Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-10
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Complete transportation facilities have
been provided for the knights Templar
Of California to visit st. Louis at the
great Triennial Conclave. This great
movement Of delegates across the mount.
aims aud p-airies will be conducted in a
knightly yle that would have aston
ished the knights of olden times. The
committee on transportation have sent
abroad the following circular of instruc.
tions, that will be Of interest to all Sir
Knights In the State:
1.-THE Grand Commander having ex-
pressed his desire to that effect, it Is ex-
pecied that all Communicates who are
going to make the pilgrimage to st.
Louis, will 20 together, acting as escort
to the Grand Commandery OF California.
With this obi ct in view, this committee
has been ordered to form the California
Battalion in special tans to leave on
the Nth inst aud proceed to st, Louis
direct, via Central Pacific Railway to
Ogden, Union Pacific Railway, via
Cheyenne and Denver to Kansas CITY.
and Missouri Pacific Railway to st.
Louis. The number Of Pullman sleep.
ing coaches already spoken for warrants
us in forming the train in three sections,
and will be known as Templar Specials
No. /, No. 2 and No. 3.
Templar Special No. | will leave
Oakland ferry landing, foot of Market
street, San Francisco. at IL O'Clock A.
NJ. passing through Sacramento at 3
o'clock p. NJ. Oakland Commandery No.
| Ii, and Golden Gate Commandery No.
| 10, together with the First Infantry, N.
G.. C. Band, will occupy this train. Sir
Knight l. p. Allen Is detailed to take
charge Of this section.
Templar Special No. 2 will form at
Sacramento, SO as to leave that city at
A o'clock P. NJ, about one hour behind
No. l.. Sacramento Commandery No. 2,
Naval Commandery No. 10, Stockton
Commandery No. s, San Jose Comman-
derry No. IL, WatsonyilIe Commandery
| No. %, and all Communicates stationed
in the northern part of this State, will
occupy this train. Eminent Commander
w. B. Miller, of Sacramento, is detailed
to take charge of this section.
Templar Special No. 3 will leave Oak
land Ferry landing foot of Market
street, San Francisco, at l:30 O'Clock
?. NJ, passing Sacramento at $50
o'clock P. NJ. California Commandery
No, !, C@ur de Lion Commandery No.
| 8, Santa Rosa Commandcry No. IA, Mt.
Olivet Commandery No 20, and all Com
manderies stationed in the Southern
part OF the State, and the Grand Com
mandery, together with the Second Ar
tillery, N. g. C. Band will occupy this
train. Sir Knight II. B. Smith, Jr., is
detailed to take charge Of this Section.
Any of the Communicates not emu
merated can join either one of the sec
tions, if the trains are not too heavy to
be handled easily, in which case they
will be attached to the regular train
which leaves San Francisco at 3P. NJ.
The regular train will pass all the
specials at or near Kansas City, SO that
thess cars can Join the others at that
place.
Templar special No. will take Ne
vada Commandery on board at Colfax,
or will attach the car or cars if they
should have sufficient to fill one or more
cars.
Templar specials No. 2 and No. 8 will
take all Sir Knights and families at the
various points in the State of Nevada
and Utah.
Should any section contain any more
than ten sleeping coaches, fourth Sec
ton will probably be formed.
We will all rendezvous at some con.
venient place between Kansas City and
St. Louis, and go into St. Louis togeth
err, arriving there Sunday morning, the
10th, between 8 o'clock and II o'clock.
Any Commandery in the interior of
the State will be furnished one or more
sleeping coaches when sufficient num-
Der are going to fill the same. Each
sleeper contains II sections or "a berths.
and will cost SIG each berth from San
francisco to St. Louis. As time is get
ting short, it will be well to telegraph
either the Chairman or the Secretary of
this committee ii sleepers are wanted.
All Sir knights starting from San
Francisco on either section will make ap-
plication for, reserve and secure their
sleeping car accommodations as early as
possible, through Sir Knight H. B.
Smith, jr., No. sos Market street, under
Grand Hotel.