Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-17
THE COMING CONCLAvE.
Communicates Arranging to Come to
Washington-TempIa Notes.

The corresponding secretary Of the triennial
committee has received a late report from Wash
ington Commandery, No. /, of Hartford, Conn.,
They are going to bring to the conclave seven
ty-fve knights, fifteen ladies and O band of
twenty-one pieces, and will locate at 14O5 H
street northwest. Under the head of remarks
the recorder of this commandery says: "Our
eommandery was organized July, 1876, and its
written records exist from June 9, 1901, to the
present time. We claim to be the oldest exist
ing commandery in the country, and the only
one that every received a charter from Eng
land"
Information has also been received from the
eminent commander of South Carolina Com
mandery, No. /, Charleston. 5. c., to the effect
that they expect to come in force. and asking
for full information. They claim also to be the
Oldest commandery of knights Templar in the
country. dated from 1850.
In this connection it may be well to state
that the oldest grand commandery in the
United States is that of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, organized May 6, 1906, and that
more than the usual interest is being mani
Tested throughout their entire jurisdiction in
the coming cOnclave. They have so far made
arrangements to bring 22 Communicates, with
a total number of about 500 sir knights the
large majority of which will leave Boston Sat-
urday afternoon. October 8. arriving in Wash
lngtOn SUNDAY evening ABOUT o CLOCK.
The Hon. III. Libbey was III the city few
days ago, from Fort Monroe. and left orders
for the location of Hampton Commandery,
No. II.
Malta Commandery, No. 81, Binghamton,
New York. and Tancred, No. Is, Moberly. No.,
have written to see if quarters could be secured
The first expects to bring seventy-five and the
latter about sixty
On Thursday last Sir Knights E. II. Milham,
ii. Z. Hope, A. W. Dunn, and John Jaeger, of
ST. Paul, Mimi, left for home in high glee: Sir
Knight Allison Nailor, jr., having succeeded in
securing quarters for their commandery (Da-
mascus, No. ~ at the Glenmore. SIG and SIS
18th street northwest. On Wednesday evening
these sir knights visited Washington Comman-
derry. No. l. of this city. and witnessed the con-
ferring of the order of the Red Cross on seven
candidates They were much pleased with their
treatment by the fraters OF No. l, and threaten
to make it lively for any member of Washing
ton Commandery that may wander out in the
neighborhOod of st. Paul.
Communicates throughout the country of
late years have been in the habit Of selecting
some prominent Masonic day in the year and
on that day attending divine service in o BODY
In this District Washington Commandery has
for many years selected Ascension Day, Column
bia and DE Molay have agreed upon Good Fri
day. and last year. for the first time, Potomac
Commandery selected ST. Johns Day on which
thus publicly to march to some church and
listen to an appropriate sermon. This year
Washington, Columbia. and De MOlay have
already been out for this purpose, and on Sun
day, the 23d instant (this being the nearest
Sunday to st. Johns Day., Potomac Com
mandcry will attend Divine service at st. An
drew's church, corner OF 18th and Corcoran
streets, at p. m. Washington Commandery,
having accepted the invitation OF Potomac,
will assemble at their asylum, and, preceded by
the District Militia band, will march to George
town and tender Potomac an escort to the
church named. At the conclusion of the SER
mandery to the temple, 9th and + streets, and
then return to Georgetown.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The executive committee. in charge of the
arrangements for the triennial conclave, to be
held in this city next October, met at their
headquarters in the Atlantic building Saturday
evening. The corresponding secretary, Mr.
Harrison bingham, said that quarters had
already been secured for $50 Communicates,
many of whose members would be ACCOMPANIED
by their families, and some of the best bands
OF music In the country would also be in at
tendance. The indications are that the street
parade will be participated in by from eighteen
to twenty thousand Knights Templar.
a statement submitted showing that
Communicates would be present in force from
the following states: California, four: Massa-
chusetts, twenty-three; Michigan, seven: Illi-
nois, thirty-five; Indiana, six; Connecticut.
Jersey, seven; New York, eighteen; Ohio,
eighteen; Pennsylvania. twenty-one, and yir-
GINA, five. In addition headquarters have
been secured for twenty-four grand command
cries and seven or eight others are negotiating
with the secretary.