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Robert d. Peck, sword bearer; William 2.
Elliot, warder; ]. Harris Aussina. nrst guard;
Xavier B. Ringier, second guard; John Il.
Mentally, third guard; Horace G. Hanna, SEN
tinel
Among the Philadelphia COMMANDERS none
made better showing than Kensington, under
knights marched today. The officers Of this
organization are rs follow: Matthias 6eddinger,
em. commander; W. B. Eendering, n D., gen
eralissimo; Robert z. Lynch, captain general;
8. @. Frsley, PEG, treasurer; VIM. u. Neis-
ser, recorder; Chaa Halliburton, PEG, pref
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known ~ the black uniform, nothing white but
the silver trimmings and . triangular apron
with skull and cross bones. It was commanded
by John I. Crazy. eminent commander; ID. NJ.
Lester. generslissmo; A. d. Smith. captain
general; Costello Lippist prelate; Charles w.
Gale. senior warden; A. 8. Comstock. junior
warden; Charles E. Dyer, treasurer; b. W.Hyde,
recorder; W. H. Hovey. standard bearer; J. @.
Averill. sword bearer; J. H. George, warder;
C. L. Hsrwood. third guard; r. s. Bartlett sec
ond guard; II. E. Fisher, first guard; Owen
Gardner ssntinai
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Cache commandery.
No. a., Connsaut, Ohio,
had sixty men in line.
Among the workers who
made the pilgrimage to
this city Is Sir Knight
Josiah Fuller, now some
eighty years Of age. who
has joined in all the pill
grimages of the COM
mandery and was the
only member who went
to San Francisco. The
officers are: Sirs G. H
Simonds, eminent COM
mander; G.. w. Rath-
bun, generalissimo; j. F.
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eral; Jacob C. Hon, treasurer; Henry A. tyson,
recorder; Chas. s. Buckley, Rev. Thos. c. Bill
heimer, GuA A. Schlecter, prelates; BENZ. Y.
Shearer, senior warden; John B. Renninger.
junior warden; Daniel J. Hendel, warder; Jos
B. Day, Geo. G. Wilson, Thos. Bricker, cap
tains Of guard; Lewis Dauth, sword bearer;
Ferdinand 8. Ritter, John G. Schealer, Geo. W.
Wertz, standard bearers; Cyrus ]. Butler, SEN
tineL
There were not great many knights in line
under the banner Of Dieu lie Vent command
cry, No. A. Of Wilkesbarre, Pa, but they did
excellent work on the march. The officers at
present are: Robert Z. Laycock, eminent COM
mander; Stephen B. Vaughn. generalissimo;
Alanson B. Tyrrell, captain general; George Il.
Flanagan, treasurer; Alexander Lendrum, re-
corder.
The Hospitaller commandery, No. "a, then
followed with fifty members In ranks wearing q
uniform In strict accordance with that adopted
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came presenting . dne
appearance. This IL Q
new lodge. having only
been organized in 1885.
It 10 under strict disci-
plins, the regular tenn
plar uniform being re-
quired Of each member
without exception. 1t
was commanded BY:
Eminent commander, L.
w. Day; generslissimo,
Frank Wright; captain
general, E. J. Cutler /;
probate, J. @. Cannon;
senior warden, A. B.
Hamblston; junior war
den, George Presley, jr. A;
treasurer. c. T. Has
brook; recorder, Y. 4. E.
Dustin: standard bear
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drawn from life and is distinctive and non-con-
yentional The other banner was q gift from
the lady friends OF Ksdosh. and was presented
70 the commandery in ST Georges hail. Phiia-
delphia, on the evening of January IS, 1855
with appropriate ceremonies. This grand
standard is made OF Geneva black silk velvet
aud is 4Sx6S inches in size. II Is tripartite
shaped. On the front Is embroidered in gold
colored silk "Kadosh commzndery. No. 29. X.
T., Penna." In the center of the banner 10 an
embroidered full-length figure OF Godfrey de
Bouillon distinguished ~ knight lemplar and
the first king of Jerusalem in the year 1859
This warrior OF the temple IL represented
clothed in FULL suit Of steel chain armor, white
tunic, over which xsppears q mantle OF royal
purple, and he il crowned with Q helmet. In
his hands is long two-edged sword, upon
which he rests in q graceful attitude.
