The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Woodmen Of the World.

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The last regular meeting ef Oak Camp,
No. /. woodmen Of the World, was
held In their hall In the Northeast Tenn
pie Wednesday evening. B. F. Williams
consul commander, presided. There were
eight candidates initiated and ten ap-
plications received. This was one OF the
I largest meetings. Of the camp this quar-
| ter, and visitors from different cities OF
the West were present and spoke In high
terms Of Oak Camp and the cordial well
come they had received from the MEM
bers. Capt Henerman and his degree
team put on the work, which was highly
enjoyed by all present The consul COM
mander, In his address to the camp,
spoke OF the high standing OF the Wood
men OF the World and the wonderful
growth IL has made In tho last six
months. II is expected that this camp
will have the finest degree team In the
District By the first OF the year, and the
captain Is very much pleased at the sup
port he is receiving from the officers AMI
members OF the camp. All the members
OF the woodmen OF the World In the
District are invited to the next meet
| ing.
All the camps in the District are max
Ing preparations for n large increase in
their membership this fall, and State
bership will be doubled IN the District.
The State manager will be at the next
meeting OF Oak Camp, No. 4. and viii
make an address on this occasion. Capt.
John c. Mcconnell will be present and
, assist in the degree work Sovereign
David Wolf who has been away on his
vacation, will be present and give the
members OF Oak Camp an account of
his travels. The chairman of the good
-. -. a Ns.l
have several members of Congress pres
ent who are members OF the order. and
an enjoyable evening is promised to all
who come.
A good many Of the members of the
order went to Chesapeake Beach We'd
resday, and they came back loaded with
crabs. All had a good time
Old Glory Camp. No. .. woodmen. of
the World. held its last meeting In It's
hall. Third Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue. Southeast. Tuesday evening. H W.
Tippet, consul commander, presided. The
camp initiated four new members and
several applications were received. The
degree team. under command Of Capt
George welscher. put the degree work
on and received the highest compliments
from all the members present There
were visitors from the several camps in
the District. and a good time was had
by all present This camp is doing good
work in the Southeast section of the
city, and words of praise were heard on
every side about the Woodmen Of the
World. This camp expects TO have an
open meeting IN October. when all the
families OF the Woodmen. with their
friends, will be present The committee
is going to have speakers from different
sections Of the country, and Il will be |
worth whilo to be present and hear the |
good things they are 10 talk about AMI !
the good the order is doing in their |
section of, the country.
Cypress Camp. woodmen Of the World, |
at its next meeting, will have four can |
didates to initiate, and the members Of
Oak Camp. No. 4. are expected to be |
present and assist in the degree work.
Elm Camp. No. s, woodmen OF the |
World, is getting in a good many new |
members. and the new consul commander |
is certainly doing well as the presiding |
officer. The members of the order had |
the pleasure Of greeting him at the last
meeting OF Oak Camp.
Maple Camp. No i. woodmen OF the |
World, met in the town hall. Capitol !
Heights. Wednesday. Many visitors from
the District were present and received a /
cordial welcome from its consul COM
mander. Sovereign Holmes This camp |
is composed of the business men Of Cap
itol Heights.
Mount Vernon Camp. No. 5. Woodmen
OF the World. which meets in the South
west, is doing good work and Is adding
a good many new members to its roll.
Sovereign George Sunday. who has
been a hard worker for the Woodmen OF
Takoma Park, and he would be glad TO
see any member of the order who passes
that way.
The Woodmen OF the World OF the Dis
trict are going to organize a baseball
nine for next season and are going TO
the best teams in the District
from. all the other fraternal orders.
Last Thursday Sol ]. s. Mccou-
nell. OF the regimentRl stan Of the No.
los Regiment, Uniform Rank, Woodmen
OF the World. gave a smoker to the line
officers and men OF this regiment Past
Consul Commander Sangston, Consul
Tibbett. Sanford, and VOL
frey gave interesting talks on upbuIld-
Ing OF camps through the Uniform Rank.
Lieut.. Col George Melsher talked on
Uniform Rank organization.
Capt. MofIett told OF the work of the
new hospital corps under his direction.
Capt. II. n. Hard. regimental adjUtant.
was in charge OF the recruiting.
Mai. Mckinney. Capts. Hofferman.
stott. Harding. Crawford, Broderick, and
about 16O mon OF tho Uniform Rank were
present.