The Yale expositor., 1895-09-06
KNIGHTS rEMgLAR IN BOSTON.
Parade tho Finest Ever Held In America
The Prize Drill-The New Officers.

Parade tho Finest Ever Held in America
The Prize DriIl-The New Officers.
Boston has just entertained one of
the fnc4t bodies of organized men
ever gathered in the United States i'm
time of peace. The tri-ennial conclave
of the Knights Tenplar of America
was held in that city of culture and
baked beans and the American Athen-
ians were amply repaied for the
elaborate preparations they made To
entertain the Sir Knights, of whom
over 10000 had made the pilgrimage
To that city. The first great feature
of the conclave after the arrival of the
numerous Communicates was the par
ade, in which $4,000 Sir knights par
ticipated
1t is estimated that fully 500, 900 peo-
pie crowded the streets of Boston to
witness the grand pageant, and bust
ness was entirely suspended through
out the day. Boston has seldom if
ever been So deliberately decorated
Practically every building along the
line of of march was clothed in color,
with appropriate notices and emblems
interviewed with streamers and bunt-
ing. As the marching columns passed
the reviewing stands before the Most
Eminent Grand Commander McCurdy,
of Michigan, and Gov. Greenhalge, of
Massachusetts, and before Chief Mar
shall Lawrence and Mayor Curtis
many of the communicates executed
intricate military evolutions which
won the admiration of the thousands
of spectators who witnessed them
Detroit commandery, as special escort
to Most Eminent Grand Commander
McCurdy, attracted much attention
and was vociferously checred as they
executed many difficult evolutions
Ohio was well represented, having Il
Communicates in line.
The exhibition drill, participated in
by six of the best drilled commander
les of the country, was held at the
League ball park and was witnessed
by many thousands. The six COM
manderies which drilled were from
Washington, d.. c., Troy, N. Y. Chi
cago, Louisville, Minneapolis and De-
troit in the order named. All CT them
did good work. but when Detroit No
] marched out, with 4s men in line.
and performed evolutions of "a most
intricate character with all the pre-
cision OF a machine, the cheers of the
crowds were tremendous. In order to
avoid jealousies no official judgement
of the merits of the competing com
manderies was given, but the universal
opinion of all was that Detroit No.
was the finest drilled body of men
ever seen in Boston
The election of officers for the next
three years resulted in the choice of
Right Eminent Sir Warren La Rue
Thomas, of Kentucky, as most eminent
grand COMMUNICATIVE other officers
are: Deputy grand commander, Very
Eminent Sir Reuben III. Lloyd, of San
Francisco; grand generalissimo, Very
Eminent Sir Henry Il. Stoddard, OF
Texas; grand captain general, Very
Eminent Sir George NJ. Moulton, OF
Illinois; grand senior warden, Very
Eminent Sir Henry w. Rugg. of Rhode
Island; grand junior warden, Very
Eminent Sir w. Il. Melish, of Ohio:
grand treasurer, Very Eminent Sir
Wales Lines, of Connecticut; grand
recorder, Eminent Sir w. Ii. May, of
Missouri. The committee announced
the next tri-ennial conclave would be
held at PIttsburg in October, 1898.