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evening, although the ceremony had been
announced to take place at IL o'clock in the

| AS the committee nAQ not received Tie
formal report of the judges, the complaints
of the Rochester commandery was not dis
cussed except informally. Communications
from Damascus commandery, of st. Paul.
and Bayard, of Saltwater, Mimi, were also
read, in which the claim was made that
Reed commandery had drilled with less than
thirty-six men and ought not to be consider
ed contestant. No attention was paid to
the Bayard commandery upon the ground
that the command had no standing before
the committee by reason of the fact that il
had not complied with the rules in entering
for the competition. The committee ad-
journed shortly afterward to await tho re-
ceipt of
| THE REPORT OF THE JUDGES.
This was forthcoming at 5 o'clock in the at
ternoon, and was as follows:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 1S.-Sir John Woad-
| man, chairman competitive drill committee,
grand encampment knights Templars-Slr:
| We, the undersigned, judges appointed by the
| competitive drill COMMITTEES of the twenty-trst
triennial conclave of knights Templar at Chi
| cago have the honor to make the following
report:
Before the drill commenced we held a
meeting and fixed upon the following method
| of scoring:
For perfection, 10 was scored; for total fail
ure, 0; for degree of excellence between 10 and
0. The scoring was in accordance with each
degree.
We witnessed the drill of the different COM
manderies which presented themselves for COM
petition at the Jockey Club grounds, in this
city, and hereby award the prizes for the
highest degree of excellence exhibited by them
in the movements prescribed by the commit
tee, as follows
/. of Indianapolis, which scored 3l3 out of a
possible $50.
The second prize to De Molay commandery,
No. II, of Louisville, Ky, which scored POT.
1.-The third prize to Damascus commandery,
No. l, of st. Paul, Mimi, which scored 20S 2.
Reed commandery, No. 6, of Dayton, O.,
appeard upon the ground With less number
of Sir knights than required by rule No. of
the rules and regulations for competitive drill.
1t not being the duty of the judges to order
back any commandery, but simply to deter
mine as to its proficiency in the execution of the
prescribed movements; and while permitted to
drill and score 256, it is by the above men
toned rule excluded from competition.
In consideration of this excellence and their
close Observance of the rules of the committee,
the Judges recommend that they be awarded
au honorary prize.
Monroe commandery No. u, of Rochester,
N. Y, while strong as to numbers, presented
generally fine appearance, and, performing
many movements with precision, utterly failed
to comply with the rules and regulations gov
erning the drill, as established by the competi-
tive drill committee in so far as no effort was
made to conform to the programme. 1t, there
fore, gave no opportunity for properly scoring,
and prevented any tair or just comparison of
it's merits with those of other Communicates.
"Of the mounted commanderies the prize if
awarded to De Molay commaudery, No. 5, o.
Grand Rapids, Mich, there being no competis
ton. 1t is but just to say that their drill was
excellent, and deserving of the commentator
of the judges. Very respectfully and court
eously yours, WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE,
L. B. DAVIS,
EDGAR s. DUDLEY
The committee held short session after
receiving this communication, and decided
to
CONCUR IN THE REPORT
of the judges. This announcement was
made to the representatives of the various
competing communicates present, and pro-
voked some remarks from a Sir Knight of
Reed commandery present, who declared
that his commandery had won the first prize,
and that the fact had been so announced by
the chairman of the drill committee. He
declared further, that the public should be
made aware of all the facts in the case at
the proper time. The discussion did not
proceed any further than this, and the secre-
tary announced that the award would be
made at O'Clock.
The ceremony of awarding the prizes was
very brief and informal, with the exception
of the De Molay commandery, of Louisville.
The Raper commandery, of Indianapolis,
was the first to arrive, and, after having
formed line, was formally presented with the
gold sword and banner making up The first
prize. The presentation speech was made
by Gen. j. G. Smith, deputy grand COM
mander of Illinois, who simply charged
the Knights to defend the banner,
and to remember the glorious teachings
of their order. The Damascus command
cry came to receive the commandery badges
allowed as third prize. Gen. Smith again
came up to the front, and turned over the
trophy after a few well chosen remarks.
Before Capt. Gen. d. A. Monfort could
reply on the behalf of the commandery, Mr..
D. G. B. Brown, one of 1.-THE committee from
Reed commandery, interposed, and declaring
that, with all due respect toward the Da-
mAscus oommaudery, he desired to enter his
protest against the delivering up of the
badges. When he had concluded, Capt.
Gen. Monfort saluted Gen. Smith, and said
that Damascus commandery accepted the
prizes in the belief that
IT DESERVED TO WEAR THEM,
otherwise it would not accept them. Tue
company then moved off, and was heartily