The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-27

timers were present. Tie Aauk OF Page
| Viii be conferred at the next convention.
work promises 70 be plentiful during the
coinlnH month. The SICK beueiit 4ssoci-
alon IS STEADILY increasing ia member
snip. This lodge, although the largest in
the county, has fewer sick brothers than
/ any OF the lodges in the district The
subject Of the Rmpli1ed work was
/ brought up. aud should il be
resumed i viii certainly be . grelt bene-
! nj TO the lodge. D. D. G. {. Berrzau was
present, and exemDlified the unWritten
! work. The district meeting will take
place on Thursday evening next IL the
Castle Hall OF this lodge. Ia good aad
welfare. remarks were made by r. Is.
1 Higgous, Lynch, Steup, PelIotn and G.
l. G. Donath. Brother William Prove,
who has lately returned from trip
abroad. was reinstated.
Hudson Lodge, No. 81, conferred the
rank OF Esquire on two pages at its COR
yention on Thursday evening. The work
was well rendered By G. c. Meakin.
Many old men8ers were present. At
the next convention the rang of KnigAt
viii be conferred on three candidates.
This lodge is steadily increasing / a menu
bersbip and good tlznbes is being added
The degree team Will confer the Knights
rank on Thursday with P. d. D. G. G.
Miller as @. q. In good and welfare the
lodge was entertained By p. C.'s Miller,
Adaaman and others.
HoboEen Lodge, No. 10G conferred the
rank Of Page at It's convention on Monday
evening. The lodge was entertained by
several of the brothers with interesting
stories OF the trip to Planted. Tne new
equipment has arrived aud Hobeken does
itself proud ia their new dress. The new
additions are Of the best. and H0boken
takes It's place as The best dressed lodge
in the county.
palisads Lodge. No 1873. held It's reg
len
The rank OF Page was conferred Oh ses-
eral candidates by G. O. Lang This
lodge is growing very rapidly and will
| soon number over one hundred lis
| officers are excellent in the work aad are
ambitious TO make their lodge tie ban-
ner one for work In the district The
lodge should meet once every week in
stead of the second and Fourth THURS
days. IL will be more prosperous Hhen
this change is made
Hancock Lodge No. ia held a pleasant
convention on Friday evening The ses
sion was devoted to good aud welfare.
Woodland Lodge No. held its regular
convention on Friday evening. A unin-
Der OF visitors were present and contrib
ufed to the social session. Am0ng them
were G. /. G. Ralph D3nata aud d. D. o.
G. AcDonough. Eleven candidates Tor
initiation next month IS the work for
Woodlands officers. and more 20 follow
Is the cry
From the latest reports from the heaa-
quarters Of Major General Carnahan. we
learn that the Uniform Rank of the
knights OF Pythias is the lar gesE uui-
dotmeu body IN the country. Il beIng
$500 strong. or 1900 more than the
United States army. Il IS divided into
divisions. brigades. regiments ana bat
talIors. and is under the safne degree Of
discipline as the regular army. This is
wonderful showing for a secret csganlza-
ticn. and IS due to great extent 70 the
efforts Of the Major General.
Orders for battalion drills for the First
Regiment. q. r., will shortly be issued
by Colonel x. II. Rhodes. The FIRST of
the series will be given in this city These
drills are long felt necessity, ami inter
Colonel Rhodes tuition viii be very
beneficial TO every division. Attention
should be paid to every position Of the
officers 10 these drills The first should
be held With captains in ccfufnand and
the second vita first fieutenanEs, as By
this plan every officer may become &c
quainted with mis- duties when in com
maud of his division. Too Tnaay Of thess
drills cannot be held aud preparatory
drills should be held in every division.
In the division the first half hour should
be devoted to the sword drill, and the
rest of the drill IN set up drill and COM
pRny movements. Particular care should
be given 10 the facings and dressings
lne ranks and strict attention given to
the captains explanations. Toe often 1t
Is the case that men in the ranks viii
keep up II continual conversation and the
instructors of the officers is thereby lost
This is bad practice and should not be
tolerated
Palestine Division will hold its regular
meeting tomorrow evening at the Ave
nue. House. Newark avenue This being
the regular business meeting of the d.
vision, every Sir knight Should be pres
eat and clothed in fatigue uniform.
Three strangers viii be kuighted, one
being from Rathbon Lodge and two
from Sherman Lodge. The Entertain-
ment COMMITTEES has selected Wednes
day. November "a. as the date for its re-
ception. 1t viii take place 1T Woods
Hall. The entertainment will take place
at Bergen Hall on October 16. A short
drill will be held ana business of ilapor-
tance VIII be brought before the division
IL is expected that the division will
parade at least one hundred Sir Knights
at the inspection the forming OF new
division VIII wake the Sir Knights mp
and keep them moving TO keep their posi-
ton as Inc banner division of the State
At the convention Of Grant Lodge on
Thursday. thirty-two members signed
the application for new division OF the
Uniformed Rank A Meeting will be
called on Thursday evening next. when
all arrangements FOR the early institution
Of the division will be made Ii Is pro-
posed to name the new division e s.
Grant No r. Sir Knight Forshay has
the.charter list in hand
The photograph of the First Regiment,
Z. X, taken at Plaindeld will be placed
on exhibition Al the gallery of ex-Adju-
tant Them in Newark. where copies can
be obtained.
Black Prince Division has received
from Black Prince Division of BROOKLYN
doll twenty-oue inches ia height, dressed
IN the full uniform OF a Knight, for the
doll exhibit al the fair, TO be given 0cto-
Der Z.
The question arises IN the First Regi-
ment, who viii be our next Majory II is
rumorea that Sir knight GasJage Steup
will De advanced TO thai position. 1t
would be good selection aud one that
would do credit 70 the Regiment
The effect of the slx-aoliRr rats OF iuitia-
ton is being very plainly seen by the
mem bers of the order who visit the
lodges in the district. Ia every lodge
where the lower rate is given. there is
plenty OF work and applications for men-
bership are plentiful, while the lodges
that are working the ten-dollar fee are
a. a standstilI or just holding their own.
This should not be; every lodge in The
State should work for $40 at least In
number of jurisdictions the rate is being
advanced instead Of lowered and some
action will lie required looking to the
advancement in this State.
AT the recent nesting Of the GRAD
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