Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-07
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
TIE APPROACHING TRIENE,. al CON.
cLAyE AT CHICAGO.
Something About the Order and It's
Previous Trienntal gatherings and
the officers of the order.
CHICAGO, July 80, 1880.

CHICAGO, July 80, 1880.
In my introductory letter of the pro
ceedings of the coming Knights Templal
Trier4nial Conclave, 1 deem it proper tc
give synoptic review of preceding trien.
rials. The Order of Knights Templar in
the United States is purely an American
growth there is no allegiance held to
foreign Masters or Commanders, although
its ceremonies and teachings are in many
respects identical with the Order in foreign
lands, and it adheres rigidly to the history
of its ancestry. The first body of Templars
was organized under the name of the
Boston Eacampment of the knights Tenn
plar, on August %, 1902.
TIE FIRST CONVENTION
OF Sir Knights in the United States took
place in 1906, and after the constitution
had been adopted, which was the law of
the Order until 1874, the election of officers
followed, and list of the same is worthy
Of record. The following names comprise
the list NJ E. and Hon. De Witt Gin
ton OF New York, Grand Master r. E. /,
Thomas S. Webb of Boston, Deputy Grand
Master Y. E., Henry Fowle OF Boston,
Grand Generalissimo v. E., Ezra Ames
of Albany, n. Y, Grand Captain General !;
v. E. and Rev. Paul Dean of Boston,
Grand Prelate " E., Martin Hoffman of
New York, Grand Senior Warden Y. E.,
John Carlisle of Providence, r. L, Grand
Junior Warden v E., Peter Grinnell of
Providence, R. l., Grand Treasurer; V.
E., John l. I.oring of Boston, Grand Re.
eorder; " E., Thomas Loundes of New
York, Grand Warden: v E., John Snow
of Providence, R. l., Grand Standard
Bearer; V. E., Jonathan Schieffelin of
New York, Grand Sword Bearer
The second gathering of the General
Grand Encampment occurred September
l6, 1919, at Mason's Hall, in New York
City. During the interval between the
first and second meetings the Deputy
Grand Master, r. E. Thomas Smith Webb,
of Boston, had died, and this vacancy was
filed by the promotion of v E. Sir Knight
Henry FowleSto be Deputy Grand Master,
and the elevation of e. Sir Knight John
Snow TO the rank of Grand Generalissimo.
There was no other business Of Importance
transacted.
sKvKN YEARS ELAPSED
Before the General Grand Encampment as
sembled again. This, the third meeting,
was also held in New York City, in St.
Johns Hall, on September Is, 1896. But
there had been notable growth of the Or
der meantime, andon this occasion the rep.
resentation included the Grand Encamp.
ment of Massachusetts, New York, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, North
Carolina and Virginia. There was also
many applications for charters from other
sections of the United States.
The fourth gathering was held September
Il, 1929. At this meeting the painful
Intelligence of the death OF NJ. E. Grand
Master Dewitt Clinton was officially pre-.
scented. Encanpnents for the first time
were represented from Ohio and the Dis
tric5 of Columbia The Office of Grand |
Master was bestowed upon Sir Knight |
Jonathan Ney of New Hampshire, and Sir |
Knight Ezra S. Crozier of Utica, n. Y,
elected Deputy Grand Master, and Sir |
Knight Josiah Whitaker of Providence, |
r. l., Grand Generalissimo, while South |
Carolina received representation in the
person CT Sir Knight James England of |
Charleston as Grand Captain General.
There IS nothing Of interest to record in |
the fifth meeting of the General Grand !
Encampment, which was held November |
90, 1882, at Baltimore, beyond the re-
election of NJ. e. Sir Jonathan Ney as |
Grand Master.
The sixth meeting was held at Washing |
ton, D. c., in 1895, when NJ. Z. Sir James |
NJ. Allen of New York was advanced to |
the post of NJ. &. Grand Master, and Sir I
Charles Gilman of Baltimore, Md, became |
Grand Recorder.
In 1888 the Seventh Triennial was held
at Boston, Mass, where there were six
Grand Encampments represented, one
being from Baltimore, Md. On the l4th
OF September, 1871,
THE EIaHTH TRIENNIAL
Assembled in New York City, and here is
found new feeling of enthusiasm impaired
to the order and fattering statement of
its growth.
New Haven, Conn, was honored with
the Ninth Triennial, September 10, 1914.
On this occasion the brethren, who had
found defects in the constitution under
which they had been working since 1916,
entered into revision of the document,
which eventuated in the adoption of more
rules for the subordinate En-.
campments. There were also change in
officers, Sir Archibald Bull, of Troy, II. Y,
becoming Grand Master.
In lS47 the West was favored with a
Conolave, the point fixed upon
being Columbus, Ohio, and the date, Sep
TENDER 18th. This was the Tenth Trien-
NAL, and NJ. e. Sir William B. Hubbard
was elected Grand Master. There now
existed FIVE State Grand Encampments
and nine subordinate Encampments.
Among the latter were Apollo, of Chicago,
under dispeasation OF the Cen
sral Grand Encampment, and st. Louis, of
St Louis, Mo.
The next, or Eleventh Triennial Con.
elave, was held in Boston, September 10,
1850. On tins occasion, the Grand En-
OF Kentucky was represented
and eight more subordinate Communicates,
making seventeen in all.
Lexington, Kentucky, in 1853, was the
point at which
TaB TWELFTH rRIENsIAL
Conclave was held, but there was not
much of interest in the proceedings, be-
yond the fact that three new State Encamp.
nents sent up their representative
Maine, Vermont and Virginia.
At the Hartford Conn. Trienuial, Sep.
sember 8, ls56-the thirteenth in order q
there was one important change made.
It was ordered that the word Eneamp-
nent or " Encampments, as applying to d
State or subordinate bodies, should be !
,tricked from the Constitution, and % Com +
nandery" or Communicates substi- !
,uted therefor. The growth of Templar. 4
SIN was illustrated in the remarks Of the 4
Grand Recorder at this Conclave, who I
showed that while in 1929 there were FIVE c
Grand Encampmentsa and three subordinates a
represented in the General Grand Eucamp. +
nent, there were on this occasion eleven a
Grand Communicates and forty-two SUBJ h
ordinate Communicates under jurisdiction. O
The 18th of September, 1859, saw the a
fourteenth Triennial Conclave located in a
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