The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-29
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Raper Commandery held a meeting last even
ing at their asylum to arrange for the reception
Of their victorious drill squad en- their return
with their trophy from San Francisco. The
meeting was an informal one, and little was
done beyond the appointment of a committee
whose duty it will be to arrange programme.
This committee consists of Sir Knights A. II.
Brown, George Il. Branham, John G. PendeT-
CAST, F. P. woollen and P. G. C. Hunt. 1t has
been agreed upen that the Light Artillery and
the three infantry companies, the Light Infan-
try, the Richardson zouaves and the Tecumseh
Rifles, and the two drum corps are to be invited
to participate in the reception, and n committee
will be chosen to confer with the Board of Trade
and invite that organization to participate in a
body.
special committee. composed probably of a
number of the older members of the command
cry and an equal number of citizens, will meet
the returning Knights at Lafayette, though J.
H. Martin, on behalf of The Big Four road, offers
to take the party selected not only to Lafayette
but to a more distant point upon the hne, gen.
erous offer and one fully appreciated by Raper
The following dispatch was received bv Sam
L. Morrison, from K. L. Scarlet, of the drill
corps. yesterday: 1.-The judges say we simply
lost first place by lack of platoon commanders.
We start this afternoon, hOmeward bound"F %
The platoon commanders were Sir Knight Will.
j. Mckee aud Sir knight Theodore Pfaffiin. Sir
knight Mckee. overworked and sick by
of his arduous duties in the Light Infan try, and
Sir Knight Sam l.. Morrison, guide, being unable
to go, the other platoon commander, Sir Knight
Pfaffiln, was compelled to fall in as guide, thus
depriving the drill corps of platoon COM
mand0rs-
Twenty-four of the knights here will form
themselves into drill corps for the reception,
and as a matter of fact, this body is in no wise
inferior in drill to the one that won the trophy
at San Francisco. IL jocuIarly suggested
last night that this second corps hold competI-
tive drill with the veterans on their return and
capture the prize they went so far to get
AS the drill corps started about O'Clock this
afternoon on their return, they would arrive
here on Sunday, which would interfere with any
demonstration on their arrival. It is under
stood that they have an invitation to stop a day
at Denver. but even il they stop there they will
still get here too early, and the committee will
communicate with them, and ask them to
range their journey so that they will not get
here before Monday. The drill corps
will be accorded a reception al Lafay cite, where
the committee of knights and citizens will meet
from the Union Depot up Meridian street,
citizens, the Board of Trade, mayor, City
Council, Board OF Aldermen, military COM
panies, etc, taking part in the procession. The
address of welcome will be delivered by Judge
John A. Holman. salvO of artillery will be
fired the knights enter the city and artillery
salutes at other points. 1t is hoped that Merid-
ian and Washington streets Will hang out their
flags and decorations and make the occasion
holiday and day of rejoicing. Raper Com
mandery will not ask anybody to contribute u
cent of nuney-ali they ask is that everybody
will join them in making the welcome to the re-
be. Their victory is one of which every In
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