There were half a hundred sir knights in to-
DAYS parade under the banner Of Baldwin III
eommandery of Wiliiamsport, Pa. They we're
headed by the Fish military band and the fol-
lowing officers: John p. Suess, eminent COM
mander; I. =. Clark, generalissimo; c. +. Else,
captain general; VIM. y. Logan, treasurer; VIM.
X. Prior, recorder; F. II. Keller. prelate, Dan1
b. Else, assistant prelate; John X. Hays, senior
warden; VIM. T. Corson. junior warden; Vim.
r. Dean, warder; James Dianhart, standard
bearer; ID. r. Forseman. sword bearer; CASH
mer Schiesley eentinel
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home from the conclave Just in time to cele-
brate its twentieth anniversary. II was COM
manded MS follows: George c. Johnston, Z. c.
Stephen II. Reynolds g.; William r. Heckert,
c. g.; William Criswell, treasurer; James T..
Porter, recorder.
Mary commandery. No. SO, Of Philadelphia.
made magnificent show today, marching fully
strong under beautiful banner. The officers
are: Eminent commander, Arthur Muth; gen.
eralissimo. Chas. w. Packer; captain general,
VIM. A. Witherup. The commsndery is quar-
tered at the Riggs house. Accompanying them
are Passed Eminent Commanders Jno. II. Dye,
Ezra Bartlett and VIM. F. Miller.
Knapp commandery, No. 40. Of Ridgway, Pa.
had forty men in line, wearing the Pennsylva-
mia regulation uniform. The officers are as
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: credltable representation

A small. but highly CT
Of the Shawnee com
mandery came ext.
This comm0ndery was
only organized In No
vember, 1885. yet has
grown suf1ciently to
make a fine display in
the parade. The c. m
manding officers were as
follows: f. H. johns,
EN- nrDt commander; G.
+. DOME. xenerallssmo;
Vim. G.. Rensseler. cap
tain general; l.. I. Fur
mas, senior warden; NJ
Hughes, jr., junior war;
den: r. o. woods,
recorder; ]. o. Ohler,
preiate; G. W. Myers.
standard krarpr. 1 w
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icus W. yoycs. N. Kerper, Collins Black.
mer. J. G. Tyler. VIM. Herman. T. A. Address,
n. q. Lancaster. j. T. Merrill, Wn. J. Atweil,
Brandon Lewis VIM. l. Ellis, J. o. Russell and
Mortimer lowering.
Among the Communicates from Indiana, the
commandery from South Bend created consid-
cradle attention They had twenty sir knights
in line. Its members wear the regulation uni
form and q beaussant Aag 10 carried
Its present officers are - follows: Sirs John
w. Hutchinson. eminent commander; Abraham
B. France, generalissimo; John Borough, cap
tain general; Samuel 7. Appleests, Prelste;
Irving A Sibley, senior warden; Il Il Fisher,
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Or, Edm. Hitchins; sword bearer, @. II. Eich-
horn; warder, G. H. Presley.
Some forty sir knights represented the Salem
commandsry, No. a, Of salem. Ohio. They
wore the regular knight Templsr regalia
a.. eaTp.Sa Sy s sns en1o u G0mmanos me;
nent commander; J. L. Truesdals, general
issimo; Thos. ]. Walton, captain general;
Chas g. Snyder, prelate; W. @. Bently, senior
warden; h. L. Snyder, junior warden; James
bearer: Will n. Crumrine, warder.
THE baby commandery Of Ohio" - Sidney
commandery, No. 46, OF Sidney, Ohio, 10 known,
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F.Gaiiey, WIG. Gibson. WIN. Graham. A. Harbi.
son. A. l.. Hawkins g. q. Hayes S Hazlett, v
Q: Hickman, W. Hughes. jr.. d. 8. Kemp, W. c.
King, T. Morrison, J. McClain NJ l.. A. Nc
Cracker. f. p McCutcheon, J. w. Mcdowell.
W. A. Mckay. J. K. Mcmillan d. H. Pew w p
Redic. J. W. Rothwell. J. Rumbaugh. H. W. Sea-
man, F. SDodgrass. G. A Spindler, L. p Streator.
w. P. Taylor, E. vankirk, F. Whlttlesey, j. s.
