, 1864-03-27

In giving this the initiate mnst stand up,
place Ills right hand Oh hie lett breast and re-
Eeat after the Chief I'm an nimprcssiye and sol.
cInn manncr,) the whole Of the - Members
Pledge" after which The Litiata will be scat
cd, Whtn the Chief will proceed to read to
him the charge, during Which he Will Instruct
him In the signs, &c.
This completes the ceremony OF Initiation.
Several pcrsors may bu initiated at the same
time, but tho "Afcmbcr's Pledge" must be
administered to each sernratelT, and bo re-
peatcd by each. The Clubs are limited To feu
members; they must all be known personally
to their Chief, and will know each other: 1t
is desIroblc in mailing up Climbs to haye them
composed OF personal friends to the Chief as
well Us to each other, who reside or do bnsl
nese near each other, are associated In feeling
and friendly intercourse, will act In harno-
ny, and who may at any time be easily called
together BY their Chief or eommanlceted
WITH individually. Each member Of the Or
ganixation who gets upsa Club will be its
Chief necessarily, because he is the connect
Ing link between the new Club, of which be
Is the Chief, and the old Clnb into which he
initiated, and where he must continue Is a
not to reveal tbs names Of the members Of
the one Club to the members of the other
Club. Before he can receive book, or be
qualified to act as Chief, he must take the
"Chicf's Pledge It is the duty Of the Chief
Of ono Club to communicate promptly to each
u4I41uEA u LIE t1uu EftE4 UEucE VI QlEEcLlOu
ecnt to that Club, and to. zee that 1t is faith
fnlly carried out by the members under his
charge. He must select and appofnt las soon
- his Club Is organized,} Vice Chief, who
shall assist him In his duties, aad be qualidcd
BY him to communicate orders aud messages
ebee eba ast g IL tf shend Ghs % RseMs = and dis. dis
absent. And the Vice Chief, should be at
any time be called to act as Chief, will at
once qunlity another member to act as Vice
Chief until the permanent Chief shall resume
bis PLACE; thus securing to each Club at all
times these two Indispensable officers. -
The Chief Of Club. being a subordinate
member Of another Climb, will necessarily
know the members of each Of these Clubs,
He will know the Chief Of the Club Of which
he is subordinate member, and the num-
Der OF that Club; he will know his own Club
and number, and will also know the numbers
Of such Cubs beyond him whose Chiefs arc
subordinate members Of his own Club This
knowledge In each Chief will enable him to
transmit orders up OF down through the or
snnizatfon, 50 that thorough and regular
Communication may be kept up With ali the
confldcd to the Chiefs Of the Climbs. They
must use great care to keep them safely and
invisible to any one not belonging to the or
sanlzation. This is On important duty; It is
made part Of the Chiefs pledge that It shall
De 1althlnlly performed No Chief Is allowed
except brother Chief, who must first be
qualified by taking the ssChicf's Plcdgc,n be.
fore being entitled to receive it.
The members Of each Club must be num-
berea from ! to 10, the Chief being No i, the
Vice Chief No, 2, the rest Of the numbers be-
ing determined bylot; eacl, member to know
and bear In mind his own number and the
number Of his Club.
When a new Club is formed, tbs member
who forms 1t will report the fact to his Chief