Telegram-herald., 1889-10-06
on TO WASHINGTON.
Knights Tsmplar OF the United
States Gong 70 the CsplsxA
THEIR COsCLlyE 10 BEGIN MONDAY.
A Grand Parade - Hs Given % wsdAss-
az a. Which n Il rhsught frs-s
Is.a00 10 iSSe0 sar kntxhss wa
MGrch-dhs Orders RlstsEy.

EsIRIEs EoE EaE FKIzz DErLL
WAsHINGreN. oeL a-TAs kRigEts Tenn.
plar VII tGks possession of hGsbiT loE
Monday the occasion beng TIE JIlennisl
eOnclave II thai order A grand parade. in
n hioh II Is expected there Will be fTom
l2VQ 90 IS. 80 Uniforlned knights IN the.
ell bs one Of ths great features the
public display. aaa = competitive 0riu 10
which thres on1lcTs o. the taltsd states
army have teen detailed Gs judges VIII
be another The eity is being decorated
Ia the raosg elaborate aasnner ~lth rSgs
streameIs end b&nners. ana staads have
been erec "a on tbs puhlio reservations Tor
the GccOzn mod alton Vi spectators Penn
sylysnla avenue sill DC roped sioRg Tie
Toate OF Tie parade 10 prevent soy Ell
eIeaehment oT interference With lie pre-
ce ssion. whieh Is 70 be reviewed ey P4esi
dent HaTgis.n a. t.-s hlEs House.
os 10 wAsaiSOfoN
General AlbSTt OrdBEy. Commander of
the National Guard OF the district together
with Major George = Anderson and Lieu.
tenant IS II Randolph Il he army. have
baen appointed by Chairman Parker q
luGge Uhe competitive dril of the knights
Templar 10 be hel4 here on Wednesday
next
competitive exhibition drLl 10 lake place
Wednesday uart They are Louisville
C0mmau-ery No J and De Molay No. II o.
Louisville. by Kaper No OF IndiRnapo-
lis. Detroit SO. } Oi Michigan, tie Llt-s
Commandery OF the Masonic Home Louis
Vile. XIV Jackson Mich No g 81 Ber
nard No o. Chicago aud Zion no ] ot
Minneapolis
BRIEF HISTORY or THE KsEGHTHooD.
The Religious aud ltary Order of knlght
Templar dates bGeG 10 the crusadeS a.
though tho present system differs ent rely irOT
the objects q the Orgnal knights Tempiar,
stiil many. n not al, the ceremonies have
been retain ned The original order, which
for The protection from the Saracens o.
pilgrims ysl, ng the Holy City. was
founded by BALDWIN H., King OF Jeru
salem. IN the year llla From thin
date he order recllsns. therefore the present
Templar year is A o. ~. Hugues oe Payens
was the nrst Master or the order and 5 re
garded by many as the founder. Men beiOng
ing 10 the noblest families OF Europe became
members Of the order. and IN llss the Popes-
for the Roman Poati1 then recogn zed the
Knighss-issued rules and regulations pre-
pared expressly by ST. Bernard. foi
It's goverance. Despite prosecutions. the
o-cer has ex sted 10 the present
time. although IT'S ostensiole cblees
The Grand Master OF the order. which had Then
become aweRlthy, WIS martyred by Philip
Of France. and Pope Clement but before htf
death named his successor. Since that time
the LIST OF Grand Masters has rot been broken.
Under the protection of FreemaSonTy the
secrets Of the order have been preserved and
II is considered an honor to-day 70 hold mem
bershIp with the Knights Templar.
To become a member the candidate must be
Royal Arch Mason, although there is net q
vestige Of Freenasonry IN the ceremonies OF
the order. The omblems and banners show
that the knghthood is based on Christian.
ity, pure and simple, while Masonry
is non-sectsrian in ITS character.
The banner OF the order is white,
on which is dsplayed a red cross III
the motto, "In hoe sgno vinces'-in this
sign we conquer Among the jewels Is the
PaschalL,nb. The battle fag OF the order IS
black and white. Both full and fatigue dress
are worn by tn Knights. Full dress conss
OF black frock coat and pants, baldric,
sword, belt, ohapeau, gauntlets and shoulder.
straps. with appropriate trimmings. For
fatigue dress the same is worn, except that a
cap with red cross IN front takes tue place
Of The cAapeau, the baldre S dispensed with
and gloves are worn instead OF gaunuets.
So highly is the order esteemed that the
Prince OF Wales, Grand Master OF England.
founded few years ago the Grand Cross OF
the 1tE4pIt. 10 WHICH only OtaAO 4hHhActes VI
those Of equal rank. can be admitted TO mem
bership. Most Eminent John Q. A FeE
lows. o. Louis ana. while Grand Master Of the
United States. was adm tted thereto.
The estimated number OF enrolled me mbers
attached 10 the Religious and Military Order
OF knights OF Templsr." holding allegiance "a
the Grad EncGmpment OF the United States.
is about ,0DJ Added 10 these may be men
tioned fully one-third more OF In ghts erraut
those who have taken the vow OF the
order, but who are not now afnliated
with any cOmmandery. This would make
total Of about 10000 Knights in
this country alone 10 say nothing OF
those belong ng TO the various precep-
tories OF Great Britain and the Domin.
ION OF Canada. The exact figures o;
the enrolled membership IA the Un ted States
will be collatcd or the Grand Recorder OF the
Grand Encampm-nt and presented 10 that
body in al ono al repOri during the sess On
The followiaC may be taken as a rough esu
mate OF th- Kn ghts in the nerent iurisdie
tions represented IN the grand conclsye OF
the present trIennis year:
Alabama 25o; Arkansas. 800; California
| $500; Colorado, 750. Connccticut 1870. Ds
| kota, 900. Geosga 400 III uois, 6.5D0. Indiana
$500; Iowa, $500. Kansas, 400. Kentucky
! 300: Lousann, 900; Maine. 1900; Marylsu
30. Massachusetts and Rhode Island ZOO
Mich gsn. 400. Minnesota, ]. go. sslssirpi
=
i.l0). New Hampshire, 1880, New jersey
LOO, New York 800, North Carolina, 90
Ohio Coo; Oregon. so. Pennsylvsnia. 1900.
Tennessee, 80. Texas. 1000; Vermont 100
Virginia 90; Washington Territory. 90
West Virginia. 500; Wisoons'n, 20 o. wy
oning. 700: chartered by Grand EncsmpneBt
including District Of Columbia. 2e00
The above euumeraied X ghfs are snroii>'
IN about 20 subordinate comnsncsrieS. III
three principal Of each becoming ne moefs o
tie state Grand COMMANDERS. and fofmini
the body from VA ch ths four principal or
Gers are selected 70 act as representative
IN the Grand Encampme1t az already de
scrfbed IN what constitutes that authority an
sovereign equalization TIE names o. the Stat
or Grand Conmapderies thus represented ar
detailed in tue foregoing lst % eBumerstef
Knights sa5 ther local powers az
exercised therein. without restriction p
TIE higher body. Esch rennisl sess on - ih'
Grand Trca - pu1ent elects the ofhcsrs Who a.
70 serve durlno the following th-se Eears. az
who scias such during the succeeding session
Gobbung tre ST Issts Elevators.
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