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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1910)
D T1IE OMAHA SfXDAV VKV.: DKCKMr.KK 4. 1910. IVIilitarv Branch of Woodmen of the World is Potential v. V . - ' pm ,tt p-aw p a ' 'V r1 a v f" f : r -fit ? i 1!' r . a riii wiiiwiminjiiiipjiiiniiifwi"'i'"1 1 pw wiiwi wwiii "ii JH, .1 'J' l 1 ii ' ' nwww 3 ' - - - ' 1 V '.' i j - 'A 1. 7 ntUL- v7) A I V J j TiAS.Giifr.tSorm t. yaths V . - t f '1 N. i ; i-.r .3 V. CjENSCROOT AMTIT- 1 MjiriiiiiiinMTiwiiiiaTawftrni.ifiiiWifi SEYMOUR CCTAED3 - TKtt IT CnAIF10trS 5J MAIIA U national headquarters for oae of the greatest and most influential semi- mllftary organizations in the. United States; or fn the world, as a matter of fact. This is the Uniform Rank of the Woodmen of the World. , This city is also the home of Company B of the First regiment, attached to Omaha Seymour .Camp No. 10, known as the Seymour Guards. This company has repeatedly defeated all comers in drill and exem plification of the beautiful floor work of the order. At this time the Seymour Guards hold possession of the sovereign camp trophy, a silver loving cup valued at $200. liy reason of this admitted proficiency and superiority the Omaha crack company was designated to proceed to Little Hock, Ark., where it exemplified the ritual and conferred the Protection degree on a flats of new members Saturday, December To confer the degrees on classes here and there is a very ordinary occurrence In the Woodmen of the World organization, but to do the floor work for a clats of 5,000 new members taken in at one time is an honor that rarely, if ever, falls to the lot of any group of nun. It is such a significant thing even in this re markable fraternal society that the birthday anniver sary of Sovereign Commander J. G. Root was selected as the date when he great event should occur. Accompanying the Seymour Guards on the trip to Little Rock was General J. C. Root. Major General John T. Yates and others of the general stair, bring ing the party up to the number of thirty in all. They The Woodmen of the World have four official uni forms that are decidedly neat and attractive. They consitst of the blue, or dress, uniform; the oiive drab, for general use; a white uniform, for southern com panies; and the khaki, or service uniform, for rough work. Annual encampments ere held throughout the country, which bring the companies together for com petitive drills and for exemplifying the Protection de gree. These encampments serve the double purpose of affording pleasing recreation to the members and enabling them to acquire valuable experience in their drill work. At the present time the Department of the East has 123 regiments, comprising about 25.000 uniformed men. which would provide a most welcome basis for a? army in the field should the government ever need It. Major General John T. Yates is the commanding officer of the Department of the East, with the follow ing staff officers: Chief-of-etaf?, Colonel R. L. Forgan, Ol-lahoma City, Okl.; adjutant general. Colonel C. L. Mather, Omaha, Neb.; Inspector general, Colonel E. T. Lowry, New York City, New York; judge advocate. Colonel J. P. Mead, Joplin, Mo.; chief quartermaster. Colonel T. W. Burchmore. Omaha. Neb.; commissary general, Earle R. Stiles, Omaha, Neb.; chief surgeon, Dr. A. D. Cloyd, Omaha, Neb. Military Procedure Followed. When a company reports to headquarters it Is as signed to a regiment In a particular district. A com pany consists of sixteen choppers and a captain. Four G n 5 - ' GUN. &GLr a: ICATJSH A2 3XAT left in a special car over the Missouri Pacific Thursday companies constitute a battalion and three battalions evening ana win ie away several days. Alter the In- ltiation of the immense class at Little Rock the Omat a men went to Muskogee, Okl., where they are initiating a Becond big class today. Coffeyville, Kan., will also ee the work of the Omaha experts in welcoming a large class, and then the party is due in Kansas City, Kan., where a fourth group of candidates is to be taken In. In the three cities mentioned the size of the classes prepared is not as great as at Little Rock, but the number in each instance is very much out of the ordinary. The personnel of the degree team