Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15
INCORPORATE FOR
FORT ARMSTRONG
CENTENNIAL HERE
Historical Pageant to Be Given on
Rock Island Arsenal Next
June.
TWO COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Executive Body Of 10 and Another Gen.
eral Group of 100 Selected to
Promote Plans.

Plans for an historical pageant to
he held here the last week in June
we're made last night when articles
NJ incorporation of the Fort Arm
strong Centennial association were
signed at the Rock Island club, as the
war department required in order to
give permit for the use Of the west
end Of the Rock Island arsenal island
for the celebration.
An executive committee Of 20 was
elected, q general committee Of 100
was named and a score aligned the ar
ticle5 Of Incorporation. The papers
we're sent to Springfield today and the
association will be Incorporated under
the laws Of the state Of Illinois with
out profit.
S. ". Searie presided at the session
last evening, which was called by a
Joint committee OF the Rock Island
County Historical society and the his
toricaI section Of the Academy Of Sci
euoes O. Davenport. Many enthusiast
tie speeches were made after the ban
ouet at $50 o'clock had concluded.
The war department has agreed to
permit the rebuilding of the block
house which stood at the south angle
Of Fort Armstrong, to give the use Of
the arsenal island for holding q pa
geant there, and 10 send q battalion
OF regular army soldiers and battery
Of artillery for service in the pageant,
The celebration will he & home-com-
ing for the tri-cities, and street par
AIDES. water carnivaIs and pyrotechnic
displays win be held throughout the
week
Pioneers to Aid.
Tie log bl0ckhouse viii be rebuilt
during the week Of the celebration so
that visitors may. see it in the course
Of construction. Pioneers Of Rock Is
land county Will be asked 10 donate
logs to rebuild this section Of the old
fort, and each who complies with the
request will have his or her name en-
gtavat on a tablet which will be plac-
ed On the exterior Of the house,
The Infantry and artillery viii camp
On the island and with Indians who
viii be brought from the Tama Indian
reservation In Iowa. viii assist in the
pageant The Indians are descend
ants Of those who formerly occupied
this community and grandchildren Of
Black Hawk, the noted chieftain who
was a large factor in the early history
Of this section, will be brought from a
reservation III Kansas.
The historical event promises to be
big spectacle. A committee will be
appointed to study the history of the
various events and arrange the dra-
matte features for each. Tho landing
Of Marquette and Joliet at Davenport
10 1873 viii be the first portion of the
pageant The coming Of z. Nj. Pike In
1903 VIII he shown. Pike, who later
assembled to the top of the peak which
now bears his name, unfurled the first
American flag on the island. The sur
veg made by Robert z. Lee, later con-
iederato general IN chief. the signing
Of The treaty between the Indians and
General Winfield Scott. the holding Of
Black Hawk during the time the treaty
vas being signed by jefferson Davis,
later president Of the confederate
states, and innumerable other histor-
zeal events will be features of the pa
geant
The state legislature will be asked
for an appropriation Of $4,000 This
section Of the state has never received
funds for the observance Of any great