Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-15

and arriving here at a. m. The
total cost OF the trip will be 1876, which
will include every item Of expense.
Any surplus remaining will be returned
pro rata share to each sir knight par
ticipating.
4 The committee OF arrangements will
sit in Masonic Hall parlor on Friday
and Saturday evenings, August 23d and
eth to issue railroad tickets, badges
and tags. The committee has arranged
to furnish individual lunches on the
train, both going and returning
Sir knights will assemble in fatigue
dress at the asylum Tuesday evening,
Auugst 23d, at Z. 80 'clock, for the pur-
prove unfavorable drill will be held in
the drill room.
The Boston Traveller" will present
to the most popular commandery
beautiful banner costing $500. Sir
to buy this paper, cutting out the coupon
and voting for their own commandery.
Sir knights who are not going to Bos-
ton and who wish to contribute can
leave contributions with the sentinel,
eie hiuncy pVihG nPPiiV' w tio pur7
chase of votes.
The Boston papers will publish pic
lures of the officers OF st. Johns Com
mandery.
Past Eminent Sir j.. Parke Postles
will have command of the commandery.
He will also have seat in the Grand
Encampment, as will also Eminent
Commander John l.. Clark, Generals
simo Thomas B. Lewis and Captain
General Eugene Massey
Boston is making extensive prepare
tions for Knights Templar week. One
commandery has donated $50, 600 for
the occasion. The flowers in the parks
have been arranged in the shape OF
Knights Tempar emblems. The
steamer Cygnus has been chartered for
daily excursions down the harbor, She
will leave the encampment at 10 a. m.
and 2 p. m. Music will be furnished
on the boat by the Waltham Watch
Go. q band and free lunch will be
spread for Knights Templar in uniform,
st. Johns Commanoery will be the
first commandery in the first division
of the big parade, The Grand En-
campment will have the right of the
| line and st. Johns Commandery will
Immediately follow it. The latter will
be followed by the Washington com
manderies. 1t is estimated that %, 600
Sir Knights will parade.
The Maverick House, at which st.
Johns Commandery will be quartered,
| is one of the finest hotels in East
Boston and faces handsome park.
A commandery from Newark, N. j.,
| and one from New York will also stop
there.
Most of the decorations for the even
ing will be made of electric lights, the
Passion and Maltese crosses being the
| favorite emblems. Black and white
will predominant during the daytime.
The members of ST. John 8 Comman-
derry, besides wearing the jewels of Off
GERS and past officers, will wear their
standard badge, the centre of which is
| a banner. A Passion cross is attached
to the top and a Maltese cross is sus-
pended from the banner. This badge is
made of copper and gold gilt For an
exchange badge the commandery has
ordered medallion, suspended by
black and white ribbon from pin and
inscribed: est Johns Commandery,
| No /, Wilmington, Del. Boston, 1895. 2
| The commandery will carry its parade
banner, which is made Of white watered
silk and contains red cross.
The committee of arrangements is
composed of John L. Clark, DIR. j.
Paul Lukens, James II. Price, William
Marshall, Thomas B. Lewis, John B.
Book, George W. Andrews, Enoch
Moore #. L. Carpenter and George
II. Ash. st. Johns Commandery will
have at the Maverick House room in
which it will entertain visiting sir
knights.
Columbia Commandery of Washing
ton has invited ST. Johns Comman-
derry to attend reception to be given
by ii Tuesday evening, August 9th.
John L. Clark, eminent commander
of St Johns Commandery, was born
in Delaware county, Pa, in 1876
Most of his life has been passed in
this State. He is a papermaler and
is employed at the Rockland paper
mills. Being bright Mason he has
been honored by all the Masonic bodies
to which he belongs. He is past
master of du Pont Lodge a past high
priest of Washington and Lafayette
Chapter and past grand high priest of
the Grand Chapter of Delaware. He rep
resented the Grand Chapter six years
ago at Denver