The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-01

sAmpment, anu al Fiht nlBuI GLuulueut
Grand Commandersandp astgrand officers
Of the Grand Encampment, This body oil
men, numbering about 500, will meet up
on the level In their official legislative
capacity, on Monday, August 10, aud con-
tinue their session throughout the week,
parting upon the square on the following
The present Most Eminent
Grand Master, who will preside over the
deliberations OF the encampment Is DR..
Vincent L. Hurlbut, Of this city.
This conclaye, while 1t Is OF great i'm.
portance to the Masonic fraternity, would
not in itself interest the people generally.
But its great significance 10 Chicago arises
from the great number OF Sir Knights, not
members OF the Grand Encampment, who
will attend in their respective capacity.
They will come as an escort 10 accompany
the Encampment en- Its passage 70 the
"asylum," which will be crucilorm
building 10 be erected on thelake front. y
is the presence OF this body that VIII
make the occasion one oil SO much ln'
portance to Chicago, ~,
For the last year the committee In onl.
cago have been at work sending out IN
yitations to different Communicates In tne
United States and making arrangements
for their entertainment. One way IN
which these invitations were answered
early showed that a great crowd VIII %
here. Whilethe number that have MADE
application for entertainment nave NOT
vel been footed up, an approximate esn-
mate shows that not far from 5000 sir
KNIGHTS from different parts OF the eoun-
try and OF the world will be present TO
participate in the parade. There, the ap-
plications show, are many OF them IN;
lending to bring their wives. Nor Will
these elements compose the whole crowd
that Chicago will have to accommodate at
These $4,000 Templars will form the
most cosmopolitan body that has ever
visited this city. Every State oil the Un.
ion will be represented by from $50 to 200
members. There will also be represent
tatiyes from the Communicates and prto.
Hes Of Canada, Great Britain and other
European countries, and from the Sand
witch Islands, Mexico, and indeed, from
almost every civilized and half civilized
country in the world where this organiza'
ton has o commandery.
The ranks OF templary are composed
| largely VI pIUiulhCub AnVh a. -. faSa,s
sions and ayocations OF life, so that this
conyocation will not be composed OF one
class OF men like the national convention
which precedes it, but OF men who have
achieved prominence in business, letters,
politics, the Law, the pulpit and every
other honorable work otlife. 4,
The parade which occurs on Tuesday oil
AncSmpment week will be gorgeous dis
play. Thecommiltee who have 1t in charge
assert that it will eclipse any civic display
that has ever been seen in the United
States. The parade at the last encamp-
ment. held in Cleveland in IS77, was con-
sidered very grand affair, but only 6,75S
Templars, representing seyenty.six COM
manderies, took part in 1t. No less than
thirty thousand finely drilled Templars,
representing two hundred comman-
deries, will march in the Chicago dem
onstrauon. There have been numerous
professions H. Chicago, composed oil all
manner OF heterogeneous elements, large
liz advertisements Of different local indus
tries, but none with anything like the Or
derly arrangement and uniformity OF dis
cipline that will characterize this one. 1t
is no easy matter to move column oil
3d. 900 men, but arrangements have been
in process OF perfecting, and are nearly
complete, that will certainly insure sue
cess.
The line OF march will DO five and one
third miles long. The men on foot will
march twenty-four front, two files deep,
with only twenty-five feet between the
ranks, to shorten the procession, which
else would be of unmanageable proper
tons. This line will include counter
march in one place, in order that each
man can see the whole procession. Be-
sides the footmen, several of the COM
manderies, amounting to 500 men, will be
mounted. At the time OF the "Grant
boom" last fall 1t was thought an extraor-
binary thing that there should be eighteen
bands of music in the procession. But
the committee are assured that no less
than l20 brass bands, the most perfect in
America, numbering from twenty TO sew
enty pieces each, will furnish the music
for this great demonstration. These, in
brief, are the compOnents Of the escort
which will accompany the grand encamp.
ment through the streets to the asylum"
The Chicago commanderies have pre-
pared a most elegant entertainment for
| tlelr VlbltluS DIetuIeuj Lue PIUk tsume Vi
which has already been published in the
Tina. They have engaged Central Music
Hall, Farwell Hall, Mccormick Hall and
the Exposition Building for the four days.
They will also treat the visitors to free
seats in all the principal theaters. Boat
excursions will be constantly taking place,
and a grand ball will be given on Tues
day evening in the Exposition Building.
Since the programme was printed new
prize has been added tothe list, for which
The Communicates will compete on We'd
nesday at the Jockey Club Park. It is
open to Communicates entering under the
name Of the grand communicates from
which they hail.
This sketch OF the eonclave will serve to
show that the occasion will not be un-
worthy Of the crowd gathered to honor 1t.