Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-05

make the parade an IMPOSING display.
A large representation of the ladies Of
the Golden Eagle will be in attendance at
the session. and they will also participate
in the parade, riding in carriages. It is ex-
pected that the music for the parade will
be supplied entirely by the local bands and
drum corps.
Not little interest is attached to the
prize drills, which will take place. it is now
| thought. also Tuesday next Although not
yet decided, the competitions will probably
| occur in front of the Arlington Hotel, but
there is possibility of holding them in he
National Base Ball Park. The following
prizes are to be awarded: First. $50 in cash,
offered by the lieutenant general to the best
drilled comfmandery; second. $25 IN cash.
offered by the lieutenant general to the
second best drilled commandery; third, a
chief to the captain having the largest num-
Der of sir knights of his commandery in
line, and fourth, to the commandery coming
the longest distance with not less than fif-
teen sir knights, a handsome pair of silk
Guidons. or something of equal value.
offered by the firm of Louis e. Still & Bro.
of Philadelphia. Entries for the drills must
be made prior to l pm. Tuesday, at general
headquarters, Ebbitt House.
Crack Local Commmndcry.
The District of Columbia expects to cut a
very large figure in the contests, as one of
| its commarder.es-Americ No. 3-has car
r.ed off prizes in similar drills throughout
the country. notably in Iittsburg, Boston
and Atlantic City The drill communicates
are capable Of presenting highly credtaole-
exhibitions, many of those from Eennsyl-
vania being composed of the best drilled
men In the National Guard Of the keystone
state. The tactics observed by the knights
of the Golden Eagle are very complete, aud
are entirely. different from those Of any
other organization. The contests will be
judged by capable Washington military
| men.
The officers Of the Supreme Castle are:
Supre me chief, Jacob H. Aull of Baltimore.
Nd; supreme vice chief, A. C. Lyttle of
Altoona, Pa; supreme high priest, Lyman
p. Lewis of Boston; supreme keeper of the
excEequer, Timothy Mccarthy of Philadel-
phia; supreme master Of records, William
Culbertson Of Philadelphia; supreme sir
herald, William o. Brown of Wilmington,
Del; supreme first guardsman. P. B. Otter
| tack of Washington. D. c.: supreme second
guardsman. John N. Hutton of Ashland,
KY; supreme medical examiner DIR. James
E. Whiteford of Baltimore Md; represent
alive to the Supreme Castle from the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Past Grand Chief E. l..
Tolson.
The Reception Committee.
The officers of the Grand Castle of the
District are: Past grand chief, William H.
Sgnor; grand chief, H. T. Adams; grand
vice chief, Charles Kattleman, jr.; grand
high priest, A. Worch; grand keeper of
exchequer. Charles A. Bauman; grand mas
ter Of records. George A. Warren; grand
sir herald, ]. E. Toone; grand first guards
man, William H. Smith; grand second
gusrdsman A. C. Mclean; supreme repre-
sentative. William H. Signor.
Tie reception committee to care for the
visitors consists of F. c. Townsend, chair
man; Miss May Houston, Mrs. Ritter, Mrs.
Posey, Mrs. Collingsworth, Mrs. Frisard,
Miss Phillips. Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. Latham,
Mrs. Lavender, Mrs. Kelley, and Messrs.
T., Thomas r
Moore, Dan. L. Morgan. E. P. Gooding, w.
g. Zimmerman, r. D. Crompton, A. s.
Jones, T. A. Brosnan and w: ]. White.
John E. Berbage, who Is living in Balti-
more, Md, founded the Knights of the
Golden Eagle February 6, 1873. The pri-
mary objects of the order, as stated, are to
promote the principles of true benevolence
by associating its members together for the
purpose of mutual relief In the trials and
difficulties attending sickness, distress and
death, so far as they may be mitigated by
sympathy and pecuniary assistance; to
care for and protect the widows and or
phans of members. to assist those out of
employment, to encourage each other in
business, to ameliorate the condition of
humanity in every possible manner, to
stimulate moral and mental culture, and
by wholesome precepts, fraternal council
and social intercourse to elevate the men,
bership and advance 1t for higher and
Eobler life.
The organization of the order consists of
a supreme, grand and subordinate castles.
The Supreme Castle is composed of all past
grand chiefs in good standing in their re-
spective grand and subordinate castles.
The order has for its motto, Fidelity,
Valor and Honor"
The present membership Is over sixty
| five thousand, divided among eight hundred
and twenty-siX castles, as follows: Penn
sylvania, 4S4; New Jersey, 6S; Ohio, 81;
Maryland, "a; Kentucky, %; Delaware, 81;
Massachusetts, 16; West Virginia, 16; New
York. IL; Indiana, 10; Connecticut, 8: Colo
RADIO. 8; California, 8; Michigan, 8; District
of Columbia, 6; Kansas, 8; Wisconsin, 6;
| Illinois, 5; Georgia, 8; Missouri. s: Maine,
s; Virginia, 4; Louisiana, 8; New Hamp-
shire, 8; Nebraska, 3; Florida, 2; Wyoming
| 2; North Carolina, 2; Iowa, L; Alabama, 1;
Rhode Island, l, and Texas, l.
The castles in the Distric! Of Columbia
are: Cyrus, No. /, Elks' Hall. 9O2 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest; Monarch, No. 2,
| Eagle Hall. 425 18th street northwest;
America, No. 3, Eagle Hall, 9Th and I
| streets southeast: Mt. Vernon, No. 5, Eagle
Hall, 425 18th street northwest; Potomac,
No. 6, 30th and M streets northwest, and
Fidelity, No. Z, 18th and II streets north
east. Temples composed of ladies in the
District are: Washington. No. l. $40 G.
street northwest; Monarch, No. 2, LIE Droit
building, Sth and F streets northwest, and
America, No. 3. Eagle Hall, 9Th and I
streets southeast
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