making this trip Is as follows: S. S. Hamilton, past consul commander; Dr. John E. Simpson, consul commander; C. E. White, adviser lieutenant; Earle R. Stiles, banker; John N. Crawford, escort; R. J. Spoerri, watchman. Drill Team Charles M. Richards, captain; A. F. Rasmussen, first sergeant; J. O. Heitler, Herman Roth, Ben W. Harvey. F. II. Sleek, T. C. Mustaln, T. G. San ders, Harry H. Smith, W. A. Wunrath, W. F. Berger, Paul Davie, Guy Furiuns, J. H. Crowley, J. E. Welch, A. E. Tetersen and C C. Custer. Purpose of Uniform Rank. . "The Uniform Rank of the Woodmen of the World was organized to create uniformity la the ritualistic work throughout the entire order," said Colonel C. L. S:a;her, adjutant general of the Department of the Last, of which On.oha is headquarters. "Its compan ies participate in the dedication of forests. Memorial day cxtrcises. laying of cornerstones, xtreet parades and unveillngs. By the excellence of the drill work spectators are profitably entertained and new members are sincerely Impressed" with the legions taught." Colonel Mather explained in this connection that farcical initiations art taboo lu this organisation. "We rely, rather, on the grandeur, beauty, thought and poetical element, and when our ritualistic, work is put cn by a weil-dril'.ed team it is a never-ending de light." He explained, aUo, that the official axe drill reguations made especially for the Uniform Rank give the setting-up exercises and illustrative diagrams of the manual wid movements. "The United States gov erpinnt looks favorably tiion and encourages the uni form TiL of any fraternal organization," says Colonel Mather, 'btraube jn tlit.e of need they can be re cruited, are much more serviceable and can be gotten In line quicker than raw recruits uiiacQuaiuted with military manual. Su h organizations may be con sidered la reality auxiliaritii ot army." a regiment. Each battalion is In command of a major with regulation staff, and each regiment is commanded by a colonel, with staff. Two or more regiments make up a brigade, with a brigadier in command. Compe tition for excellence between companies, regiments and brigades is always keen among the uniformed Wood men, and such a trip as the Omaha Seymour Guards are now making attracts the lively attention of the whole order everywhere. General J. C. Root, sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World, is the commanding general of tjie Uniform Rank, all departments, with the fol lowing staff officers: Adjutant general, A. II. Wil liams, Denver, Colo.; inspector general, W. A. Fraser, Dallas, Tex.; judge advocate, N. B. Maxey, Muskogee, Okl.; quartermaster general, T. E. Paterson, Chatta nooga, Tenn.; commissary general, J. E. Fitzgerald, Kansas City, Mo.; surgeon general, I. W. Porter, Omaha, Neb.; paymaster general H. J. Root, Omaha, Neb. All have the rank of brigadier general. Personal Staff Colonel and aide de camp, T. W. Mitchell, Atlanta, Ga.; J. W. Kaiser, Kansas City, Kan.; B. W. Jewell, Omaha, Neb.; E. B. Lewis, Kins ton. N. C; H. F. Simrall, Columbus. Miss.; E. D. Campbell, Pt. Huron, Mich.; A. H. Burnett. Omaha, Neb.; A. F. Borden, Los Angeles, Cal ; and F. J. Ba kule, Topeka, Kan. The Department of the East comprises the sover eign Jurisdiction, the Department of the West com prises the Pacific Jurisdiction and the Department or Canada comprises the Canadian Jurisdiction. Each department is in command of a major general. . Organizers Set Arkansas Afire. Officials of the Woodmen of the World in Arkan sas, and the people of that state as a whole looked forward to the taking in of the 5.000 cla?s as an oc casion that would advertise the state of Arkansas far more favorably than anything that has occurred in many years. The campaign to secure the full number for this class has been conducted In a manner as sys tematic as enthusiastic. Attending the Llttla Rock initiation, besides the Seymour Guards and the Omaha party of high officers, were companies of the Uniform Rank from all parts of Arkansas and adjoining etates. Major General John T. Yates was in command of a monster parade that motd through the streets of Little Rock amid the plaudiis of treat multitudes of vibltors. Excursions tie run to the Arka.nt.aa capital from ail yoiut of