The Critic and record., 1891-04-06

day afternoon and organized for the sum-
mer campaign The first meeting will be
held in the NJ. n. Church, corner Ninth
and $ streets northwest on the 10Th in-
stant. 4 subcommittee was appointed TO
procure Forest Hall in Georgetown for q
large mass meeting. The public meeting
last Sunday afternoon was largely at.
tended There we're delegations present
from nearly all the fifteen Rcchabite or
ganizations i'm the District The speakers
were High Secretary John X. Mahoney,
Grand Chief Ruler James G.. Lee and
Sister T.. \. Chambers
New York Grand Tent meets IN CanaiO-
harie one week from tomorrow. ENten-
sive arrangements have been made lOrthe
reception of delegates and visitors by the
local tent.
Ely otto. Deputy High Chief Ruler, de-
votes two columns of his paper the Sa-
vanuah Local, each week to the Rechabite
order. lie is an earnest advocate of the
order, Deputy High Chief Ruler 5. i.
Cole has offered a handsome Rechabite
pin to the member bingng the most mem-
bers into Georgia Tent by July l..
High Chief Ruler i. r. DeYoc promises
To work with renewed energy for the Or
der until the High Tent meets.
Naomi Tent, No. 3, has ordered one
hundred copies of its revised bylaws
printed for distribution among its mem-
bership.
Columbia Tent, No /. gives one mam.
ber the second degree tonight The COM
mission Of NJ. +. Martin as installing
officer was received and placed on the
minutes
Naomi Tent No. 3, has appointed a
committee to arrange for n box party
The committee on public temperance
meetings, composed of twenty-one mem
bcrs, will meet in Union Tent rooms on
the 10Th instant.
Grand Chief Ruler James G.. Lee has
gone TO West Virginia for months
work. lie is one of the most witty and
| forcible speakers i'm the temperance army.
| Great results are expected from this
| tour.
High Secretary John r. Mahoncy, who
| was forced to devote all his time i'm the
lodge-room by the cold weather driving
him ont of the open air last fall, will
soon pitch the temperance tent again and
commence his open-air warfare. II will
| probably he pitched in the northwest
st ction Of the city first. He expects to
cover nearly every section of the city be-
fore he is again driven into seclusion.
jeremiah Commandery, No. |, knights
of Rechab, is the first Military Uniformed
Rank ever organized in the ranks of the
temperance army. IL is intended that u
shall be an advance guard i'm all parades
as an advertisement.
They have adopted beautiful iniha-
ton ceremony, and tue tactics used in
drilling are similar TO those in the Regular
Army. The promoters of this new dcpar.
ture are confident that other sections of
the country will fall into line and make
this a prominent feature of the orgauiza-
ton. It is probable that the Junior
Rechabite Legion and the knights Of
Rechab will form a supreme body to di-
rect their movements in uniform man
ner
- TW CmTIc will devote special at
tention to the progress of the work OF the
Rechabites, this now prominent and pop
ular order, whose good Offices are 81
earnestly directed to promoting the wei.
fare of their fcllow-men.
The Rcchabites have many tents in this
city, Anacostia and Alexandria, and It's
membership is rapidly increasing as it,
beneficial influence is spreading.
Members of the order can rely with con
iidonce upon the columns of THE CRrrI,
aG'ording an ample and just exposition oi
| IFS ptprQtioug and work