Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-09
INSTALLATION AND BANQUET
Commercial Council No. 7O1, Americs Legion of Honor. Held Last Night.

Commercial Council No. 7OI, American
 Legion of Honor, Held Last Night.
 The Commercial council No. 701, Ameri- can Legion of Honor, held the installation of officers and banquet at their lodge rooms in Elks' Hall last evening. The object of the Legion is as follows:
 oent society, and it's objects are to unite frater nally all white persons of good moral character membership of sound bodily health and between eighteen and fifty-ve years of age, and to give all also to establish benefit fund.- from which, on the satisfactory evidence of the order, who has com piled " tn all it's lawful requirements, sum from five hundred dollars to five thousand dollars shall be paid to the family. orphans or dependents, as
 Five thousand dollars is the highest amount paid by this order on the death of a member. This sum is to be paid on the death of every sixth degree member, and $4 900 on the death of every fifth dc gree member S3,oo0 @ on the death of every fourth degree member, $2 GOO on the death of every third degree member $1 900 the death of every second degree membe and $500 on the death of every first degree member.
 The order is not in the field as a rival to kindred m in e done and it claims to meet m special want-n the community ponent of fife insurance ~ associations, ] as ft reiterates the arguments which reveal the some sort of insurance All officers of % the order who have charge of funds are required to give suf duties, and these bonds may be increased from time to time as the numerical strength of the order of directors and the books of the supreme ane grand aud subordinate officers at all times committees. By its method of assessments benefits are pad within sixty days from the time official notice of leath is received. Being fraternal ganization with no stockholders and no one to be enriched thereby, there is little danger of an at tempt to defraud the family of a deceased member
 At the private meeting of the lodge the following named officers were installed: Commander, Henry L. Hill; vice command CT, John Z. Mason; orator, George w. Crane; past commander, J. H. Smith; secretary, w H. Thomas; collector, J. NJ. Bishop; treasur- CT, F. L. Manwaring; guide, Joseph E. White; warden, E. H. White; organist, Charles E. Granniss; sentry, F. D. Cobb; chaplain, S. H. Kirby.
 An open meeting was then held at which about seventy-fve guests were present. The address of welcome was made by Command CT Henry L. Hill, after which letters of re- gretRwere read from Governor H. B. Harris on, Mayor G. F. Holcomb, Supreme Dicta- tor Adam Warnook of Boston, Supreme Treasurer J. NJ. Quennell of Newark, N J., Supreme Commander Dr. J. H. Smith then gave a short historical address of the order during which he said: "The American Legion of Honor was organized December IS, 187S.w nine members and on December 31 of the same year
 
 creased to forty members. The first assess ment call was dated September 6, 1879, and realized $1,674.43. This call was in death number one, whe was admitted to the order August 1, 1879, and had paid one assessment of $1.32.
 ''The year 1882 closed with the order num- bering 47,297 members, and during the past year of 1885 our receipts in the ben eft fund were 1,9f1 ,s90 52. We paid out in benefits $1, ,935,- 900, and at the present time our assessment brings us in s1O7,O0O from membership at the present time of about 0,000.' Collector J. M. Bishop then gave statement of the work done in the New Haven lodge during the past year, after which the smembsrs sat dswn to banquet which was provided by Deibel, who showed excellent taste in his management. After the banquet short speeches were made by Past Commanders L. L. Morgan, s. D. Brown, L. B. Brown and Captain c. E. Rounds,