
ester teams in the following order: cali
fornia team in charge of Capt, McElllot.'
Pacific team in command of Sergt. Lor-
icke: Whittier, Capt Wier San Din1as
team with the regimental colors: Golden
State camp team. the crack team OF tho
southwest under command of capt,
Sohroer Golden State band; Pasadena
team under command of Capt. Edwin >.
Pickering; South Pasadena, Capt Charles
Boynton; Long Beach team; Pomona
team with Capt. Honsacker at It's nead,
Garvanza team, Capt. Allen, the last Oh
the Forester aggregations.
The parade left Seventh and Spring and
marched north TO Hotel Hayward, where
the carriages were picked up FROM
there the parade went north to First
street and west to Broadway. AT the
city hall, between Second and Third
streets, the pdTdue WAS ulSt w thO Sshf'-
didates 500 strong. who had marched
north from Mammoth hall, BIZ South
Broadway, to meet 1t. The candidates, In
charge of the deputies and clerks, had
met at Mammoth hall, where they were
all ornamented with ribbon marked
Candidate" AS the candidates met the
parade there was loud cheering from both
sides. neighbors greeting neighbors. as
It we're The candidates fell In behind
the parade and followed on to Simpson
auditorium not the least of the process
sion. by any means.
Head Consul A. r. Talbot and the rest
of the officers and members in the car
riages turned out to the edge OF the
street between Grand and Hope streets,
where the former reviewed the regiment
and candidates. There was an outburst
of applause when the boys passed their
beloved chief, who Is, In every sense OF
the word, one of the common Modern
Woodmen, ever ready to do good to any
member Head Consul Talbot cheered
the boys as they passed, and he was
about out of breath by the time the last
of the parade went by, for the aggre-
cation was strung out for two blocks
and more.
From Hope and Seventh the parade
turned south to the doors of the auditors
jun, where a small arnyS of watchmen
and sentries stood ready TO take up the
passwords from all who entered, except
ing the uniform rank, Golden State band
and the candidates. a double line of
Fo&esters was formed and the candidates
marched in between the lines, taking
seats in the center of the auditorium
where seats had been reserved for them.
The Foresters then stood at present
while Head Consul Talbot and other Of
flcers passed through their ranks into
the auditorium, The Foresters took seats
in the first balcony, almost filing that
portion Of the house.
When the great aggregation of Mod
ern Woodmen had taken seats in the
auditorium count of noses would have
shown a grand total of more than 1000
members ranking from the highest TO the
lowest and all ''neighborsi to the last
The program carried out was as.
follows:
"America'' by Golden State band, which
organization furnished the music for the
evening, the other band not being eligible
to enter the hall, owing to the fact that
it was not a Wpodmen band; selection
by Golden state band; solo by Robert j
Prichard, who was encored by the highly
pleased audience. w. Fl. Taggart, chair
man Of the board of managers of Golden
State camp, played the accompaniment
on the piano. MIR. Prichard has very
fine voice.
The opening ode, led by E. d. Leland,
that grand old man, who Twenty-Five
years ago composed it, was sung by the
entire audience while standing, and was
one of the finest features of the evening.
Neighbor Leland was the first head adj
wiser and has beon a staunch member OF
The order ever since.
District Deputy Burgess introduced
Head Consul Talbot, who gave the cen.
trail obligation TO the large class of cap-
tidates, after which he called upon
Neighbor Burgess to give the secret
work. which the latter did in very i'm
pressve manner.
Head Consul Talbot made one of his
characteristic speeches after the giving
OF the secret work, and held his audience
enraptured for an hour. He admonished
the newly adopted candidates to be men
and ever stand ready 10 respond to the
call of the needy He told good many
facts pertaining TO the magnitude of the
Modern Woodmen of America.
Mr.. Talbot, among other things, said
that he had never in his life had a more
tnjoyable time than the evening about
10 pass into history fIe said that he
had a warm place in his heart for Cali
forna and everything pertaining to the
work in our state He declared himself