Williamson, NJ. Wolf, T. r. Yates
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I Fo.ssll eminent GSsa
w. Burkhart, gen.
eralissimo; Geo. d.
Msull, captain gen.
eral; Frank CARR
CUES, treasurer; Al
phonzo @. Ireland,
re Q order. Nearly
100 knights were In
line. The command
cry possesses tw o
beautiful banners,
one presented by the
then eminent COM
mander Agustus r.
Hall. This banner
10 Q work Of art II
bears upon its field
q Christian knight;
mis- erect carriage
and easy pose show
the hand Of the real
artist. The paint
ing, which 10 on silk,
ain. The figure was
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m ended by Right En-.
Sir Henry Perkins,
grand commander Of
Ohio, who had az his
staff the following: EN-.
Sir Chas. H. Fish, as
sistant marshal. EN-.
Sir Martin J. Houck,
chief Of staff. Aides-de-
camp-Em. Sir Henry
p. Mcintosh, EN-. Sir
Jno. P. McCune, En-.
Sir Chas. E. sheldon,
En-. Sir Jas. d. Lewis,
sir Samuel H.Stone,
En-. Sir A. G. Schlot-
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EN-. CON HARRINGTON. following: Sirs Fred
K. Harrington. eminent commander; John H
Fogg. generalissmO Judson B. Dunbar zap
tain general; Francis E. Chase. prelate; Warren
P. Chase. treasurer; James A. Martin, recorder;
Martin 4. DILLINGHAM;, senior warden James E.
Mulnix. junior warden; Aug H. Prince stand
ard bearer; William N. Howe, sword bearer;
Ermon ID. Eastman. warder Ira 8. Locke. third
guard; d. w. Hespltine, second guard; Fred G..
Mitchell, nrst guard.
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ers. The officers COM
mandtng were as fol-
lows: Eminent COM
mander. seph A.
Weaver; goneralissimo,
Morris L. Kaufman;
captain general. Geo. T.
Hersh; treasurer, Chas.
h. Rube; recorder, Aug.
F. Shick, p. c.; trus-
tees. Jas. 3. Roeder, P.
c., VIM. F. Schlechter,
P. e., John @. FoeIker;
prelates. John H. Birch
all, PC, Jas. B. Roeder,
P. c.; senior warden,
VIM. r. Henninger; ju-
uinp uarAnu Milfnn "
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DeMolsy com m a n d.
cry, No. Q, Of Tim, Ohio.
came next, marching
with much spirit and
military precision. It
furnished hfty members
In line who were COM
handed by Chas, E.
Davis. E. c.; Thos. ].
West, Gen.; John A.
SpelIman, G. Gen.; VIM.
Gallup, prelste; Geo. R.
Huss, s.. W.: VIM. H.
! Burkhalter, J. w.; J. F.
Aarquardt. treasurer; A.
A. Cunningham. record
er; John Balmef, st.
bearer; Henry F. Fiege,
Sw. bearer; N. II. Brun-
dage, warder; Mark F.
Halderman, sentinel;
Benz. G. Atkins, nrst
guard: Philip Scheib.
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"oioN 'ieitaNi "
in line. They were
commanded by Geo.
A. Carsten, eminent
commander. W | { h
David S. Kemp a.
generaiissimo. T n q
roster of the COM
mandery IL "a follows:
J. w. Aud. .. Bag
lin. G.. Best, T. F.
Birch. G. T. Braden.
w. c. Eryson. F.
Campbell. q. A Cars
ten. J. F. Cooper, f
NJ. Crouch. I. Cush-
ing. w. Denny. W. II.
Devore. B. A. Emery,
H. d. EnOch. II. J. A.
Finley w p FRYER T.
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w ltlneT, warner.
Then came the noted
Hanselman command
erv. No. l6. OF Iincin-
natl. with one hundred
members In line. attract
ing attention all along
the line for its fine
marching. as also for
being the commandery
of which the late Prest-
dent James A. Garfield
az an honorary MEM
'er. Many prominent
'ltizens Of Cincinnati
md Ohio are ON It's ros-
Ter. 1t was commanded
BY En-. Sir O. l.. Perrin.
e m IN pnt commander:
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SEVENTH DIVISION.

