The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-01

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Among the occasions which VIII exc,,e
| ana interest fhc ciffxAns az C1icaSo ma
| dnW crowds OF ylsikorS "a Il during fbe
eonibk year. the o1oet uaaeuf3asnt q noIn,
| of numbers lof Doople affendtn0 IL ana II
/ teDffeox,sness s,f disnlav ',giiJ IL she Grs.d
| IEncompmeuf AZ KolShfs T&unlor. sThe
eficixl name Of this meeting Il q The Trien.
lniaI Conclaye OF the Grand Encampment
Of Knights Teinplar OF the United
Sfates.o This H. the eupfemc Legislative
body Of all the Sir Knights In the conntry.
This body Of men, numbering about five hun.
! dred, Will meet In their official legislative
capacity on MONDAY, August ID, and con.
tinue their session through the week, part
Ing upon the square on the following Satur.
gay. Inc present Most Eminent Grand
master wno VIII preside over the deIibera-
LIONS OF the encampment Is DIR. vincent Il.
dur'purt' OF this city.
! THIS cOxcLAyE, -
while II is Of great importance 10 tbe Ms
sonic iraterntty. would not in Itself interest
the people VI the country generally. But
Us great s'gn'ncsnce 10 Chlcsgo arises from
tue great numuers koI SF kni9sls, not
nsmanss ot tnc crana Ebcampmspb WHO
milt auend w their irfepresenfstive capacity.
Ihey VIII come as an escort 10 accompany
the ebcampment on It's passage 10 The
asylum, whicn VIII De cruclform DuiId-
ing soon 10 DC erected on the lake front. IL
Is 'he presence OF tnls oody mat VIII make
tmeoccasioh one Oh 50 much Importance 10
Cp1cago.
for 'ue ,ast ye"r lne coIlilit'ec III Cnr
cago nave peen at WORK senoing out invita-
tioos 10 inherent communicates III Tue
Unlted STATES ana making arrangements Ior
their entertainment. One way in which
these invitations were answered early
showed that great crowd will be here.
While the number That have made applica-
ton for entertainment have not yet been
footed up, an approximate estimate shows
that not far from 10000 Sir Knights from
different parts Of tue country and OF the
world Will he present to participate in the
paraoe. Inese, the apphcalloDs snow, are
wives Nor will these elements comnose
Tho whole crowd ,hat Cbiooao ,v;,, baye m
accommodste at that time
ihH HAih"oAps
will undoubtedly rdn excursion trains from
all the country round to bring In the
tbrongs OF sight-seers who viii be attracted
by the gorgeOusness OF the display. Add
TO these all the country visitors who will
choose that time TO spend week with their
city cousins, and the Omniuns gatherum OF
the floating population who are always
attracted by public event Of this kind,
| it is fair to guess that there will
| be more human beings in Chicago
4 Il
ever seen before on any occasion. The
committee which has in charge the provi.
sion OF board ana lodging of all these
Angus Win their iadies nave arranged TOT
sl,a'i c',y vi ,en.s ~ DC set oh ,nr n i.aAe
a,hin "nu a",;on ~ aun ",0 r h,o a,i p pnJ
s,: 49, uN .h ~, -, ,as
.ortoI 'o .;n, ~ .no ,ba; I ,ho rrnOr;otors
teu so,p1 'inI0 'So .n't eu0
VI .ue noteis "eie in.enuinS ~ ;"?. - oano
.nei. p.ices lor ,i'iS occas'o'' Uo' ~"
'noi'au'ey "en'e"'
THEsETHlRTY THOUSAND TEaPLARS
will form the most cosmopolitan BODY that
has ever visited this city. Every State Of
the Union will be represented by from $50
TO 20O members. There will also be
representatives from the communicates and
| priories OF Csuada, Great British, and other
EtlrODeln countries. anu from tue SdIlU-
wich Islands, Mexico. and. indeed, from al
most every civilized aud half civilized
country ip the world where this organiZa-
| ton has a commandery.
The ranks OF templary are composed
largely of prominent men i'm all professions
and ayoca,ions OF life, so that this conyoca-
tion will not be composed OF one class OF
men like the National Convention which
nrecedes IT. but of men who have achieved
prominence in business, letters, politics,
the law, the pulpit, and every other honor
able walk of life.
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which occurs on Tuesday OF encampment
week, will be in gorgeous display. The
committee who have it in charge assert that
il will eclipse any civic display that has ever
been seen in the United States. The parade
at the last Grand Encampment, held in
Cleveland in 1877, was considered very
grand affair, but only 6.75S Templars, rep
resenting rs communicates, took part in it..
Not less than 10000 finely.drilled, repre-
septing 260 communicates, will march in the
Chicago demonstration. There have been
numerous professions in Chicago, COM
nosed of All manner of beterogeneou, ele-
ments, largely advertisements OF different
local industries, but none with anything
like the orderly arrangement and uniformity
OF discipline that will characterize this one.
1t is no easy matter to move column OF
10000 men, but arrangements have been in
process OF periecting, and are nearly COM
plete. that will certainly insure success.
The line of march will be five and one third
miles long. The men on foot will march
twenty-four front, two files deep, with only
twenty-five feet between the ranks to