Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-03
MASONIC.
Dedication of the Millionaire
Temple in New York.
"A, 900 MasOns in procession.
The Oity PrOtuseit Decofated.

L.
The City PrOfusely Decorated.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The Masonic
| demonstration to-day is a most imposing
affair. The weather is delightful. Flags,
banners and buntings are everywhere dis
| played, and the streets through which the
procession moves are crowded. The ceTe-
monies Of the dedication Of the new Ma-
sonic Temple, at TWenty-third street and
Sixth avenue, may be said to have begun
| yesterday p. H., when the annual session
Of the Grand Lodge Of the State was
opened.
Very much to the satisfaction ofthe thou
sands who paraded to-day, and TO their
| sympathizing friends who numbered many
more thousands, the sun rose upon an en-
| tirely elOudless sky. The I'd of June was
ushered in by the most favorable of natures
auspices. AT an early hour the city was
astir with music, with Masonic bodies
moving from headquarters TO the point
designated for them by the marshal Of the
day, an Unusual promptness having been
observed by most Of them, and the result
was that at the hour named for all TO be in
line, very few Communicates or lodges were
out of place. The side streets and ave
nues leading 70 the head Of the line were
gay Eith the music and floating banners Of
Knights Templar. Everywhere the red
cross showed in the sun, and the familiar
motto,
In Hoe signO YInees,
met the eye at every turn. Soon after 9,
I'll
from Washington Square, and Immediately
the signal to move was communicated TO
the head Of the line at Nineteenth street
by the waving Of guidOns. Marshall Pres
ton and aids then took their positions at
the head OF the line, and the procession,
marshalled in twenty divisions, took up its
march. Preceding the MasOns came
twenty-fOur mounted policemen and two
platOons Of officers on foot. The Marsbal's
staff and mounted aids were all designated
by conspicuous badges and wore their
handsome jewels on the left breast. The
Communicates looked well, and the ele-
g2nce of the appointments together with
the excellence of the discipline, obtained
for them many favorable comments along
the line Of march. Banners Wele Occa-
siOnally supported by a force Of Knights
arranged in the shape Of the Cross.
The EreHiHg Post says the principal
feature was the Detroit COmmandery, No.
1. This Commandery is said TO be the
most proficient in
The Peculiar Drill
of the knights Templar Of any organiza-
tion in the country. They were not long
in demonstrating their claims to a great
deal of credit for celebrity and soldierly pre-
cisiOn, for soon after the line moved they
began their ev0lutiOns, and continued them
at short intervals along the line of march,
without in the least retarding the general
movement Of tie procession. Their move
ments included the formation of a line
with front Of fifty men, and these were
formed with deXterity, and in such good
order, as 70 provoke constant applause, and
they went on their way rewarded by a
hearty clapping Of hands and a futter of
handkerchief from the ladies, who Occu-
pied every available window on Broadway,
where the procession could be seen to ad-
vantage. As the eighth division passed
Fifteenth street the Blue Lodge filed into
their places, from either side Of Fifth ave-
nue.. Previous to this their lines had been
broken TO permit rs many Of the Order as
possible 10 witness the attractive part of
the parade, The remaining divisions up to
the tweuty-hfth, was each provided with
bands Of music, and consisted of from ten
TO fifteen Lodges each. Each Lodge was
represented by from one to two hundred
members, although the divisions were very
unequal in strength of numbers. In the
tWenty-fifth vision, It. Johns Lodge, No. /
1, was the Bible on which
Washington Took His First Oath CT
0mee,
administered to the President Cf the
United States. In this division we've also
borne the vessels containing the corn, wine
and Gil, a gold symbolic lodge carried by
four WOrshiplul Masters and the Holy
Writings, square and cUnpasses resting up
on a cushion Of purple velvet. The orator
Of the day, Judge John i. Lewis, together
with visiting officers from other iurisdic-
tions occupied carriages, and in the rear OF
the line came the Commissioners OfAppeal, /
the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer,
preceding the Grand Master, who IOde be-
tween the Grand Stewards bearing their
rods Of Office.
The Decorations
were numerous and in the main tasteful,
but along Madison and Fifth Avenues there
was an absence of display, with the exeep-
ton Of flags, which were displayed from
the Union League Club building, a few
private residences, and the hotels. The
decorations at the Temple were not profuse,
but they were arranged with good taste and
20 the best advantage. II is estimated
there were not less than 1900 Knights
Templar in line, representing about forty
lodges Of MasOns. There were
Nearly Two Thousand Lodges
represented by an average Of one hundred
men. The bands of music were thirty
nine in number, and the parade was fully
twenty-fOur thousand strong. The regUla-
tiOns as to dress were almost without ex-
ceptiOn complied with, and the few in
stances in which they were disregarded,
made the individual who were a low hat,
or figured pantalOons, asconspicuous object
in the procession. With the exception of
short heats, which aresunavailable in NOV
ing so large a body, the line moved along
the prescribed route with but trifiug inter
TuptiOn passing through Fifth Avenue,
Canal street, Broadway, Fourteenth street,
Fifth Avenue, Twenty-SecOnd street, Twen- /
ty-,hird street, Madison Avenue and TWen-
ty-thiTd street TO the Temple. As the line ]
advanced iJ was met with hand claI ping
and huZzaing on every side and number
less women at the windows freely waved
their handkerchief. The entire procession |
occupied two hours and half in passing a |
gwen point. Broadway presented an ex-
traOrdinaTy appea.ance Immediately below |
Canal street. The road way was blocked !
by carriages and wagons filed with specta- |
tors, as indeed were all the side streets |
along the line. The houses were many of |
them decorated with flags and streamers, |
some Of which were decorated with Ma |
sonic symbols. and the windows and roofs |
of all the buildings were crowded with |
spectators. Groups Of ladies occupied all |
the show windows and the side walks to |
the cUrbstOnes were jammed with specta- |
tors, all Of whom seemingly entered fully
into the spirit of the affair. During the |
occasional breaks in the line policemen as
sisted the car-driveTs and cartmen to cross
the street with their vehicles, but for the |
most part
Traffic Was Suspended
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