Right Eminent Sir Duncan T. Bacon. grand
commander OF Indiana, commanded the sew
enth division. comprising knights from Indiana,
Texas and Michigan. His STAFF was composed
follows:
Il. En-. Sir Henry C. Adams. chief Of staff.
Autobiography SIR VIM. Ii. Smythe,
En-. Sir Edward Gilbert. En-. Sir Edward I.
Parker. In. Sir X. b. Mcknight. SIR L. ID. Craig
The division was formed ~ follows:
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u
mandery, No. 8, Of Read
ing. Pa, in the parade.
Since its organization in
1854, this commandery
has been represented at
all Of the trionnial con-
claves. They marched
to the music Of the
Liberty band Of Read
ing.
The present officers
are: George r. Hagen
man. . m | n e n t COM
mander; H. A. Maurer,
generalissimo; Chas. G..
Wilson. captain gen.
ersl; Henry d. Bren-
eiser, past commander,
treasurer; Albert r. Hoo
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by Tue Grand COMMAND
cry Of Pennsylvania in
1888. and was headed by
the Glen Rock band OF
twenty pieces. 1t was
officered by Edward d.
Trump, IT,, eminent
commander; John No
BILE, ge neralissimo
Franklin n. Ross. cap
tain general; John
schuyler, jr., treasurer;
John T. Beardsley. re-
corder; Rev. Charles 8.
Wood, prelate; George
A. Brown. senior war
den; John r. Brown,
junior warden; A. Dent
Smith. standard bearer.
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The following were the oAoen In oo1-
mand: Harry c. Morrison. eminent commander;
Charles A. Ross. gensralissimo; Everett
E. Stroup. captain general; John A. Young.
prelate; Frank ID. Blanchard. senior warden;
Thomas A. Swain. junior warden; Isaac X. VIII
son. treasurer; william Hacker. recorder; James
s. Bergen, standard bearer; VIM. z. Blakeley,
sword bearer; Alfred Clark, vArder; James c.
Bennett, sentinel.
Toe fne appearance of Lafayette commandsry,
No. 8. OF Lafayette. Ind, In the line-marching
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line. headed BY . band Of Is D

N 25 pieces. This COM
mandery enjoys q rep
utati0n not alone Ia the
state but throughout
the United States. and
10 the largest CON-
mandery In Ohio. It
was commanded BY
Sirs W. 1. Robbins, b.
c.; A. 8. HOuk. gener-
alis.imo; J. W. Wander
wrrf. Capt. Gen; Z. r.
FELTON,. prelate; A. B.
Foster. Sen. warden; H.
|E. Morrison. Jun. war
'den; +. A. Morse. treas
:urer; J. H. Aspirin. re-
.corder; D. ". Johns,
standard bearer; w. "A.
a
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Grand commsndery,
Indiana: Raper COM
mandery. No. |. Indian
.spolis; Baldwin COM
lmandery, No. 2. Shell
.byvllle; Lafayette COM
mandery, No. 3. LRfay-
cite; Fort Wayne COM
mandery, No. 4, Fort
Wayne; New Albany
commanaery, No. s,
New Albany; Knights
.town eommsndery, No.
3, Knightstown; South
Bend commandery, No.
10. South Bend; CO.
iumbus commandery,
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Conn. having been or
ganized in 1896. They
wore the regulation
black uniform, with
chapssu, baldric and
the triangular apron
with skull and cross
bonea II had eighty
men in line and made a
fine impression II was
commanded by Isaiah
Baker. r.. eminentcom-
mander; Rial s. Peck,
gsnerslissimo; Charles
g. Davidson, captain
general; Rev. James
6toddard, prelate; II. b.
Philbrick. senior war
dan. u I>rov Mood
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dents Ut Washington fee
proud oftheir states rep
resentstive sir knights.
IL WAS under the CON-
mand Of Mortimer Lev
ering, eminent com.
mander; r. B. Hart. geo.
erallssimo; John J. JOEL,
captain general; J. o.
r ussell. record er.
Among those who have
held the ONCE OF emil
neut commander are:
Henry G. Lawrence,
George Gardner. Harvey
q. Hazelrig, Lawrence
B. Stockton. R.C. smith.
2 W pn.a Wm MAJ
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are: Samuel ID. Craw- EN-. COM, CRAWFORD.
lord, eminent commander; b. Frank Devices,
generalissimo; W. Henry sutton. captain gen.
eral; William Stahler, treasurer; 1haddeus S.
