Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-21
pennsylvania Communicates. The tenth
division was composed of Indiana Com
manderics, of two Texas Communicates

OF Columbia. The eleventh division COZ,
.. sisted Of Michigan organizations.
: In tho twelfth, commanded by 81
|, Oliver Clifton, of Mississippi, were Lex
o lnston, No. 3, and Grenada, No. Is, o
L Mississippi.
$ Grand Division No. 3 was commando,
Il by Sir Benjamin +. Holley, of Tennes
G see. The thirteenth division in this wa
composed of California and Ncvad;
G Communicates; also, the following
Nashville, No. l, Of Nashville; Memphis
No. 4, Of Memphis; Dundley, No 3, o.
Columbia: Murtrcesboro, No. |, of Muir
. treesboro; Jackson, No. 13, of jackson
Heorgla-Georgia, No. /, Of Augusta
st Omer, No. ,, of Macon; Palestine,
No. !, Of Savannah.
In the fifteenth division, mainly Mis-.
sonrlans, were Montgomery, No. a, and
Selma, No. 5, Of Alabama, and batta-
lion OF Louisiana Knights. In the six-
teenth division were Iowa Command
rrcs, and the seventeenth was composed
chiefly Of Minnesota and Kansas organ
lzations. The eighteenth was made up
of West Virginia and Nebraska Knights.
This division was followed by an escort
to the Most Eminent Grand Master Of
the Grand Encampment of the United
States followed in turn by other Grand
Officers, members of the Grand Encamp-
'ncnt, and officers Of Grand Commando
cries, ranking by dates of their Grand
Commanding charters.
The procession terminated with the
Grand Encampment and other distin-
Su'shed Sir Knights in carriages. As
the column moved south, on Wabash
Avenue, the sight was grand and an i'm.
pressive one. Marching at a steady
pace of about two miles an hour thc
soldicr-like bearing and beautiful uni
form OF the different Communicates
elected cheer upon cheer from the living
walls, between which they passed, and
the sight which greeted the Knights
themselves was a tratcrnaI acknowledge
mcnt of the esteem in which they were
had by the city of Chicago, paused
from work while her streets were crowd.
cd with visitors from all sections of thc
Union to do them honor.
Nearly every house they passed was
Saily decorated in honor of their pres
encc. Every possible place that offered
a view of the march was ocruDjcl
Eavcs of houses, window silIs and cross
arms of the telegraph poles were all
forced into service, if from them the
knlghtIy spectacle conld be seen. Of)lc
miles OF temporary seats along the route,
at fifty cents a seat, were all filed.
As the colnmn passed under the funeral
arch at Adams street, the martial music
was changed to a drgc, and the Com
reversed their swords. The
Grand Commandcry review arch! at
Wabash Avenue and Twelfth street, was
'alutcd by drawn swords and sa]utc
~ officers and standards. The column,
'ftcr moving through the principal
trcts, marched down Clark to the Grand
'acltic, where it was dismissed.
me HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO
SWEAR THEY WERE SwlNDLED.
C"ic"go, August H.-Thcrc are now Il
bout 100000 people in Chicago dcnoun-
ing the Knights Templar parade as a
ham and an outrage There are citizens u
nd visitors who secured seats along the v
lstpart of the line Of march, and who. y
tter sitting patiently from $50 q. m IL
III p. ILL.,, were rewarded by seeing the y
Arcc local and two small State COM
'anderics file past. Il
For a military body the procession =
wlndlcd away with strange rapidity.
he Tcmplars account for their failure l.
carrysVut their programme by saving III
lat many Of the communicates went TO IL
'e line this morning without a mouth
Il OF breakfast; between waiting and ~
they were overcome with faint W
'ss and fatigue, and began dcserting
along the line at the sight of rest IN
lrant or a lunch counter. &C
This caused such serious numerical A,
eakncss in the ranks that some COM tn
anderles had hardly enough Knights di
Il to carry their standards, and deter tn
ned to abandon all appearance of
position in the column. ,h
the matter of providing food and lodr- v
for multitude, Chicago acknowl- f.,
Scs that this time she has taken in more =.
III she can accommodate. ",
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