Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-07
Lodga and SociatY.

Uniformed Bodies of the Is o. o. F. Hiram Lodge ElectfOms The idea is now broached, and meets with ! much favor, of having battalion drills by the three uniformed bodies of the I. O. O. F. in
 this city belonging to Golden Rule, sassaous | and Aurora Enoampments. It is probable that I it will be carried into effect. Several offers | of drill rooms have been received. Parades by | the combined bodies would meet with public favor and increase the interest. The several bodies have adopted the new drill tactics of ! which Lieutenant Colonel Eddy, who com | manded the 54th New York in the late war, IS | the author The new tactics are largely of
 the military stripe, with adaptations to the | use of civic bodies. The Colonel is the com
 mander of the encampment which gave so fine an exhibition drill at Long Branch in the pres ence of thousands last summer. Sassacus is now drilling the Eddy tactics Golden Rule has equipped itself with the books, and Auro ra is drilling in the same. Atlantic Encamp- | ment, of Meriden, are way up in the drill and have few superiors in drill in the country. The Eddy tactics are authority, having been adopt ed by the Grand Lodge of the United States. In accordance with 8 dispensation from Grand Master Barlow Hiram Lodge held 8 special election last evening to fill vacancy caused by the death of the late Worshipful Master Dan A. Davison.
 The election resulted in the choice of Senior Warden Julius Twiss to be Master by an al most unanimous vote. To fill vacancies cre-
 ated by MT. Twiss' promotion the following
 were elected: Walter R. Francis, Junior
 Warden, to be Senior Warden E. F. Mans
 field, Senior Deacon, to be Junior Warden.
 The Master-elect appointed William J.
 Veitch to be Senior Deacon, and the Senior
 Warden appointed A. l.. Preuse to be Junior Deacon.
 The officers were duly installed into their respective positions by Grand Master Barlow, assisted by Grand Senior Warden Fred. H.
 Waldron acting as Grand Marshal.
 It was announced that on next Thursday
 evening Rev. Mir. Anketell would deliver his
 lecture on Masonry in Saxony." This lec-
 ture was postponed on account of the sudden
 death of the late Worshipful Master Davison.
 The lecture will be a most interesting one and will no doubt be listened to by a large num-
 ber of the brotherhood.
 MT. 0. E. Cooley, of Hartford, and Mir. G. 
 E. Hatch, of Meriden, will leave Connecticut
 on Friday next for Charleston, s. O., as dele
 gates to the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor, which will meet in Masonic Hall in
 the city named at p. m. on Tuesday next.
 the 11th inst. Thirty-two States will be rep
 resented in the Supreme Lodge by seventy
 delegates, two delegates being allowed to each
 Grand Lodge having less than 5000 member ship in it's subordinate lodges, and three dele gates where there is above that membership.
 The membership of the entire order in this
 country on the 1st of April last was s5,Ooo,
 making it the largest benefit association in the world. Connecticut has under the jurisdie-
 ton of it's Grand Lodge thirteen subordinate lodges, with total membership of 1,5o0. Massachusetts has over 6, ,O0O members in the subordinate lodges of the order.
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