Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-27
THE ROYAL ARCH MAsONs.
Program for the Sessions Of the Gen.
eral Grand Chapter.

The convocation Of the General Grand Chap
| ter of the Royal Arch Masons, which begins in
| this city tomorrow, as announced in THE STAR,
will be in session three days. The first day will
De occupied by the reading of the address OF
| the general grand high priest the appointment
| of standing committees, the reading OF the re-
| ports of the general grand king. of the general
| grand secretary, of the general grand treasu-
| rer, and the report OF the committee on Gre
| dentials. On the second day will occur the
election of officers and the reception of reports
| from various committees. Business will then
begin and continue until the close of the ses-
| sion. The committees to be appointed are
| follows: On credentials, on reports of general
grand officers, on finance, on jurisprudence, on
charters aud dispensations, on grievances, on
correspondence, on ritual, and on memorials of
the dead.
The officers of the General Grand Chapter are
Mass, G. 6. H. p; Companion Noble b. Larner,
Washington, ID. c., Dep. q. g. ii. p; Companion
kng aS 1osesh
| leans, general grand scribe; Companion Reuben
C. Gle Lennon, Toledo Ohio. general grand treas
AZ. T., general grand secretary; Companion
Thos. McF. Patton, Portland. Oregon, general
grand captain of the host; Companion BENZ +.
Halter, Memphis, Tenn, general grand prin-
eipai sojonrneE Companion Roger w: Wool
S Snry: DenveT COLI general grand x; A; captain;
eral grand master third vain; Companion Lam
sing Burrows, Augusta. Ga. general grand
Do
Sumpter, Hot Springs, Ark, general grand
master first vail.
THE PROCESSION.
Tomorrow the procession will form at $50 a.
m. on street northwest, the right resting ON
18th street. facing south, in the following order
Mounted police; grand marshal and staff;
buglers; De Molay Mounted Commandery, No.
4. KIT, George a. Shehan, &c, Robert I. HES
general; full Marine band, Prof j. r sousa di-
rector; W ashington Commandery, No. 1, X. T..
w. G; Moore, +. c., John IL. Oicott generalissi-
mo, Henry h. Simpson, captain general; Column
lin, E c., jose II. isnasa, generalissimo, T. G.
derry, No. g., Mt, 4. b. jackson, generalissimo
Getting E. C., X. ". Darby. captain general; Sd
artillery andy band, VIM ihnenIeidt, leader; Grand
Chapter Royal Arch MasOns, District OF Column
bia, Geo. r. Corson, NJ. +. grand high priest.
AT 10 o'clock the procession will start, NOV
quarters of the q. r. A. Chapter, when the Gem
erai Grand Chapter, in carriages, will be re-
ceived with marching salute and will take
their place on the LETT OF the procession in car
riages two abreast. The route of march will
then be up 10Th street to X, to 18th street, to
Pennsylvania avenue, to the White House, to
10th street, To Pennsylvania avenue, to 10th
street, to L street, to 9th street, to F street.
The following delegates to the general grand
chapter have arrived at the Riggs house: $.
Bowen, NJ D., Boston; l.. n. GrenshOp, Denver,
Col; Ii. S. Orme, Nj. d. and daughter, OF Cali
). II. Albeon, of Wisconsin: q. IL. Bottom OF
Daniels, OF Wisconsin,; John y. Rowland, of
New Haven; A. and ". 4. Branch, ot South
Carolina; James X. Barr and wife, Miss Susie
Barrett; Mrs. J. II. Barrett, jr., aud Misses Bar
and George Nj. Matthews, both of Worcester,
Mass; j. a. Conway, West BroOkeville, Mass;
Z. II. COgswell, grand king, Cedar Rapids Iowa;
Graft NJ. AcklIn, Mrs. NJ. A. Acklin, and Mrs. j.
Stillweli, all OF Toledo, ONO; Daniel Striker,
Hastings, Mich; T.. X. Richardson, Crete, Neb.;
X. W. Woodbury., Denver, Col; James Meteor
son, rla A. T.. Biaksiee, Thomaston, Conn.,; b.
u. Wit and wife, Henderson, KY; s. ). Bean,
brook anu wife, deputy grand high priest, Ana
mosa, Iowa; Alfred +. Chapman. general grand
high priest, Boston. Mass; II. Z. Mcneil, grand
Little Rock, Ark; dwight NJ. Baldwin and wife,
Red Wing, Mimi; Benjamin f. HaIler, Mem
pills. Tenn.; I. McF. Patton, Salem, Oreg.; A. L.
Richardson, +. A. Hulion. James Downs, and
John Haigh, ali oil Boston, Mass.