St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-30
KNIGHTS on PARADE.
There Will Be $4,000 of Them in
Line.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The twenty
fourth triennial eonclave of the Knights
Templar of the Jurisdiction of the United
States will begin in this city one week
from tomorrow. The whole week will
be round of festivity. The grand en-
campment will hold sessions each day,
at which business of special interest to
members of the fraternity will be trans
acted. In the parade it is estimated that
there will be 22,0O0 men in line, or
more Knights Templar than have ever
heretofore marched i'll procession on one
occasion, and exceeding by $4,000 the
number in line at the last triennial con-
clave at st. Louis. The cOmmanderleS
come from all parts of the United States,
and every state and territory will be
represented either by its grand COM
les. Although not in this Jurisdiction,
several Canadian preceptorieS las sub
ordinate bodies are denominated in
Canada) will be in line. Fully 250 cities
will have separate bodies in line. The
states having the largest representation
will be Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
which comprise one jurisdiction; New
York. Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois and
Michigan, there being no less than
twenty-seven subordinate commander
les from Ohio alone, tWenty-nine from
Illinois and twenty-eight from PennSyl-
vania. The parade will be reviewed by
President Harrison. who will occupy a
stand erected in front of the White
house. Another stand will be erected
for the grand master of the encamp-
ment, Charles RoOme. of New York,
who will also review the Knights. The
oh ,-g.f. i,snl S,F In Ia hn
MyrOn NJ. Parker. of this city. with
Harrison Dingman as chief of staff.
There will be twelve divisions. The
first division will be commanded by
Col. William &. Moore, of this city,
and will be headed by the local COM
manderieS. The officers and delegates
TO the grand encampment will follow
in carriages with detachment of Occur
de Lion COmmandery No. %, of New
York city, as a special escort to the
most eminent grand master. Nicholas
Van Slick will command the Second
division, comprising Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island communicates: Austin Z.
Wood, the Third. composed of New
York Communicates: J. L. Beck, the
Fourth, made up of knights from Vir-
ginia, Delaware, Vermont. New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut; Henry Perkins,
the Ohio, Kentucky and main paraders,
who will form the Fifth diviS-
ion; Terrence c. Nipple, the 22S
communicates from Pennsylvania,
who will take up the whole
of the Sixth division, Ducan I. Bacon
the seventh division comprising Sir
Knights from Indiana, Texas and Mich
igan; Norman L. Gassette, the eighth
division, Illinois Templars; Samuel
Hopkins Wagner, Division No. 9, in
Guiding California, Tennessee. Wiscon-
sin and New Jersey communicates; A.
q. Howard, the tenth division, having
Knights from South Carolina, Georgia,
Missouri, Alabama. Mississippi and
Louisiana; Walter Ii. Sanborn,
Communicates from Minnesota.
Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska.
Arkansas, West Virginia. Colorado and
North Carolina, and w. ID. Stiles the
la st, or twelfth division, in which the
Canadian precept0ries and command
cries from Dakota. Montana. Washing
ton and Wyoming will march. Many
state headquarters will be established
during the conclave. The Ohio Knights
have secured the armOry of the Wash
ingtOn Light infantry, and the Indiana
Templars that of the National rifles.
State headquarters will be handsomely
decorated, and the armOTy in which the
Indiana Knights will be will represent
a tented field.