Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-09
OF THE WORLD
ENEAAIP AT CHARLOTTE
Camp Opened Monday; Captain Ladd
and Dodamead of HendersOnTiIle
StFt Hold Office.


Hold Office.
The annual encampment Of the
Uniform Bank, Woodmen OF the
World, of the Twelfth District en-
hracing the two Carolina, was for
mally convened in Charlotte last Mon
day and continues until Saturday at
noon. For the past three days Brig.
Gen. e. G.. Siphef of Ll1mb com
manding officer, assisted by Col. h. ".
II add. I37th regiment, Hendersonv1lle
and Brig Gen e B. Lewis, OF K1nston.
chief engineer Of the general stan oil
tha United States, have been at work
superyising the erection of tents ana
the laying out of the camp generallS'
on the Plaza in Chatham Estates.
They completed their task Saturday
and everything was in readiness LOT
the first company from Charleston. >.
r. that arrived in the city last
sunday The first meal served oy
| the commissary department was
that to the Charleston company TINS
evening. 1t is expected that there
will be 400 members OF the Uniform
Rank here.
| The Program.
| The official program is as follows:
Monday-Camp will DE opened at
10 a. M, when the flag VII be raised
! and the camp declared othc1ally
louened by Assistant AdJutaat teh-
l&faI C. Z. Mather of Omaha, Neb.
/ The.brigade dress parade will take
Mace at $50 O'Clock a. lhe camp
! and will be repeated each afternoon
lat the same hour. -
| Tuesday Battalion drill at 10
lo,elt,clZ ia the n1nrning and brigade
dress parade at s 80. At $3.50. there
will be mammoth ceremonial at
1tbe city auditorium at which time
Eanproximately 200 candidates will be
initiated. This of course is secret. =
| Wednesday-Bat drill at, 10
1 and brigade dress parade at $3.50
The Big Day.
Thursday will be the big day OF
the ereampment. Head Consul George
+. Wise of Siler City be here on that
Fday and a number of other notables.
/ iincluding possibly Governors Locke
] Craig. and Richard /. Manning OF
North and South Carolina .respec-
At 10 o'clock and at q O'Clock
There will be prize drills by COM
tpanies in Glass A and Class B. The
/ companies in Glass A are those that
have won. prizes before, while those
of Class B are new companies. There
1 will be first, second and third prizes
in each class. The judges will be
Brig. Gen. B. S. Royster of Oxford. of
the North Carolina National Guard :
Capt. o. F. Snyder of the Seventh
Infantry and Col C. L. Nather.
i + At t2:30 there will be parade drill
down into the heart of the city. AT
1880 there Will be a brigade dress
parade on the camp grounds.
i Friday-There will be battalion
j drills in the morning at 10. O'Clock
q and brigade dress parade at $3.50 in
1.-The afternoon. The prizes won the
day previous will be presented Fri
day afternoon.
SATURDAY. is the last day of camn
There will be a battalion drill at 1O
and then at noon, the flag will be
lowered and the camp declared Of
Il f1cially closed.
Il The camp is complete in every de-
q tail There Is sanitary kitchen thai
n has few equals anywhere and hos
s initial corpS that includes every ap
rpIiance. The surgeons in charge OF
!. the latter are Maj K. P. B. Bonner
of Elizabeth City and Major Atkins OF
Durham
Brigadier General Sfpher has foi
} his rfght-hand man Brig. Adj. Gen
IL. A. Dodamead of Hendersonv1lle!