Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-29
TEMPLARS PARADE
BOSTON STREETS
Twenty-Five Thousand SirKnights
in Line Are Viewed by Nearly
10000 People.
AN INSPIRING SpECTAGI F
AN INSPIRING SPECTACLE
Music by Hundreds Of Bands Fills the
AIR With Enhancing Strains.
STRIKING AND IMPRESSIVE AFFAIR
The Air Rent by the Cheers of
Many Thousands.
COMMANDS IN LINE FROM EVERY STATE

Mondays Parade OF the: Knight pIar In
Boston the Grandsst Pageant Ever WIT
nessed--Twenty,flse Thousand Sir Knight
in Line and Nearly 100000 People View
the Observation-Disclosures Arrive To-day
TO Swell the Host--An Inspiring Scene.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 27.-Seven hum
dred and fifty thousand people saw the
parade Of over 25, 600 Sir Knights Tenn
plar to-day, and with one accord pro-
nounced it the grandest pageant ever
witnessed in Boston. The hot sun of
the past two days had given way to
heavy clouds, but finally the sun broke
through the clouds, vigorously endeavor
Ing to drive the mists away.
Although a majority of the Sir
knights spent last night until a late
hour entertaining friends or being en-
tertained, they were astir early this
morning. Trains from every direction
brought thousands Of uniformed TEN.
plars and their friends to swell the
host. At the depots the crowds were
OF almost suffocating density. From
every State Communicates began to
arrive at an early hour, and thousands
OF spectators came with them. The
streets near the depots echoed with
the din OF scores OF bands and the
tramp OF arriving Knights and their
escorta The railroad men were COM
pletely overwhelmed by the magnitude
of the crowd.
Everywhere within radius Of 20
miles of the State House the day is
[ practically holiday. Most Of the fac
tories in nearby cities are closed and
the operatives helped to swell the
crowds who watched the procession.
The police appointments were we'll
nigh perfect. Shortly before the parade
started platoons of officers cleared every
street through which the Sir Knights
were to pass and roped them off, and
until the last division had passed no
I, traffic of any kind was allowed on those
: thoroughfares. W.
The lines of the parade were formed
in ID divisions in column of double
sections. Alto a. m. the Communicates
OF the first division began to gather on
the south side of Commonwealth avenue
near Berkeley street, and at about the
same hour the other divisions began
to take up their positions in the avenue
Of the Back Bay district. There was
the usual delay consequent to the for
nation OF great processIons, but all
was in readiness shortly after 10 o clock
and by l0.30 the long line was in
lnotion, the signal for the start being
greeted by the cheers and salutes OF
10, 900 people gathered near the starting
point.
As tho great body of knights moved
down Commonwealth avenue the spec
tacle was an inspiring one. The music
of hundred bands and the applause
Of thousands of people filled the air,
gayly bedecked horses pranced at the
head of each division while the CON
trast of the dignified black cloth of the
uniforms, the waving of the rich
plumes and the silver and gold emblems
which are conspicuous in the Templar
uniform, coDbined to present scene
that was pleasing and impressive. The
leading division of the pageant pre-
coded by platoons of Boston's sturdy
policemen, was very imposing.
The First division which was led by
Right Eminent Sir Samuel G. Law
renee, Grand Commander of the Grand
Commandery of Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island, as chief marshal, with
Right Eminent Sir Charles Fry as his
chief of staff and 81 of the most promi-
nent Knights of the Boston Command
cry as aides, included the representa-
tives of the Grand Communicates of
the United States, as escort to the
Grand Marshal, with 93 aides from
the more prominent Communicates of
America; Boston Commandery, Detroit
Commandery, as special escort to the
Most Eminent Grand Master Hugh
McCurdy; the officers of the Grand
Encampment in carriages; the members
of the Grand Encampment in carriages
and subordinate Communicates, headed
by st. Johns Commandery, No. /,
Wilmington, Del
The Second division was led by the
Eminent Sir Eugene II. Richards,
Deputy Grand Commander of the
Grand Commandery of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island
Communicates Of the Grand Com
mandery OF Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island composed the Third division.
Eminent Sir William R. Walker, Grand
Generalissimo of the Grand Com
mandery of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, was chief of the division.
Eminent Sir Walter Cutting, Grand
Captain General of the Grand Com
mandery of Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island, was chief Of the Fourth diyi2
sion. Twenty Communicates of Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island composed
the main part of this Division.
New York, Virginia and Vermont
were represented in the Fifth division.
Eminent Sir Arthur Macarthur, Grand
Captain General of the Grand Com
mandery Of New York, rode at the head
as chief.
Eminent Sir. John Hatch, Grand
Generalissimo Of the Grand Command
cry of New Hampshire, led the knights
Of New Hampshire and Connecticut,
who made up the Sixth division.
The Western States were represented
in the Seventh division, Ohio and Ken
lucky being in line with the Grand
Commandery of Maine. Eminent Sir
John A. Warner, Grand Commandery
of Ohio, was chief of this division.
Ohio sent II Communicates, Kentucky
three.
Right Eminent Sir Edward B. Spen-
Ger, Grand Commander Of the Knights
of Pennsylvania, was chief of the
Eighth division. The Grand Com
mandery OF Pennsylvania had the right
of line in this division. Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Washington and Texas We're
represented.
The Communicates of Michigan alone
made up the Ninth division, of which
Eminent Sir Charles r. Hawley, Grand
sword bearer Of the Grand Commandery
OF Michigan, was chief.
Twenty-four Communicates from
the State Of Illinois, led by Eminent