Adle, recorder. Among their members have
been many men OF note such as Mai. Gen.
Hancock and ex-Gov. John f. Hartranft
Headed by the Third Ar,ilIary hand ~ tbis
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Then came Baldwin

Then came Baldwin
commandery, No. 2, of
SheIbyville, Ind. the
second lodge organized
In that state, mastering
80 men In line.
The style OF uniform
worn by this command
cry was very nearly that
adopted and promul-
gated by the Grand en-
campment in 1862. The
distinctive banner which
the commandsry carried
was the grand standard
Of the order q prescribed
by the Grand snoaDp-
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with thirty equipped
knights with the ceIe-
brated 0glesby band OF
twenty pieces.
They have many promi-
nent men OF Chester In
their ranks. The officers
are "a follows: Theo-
dore w. Stone. eminent
commander: Robert p.
Mercer. ND, generals
simo; William B. Broom:
all. captain general
Nathan Sharpless. acting
recorder; William Tay.
Tor. treasurer; Jacob NJ.
St0ever. Isaac Crowther
MD, Jonathan L. For
wood MD, prelates:
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One hundred knights and the Grand Army
band OF thirty-two pieces marched in the
parade under the banner OF Hollywood com
mandery. No. 80, Of Cleveland Ohio under the
command Of W. Z. Rlcksecker. eminent COM
mandsr; j. A Mathews, geueralissiuno: J. Fl.
Peck. captain general About TWENTY-FIVE
knights Of the Akron commandery of Akron.
Ohio, marched with Holyrood.
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sword bearer. Frank VI. Bartenis; warder,
Charles J. Craig; guards-third, John n. Ste.
vens; second, Frank P. Lentz; first, Clinton H.
Fuller.
Kadosh commandery, No. 29,made Ans show
ing, and carried two banners which attracted
much attention. The officers are: VIM. Adey
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liza ICS uldtiOu unllOf u
follows: Frank C. Ely,
eminent commander;
John NJ. Schram, gen.
eralisslmo; Will s. Hor-
ten. captain general; By
ron +. Ely, treasurer
VIM. C. Healy, recorder;
A. Swentz Ross. senior
warden; Ed. c. Powell,
junior warden; VIM. G.
Healy, prelate; Thalais
Wingfield, stan d ar d
bearer; Geo. R. Wood
ward, sword bearer;
Geo. c. Kane. warder;
.JObp A Ross Frank D
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T. JOHNS. No. 4. the
Amous cOmmandery of
ailadrlphia, had one
aadred and fifty
nights In line. The
commandery made an
unusually attractive ap-
pearance, its members
wearing the full-dress
uniform, consisting Of
hlark frnck cnat hlook
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the Grand encsmpment OF England, Tbs claim
IL made for the Washington commandery, No. 1.
which paraded to-day.
The present officers Of the Graad command
err are: X. E. Sir Charles B. Ware. grand CON-
mander; v. E. Sir Fred L. Spencer. deputy
grand commander; E. Sir Ira L. Gardiner grand
generalissimo; E. Sir Costello Lippitt. grand
captain general: z. Sir Christian Swartz, grand
prelate; E. Sir James B. WiIdmAn. grand sen or
warden; E. Sir G. Hrrrick Wilson. grand junior
warden; Z. Sir william r Highly. grand treas
urer; E Sir Joseph K Wheeler. grand recorder;
T. Sir Hugh Stirling. grand standard bearer; T.
Sir LYMAN II johnson. grand sword bearer; f.
Sir Charles James Fox. grand warder; E. Sir
Samuel NJ Bronson. grand sentinel
Then followed the oldest body Of knights
Tempiar existing in the United States, the
Washington commandery, No. /, Of Hartford.
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Grand commandery Of
Pennsylvania and the
banner 10 one OF the
handsomest in the state.
IL was presented by the
lady friends OF the COM
mandery and cost nearly
800. 1t is black silk
velvet, with gold bullion
and lace trimmings.
The commandery has
b cen represented at
almost all the past trien-
NAL conclaves. and never
fails TO attend all the
state conclaves.
The present officers
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seventy-fve knights.
