Show INDIAN WAR VETERANS bencan encampment ament D r a w s good crowd state officers assist in merry making bands and orchestras respond the indian war veteran Ve have captured ri rohneld hield this week the richfield post has had charge of the arr arrangements a ments for an encampment of the members of the posts for thi i county A number of things have worked against the complete arrangements arrangement which were planned in the beginning and as a result there was nas a lack of attention to details indich upset the plans of the originators of the encampment the best possible location in the cit city ws wis secured as a camp ground the lot surrounding rounding EUr the presbyterian church and that was illuminated with strings of electric lights which with the tents of the visitors made the cimo carno look very here the delegations from neighboring towns pitched their tents and made camp as in the days of N ore when they hunted the elusive redskin over the valley they built camp fires and cooked their humble meals and enjoyed the experiences ofa of ears agone the first meeting was held in the tabernacle at 2 in the absence of the pot commander E C peterson presided dod there had been a slip in the arrangements for this meeting and some of the performers had bad not been notified until the last minute that they iero aero expected to appear the third ward choir was wag pressed into sers sen ice at the eleventh hour hou r and a al begen hough no opportunity had been given this thib organization for preparation t rendered two choruses very y all acceptably pa the anona orchestra had to be hustled together also at the ladt moment but the bos bo a responded ded leat lea int ing their work and asking no questions and they rendered a couple of snappy pieces which delighted the veterans the r for the afternoon aft anoon were john ivie mr wilkinson lorentz dastrup and A S Ilav hawley Oey all men cho vho had trailed the indian in the e orly irly da dait a and va who ho were minute men in the community and who were always reidy ready for any duty which the officers demanded of them during the service commander aeson adjutant pratt and geni gen ral harrison barnson Har all officers of the veterans state organization lion arrived and the two former addre addressed sed the meeting while general harrison Har who is chief musician for the ezerins et erins conducted one of the campfire songs before closing the dance at the anona in honor of the veterans vete reins was well attended the veterans Net erans were under the impetus of the vi ailcy of the state officers thief of which stands general harrison Har all kinds of stunts from a comic song to an indian war nar dance were ere pulled off between the regular dancing daming numbers general harri harn son would summon two or more of the veterans to his aid and there was something dome every minute four of the indian fighters got out on the file pavilion floor and gave an exhibition of step dancing buck and wing dancing and other fancy steps to show that the old fellows had some of the blood of youth left in their veins the dance was a big success the second days indian war veteran encampment opened with a parade of the veterans and their wives the parade formed at the camp earn p grounds and marched to the in ter section of main and center streets where the band formed in front odthe of the line and marched to second north street then counter marched to the tabernacle the aged veterans made an imposing array and many were the c complimentary remarks dropped a as the he parade passed along I 1 I 1 in n the tabernacle taber general harrison continued ur on foai ali pagel aage INDIAN WAR VETERANS from first p ace e had charge of the exercises and the way he nude mide things thines go was rood good to ee ce hans gottfredson Gott getsfred fredon on and emeil emeal nielsen of salina and G blain of monro related experiences corn com mander read the story of the utah pioneers mrs cooper of monroe gave a recitation and calr arntz antz dastrup dystrup of salina placed E P violin selection which received an en core between these numbers general genera I 1 barnson led the assemblage in severa several I 1 of the official songs of the veterans ahee were assisted by the orchestra which organization rend erLd d an over oler attire a march which were well received the members of the anona nona orchestra rp hestra donld jo ned with the wilcox orchestra and together their renditions were ere altogether cri creditable bitable WEDNESDAY A al the afternoon session on oil wednesday was one of the most moa inte interesting west of the two dis commander west food had charge of the program and after if ter one of the songs from the theoffice of ficia song book led by general harrison an I 1 prayer by chaplain kelly the wilcox orchestra played a selection from the opera martha which was well recer received ed reminiscences of the black hawk war were given gien by bv comrades chris of monroe J sylvester and grorge hatch and this was added to by a metal of events which led to th the close of the war by W H miller between the speeches general harrison harrion led in vigorous songs of the old dis dilis of hunting indians and protecting homes orson lee was on the pro gram for old time violin music but as lie he was unavoidably absent his wife responded with a couple of songs which were appreciated and mr harrison gave two of his inimitable comic songs which captured the audience in the cP evening ning there was waa a generah general I 1 assembly around the campfire camp firc at th camp grounds and speeches and music delighted the large audience ludi ence which gathered to hear bear the Net veterans erans and cn their program thing went 11 axell ll until the high wind and rain drove the veterans et erins and audience to shelter much credit is ib due the state veter ins ans officers for their visitant visit tand and the life they infused into the proceedings the encampment wis gotten up hurriedly too hurriedly for the good name of the city as to its ho nill as a result there v isi as much of th the cl drills oils that were neglected the bands b inah and orchestras of the city were veri not noticed ut of their services bling being wanted until the very list last minute and the ins who ishia ted are deserving of the gica gi tet praise as jhc thc cried their own interests interest in order that the ol 01 alj et trans might ix bc given an |