, 1888-09-19
A REGIM ENT.
The First Regiment K. of P.
Organized Yesterday.
The Session of the Grand
Lodge at Carbon.
Reports of Officers, Election
and Speeches.
Special Dispatch to the Leader.

Special Dispatch to the Leader.
CARBON, Wyo., Sept. lS.-The Grand
Lodge of Wyoming, Knights of Pythias,
convened in its fifth annual session at the
castle hall of Carbon Lodge No. 5, K. of
T. this morning, Grand Chancellor G. G.
Randall of Carbon presiding.
After devoting a good bit of the day to
the formalities of organization, such as
calling roll Of committees. filling vacancies
and passing upon credentials of members
and such matters necessaryin order to get
a body like this into shape for the work
OF the session, the several officers of the
year presented their reports to the grand
lodge. The supreme representatives, w.
E. Chaplin of Laramie and DR.. NJ. C.
Barkwell of Cheyenne, in attendance upon
the session of the supreme lodge, held at
Cincinnati last spring, presented an ex-
tended report Of the work OF that session
as it came under their observation and
affected the interests OF this Jurisdiction,
but most of the points OF general interest
were presented to the readers of The
LEADER through the telegraphic reports
of the supreme session.
The report of Grand Chancellor G.. G.
Randall Of Carbon, covering the year of
his service and the record of his official
acts during recess, his rulings and decis-
ions, passed over considerable ground but
presented little of general interest, aside
from those directly interested in lodge
work.
From the statistics presented by grand
keeper of records and seal, Frank H.
Clark, 1t is learnedthat there has been no
increase in the number of subordinate
lodges in the territory during the past
year, the number remaining at seen, To-
Gated at Cheyenne, Laramie, Carbon,
Rawlins, Rock Springs, Evanston and
Buffalo. The total number of members
in good standing in the jurisdiction June
30, 1888, the date of the last lodge e.
ports, was AS. There are seven past
grand chancellors in the territory and
eighty'four past 'chancellors, making
up the membership of the grand
lodge. The total receipts of the
seven lodges from all sources
during the year was &c. 400. %, and the
total assets of the lodges foot up the sum
Of $ll, 346.5l. The amount paid for re-
let during the year was nearly a thousand
dollars, and 1920 was paid for burial of
members. Cheyenne Lodge No. , is still
the banner lodge as to membership, with
lis active members in good Standing:
Damon Lodge No. 3 of Laramie. is next,
with an active membership of ITO.
There have been six deaths recorded of
members of this jurisdiction during the
past year, three from Cheyenne Lodge
10. ,, two from Damon Lodge No. 3, of
Laramie, and one from Buffalo Lodge
No. I, of Buffalo, viz: Past Chancellor
Charles 2. Justus, formerly of Cheyenne,
who died November 6, 1887; Knight
John Eames, who died in California,
September 5, 1887. and Knight Phillip
ii. Waterman, who died in New York,
January 3, of this year, both members OF
Cheyenne Lodge; Knights William
Bachman and Edward L.. Harper, both
Of Damon Lodge. of Laramie, who died
respectively on September 90, 1887, and
March ., 1888, and Joseph w. Reeves,
of Buffalo Lodge, who was accidentally
killed by a stray bullet at Alhambra,
Montana, on the 24th of July last.
Representatives of the various divis-
ions Of the uniform rank throughout the
Jurisdiction are also convened here for the
purpose of perfecting a regimental organ
ization. Maj. Gen. Carnahan, the head
of this department of the order, was
present in person at the meeting Of the
organization, and was also in attendance
upon the session of the grand lodge.
The reGimental organization was perfected
to-day by the selection of the following
reglmental officers:
Lieutenant colonel, H. Z. Christmas,
Evanston; major, Frank II. Clark, Chey-
enne: surgeon, +. S. Murray, Rock
Springs; chaplain, Rev. Allan Judd,
Evanston.