Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-07
ANARMY OF KNIGHTS
Washington Crowded for the
 Triennial COnclave.
To-MoRRow's GRAND PARADE,
To be Reviewed by President Harrison and
 His Cabinet,

Over 3O,OOO Knights Tcn,plar Now at tho
 National Capital The Streets in Gala Att
 tire and the Decorations tho Richest
 Ever Seen in Washln.ton-Prosram
 for the Week.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-Knights Tenn plar from all sections of the Union arc here to-day to attend the twenty-fourth triennial conclavc of the Grand Encamp- ment of the order in the United States. The encampment will continue from to- day until the 18th inst, and promises to be one of the most successful ever hold.
 Although Washington people are ac- customed to seeing brilliant assem- blages, they will probably mover forget this week, for the Sir Knights, with their grand parade, drills, festivals ana mcrrymaking, will undoubtedly keep tho city in a trcnor Of pleasurable excite ment until they depart. According to all estimates nearly 30,000 members of the order arc expected to be present. Thoy will be under the supreme com mand of Most Eminent Grand MaSter General Charlos Roome of New York.
 The general aspect of the city lndl- catcs an occasion of unusual import ance Many streets arc i'll gala attire and the decorations used are probably tho richest ever seen here. Banners of welcome are stretched across the streets, while everywhere is seen the Maltese Cross
 For the past twcu,y-four hours every arriving train came laden with plumed Knights to attend the great conclave while the sound of music and the marching of hosts ill beautiful uniforms has enlivened the nlr and presented pleasing sights in the principal streets all through the day and late last night Scores Of communicates, many Of tho members accompanied by their wives, families and invited guests, havo al ready arrived, and arc safely and com fortably quartered at various hotels and boarding houses.
 Tho programme prepared for the Sir Knights during their stay in Washing ton is very elaborate. The arriving Knights to-day were received by the local communicates already here and escorted to their hotels This evening the local communicates, consisting oi Washington, Columbia, Potomac and DeMoloy, will treat the visitors to TO- captions in their respective hcadQuar- ters. These meeting places will be open day and night for the accom- oda- tion of visitors during the week.
 Tomorrow the entire encampmcnt will parade. This will undoubtedly be
  parade will take place in the forenoon and will be reviewed by President Har- | riscn and his Cabinet from a stand i'll front of the Executive Monsion upon | Pennsylvania avenue. The procession will be divided into twelve divisions under the supervision of Eminent Sir | Myron NJ. Parker. chief marshall He | will be assisted by Sir Knight Harrison Dingman, chief of staff, and 72 aids. ;,; hn nG nf l the Washington communicates, which will act as an escort to Most Eminent Grand Master General Charles Roome and his personal staff. The secoud l division will be composed of Rhode | Island and MasSach usett3 GOmman l deries, and then will follow tho third division, in which all the communicates l of this State will march. The different 1 communicates will parade in the order | of their numbers. This will make l Palestine Commandery the fifth in its l division.
 l Following these divisions will march 1 tho communicates of tho different l states in their own sections. There will be over two hundred and fifty com | manderies in line and as many more representatives of different lodges
 which were not able to attend in a body l Immediately after the dismissal 0, |
 passed the reviewing stand, the Knights and their ladies will go on an excursion down tho Potomac. In the evening
 nearly ono thousand whcelmen will pa
 rade with lanterns through the principa
 streets for the editication of the Knights | Wednesdays festivities will com
 mence at 10 o'clock at the basebal
 grounds, where there will be an exhibi
 tion drill by visiting communicates ant
 a drill corps composed of twenty-seveI
 boys in full Templars' uniform. These
 boys arc the children of doccasc(
 Knights, who arc being cared for by th'
 order at the Masonic Home in Louis
 ville. There will be several excursions
 in the afternoon, and in the evening thu
 Sir Knights and their ladies will pa,
 their respects to President Harrison
 Excursions out of the city and visit
 to its principal sights will keep thu
 visit busy Thursday morning. In th
 afternoon many of them will attend thu
 barbecue at the Washington Schuetze1 Verein Park. In the evening D recep
 tion will be given the visitors by Mrs
 John a Logan at Calumet Place. Wash
 ington Heights. General Logan was
 member of the CheNalier Rayard Com
 mandery of Chicago,
 Friday will be another visiting da,
 and will be wound up i'll tho evening b. l a banquet to the Grand Encampment O the United States at Willard's. Thi
 will be tho only event of the week i
 which the ladies who accompany tn
 visitors cannot participate. A goo l many nf the vi ci toru will noturr hnm