Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-06
THE TEMPLAR ARMY.
Further Arrangements for the Great
Gathering Next Month.

Il
| Gathering Next Month.
DETAILS OF THE BIO PARADE sErrLxD-rH1 LINE
| OF MARCH AND ORDER OF FoRxATIoS-Ex-
HrBrTIoN DRILLS By DIFFERENT COMMAND
| MISREPRESENTATION STANDS
| Mr.. Harrison Dingman, the secretary Of the
Knights Templsr triennial committee, has to
answer half dozen questions at once nowadays,
besides looking over an enormous mail and
keeping couple Of type writer's at work. Rep
resentatives of Communicates in other cities
are constantly calling for information, chair
men of subcommittee come around to
talk things over, boarding house keepers
| who want to register rooms with the COM
mittee, come singly or in squads, and alto
gether they give to the headquarters Of the
committee in the Atlantic building an ami
mated air. Next week Secretary Dingman will
be relieved of some Of the myriad responsible
ties that have settled around his desk, for Mr..
Myron NJ. Parker, chairman of the committee
will go down to the Atlantic building aud give
his whole time to the business of tho commit
tee, occupying a room there and dspatc hing
business at his usual lightning speed. Mr..
Parker has been i'll with a severe cold for some
days, but has nearly recovered.
THE ROUTE OF THE PARADE
All Of the details of the grand parade on the
9th, in which over 1900 uni formed knights
will be in line, have been settled, and now all
that has to be done when new commandery
reports is to assign it to division. The
general arrangement of the line was
nounced in yesterdays STAR. Chief Mar
sbal Parker has had q map prepared show
ing the route, the rendezvous of each
division and the manner In which the
line will be formed. The first division forming
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ment will form at Masonic temple, march by F
street to the Ebbitt, where they will receive
the members Of the Grand encampment, and
then proceeding to 18th street, will turn south
to Pennsylvania avenue, thence to the peace
monument and around the Capitol grounds
by way of LIST street and South b.
The other eleven divisions forming the main
body of the parade will form about the Capitol
IN the streets leading out upon B streets south
and north and LIST street east The second and
south of b street south, the fourth
on LIST street east south Of b street;
the fifth on b street east Of 1st, the sixth
on East Capitol, the seventh on I'd street south
of East Capitol. the eighth on A street north,
the ninth on Maryland avenue, the tenth on B
street north, east of LIST, the eleventh on LIST
street north of B, and the twelfth on North
Capitol street. The first division
when, it reaches the Capitol will go
completely around the huge square
Capitol grounds, going up the hill on the south
side and coming down on the north. AS it
passes the streets named the various divisions,
as they are uncovered, will march
out and take their places in line. From
the Capitol the line of march will be
like that followed by the inaugural parade 1t
VIII go westwardly by way OF Pennsylvania
avenue, 18th street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue. to Washington circle, pass around
the circle and go east by way of X street to
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to be erected near the corner Of 10th. The
line will be dispersed at Mt. Vernon square, all
except the first division or immediate escort of
the Grand encampment, which will march with
that body down 10th to F and thence to Ma
sonic temple, where the Grand encampment
viii hold its sessions.
STANDS ON THE RESERVATIONS.
Chairman Parker had called on the Secretary
of War this morning and asked that permission
be given to erect observation stands on
public reservations along the route of
the parade. Mr.. Parker thought
today that there was little doubt that the privi-
lege asked would be granted. The secretary
requested Mr.. Parker to make the application
formally in writing, aud this Mr.. Parker will
do. Mr.. Parker stated to the secretary that
no damage would be done to the
reservations, and that the stands will
be removed as soon as the parade is dismissed
Mr.. Parker says that the Templars coming from
by ladies, and it is especially to give these vis-
tors opportunity to see the parade that the
stands are desired.
THE EXHIBITION DRILL
to take place at the base ball grounds on We'd
nesday, the 9Th, will be an attractive feature of
the week. The Communicates that have al
ready arranged to drill are Detroit COM
mandery, No. /; De Molay commandery, No.
II. OF Louisville; Jackson, No. 8, of Jackson,
MIph narHN No of II
vile, No. l. Raper commandery of Indianapo-
lis; Monroe, No. II, of Rochester and Zion, No.
2, of Minneapolis. The drill battalion of BOYS
from the home supported by Templars in Lou
isyille will also give an exhibition. The boys
Will be the guests while here of the triennial
committee, who will pay all expenses.
RECEPTIONS.
1t is expected that the President will give a
reception to the visiting Knights Templar
during their stay here. This reception will
probably be on the night of Wednesday. the
9Th. As announced III the summary of the
program published in The STAR a reception
will be given to the visitors one evening by
Mrs. Gen. Logan at Calumet place. Gen.
Logan was jealous knight Templar and an
active member Of Chevalier Bayard command
cry of Chicago.
DECORATIONS.
The members of the triennial committee
will make an effort to have the buildings of the
city, and especially those along the line Of
march, decorated in honor Of the great throng
OF Templar visitors. They will have the Allan
tic building on street, the headquarters Of
the committee, tastefully and richly decorated
with flags and appropriate devices. Masonic
temple and the Ebbitt house, which will
be the headquarters of the grand master of
Templars will also be adorned with an abund-
ance OF bunting. Members of the committee
stated to a STAR reporter to-day that they
hoped citizens generally would aid them by
decorating their houses. 1t is hoped to have
general decoration along the line of march
such as was seen inauguration day.
A Church Improvement.
The Zion Lutheran church, corner 9Th and