The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-08-26
Awarding Prtses-The Protest.

! tn0 winning COMMANDERS att O'Clock last
evening, although the ceremony had been
announced to take place at II O'Clock in the
forenoon. ,f; AN
As the committee bad not received the
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 Bsyard, of saltwater, MINI, were also
read, in which the claim was made that
Reed cemmandery had drilled with less than
thirty-six men and ought not to be consider
ed contestant. No attention was paid to
the Bayard oonnmandery upon the ground
| that the command had no standing before
the committee by reason of the fact that it
had not complied with the rules in entering
for the competition. The committee adj
journed shortly afterward to await the re-
| oeipt of .
TEE REPORT OF THE JUDGES.
This was forthcoming at S o'clock in the af-
! ternoon, and was as follows: v
CHICAGO, ILL.,. Aug. 1S.-Sir John Woad-
| man, chairman competitive drill committee,
grand encampmens Knights Templars-
We, the undersigned, judges appointed by the
competitive drill committee of the twenty-first
trienniA conclave of Knights Templar at Chi
cago, have the honor to make the following
report:
Before the drill commenced we held q
meeting and 6xed upon the following method
of scoring: sf.5 S 80
For perfection, 10 was scored; for total fail
nse, 0; for degree of excellence benwesn 10 and
0. The scoring was in accordance with each
degree. l5I =
We witnessed the drill of the different COM
mander1es 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: tEf #s .s
1.-THE FIRST prize to Rapier commandery, No.
l. of Indianapolis, which scored SIS out of a
possible $50. n
"The second prize to De Molay oommsndery,
The third prize to Damascus commandery,
No. ], of St. Paul, Minn., which scored 208 g.
Reed commandery, No. 6, of Dayton, O.,
appeard upon the ground with less number
OF bir Knights than required by rule No. I of
the rules and regulations for comparative drill.
Il not being the duty of the judges to order
back any commsndery, but simply to deter
mine IS to its proficiency in the execution of the
prescribed movements and while permitted to
drill and score 256, it is by the above men
toned rule excluded from competition.
I'm consideration of this excellence and their
the judges recommend that they be awarded
an honorary prize. ..l.....
Monroe commandery No. 12, of Rochester,
n. Y, while strong as to numbers, presented
generally dne appearance, and, performing
many movements with precision, utterly failed
to comply with the rules and regulations gov
srning the drill. as established by the competi.
tive drill committee, in 80 far as no effort was
made to conform to the programme. It, there
fore, gave no opportunity for properly scoring,
and prevented any tair or just comparison of
its merits with those of other communicates.
hn nn77r$ tod lorSan -,
awarded to De Molay commandery, No. S, O.
Grand Rapids, Mich, there being no competis
ton. 1t is but inst to say that their drill was
excellent, and deserving of the commendation
OF the judges. Very respectfully and court
eously yours, WILLIAM ID WHIPFIE,
2-s r. B. DAVIS,
EDGAR 8. DUDLEY"
The committee held q short session after
receiving this communication, and decided
.-~... .- 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 Sir Knight of
Reed commandery present, who declared
that his oommandery had won the first prize,
and that the fact had been so announced by
the chairman of the drill committee. He
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 6 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 q 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. Monfort 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.
O0us XAVAIVIb bnIuteN Ncls EoIulbu, huu 5A1O
that Damascus commandery accepted the
prizes in the belief that 50 ~
~ IT DESERVED TO WEAR THEM, sa
otherwise it would not accept them. The
company then moved off, and was heartily
cheered by the crowd. 80
Important Railroad Project.
NEW YoBK, Aug. 22.-The Herald has q
story to the effect that the Lackawana Rail-
road company is about to consumnate the
construction of 9 trunk line through to
Buffalo. Il will run parallel with the Erie
road. The result 50 far has been to raise
1ackawans stock and depress that Of Erie.
E1. Gov. Morgan and other large stock
holders OF the latter are said to have sold
out. rs.
~ !, Girls Missing. s*
LIZ Boy, Aug. 22.-This community Is
considerably agitated over tho disappearance
Of two pirla named RpidOek 0sHarns onH