that section of country. Hundreds of camps had their entire membership present. State Manager Miller of Arkansas, writing to the Omaha headquarters of the prospects for filling the class, said: "The farmcis of this state have been blessed with the best crop they have had for years, for which they will realize richly." This prosperous ma terial candition has worked for the success of the tre-. mendous undertaking in a way that would not have been possible in other yewrs. In fact, the Arkansas hustlers of this preat society hcving its home in Omaha took practical advantage of the psychological hour to carry out their plans. Manager Miller and"" his aids went all over the s'.cte aiousiiig intenst and the more the people of Arkansas thought about it the more enthusiastic they became It will be interesting to note the methods used by the fraternal campaigners. Barbecues of the pood old southern kind were organized and drew crowds of large proportions. Picnics were also standard attrac tions, with social affairs of -various kinds, both indoors and out. For the success of these functions every "bovereign," as the members are called, worked with vim and intelligence. They were attended by many thousands of people in the aggregate. Prominent cit izens in every community were interested and officials hiph in public life pledged their membership in ihe big class. Then they, in turn, got busy among their friends. Camps located throughout Arkansas vied with each other in promising to bring in candidates, and when the parade moved it was estimated at least 10,000 Woodmen were in Little Rock. The enthusi asm and interest had been kept alive so e-Kectively that the people of Arkansas heard almost nothing else talked but the Woodmen of the World 5,000 class for months. Three prizes offered for Arkansas drill teams of f"5, foO and $25 were really the least among the at- Correcting Children's Tempers When a chili wakes in the morning in a bad humor do not tell him he is in a temper, and do not lose your own temper in trying to correc t him. Thi3 is more easily said than done, and a nervous mother often finds herself at these trying times on the very verge of a precipice, says a writer in the New York World. If she Uses her head aial topplis over Just from sheer exus; eratioii, she simply puts herstlf on the sama plane as the cross child, and her power for controlling him goes clown one degree or several. On the other hand, if 6Ln metis his bad humors calmly and gently she is very apt to be able to man age him wi'hout a scene. A chiid will nearly always copy his mother's anger and go her one better if he gets a chance. Then, iu order to handle the situation, she must go him one better, and the result is a con flict of rat.es which is exhausting $,nj f jiile. On the otter hand, if she is capable of meeting his rage l h a gttule seif-j.obsesiuu, an 1 then endeavor to divert his mind from his imaginary troubles, she ts laying the foundation for years of ease and quietude later on. Nothing good ever comec from rage con fronting rage, and to manage a httle child by such methods is to achieve f: Dblly a sort of cat end do life in the houbtliol.1, or. If it.w"ot tier's race U greater than the child'b, and he is frightened, it is more 1hi.11 apt to make him serretie, ard this quality is the la.-t thing lo t Mouraee iu ! !'iire 11. It 1 ulso uioi. uuttiao to tell a cLiid he l.ta a tem per. He will begin to cherish it finally as a valuable possession, and as he grows older ha will excuse Ms shortcomings because of this heieditary gift. A little indulged only child, on a visit to her grand mother one day, exclaimed: "Grandma, if you won't give me that candy, I shall be in a ery bad temper with you." "Nonsense," answered the old lady. "Whoever said you ha i such a thing as a temper? That is not a pretty thing to have."' The next time the little girl indulged in a fit of rage wi h her grandmother for a piece, of cake ihi whimsical old lady smiled at her encouragingly. "Would you like a piece of shadow cake?" she asked. "Yes," erred the child furiously. , "Annie, bring me the shadow cake, will you?" The m3ld, irevloiisly instructed, brought an emp'y plate, from which grandmamma cut tn imaginary alice cf cuke and handed it to the little girl. "Go to your room now," she said sternly, "and eat it alone." There was a strange look on the child's face us she slowly lef the dining room. By and by she came link in a perfectly good humor and laughing, and from th-t d.'