Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-24
THE ODD FELLOWS. ANyIyERsARY.
Program of the Celebration Next Mon.
day.

| THE PROCESSION AND EXERCISES AT MOUNT
VERNON CHURCH-A SKETCH OF THE UNI
| FORM RANK IN THIS CITY.
| The sixty-seventh anniversary of tho intro
duction of Odd Fellowship in this country will
be observed on Monday by the order through
| out the country. In this District there will be
| in the afternoon procession of the order and
| interesting exercises at Mount Vernon Place
church 10Th and X streets), and at night the
patriarchs will have an entertainment and
| banquet at Masonic Temple
Mr.. James X. Watts will be the marshal of
! the procession, which will form on street.
o'clock. The battalion of patriarchs militant
will head the line, followed by the lodges and
the grand lodge and the encampment. The
route Will be along street to Sd, to PennSyl-
vania avenue, to 18th, to X, to 10th. to Mass
achusetts avenue to the church. The exercises
| here Will open with voluntary, organ, by Prof.
| A. b. Kelley; music, The Heavens are Telling,
| by the choir under the leadership of Chas. NJ.
Connell; Invocation, Grand Chaplain f. A.
sitter; solo, Miss Laura Bangs. Anniversary
services Prayer, grand chaplain solo, Mr.. j. p.
smith; address Hon John FL. Oberly, p. g. NJ,
am; an y; H. OF limos: music, chorus, Hallelu-
Immediately after the close of the service the
| procession will reform and proceed down 9th
street to p, thence along E to 7th, and down
All past elective officers of grand lodge will
accompany the grand lodge
All past elective officers of the grand encamp-
ment Will accompany the grand encampment.
THE ENCAMPMENT BRANCH.
The encampment branch OF Odd Fellowship
| includes what is known as the patriarchal de-
grees and was made a distinctive bra nch of the
| order about 1927, when Mr.. Wildey, the father
OF the order in the United States and his asso-
ciates organized Jerusalem Encampment No
l, OF Patrlarchs, in the city of Baltimore and
this encampment is still in existence. This
order itself was then about eight years old in
that city, and this branch was established there
m iu0p fna
was not however, till 1884 that it was estab.
s mhse by On ne ssns "
Gettys, George NJ. Davis, Robert Boyd, w. ii.
Mauro Thomas Steele, Joseph Burrows and w.
L. Bailey Tor charter for an encampment here
TO be known as Columbia, No. 1, and it was
issued iS besides those named above the follow
Beardsley, J. w. Hodgson, John T. Walker,
Patrick Crowley, L.. \. Gobright, John r.
Clements, Rein Beck, William Young. VIII
1t was instituted during the.session of the grand
lodge of the United States in the hall over
streets, January 9th, 1884. For several wears
the encampment met in the hall. September
9TH, $40, it moved to the chamber ofthe board
OF common council, now the old Circuit Court
room of the Court House. In the meantime not
withstanding the prejudices occasioned by the
antl-Masonic movement the encalnpment had
prospered by the lessons learned in the lodge
degrees, inducing the membership to advance
further, and as the consequence many OF the
rms branch not having reached AleXandria the
late Hugh Latham, of that city, walked up from
Alexandria to OBTAIN his degrees in December,
1859 IL seems strange now TO read that in Au-
gust, 1914, the encampment accepted an invi-
tatiOn to visit lodge OF Odd Fellows at Bladens-
burg, but at that time so popular was the order
1t was believed that nearly one-third of the
population between the ages of p and 10 were
members OF it. and its influence was felt in the
surrounding country. This encampment had
then on its rolls Walter Lenox, William Il. Ma
gruder and NJ. g. Emery, all of whom We're
a mayors OF Washington. Capt w.
w. Moore and James Getty, the former the
author OF the royal purple degree and tor
many years a leading member or the councils
OF the District, both of whom served several
terms as representatives to the grand lodge,
and were also grand sires of the order.
Some years afterwards Marley Encampment,
No. 4 was instituted in Alexandria, which city
was then IN the District of Columbia.
