The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

Saul salaam salula Allah" Is the
watchword that was exchanged between
stay-behind mobiles OF the Mystic shriners
and the members Of Almas Temple dele
cation. which left on the "Almas special"
and which consisted OF three Pullman
sleepers apd a baggage car. and which
pulled out OF Union Station at $40 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon for St Paul
The delegation OF Mystic Shriners left
for the annual meeting OF Imperial Coun-
ell, which opens its convention at 81.
Paul tomorrow. Special delegates to the
Imperial Council are Potentate Roe Full
kersOn. Past Imperial Potentate Harrison
Dingman, Past Potentate Frank Sebring,
Thomas p. Morgan, and DR.. Frank E.
Gibson. The party also included B. F.
Rider. Lem Towers. jr.. Prof. Goetz, Mr..
Downham. Mr.. and Mrs. James Lensburgh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Frank Trazzare, Orville Brown, Mrs. S.
Aman. Holton Wolfe W. W. Bonini. Ma
than Well. and the Arab Patrol. with the
famous Shriners' mascot goat. whose
mystic influence is largely relied upon TO
land Almas Patrol a winner in the great
competitive drill Wednesday.
Join BaItimOreana at Chicago.
Potentate Roe Fulkerson will have
charge Of the pilgrimage 10 st. Paul His
co-delegates will act as his assistants.
The party will reach Chicago az ( o'clock
this afternoon, and dinner will be had In
the Auditorium Annex At Chicago. Bou-
mi Temple. OF Baltimore. will join the
AlmaS caravan, with three more Pullman
sleepers. The united train, under the
designation of THE Almas and Boumi
Special" will carry the excuTsionists 70
St Paul. leaving Chicago at $50 o'clock
this evening. arriving at their destination
al 7:s0 o'clock tomorrow morning.
On the night OF July Il there will be
parade OF Shriners. and Alrnas Temple
has been assigned the position Of right
OF the line of the second section. The
patrol has been signally honored with the
Invitation 70 give an exhibition drill be
fore the Imperial Council, a distinction
rendered 10 no other OF the thirty-two
patrols which will contend in the prize
drill
Competitive Drill wednesday.
The competitive drill will be held or
Wednesday, beginning at O'Clock in the
morning. The St Paul Dispatch has Of
fered four prizes which will be competed
for The Imperial Council VIII award
prizes to the winning team
Almas Patrol viii 90 to the exhibition
fully equipped to repeat It's perform
ances Of a year ago. Several new and
fantastic drills viii be given. Several
bright and brilliant new uniforms will
be worn for the first time.
On Thursday the Almss Patrol Will be
the guests OF the Of1ceTs' Club, AT Fort
Smelling. The patrol Will give an eX-
hibition drill Tor the officers, after which
they viii give a drill in ST. Paul
Returning, the party will stop III sew
eral cities In Indiana Ohio. and New
York. A stop will be made az Buffalo,
and the party will run over 10 Niagara
Falls.
Almas Drill Team.
The patrol will be represented in St
Paul by the following: Captain, F. z.
Gibson; first lieutenant. c. ~ Stewart;
second lieutenant. c. F. Cummins: B. T.
Dierdoff. R. Harper. J. S Hambly, ]. E.
Nyman. s. H Deckman. NJ A. Hess, J.
Leamsn, c. ". Hoover, II. ". Eibel. W.
". Georges, G. ". Robson, II. E. Walls,
". c. Smallwood. ]. Crosby G. Eferen.
J. f. BOnini r. W. Summers, 5. @. Bar
nard. A. c. Crook, :. y. Recher, :. Desio,
J. E Wells. II. G. Brown, c. G. Grey. c.
r. Samson, and G. W. Weigand.