Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-04
BOSTON KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Dc sIoIay Commandery Observe the Tenth
Anniversary of Their Richmond visit.

The following from the Boston Morning
.Eo,np1l will be read with interest by the
knights Templar OF Richmond:
The Sir Knights Of De Molay commandery OF
Knights Tomplar soon after the return irom
their second visit 10 Richmond, Va, In May, 1881
greatly appreciating the princely manner in
which they and the ladies accompanying them
had been received and entertained, passed the
following resolution which was subsequently
iucorpOrated I'm the bylaws OF the comuendery'
.,That hereaft0 or the 26th day of May, the day on
which the grand banquet was given in Rich
mond. va, be observed by De Molay Command
erS as an anniversary III CONTAMINATION vi Jul
late visit tu that city"
AZ The concIsve hold ut Masonic Temple We'd
nesday evening the tenth anniversary OF thls
event was celebrated In fitting manner, agree
abIe moi only 20 the Sir Knights Of De Molay. but
the guests Of the evening as wen. Among the
latter was Right Eminent Sir John r. SanDorh'
grand commander; Eminent sirs NllIlaH II. H.
Soule grand generalissimo; Charles r. flerCtti
GRAND sword-bearer; and Right Eminont Sir
James Swords past grand commander OF the
Grand Commandery OF Massachusetts ana hhole
Island Sir and Rev. George {. Lorllner, OF ApOnO
Commaudery of Chicago, Ill, ana blhlheht nlr
Edwin Wright past commander OF Boston Coih-
mandery. -. : ,,io,,, rr,t
nent Sir w. f. Chester, the commander, pre-
sidinc--and the business and work concluded IN
timc To move 20 the Banquet Hall at O'Clock,
where the proceedings In Observance OF the an
niyersary were instituted. Here two hundred
the enjoyment OF a sumpluOuS "te"" PioP"i'N
by Sir Knight Seller. -.
The feast OF reason which followed was intro
dnced by Eminent Commander chester, VINO
made an address tull OF renlnisepCes vi @ !uo
visits which had been exchanged between the
Sir KNIGHTS Of De Molay and OF Richmond ana
the warm friendships which existed between
them. ,-. et yuiu,a,, port
man. the only living active charter member 0t OF
ne Wolay Commandery; Sir and Rev george u
Iorimer; Right Eminent sir John II sanDoth, mo- u
Grand commander Of Massachusetts anu hnodo
Island Eminent Sir Edwin Wright, past COM
mander of Boston Commandery, and Right Emf
nant Sir James Swords, past grand commander
- tho Grand COmmandery each OF whom spoke
eloouently and were heartily appiauded.
Sir George Il. Wright, captain-general OF inc
commandery in 1881, read an interesting paper,
Saying as a topic the unwritten history oil tho
nilgrimage 70 Richmond In that year:
Tho memory Of the late Eminent olr anu heV'
yobn w Dadmun, who was an active participant
In the pilgrimage the gatnerihg ccieOia'ou' "o'
appropriately remembered. ,..,,u,,,,,, ,,roo,,ro,
Ntfelegrams expressing the knlghtIy greeunss
of the Sir Knights OF De Molay Colnmanp1ietty pit,t
,"era sent 10 both tho commanderies 10 htSh-
nond Va.-yiz: Richmond Commandefy, no
. nd the Commandery OF So. Andrew, NO. 10,
~ which the following replies we're receNeu anu
read: ,aorv ocknowIedees with
r,sasnre and pride the knightly greeting Oh De
MoIay. and cordially reciprocates the senuuents
of friendship therein expressed. o,,orp
VI - g. a. TAYLOR, Eminent Commander.
ast. Andrew accepts knightly greetings ana %.
assures you that the fraternai ues otnu a,as and
Andrew 20 De Molay are dear 70 each ha'oi "Nu
will strengthen as time rolls on. ,.-p
"i'- l. +. CHRISTIAN, Eminent ComInaInael. Il,,s.
A, intervals during the evening sirs Ihouss a.
r Johnson, f. T. Weber, d. A: COOK anu Ac so,oc ~
pvder OF the Temple Quartette, renuefed soine ~.
t,.s nieasina music, and when the nour loI ~,
,ns,nS arrived the Sir Knights arose ana !oineu
On sinsing Aud Lang Syne," thequartetteleao'