The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-22

cOuulIy are dt HlS pIeSSAL ulOluShI
running eastward bearing multitudes
Of Knights Templar to the twenty
sixth triennial conclave of Knights
Temp1ar, which convenes at Boston
for five-days' session on Tuesday,
August 9th.
Two of these specials arrived in
Salt Lake yesterday from California.
and stopped over in our city long
enough to allow the Templars to get a
glimpse of the intermountain metrop-
oils.
Golden Gate Commandery.
The first to arrive, at $3.50 a. M, was
Golden Gate commandery from San
Francisco
They have splendidly equipped
special train, with diner, combination
and buffet cars, and Commissary
Townsend has proposed to Keep open
house from San Francisco to Boston.
Their journey will involve an expendi
ture of $4,000 and has involved a deal
of work, which has been successfully
accomplished by Eminent Commander
George ID. Clark, Quartermaster Sir
Charles D. Bunker and Adjutant R. e.
Sir Frank w. Sumner, who have had
Benedict, Kirkpatrick, Helwig, Ed
wards. Townsend and Sanborn.
Their train is in charge of w. D.
Sanborn to Chicago, and of j. G. Nc
Call from Chicago to Boston.
Their route is all rail via Salt Lake
city, Denver, Chicago, Niagara Falls,
the Hoosac tunnel to Boston, where
they arrive at noon Sunday, August
18th.
Representatives of Occur de Lion
Commandery of Los Angeles joined the
Golden Gate special at Reno.
ZerubbabeI the Mascot.
On the trip the commandary bear.
Zerubbabel ", six weeks old, will
figure not alone as the emblem of Cali
fornia, but as the special pride and
care of the Sir Knights.
Zerubbabel is provided with special
quarters on the commissary car, and
Superintendent Fillmore has given
Commissary Townsend an order on the
dining department for fresh milk,
which is as yet his only diet. Zerubba-
bel is as playful as young dog.
A commandery of knights Templar
is essentially military organization,
and Golden Gate commandary is noted
in the order as being thoroughly or
gained as a military body.
Golden Gate Commandery No. Is is
one of the best communicates in the
United States. 1t numbers now about
275 swords. This commandery was or
ganized in April, 1882, having in view
the conclave which would take place
in San Francisco in 1883. During the
past twelve years the icommandery has
been unusually prosperous and sue
cessful in all things pertaining to tent
plarism. The commandery is famous
in templar circles throughout the or
der, and its drill corps is famous as
being a crack military body.
AS a rule all communicates make it
point to attend the triennial gather
ings of the order and are marshaled
as an escort at the opening of the SEES
sion of the grand encampment of the
United States. Golden Gate has par
ticipated in all the conclaves since its
organization. Few if any commander
les proposing to attend the conclave
at Boston will make the pilgrimage in
better style.
Breakfast Mt the TempIetOn.
Immediately on their arrival in Salt
Lake the Sir knights we're driven to
the Templeton hotel where a, splendid
breakfast was served and where they
were met and welcomed by a number
of the local Knights Templar.
After breakfast they fingered admir-
ing the beautiful view from the dining
room of the Templeton and were driv-
en- to their train which by the courtesy
of Manager Clayton of the Salt Lake
& Los Angeles Railway company, was
ran out to Saltair, where they Eere
more than delighted with the magni-
ficence of the pavilion and the beauty
of the lake and it's surroundings. Being
scheduled to leave at 1915 over the
Rio Grande Western railroad their stay
was all too short and unwillingly they
were hurried on their journey.
Their train was simply palatial in
every respect. The party was COM
posed of about sixty Sir knights and
an equal number of ladies.