The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-29

Albert n. White as chief of staff, accom-.
panied by 13 aides and commanderles Oh
Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Communicates of the grand commahG
ery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island,
composed the third division. Eminent or
William Walker, grand general OF the
grand commandery of Massachusetts anu
Rhode Island, VS. chief of this division
with Eminent Sir Henry A. Pierce as
chief of staff with nine aides.
Eminent Sir Walter Cutting. grand
captain general of the grand commandery
of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, was
chief of the fourth division. Eminent
Sir William Wilcox acted as chief OF
staff and five sir knights were his aides.
Twenty Communicates of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island composed the mann
part of this division.
New York. Virginia and Vermont were
represented in the fifth division. Eml-
nent Sir Arthur Macarthur, grand cap.
tain general of the grand commandery OF
New York. rode at the head as chief
Eminent Sir John w, ,Sisson acted as
chief of staff. with "a aides from the COM
manderies of New York City. Co..
Eminent Sir John Hatch, grand gem
eral of the grand commandery of New
Hampshire, led the knights of New
Hampshire and Connecticut, who made
up the sixth division. Eminent Sir An
drew P. Preston, his chief of staff, was
attended by 10 aides.
The Western States were represented
in the seventh division Ohio and Ken
lucky being in line with the grand COM
mandery of Maine. Right Eminent Sir
John A. Warmer, grand commander of
Ohio. was chief of this division, attended
nv Nr,oit, a,,tI Tobn oy,J
aides. Ohio sent II communicates, Ken
lucky three.
Right Eminent Sir Edward b. Spencer,
grand commander of the knights of Penn
sylvania, was chief of division No. s,
and Chief of Staff Wmslow Kuhn was
assisted by 81 aides. The grand COM
mandery of Pennsylvania has the right
of line in this division. Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Washington and Texas were rep
resented in this division.
The Communicates of Michigan alone
made uD division No. 8, of which Eminent
Sir Charles r. Rawley, grand sword
bearer of the grand commandery of
Michigan was chief. Eminent Sir C. f.
Brown was chief of staff of this division.
with five aides.
Twentyfour Communicates from the
Stale of Illinois, led by Eminent Sir Henry
ii. Montgomery, composed the tenth di-
vision. Very Eminent Sir Augustus NJ
Webster, chief of staff, was accompanied
by eight aides and adjutants. The elev-
enth division was led by Eminent Sir Har-
rison Dingman of Washington and his
chief of staff, Eminent Sir S. H. Merrill
who was assisted by five aides. The right
of line was given to California No. 1 of
San Francisco, followed by Oakland and
Golden Gate. There was also command
cries from Tennessee, Georgia and New
Jersey. Right Eminent Sir Simon Mar.
shall led the twelfth division. Eminent
Sir James HI. Frame was chief of staff
assisted by nine aides.
st. Louis No. 1 of st. Louis had the
right of line, followed by IA more com.
ma nderies from Iowa, Minnesota and Ala,
bama.
The thirteenth division was led by Emf
nent Sir Henry G. Jordan of the Massa.
chusetts and Rhode Island Communicates
The chief of staff was Eminent Sir Henry
5. Rowe, and he was assisted by eleven
aides. The right of line was given To
peka No 3 of Topeka, Kan. Besides
other Kansas Communicates there were
bodies from Baltimore, Nebraska, West
Virginia, Colorado, South Dakota, North
Carolina, Montana and Wyoming.
The head of the line reached the re-
viewing stand at Blackstone square, al
IL 40. At this point the carriages con
veying Most Eminent Sir McCurdy, CRANE
master, and the officers of the grand en-
campment dropped out of line and the oc
cupants joined Governor Greenhalge il
the reviewing stand, where for five hour!
| they reviewed the marching knights. The
| first division, as it passed the stand, wa!
| by far the most attractive and picturesque
and contained the greatest variety o.
| features.
Washington cOmmandery of Washing
| ton, d. c., was preceded by the mos
picturesque body of musicians, the Noun
Pleasant field band of Washington, com
posed entirely of young boys, dressed a.
Zouaves.
Columbia commandery of Washington
had 10 men in line, all mounted, ant
was led by a mascot, the S-year-old sol
of Sir Knight Ryder, mounted on a tin!
black pony in complete regalia.
The Boston commandery was tn,
strongest in numbers, having 300 men il
line. They were followed by Detroit com
mandery, which delighted spectators b!
a continuous exhibition of fancy march
ing. Every one of the eleven commando
ries in the second division, which included
1900 knights, was headed by band, ant
this was likewise the case in the third di
vision, which was composed of 1900 men
| Apollo commandery of Chicago attract
ed the most attention in their division
and applause greeted them on every side
| The California delegations, in the di
vision following the Illinois knights, wer
among the most conspicuous in the en-
| tire procession. The cinnamon bear, tn
mascot of the California commander,
| of Sam Francisco, was a special object o
| interest.
The day was intensely hot. Man
women ad children were overcome in TIL
dense throngs and scores of knights VIII
had started on the four and one-half mile
tramp dropped out of line. The ambu
lances of the police station and the eme1
| gency hospitals were busy all the time.
| The most serious accident reported wa
to Miss Lillian Dudley, 16 years of age
who was crushed in the crowds at tn
corner of Hanover and Washington
| streets.
| Immediately following the parade tin
i opening ceremonies of the conclave wer,
begun, at which addresses of welcom,
by Governor Greenhalge and Mayor Cur
tits were responded to by Grand Maste
McCurdy.
The report of THE grand recorder, Will
liam e. lsaacs, Jr., shows that There ar
961 regular Communicates and 80 irregu
lar under the jurisdiction of the CRANE
body. The membership of the FORMER il
i 103, 541 and of the latter 1929. The in
crease since 1852 is: Communicates, 81
Il members, $3.50. Since last conclay