The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-26
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Portland Was Full of Them Yester
day.

Their Praise.
PortlandEhotels were filled to overflow.
ing Saturday and yesterday and the
trains were considerably delayed, Especial
ly Saturday. On that day as Mr.. George
E. Whitney, the station agent at the I'm
ion Station, expressed it, the business had
been tremendous, but everything had
gone as nice as pin barring delays. The
trains were tremendously heavy-that
over the Eastern division of the Boston &
Maine moved in two sections and num-
bered seventeen passenger coaches, with
three engines. The other trains were each
made up of nine or ten cars. No train,
except short distance local trains, but
were fifteen minutes late, and some, no.
ticeably the Upper Bartlett, over the
Mountain Division, due at IS p. M, ar
rived at 5. 45, the engine putting and
groaning under the load of it's great train
None of these trains brought Knights
Templar. in body, to Portland, but
there were many small detachments of
different communicates going to join
their main bodies in Boston, strangers
bound hither to the New England Fair,
and the general travelling public
Over the Grand Trunk Saturday there
were very heavy trains, the noon train
from the.west coming in over an hour
late. The cars bearing Templars were run
directly through Commercial street and
so on over the Boston & Maine tracks to
Boston.
ST. Bernard Commandery of Saginaw,
Mich, Eminent Commander W. ]. ar
tow, numbering, with ladies, about
hundred, came over the Grand Trunk to
North Stratford, then switched off to the
Maine Central, and stopped at the Preble
House over night. They marched up
from the station but had no band with
them A large delegation from Ann Ar
Dor Commandery of Michigan, and anoth-
or from Marion Commandery quartered
at theFalmouth, all the SirKnights being
accompanied by ladies. Peninsula Com
mandry of Kalamazoo, also had delega-
ton here, coming over the Maine Central.
The Grand Trunk station was bnsy
place yesterday. No less than five spec
ial Pullman trains, including twenty-five
passenger and six baggage cars, and con-
tanning no less than 800 Knights Templar
arrived during the day. With the regular
trains this made things very busy at the
station. The first special arrived at 6.55
a. M, in charge of Conductor Jackman,
and containing the Genessee Valley Com
mandery of Flint, Mich, to the number
of about 100 There were three Pullmans
and baggage car. This train went
through to the Union Station and kept
right on to Boston.
The Ann Arbor Commandery, nearly
14O strong, arrived at s. 35 a. M, with four
Pullmans and a baggage car, in charge OF
Conductor Hanson. This commandery
did not leave the Union Station till p.
M, and therefore had over five hours in
the city. They took lunch at the Fall
mouth Many OF them took the opportun
ity to visit the islands. They were for
tunate in the weather. for the harbor
never was lovelier. One man who had
never seen the ocean beofore expressed
himself as delighted beyond measure
with Portland on her promontory and
her beautiful ca co Bay.
At 10. 20, under the charge of Conduc
tor Hezelton, five Pullman and baggage
car came in. This contained the Hunt
ington Commandery, No. 2, of Hunting
ton, W. Va; Chiliicothe Commandery,
No. 66, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Scioto
Commandery, No. 35, of Ciroleville,
Ohio. In all the. train brought 175 Temp
lars. They left the Union Station soon
after the Ann Arbor Templar at about 2
D. M, and of course had less time in
which to see the city.
The largest train yet come in at 10 30.
There were six Pullmans and baggage
car, in charge of Conductor Ring The
Grand Commandery of Michigan, the
Damascus Commandery of Detroit, and
the Fort Wayne Commandery OF Fort
Wayne, Indiana, were on board this spec
ial. In all there were about 15O Templars.
A fine sight was presented when the
Grand Commandery of Michigan, escort
ed by Damascus Commandery and head
d by the Metropolitan Band OF Detroit,
one of the finest bands in the west,
marched ND to the Falmouth Hotel from
the Grand Trunk. The Michigan Sir
knights were finely drilled and executed
a series of manoeuvres on the march that
would have put many military organiza-
lions to the blush. Sir Knight john E.
Russell of Portland Commandery acted
as guide These were the members of the
Grand Commandery:
G. CDR. w E. Jewett, Adrian.
d. G. &c D. Wheeler
Generalissimo-A Stiles, jackson.
G. C. CIV. E. Moore, Marutet
A. S. wa. W. Alvord.
G. J. We. P. ROBERTSON, Albion.
G. PA w. Atherton, Bay City.
6. RI. A. Gerow, P. 6. G., Detroit.
6. S. B.-Philp 6. Vanzile, Detroit.
G. Sword Bearer-Gen. q. X. Hawley,
Bay City.
q. WI. Findlater Detroit.
g. T.-C. A. Warren, Detroit.
These were the officers of Damascus
Commandery Of Detroit, who numbered
46 Sir Knights:
E. C-P. 6. Vansile.
CIV Z Livingston
G. CIV H. Ellis.