Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-04
A RETURNING KNIGHT
Captured aud Interviewed by Gazette
veportsr-what He Thinks of tho
mi.

A GAZETTE reporter met Mr.. Albert
Hanson yesterday ut the Union depot.
who is en- route 10 New Orleans, his
home, from San Francisco, where he
has been attending the knights Tenn
plar grand tricnnial conclave, and en-
uuir,d about the succt So of the big ex-
cursion and entertainment.
eve had a splendid time,N he re-
piled. 81 went To Chicago and went
from that place with the st. Bernard
Commandery. We received marked
attention on every hand. Every pcs
siblc court, sy was shown us. 1t
seemed as il they could not do enough
for us. We went there and returned
in better style than any other com.
man 'ery. We had cur special train
Of eight coaches, five of which wee
sleepers. aud we kept it unbr. ken.
We came back on the identical train.
We were the only conimandery which
took dining ear along. We stocked
our commi-sary ear before we started
with enough TO last us the round trip.
We did not have TO lay in anything,
except milk and one or two such
things. / don't think that ever before
train of the size of ours was run so
long distance and kept intact"
Being asked about the competition
drill, Mr.. Hanson said il was the most
/ imposing sight he ever witnessed.
THE DE Molay commandery of Louis
! vile took the first prize, rs you are
aware, although many people were of
the opinion that it should have been
given to the st. Bernards. They had,
however, gone into the drill without
guides and the Judges on that account
/ had ~ canrDH fhat,a ~ M In "a 40,
manderies, the d. Molay and the
Raper, had competed with guides, and
were given the first aud second prizes
respectively. st. Beruard wodld not
have been given third prize had there
been any other competing COM
mandery To receive it. st. Bernard
/ was not dis .osed to complain, how
| ever. IL was treated so handsomely
/ throughout that it was d sarmed of
complaints. The Judges simply held
that, rs the drill was conducted accord
ing To Grants tactics, it should be
done with guides-that is, two officers
in addition to the commander---and.
as st. Bernard was not prepared to
drill in that way, it had no chance for
the first prize
Speaking OF the return trip Mr..
| Hanson said that it was rs pleasant rs
the trip out. But one lay-over had
been taken and that was at Omaha.
A stop had been made there from S
o'clock i'm the morning until 8 at
night. The c0mnandery was given Il
reception at the principal hotel, and
had been welcomed by the mayor aud
given the freedom of the city. The
commandery had given an exhibition
drill there which was enthusiastically
applauGed. Yes, the boys had brought
back an eagle. 1t was captured by
the boys in the Garden of the Gods on
the way out, and was carried through
the drill at San Francisco, where il at.
tracted good deal of attention. Mr.
Moulton said he did not know what
would be done with the bird The
last he saw of it the colored janitor %
the First Regiment Arnory was ear
rying it off He said that the conclav,
at SIN Francisco had been manage,
admirably. Everything pos. ible ha'
been done and well done to make 1t
success. There were no bitches ant
no grumbling. The Grand Com
mandery of California. and particular
~ the Conclave Committee, was de
serving of the very highest praise
"And as regards our trip" he said
"when train bearing l35 persons i
run that great distance aud back, an,
not complaint made, but, on tn
contrary, the utmost satisfaction is eX
pres sed and the greatest pleasure EN-
joye some one must he entitled t,
credit. This, of course, belongs to m
one person. The railroad officials de
serve their share, and if do say il
: the members of the commandery VIII
had direction of things performe,
their duties we'll. You will not find
single knight who will not say he
glad he went, and that he had n glori
Gus time.