.y to this the hss never meiitioned her temper again. Bjt i:i this li tie girl there w as ery good material to work upon, and cUUreu aie not alxas so easily tui ed. tractions offered. The fraternal spirit bad bee 11 aroused to white heat, and that this Interest extended far beyond the membership of the order Is Indicated by the following clipping from the Arkansas Guzette: Business Organizations Enlisted. "Philip Miller, state manager for the Woodman of the World, was in conference yesterday with Secre tary George R. Brown of the Board of Trade In regard to the stale convention of the order, which will ba held in this city December 3. It was stated that be tween 8,000 and 10,000 members of the order will ba here for the meeting, and a class of 5,000 will be in troduced during the convention. A feature of the convention will be a competitive military drill among the Woodmen. There are' twenty entries for thla drill already. The meetings of the convention will ba held in the Auditorium rink. J. C. Root, founder and sovereign commander of the order, will be In Llttla Rock for the convention. "The Board of Trade, in conjunction with tha other commercial organizations, will ask the railroads to grant a rate of one and one-half fare for tne round trip. "There are about 31,000, Woodmen In the Btata and about 2,000 of them are in this city. It is ex pected that the coming convention will bo one of the biggest held In the south this year." Generals Root and Yates and the other Omaha men accompanying the champion drill team wera -iven the warmest kind of reception, including balls Ind banquets, by the city and state officials and the people of Little Rock and Arkansas generally. Their presence, and the work of the Seymour Guards, helped very materially to make It known throughout the southwest that Omaha, the metropolis of Ne braska, is the chosen home of what it. members and friends claim is the greatest among the many great fraternal orders of the United States and Canada. "Boys of Woodcraft." The moBt recent branching out of the Woodmen of the World is in the "Boys of Woodcraft" organiza tion. For this auxiliary to the parent organization merely nominal dues are charged, it takes in boya between 7 and 18 years of age. has a special ritual and is growing most encouragingly. The main ob ject, as stated in the prospectus, Is mutual help and encouragement to observe the "golden rule." Dis cipline is also a prime object, and training in parlia mentary practice. The boys also have drills and a ritual of their own. The benefiits are stated as "Visitation, fruit and flowers and 'attention when sick, attendance and a ceremony on the death of a cadet, and a marker or monument at the grave should the relatives be financially unable to provide one." At 18 a boy secures free admission to the Woodmen of the World. Order a Giant Financially. Financially, this Omaha institution is very strong. It has now passed its twentieth milestone, and Its last statement makes the following showing: Benefits in force January 1, 1910, $fc00,000,000. Total death claims, disability and monunenta paid, 140.000,000. Reserve or emergency fund Invested, $10,500,000. Total membership, sovereign jurisdiction, 560, 000; total number of camps, 9,000. The combined branches have 850,000 members, and the combined emergency fund totals $16,000,000. Combined monuments erected, 2 5000; combined death claims paid. $00,000,000; combined camps, 12,000. On this statement, the order claims to be the richest fraternal society In America; the second largest in numbers in America; to have the lowest assessments consistent with absolute permanent pro tection; five to seven years' life insurance free, it has the distinctive feature of placing a monument oa every grave, and pays old age disability benefits. The present Urge headquarters building In Omaha having proven inadaquate to the demands of the growth of the order, ground is shortly to be broken for if, monster tks raper to be erected at the cornar of Fourteenth and Faruam streets, i