New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-02
KNIGHTS TEMpLAR NOTES.
The Nineteenth Triennial Session in New
OrIennss

1 OHbCuHDo
At an early hour yesterday morning the
! Knights assembled at thei- various head
| quarters, preparatory to the most important
+, event of the day. ~hich was the convoca'
ton Of the Grand Encampment OF The
United States. its pineteenth friennial ses
! sion. and the parade Of the Knights acting
as the escort Of the grand commander
/: This parade was magnificent In numbers
| and appearance, with at least two thousand
Templars in line. which by no means in
cluilri ell the Sir Knights in New Orleans.
The procession was formed an prearranged
by general order No. 9 Of the Louisiana
! Grand Commandery. Sir 10 seph T. Hornor.
! Of the Grand Commandery Of Louisiana,
! headed the procession. This officer, with
| his staff. was mounted. Following came
! lndivis,ble Friends C5m.nau derry Of this
| city, which turned on: stroDg: Magnolia
| Commandery OF v,cksbucg. Mississippi,
! including repre- sen.at;ves from st. Cyr and
Jackson of jackson, Rosaiis Of Natchez.
Mary Of COriAth. ana other Mississippi
! communicates; Jacques De Molay Of New
Orleans. with Grand Communicates of New
York and Ohio, and representatives OF
Mount Vernon and Toledo commanderies
! Of Ohio. This first division Of Knights was
headed by the Third luian try band, and
| saudwiehed with a city band.
! Orleans Commandery Of this city, with
! another band of music, came next. leading
the way for the Kentucky Grand Com.
| mandery, with representatives from Gov.
| ington Commandeyy, Of Coying:on: De
Moiay. Montgomery and Louisville No.
Com manderies.
Then came Pennsylvania. its Grand
Commandeyy and commanderies or dele.
gates from Harrisburg. Mead VILE. Altoona
! and other places. making strong turn out.
Cairo Commandery. with q band OF
twenty.seven pieces. came next, followed
by the Grand Commandery OF Illinois. Ell.
wood Commandery from Springfield. with
band. Hospitaler. from Jacksonville, Hugh
De Payans. lrcm Carroll!on. and other
Illinois communicates; also came the Terre
Haute Commsndery. from Indiana. sixty
members. and squads from half dozen
different cities Of as many States.
The Communicates attrac ting most at.
tentfoH were those from st. Louis. being
st Louis No. |. Ascalon No. IL and St
Aldemar No. lS--in all ab out $50 knights,
and two fine bands of music.
The procession ended with De Molay
Commandery. Of Washirg gton. mounted, and
acting as body Rna,d Tor Grand Master j..
Q. a. Fellows. and tho officers Of the
Grand Encampmen:. who appeared In an
open carriage.
Passing through the principal streets Of
the city. the procession proceeded to the
Masonic Hall. where the escort was dis
missed. and the Grand Encampment was
opened for business.
The officers OF the Gram! Encampment Of
the United States are as follows:
Grand Master. j. Q. A. Fellows. New
Orleans.
Deputy Grand Master. James H. Hopkins,
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania.
Grand Generalissimo, Charles A. Stott,
Boston.
Grand Captain General. Vincent L. Hurl.
but. Chicago.
Grand S-nior Warden. irwin N. Smith,
East aginaw. Michigan.
Grand junior Warden, William s. Patton,
Meridian. Mississippi.
Grand Treasurer, j. w. Simons, New
York city.
Grand Recorder. Theodore s. Parvin.
Iowa City. Iowa.
Grand STANDARD Bearer. William w.
Goodwin. Camden, New jersey.
Grand Sword Bearer. Charles 4. Wood.
ruff, Louisville. Kentucky.
Grand Warder. Russell s. Taft. Burling.
on, Vermont.
All of these officers we're present, and an
address of welcome was delivered by Sir
M. f. Girard, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Louisiana, after which
a committee on credentials was appointed.
and the grand commander read his report
for the past three years. which was q long
one and full OF interest to the order.
The Encampment adjourned until 9 A. NJ.
to day. The election Tor officers will prob
ably occur on Thursday.
Nearly all Of the grand communicates in
the United States are represented in the
We give the delegates from
each State as follows:
Afabama-S;rs Walter L. Bragg, John |
G. Smith. Stephen II. B.asefy. Joseph II. !
Johnson, Pele.: Brown and James. |
Arkansas--Sirs Il l. D"dge. james A. |
Stinson and Albert g. Msckey. of Wash. !
ngton. District "f C..umba a. proxy
California--Siy Charles Marsh. vt Nevada |
City, proxy.
Connecticnt - Sirs Nathan Dikeman.
w. Carter and Daniel Calkins.
Georgia. Sir Samuel p Hamilton.
Ilinois--Sirs Hiram w. Hubbard, Lewis
Il. JUrglnsen. James A. Hawl-y. DapieI
Dustin, John LeMoyne and Engens h. My.
rs.
Indiana - Sirs Andrew II. Hamilton.
ieorge II. Fish. Charles Cruft. Horace Par.
oft and Charles S. Breckenridge.
Iowa-Srs Edward A. Gilbert. z. c.
1uze, F. Getcheli. Robert + Bower and
Theodore Sutton Parvin. who is also grand
ecorder Of the Encampment.
Kansas-Sirs Thomas Anderson. Owen
|. Bassett. John NJ. Price amt John II.
Brown.
Kentucky-Sirs Hiram Bassett. Jacob
;wigert, w. l. Thomas, II. c. Courtney and
William H. Warren.
Louisiana--Sirs Joseph P. Hornor. J. A.
'eei. X. l. Bruce. William l.. Stanford,
oseph II. d. Grange. Richard Lambert.
ohm a. Stephenson. S. NJ Todd and Q.
!. Fellows. who is the grand commander of
he United States.
Maine-Sirs John w Ballou. Henry II.
hickey. Robert H. Graham, William e.
duncan and James s Bedlow.
Maryland-Sirs Edwa,d T. Shuitz. Robert | I
!. Martin. Henry w. Marston and Jacob Z.
lrebs.
Massachusetts, and Rhode 1siand--Sirs
harles A. St"tt. john Dean, Nelson w.
ldrich and William Ellison.
Michigan Sir l.. II. Randall, Z. r. Hills. &
c. Randall and James \ Wells. /.
MinnesO'a-Sirs Il II Langley. 4 r.
Ill ID I