Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-23
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How the Palestine Commandery Won
the Prize at Albany-Their Return

How the Palestine Commandery Won
the Prize at Albany-Their Return
Yesterday.
Palestine Commandery knights Tenn
plar returned from Albany yesterday
afternoon. The annual conclave OF the
Grand Commandery was concluded on
Wednesday afternoon, when the repre-
sentatiyes of the Communicates from Co
lumbus. Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and
Savannah returned TO their homes. The
following are the names Of the Sir Knights
who attended from Savannah and success
mllv contested in the prize drill:
Eminent Commander. sir knight IhOs.
RaIIanfyne: Generalissimo. Sir Knight
r. J. Num-; Captain General, Sir Knight
r. II. AndersOn; Senior Warden, Sir
knight Jos. Phillips; standard Bearer,
Sir knight 5. W. Branch; Warden, Sir
Knight W. A. Walker; Recorder, Sir
knight J. F. LaFar; Prelate, Sir knight
Joseph A. Roberts; p. E. c.. Sir Knight
ThOs. :. Wavne: p. g. G. and G.. Recorder,
Sir Knight 5. p. Hamilton; Sir Knight ID.
}. RYAN, SIR KnightJ. F. Herb, Sir Knight
p. Dixon, Sir Knight N. c. Russell. Sir
knight J. A. g. Carson, Sir knight r. p.
Lowell. SIR Knight a. b. Collins, sir
knight r. :. Nell, Sir Knight NJ. a. Van
Geisen. Sir Knight H. P. Smart, Sir
Knight z. H. Ward, Sir Knight W. G.
Morrell. sir Knight Z. ;. Stanford.
The prize drill, in pursuance to the
order Of the Right Eminent Grand Com
mander VIM. B. Young, Of Augusta,
through Captain General Robert II. An
dersOn. officer of the day, commenced at
O'Clock in the afternoon, the order being
that the respective cOntesting command
cries should drill in the order Of the num-
Der Of their CommandeTy. This order called
the COur de Leon COmmandery of At
lanta to drill first, the Columbus Com
mandery second and Palestine Command
erv of Savannah third. Later in the day
the Atlanta COmmandery refused to drill
first and said that they wished
the Savannah Commandery to drill,
when they would follow. The
Savannah knights responded that there
was no precedent for violating the order
in which the Communicates should drill,
when Atlanta replied that Palestine Com
mandery drilled first in this city in 1882.
| The Savannah Knights were hosts on that
| occasion, and, by courtesy, waived their
right to drill last, and hence drilled first.
/ However. as the Knights OF the Atlanta
Commanderv insisted that the Savannah
/ Commandery should drill first at Al
l bany the latter waived their right
and drilled. The cOmmandery
went through the military and
Knights Templar drill and tactics in adj
/ mirable style and were frequently ap-
| plauded. The drill lasted thirty minutes.
! The Columbus Commandery was prepared
to enter the contest, but when their
| officers witnessed the superb drilling Of
/ the Savannah COmmandery, they decided
not to contend for the prize. The Cour de
! Leon COmmandery then took their place
| on the field and drilled for some minutes
| in the military and Knights Templar
/ tactics, and for the remainder of the
| time to complete the thirty minutes in
| number ST fancy evOlutions. This feature
| was admirable and was deservedly APP
| plauded by the spectators. But it appears
! that in the regular dTill-military and
! knights Templar-they were not, In the
! opinion of the three experienced judges,
| as proficient as the Palestine Command
! ers, hence the latter were speedily called
/ to attention and were awarded the prize.
| The COmmandery on Wednesday eXcelled
] even their best record. They have been
victorious In every contest save one, that
| in this city in 1882, when the prize was
| carried off by the COur de Leon Of Atlanta.