Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-22

| to comply with the rules and regulations gov
arning the drill. as established by the competi
| tive drill committee, in 30 far as no effort wa
| made to conform to the programme. It, there
fore, gave no opportunity for properly scoring
| and prevented any fair or just comparison O.
| its merits with those of other commanderies.
"Of the mounted communicates the prize i
| awarded to De Molay commandery, No. 5, o
Grand Rapids, Mich, there being no competi
| ton. 1t is but Just to say that their drill wa
excellent and deserving of the commentator
of the judges. Very respectfully and court
| eously yours, WILLIAM ID WHIPPLE,
| +. b. DAVIS,
EDGAR 8. DUDLEY"
The committee held short session afte
| receiving this communication, and decided
| to
CoNCUB IN TIE REPORT
| of the judges. This announcement wa!
made to the representatives of the various
competing communicates present, and pro
voked some remarks from q Sir Knight oi
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 al
the proper time. The discussion did moi
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. O. 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 few we'll chosen remarks.
Before Capt. Gen. d. A. Monfors could
reply on the behalf of the commandery, Mr..
D. G. B. Brown, one of sthe committee from
Reed commandery, ,interposed, and declaring
that, with all due respect toward the Da-
mascus commandery, 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. The
company then moved off, and was heartily
cheered by the crowd. De Molay command
cry, of Louisville, was the last to arrive, and
was under the command of Col. George w.
Northrup. The commandery had given no
80 of az o. puth
and its appearance was welcomed by very
hearty cheering. The commandery present
ed swords and remained at the present dur
ing the course of Gen. Smiths third presei.-
tation speech. Sir Knight Grant responded
on behalf of the commandery; and during
the course of his remarks said that Louis
Vile would be proud of the showing made
by its representatives. When he had CON-
cluded, the commandery band played the
"Old Kentucky Home," and when the air
was ended, the crowd, at the instigation OF
Gen. Smith, gave the commandery salvo of
cheers, supplemented with a vigorous "tiger."
The Louisville Knights responded by cheer
ing for the Chicago Communicates. This
ended the ceremony, and the drill co,umittee
seemed relieved wuen the thing had finally
been accomplished.
The drill committee, in adopting ths re-
port made by the judges, did so only after
looking over the field very closely. The only
complaint, made by the Monroe oomman-
derry, of Rochester, deemed worthy of any
consideration, was the charge made that the
programmes made up by the judges did not
conform to the published rules and reguia-
tions sent to the different Communicates Six
months ago.
THE FIFTH RULB,
laid down in the published circular issued by
the triennial committee, and of which men
tion is made in the protest by the Monroe
eommandery, is given herewith:
s.5. The Judges shall have full control Of
everything pertaining to the drill proper from
the moment officers of competing comanderies
report to them until the prizes are awarded,
and they shall award the prizes to those COM
manderies having exhibited the highest degree
of excellence in
81. Time, and manner of formation after the
command fall in.
'2. KnightIy bearing and general appear
ance.
''3. The steps, common, quick, and double
time.
threes. sections, etc.
't5. The direct march ia line,
'6. Tue obliqueings.
80. The wheelings.
IS. The execution of general Tempiar move
ments.
'9. The manual
With this as basis the judges prepared
programme, in which they gave in their or
der the movements to be executed by tha
competing Communicates. This score card
has already been published in the Times,
and gave, IN their order, such orders as
ssallgnments," "direct step in quick time
"dlrect step in common time," as mentioned
in the rules and regulations. The two seemed
to jibe very closely, but the committee de-
cided to refer the question to Sir knight 81.
B. Grant, a recognized tactician among
Templars, and author of system of tactics.
communication was accordingly addressed
to HIM,
AND BE RESPONDED
by sending the following communication:
"CHIu4Go, aug. 19-Sir John Weodman,
Chairmal Competitive Drill Committee-Emi-
nent Sir .ud Dear Frater: have the honor to
acknow' dge the receipt of your letter of this
date, in ~hich you ask me to examine the cir
cular prom ulgated by he triennial committee
in reference 20 the competitive drill and drill
pr, gramme used in the competition, and In
form us If there is any conflict between the
drill programme and sand circular
the drill programme calls for, first,
alignment specific item under the first
general heading IN the circular. Items q to 8.
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