The officers ar g:
Cortland L. KEENAN,,
eminent com m a nder;
Henry l.. KEENAN,. gem
eraiisslmo; W. Howard
Peters, captain general;
Oliver W. Williams. pre-
late; Henry L. Smith.
senior warden: Sam
uei Moore. junior war;
den; Ethan A. Pray.
treasurer; Henry s.
Mitchell. recorder; A.
L. Osborn, standard
bearer; II. Il. Peck. =.
sword bearer: Lewis
johnson. warder; j. ID.
Wilt, eentinel.
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city came one of Penn
sylvania's most noted
communicates, Allie
gheny commandery,
No. IS, of Allegheny.
Pa, with 100 sir knights
In line. II became known
the world over by its
famous Crusade" of
1871. when it made with
fortv-one members a
pilgrimage to Europe.
and again in 1878 made
a second pilgrimage. 1t
was chartered October
- rOaa - IN -.
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sirs John A. vanderslice. Ph9nixville, Pa.
standard bearer; Samuel 8. Yohe. Easton
Pa, sword bearer: Daniel B. Else. Williams
port. Pa, wsrder; Harry D. Chapman. Lock
Haven. Pa. captain Of the guard; Edward b.
Spencer, Philadelphia. Pa. marshal; Joseph
H. Foster, Philadelphia, Pa. herald.
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anniversary there are
seventeen grand COM
manderies from as many
states represented on
each side. The banner
is 32x54 inches. On one
side is formed for Q GEN.
terpiece the badge Of
the commandery, on the
other side . Maltese
cross, with its eight
points. all in n e g d | Q
swork. The officers of the
Fcommandery are: Sam
'uel B. Keppel, eminent
commander; J. VIM. Jost,
generalissimo; Adam II.
Schmehl, captain gen.
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DINING next was "The
Little Commanderv," as
It Is fondly termed,
composed of thirty bows
from theMasunic home in
Louisville, y.lheywere
the pets Of the dav. The
following boys paraded:
Gao uanru Sham Ioa
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The Ohio delegation
was well sustained in ap-
pearance of NJ lami COM
mandery. No. %, Of Le-
bsnOn, Ohio. Tn g
style Of uniform was
the same a. that worn by
oil regular command
cries In the state OF Ohio.
and consists Of black
coat and trousers. black
cfapeau with white
ostrich plume. sword,
belt and bafdrick. The
banner was composed OF
white silk with Z blood
red passion cross In the
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C. NJ Foster. warder; John Johnston
standard bearer, W. r. frisbie. sword bearer;
Orland smith commissary; X Basseff. senti-
Randall. II is composed OF prosperous-looking
business and professional men.
Columbian commandery, No. 4. OF Norwich,
Conn, beaded by band of twenty five pieces,
oaAs Q splendid display. They wore what u
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able attention by their
splendid appearance
and barring. Their uni
form was the standard
adopted by the Grand
cam pm ent and
termed the white uni
form. They carried the
standard Templar BAN
ner.
The officers command
ing ere:Sam'I NJ Knox,
eminent commander;
william II Cook. gene
rallssimo; Enoch Moore.
captain general: J. Paul
Lukens, NJ. D., senior
warden; L. b. Jervis.
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IittsDulR command
ery, No. l. with LIS
men In rank. pre-
sented q fine appear
ance and rejected
great credit upon ito
home city. 1t is not
only one Of the large
but one OF the old
Communicates, hav-
ing cen insti-
tuted in ls47. The style
OF its uniform was the
Pennsylvania regula-
ton with black buttons.
The officers are: Jas.
s. Mexican, eminent
commander; James B.
Youngson, general
issimo; David r. Tor
renee, captain general !;
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+ THE 100 members, so sir
knights Of the Mount Oh
vet commsndery, No. s, Of
Erie. Pa, made an attract
i've display as they marched
in line, though compare
lively a young command
cry, having received q
charter only eleven years
ago. 1t was Offered by Z.
Sir III W D.wltt eminant
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carrying . beautiful
banner of silk 60 by
81 inches. The top
half is black, the foot
one half white, bearing
on one 81 de the name OF
the Gran d commandery
and the date, June ID,
1876, VII en- the organi-
sation was begun, and
also the date, July 10.
1850. Below this legend
II the depletion Of a
mountain with a pas
sion cross in the corner
above it, from which