Mount Pisgah Encampment No. g. in
stltuteo Octooer /, 1851 and located in George
Jones. W. B. Magruder, John w. Byram, f. A.
Lutz, ". Knowles, Nicholas Funk, Thos. s.
Frey, X. E. Booth and H. NJ Hurdle.
Next came Magenenu, No. 4, organized in
East Washington, which is still in existence
1t has borne on its rolls numbers OF the leading
citizens of the District.
Ridgely Encampment, No. 5, was instituted
October ., 1916, in the old first ward and after
wards moved to West Washington. 2. q. Car
rico, VIM. Vermillion, VIM. II. Topping, John
John j. Frey, Frederick ID. Stuart, Samuel f.
Douglass, w. IL. COLLISION. Charles Calvert and
"A. II. Locke were the charter members. 1t be-
came 0efunct a few years ago.
Mt. ,NebO Encampment had it's origin in q
meeting held at the store OF Charles Pasco, on
7th street, December 81, 1916. The following
James NJ. Towers, Elijah Ednonston, w b.
Bald Bal an;} H. John NJ Black George Whit
Itfofilas Howard, +. b. Lord, jr., John Thorn,
George Corcoran and John I. Towers. They,
tine name Mt Nebo, No 6, and January So
lS4! the encampment was formally instituted
by NJ. W. Grand Patriarch VIM. Towers, the
z: Whiting, high priest; w. NJ. Perry, SCRIBE j.
M. Black, treasurer; J. NJ. Towers, senior
Though the youngest OF this branch, save one,
and having had its share of adversely, low
finances, &c, Mt. Nebo is probably the most
hourisning of any in the District and numeri-
District.
Frederick D. Stuart Encampment, No. Z, was
organized shortly after the death of that gen
tleman, about six years ago principally by
some who had held membership in Ridgeley
ana some OF the younger men OF the order.
Quite an impetus has been given this branch
or the order within a few months by the estab-
lishment of the degree of Patriarchs Militant
by the Grand Lodge OF the United States. This
was the conception OF Hon. John G. Underwood
ex-governor OF Kentucky, who is the iieuten-
ant general of this branch, and already to
Marcn 31st there have been 2S9 cantons or
companies formed, embracing 9,429 cheyaiierS
and others are forming. There have been ad-
mitted TO the degree here 81, and the four can
tons here are in battalion organization. with
the following officers John T. Cnauncey major:
T. w. Fowler, adjutant: Jas. IL. Richards quar-.
terInaster; Aaron Baldwin, assistant surgeon
and w. j. Redstrake, chaplain. The canton
officers are: Captains w. T. Galliher Joseph
burroughs, j. A. Shackleiord and z. w Hardin:
Lieutenamts I. Waiter Fowler, w. II. Richards
Walter Allen and Z. w. Smiles and Ensiyns f.
1. Pettingi!l, j. Nj. krous. w. ID. Lynham and
w. Champion. This battalion here supersedes
the old battalion OF Uniformed Patriarchs and
bids fair TO become u popular one, with the
younger members of the order especially.
The Coming Material for Statuary.
To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
While providing by law for monuments in
Washington it will be well to allow the use of
some other material than marble and bronze
In sculpture. BY far the greater part of the in
Vulnerable bronze statues OF classical ages have
been melted in consequence of the value of
their metal. Marble statues have been burned
into lime for building purposes. Bronze sculp.
ture has been melted down To make weapons
coins and domestic utensils. 1t is now Known
that by the addition OF less than half of one per
cent OF aluminium, lately greatly reduced in
cost by the CowieS electric smelling furnace at
Cleveland, the melting heat OF steel is greatly
reduced, and its 1luidity SO Increased that q per
feet cast has been made from ordinary curry
comb used as the pattern. II this holds on q
great scale, Then steel is the metal for great
public statues. Its hardness and toughness
would prevent 1t from breakage by accident or
design; It's high melting point would make it
unsuitable for the melting pot; it can be pro-
tected from rust or decay by the Bower, Bartf
ana otner processes, among which is electric
n off,