Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-13

SUPREME CHANCELLOR W. W. ELACkWELL- land and the dignitarics of the order. The parade of the uniform rank has all ways been a popular feature of biennial encampmentS, and this year efforts have been made to surpass all previous dis plays ill numbers and splendor. Several divisions are mounted, and all are hand somely uniformed and carefully drilled. They will be commanded by Major Gen eral Carnahan, commander in chief of the uniform rank.
 The camp of the visiting Knights will be pitched on the Monument grounds, where more than 5000 tents will be erected The camp is so planned as not to approach nearer than 100 yards to the monument, and tho avenues are ar ranged like the spokes of a wheel. with the shaft for hub. This city of white tents will be one of the largest as well as tho most beautiful ever pitched in Washington.
 The accommodations in the city will be ample. During the Grand Army en- campmcnt in 1892 20, 900 houses regis tered for boardcrs, and indications arc that there will bc no lack now, more than 10, 900 already having made appli-
  These houses are scattered all over tho city, so that visitors can get any kind of accommodation in any locality they de- sire by stating their wants as to price and situation. The prices indicated by the registry range from Sl. 90 to S3 per day, and the hotels have guaranteed the committee against any rise in prices. | The competitive prize drills. for which prizes aggregating between $7,- Uo0 and SS. 900 have been offered, will take place in the National Baseball park, and an admission fee will be charged. Rivalry between divisons from diffcrcnct sections of the country Is keen, and the drills will bc sharply contested. The first prize of s1. 500 is sufficient to inducc tho crack organizations to enter tho fold. The other prizes are $l. goo. sl. GOO and $500 respectively. Besides thce-o there will bc other prizes for sin glo division drills of $6OO, $500, 500, s3O0, S2OO and sl00, and a prize of $500 for tho best mounted division.
 Tho supreme lodgo will moot in Builders Exchange hall and will Do pre- sidod over by Suprumo Chancellor W. W. Blackwell, the head of the order. He WAS elected by exclamation at the convention in Kansns City in 1892. Mir. Blackwell Is prominent merchant ir Henderson, Ky. whorc he was born in lS49. His record in the order Is ono of Its most brilliant chapters. and the work he has performed justly entities him to tho wnrmCst praise of tho membership at large. The present supreme vice chancellor, Mir. Walter B. Richie, will probably bo elected to succeed MT. Blackwell
 Among the various questions to bC considered by the supreme lodge will bC the matter of the Pythian Sisters and the Pythian Sisturhood, the latter Sc ceders from the parent order. They botf desire to be adopted as an auxiliary. The Pythian Sisters. which is the larger. comprises 4l6 temples. with q member ship of 25, 900.
 The order of Knights of Pythias wa organized in Washington Feb. l6, 1864. and the original ritual was written hy MT. J. Fl. Rashbone From O beginning of five members the order has grown tt comprise 6, 900 subordinate lodges, witt nearly 500. 900 active adhcrents, ovel l.20o divisions of tho uniform rank with 50, 900 uniformed followers anC abous 1. 800 sections of the endowment rank. carrying over S70. coo, 900 insur ance.
 The motto of the Knights of Pythial is Friendship. charity and benevo lenoo, while that described on the ban ner of the Pythian Sisters is Purity love. equality and fidelity"