The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-27
ON TO WASHINGTON.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs, SUPREME
 EHCAMPMEST.

The biennial conclaye of Knights of Pythias. uniform rank. and the eighteenth session of the supreme lodge, will take place at Washington. August 27 to September 1. inclusive. md there is little doubt. from present indications. that 1t will far exceed any former gathering of the order.
 The uniform rank will go into rCamp George Washington" on the Monumental grounds on Monday. The street parade will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday. The column will pass in review of the president of the United States and his cabinet. the supreme chancellor and members of the supreme lodge, K. of P, and the gen. erals and officers of the United States army and navy.
 The Connecticut brigade. under com mand of Brigadier General F. o. Sha- Ter, will go to Washington on the spe- cial train leaving this city on Sunday next at 7:50 a. m., and will take up the various divisions en route. reaching Harlem River at Il o'clock. The train will be transferred by steamer to Jer- sey City and proceed to Washington by the Pennsylvania road, arriving In the evening. :. The Connecticut brigade Is composed of nineteen divisions of the uniform rank, divided into two regiments. The First regiment comprises nine divi- sions, and the Second regiment ten d. visions, located as follows:
 Sumner division. No. l. Hartford Captain Robert Hunter. Sheffield division. No. 2. New Haven. Captain L. F. Norton.
 Herman division. No. 3. New Haven. Captain John Nagle. a -
 Bridgeport division, No. f. Bridge port, Captain Thomas F. Smith.
 Hull division, No. 5. Bristol, Captain George J. Schubert. Union division, No. 6, Danbury. Cap tain G. c. Smith.
 S. M. Bacon division, No. 2. Middle town, Captain R. H. Kelsey.
 Gould division, No. g. Birmingham, Captain J. H. Sherwod.
 Scott division, No. 10, Naugatuck, Captain J. w. Rogers.
 E. F. Durand division, No. Il, Water bury, Captain w. L. Snow
 J. S. Stokes division, No. 12, Meriden. Captain J. S. Morrill,.
 B. F. Hosley division. No. 13. Bran ford, Captain H. Van Sands.
 Harmony division, No 14. Torrington, Captain William Westerman.
 A. H. Fenn division. No. 15, Winsted, Captain W. Hyde.
 Ivy division, No. 19, 'Wallingford, Captain Charles o. Norton.
 Quinnipiac division, No. 17, Plants vllle Captain A. M. Fowler.
 Hawkins division, No. IS, New Lon don, Captain Thomas H. Troland, ~. Charles A. Russell, division, No. g, Norwich, Captain George B. Hill.
 Waterbury division, No. 20, Water bury, Captain George Retigian.
 The brigade staff appointments are: Assistant general, Romaine A. Chap man of Middletown; assistant judge ad- vocate general Colonel R.-S. Davis, of Waterbury; assistant inspector gen. eral, Colonel George R. Tryon of Mer- iden; brigade engineer Colonel B. r. Hosley of Branford; assistant quarter master general, Colonel H. o. Case of Hartford; assistant commissary gen. eral, Colonel A. w. Budde of Middle town; assistant surgeon general. Col onel George s. Hull, M. D., of Bristol; brigade chaplain, the Rev. Major J. w. Ellsworth of Naugatuck; "aide-de- camp, with rank of major, Charles G. Agard of Torrington, Charles Woos- ter of Ansonia, l.. Won Grave of Wal lingford and c. l.. Chapelle of Water bury. r'
 . Competitive Drills. .....:
 The chief interest in the encampment centers in the competitive drills, and some excellent work in this direction is expected. The Connecticut brigade has one division entered TOT prize com petition, namely, Harmony division, No. IA, of Torrington, Captain William westeman, commanding. This divi- sion has won many prizes in past com petitive drills, having won first prize at the state encampment at -Danbury in 1893. The two divisions between which the closest competition is looked for are the Hastings division of Mich igan and Gerard division of Kansas City, the latter having won the first prize at the national encampment of 1892 at Kansas City. The prizes to be competed for are as follows:
 First prize-For proficiency in drill, $1,5O0, and to each member of the drill team sir knights jewel. ..
 Second prize-For proficiency in drill, $1.2O0.
 Third prize-For proficiency in. drill, $1,0OO. Fourth prize-For proficiency in drill, $500.
 Fifth prize-For proficiency in drill, $500. x. Sixth prize-For proficiency in drill, $500. / : Seventh prize-For proficiency in drill, s4O0.
 Eighth prize-For proficiency in drill, $500. 7 Ninth prize-For proficieucy in drill, $200.
 Tenth prize-For proficiency in drill, $100. >
 For division travelling the longest distance by shortest route to reach Washington City, $400.sB :, Battalion prize-For the best battal-