The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-18

of California champagne. The bottles were
blown in France for the special purpose,
and the 10000 little willow-baskets in
which the fruit will be set out were made
to order in Japan. 1t is the purpose OF this
commandery to present bottle OF wine
and basket of fruit to every guest who
calls upon them, to the limit OF their
! stores.
Their train, which leaves this morning;
will be composed of four Pullman sleepers,
one drawing-room car, one diner, one
/ sleeping-car, one commissary and two bag
gage cars. They go by all rail via Denver,
Chicago and Detroit, thence by Canadian
Pacific to Newport, VT, and south to
Boston. They will make short stops and
entertain ''frate rs and be ,s entertained at
Glenwood Springs, Leadville, Denver and
Montreal. They will be entertained at
| Newport, VT, and Lowell, Mass.
A pretty incident of their journey will
be the christening at the Denver asylum of
their loving cup" made from the solid
! brick of silver won in the drill contest at
the last triennial encampment at Denver
| The cup was made by Vanderslice & Co.,
and is IA inches high and 5s4 inches wide.
1t will hold gallon of wine. 1t is of solid
silver, lined with gold, embossed and
chased. On one side is the Colorado coat
of-arms and the inscription, Colorado
| Commandery of Denver" On another
panel is the coat-of-arms Of the command
cry. On the third panel is a symbolic en-
| craving of a mounted Knight Templar adj
vancing for battle.
! On the base of the cup the inscription,
California Commandery No ], Knights
! Templar, San Francisco" is engraved. On
the opposite side of the base is the inscrip-
ton: made from a trophy of Colorado
silver, presented to the drill corps of the
commandery for the display drill in Den
yer, August, 1882"
Three massive handles of silver divide
the cup into as many panels on which the
pictures are engraved. Sixty-five ounces
of silver were used in its manufacture.
Arriving at Boston at noon on Saturday
| the battalion of black horses, with the
single white steed of the commander, will
! be found waiting. In full uniform they
will mount and be escorted by Boston
| Commandery No. 2, 600 strong. to their
| Headquarters at the Parker House. The
ladies will be escorted in carriages. That
same evening they will give banquet at
the Parker House. On Wednesday they
will keep open house from $50 A. NJ. until
midnight, during which hours they expect
! q constant procession of friends through
their rooms, to every individual of whom
they will present bottle OF California
wine and a basket of California fruit. Re-
corder Graves sent out circulars OF invita-
ton to 10000 communicates and received
replies of appreciative acceptance from 15-
600 Sir Knights.
While the California Commandery No.
! is composed of the elder men of the order,
noted throughout the world for their
wealth and influence, Golden Gate Com
| mandery No. 10 is made up as distinctly OF
! the younger men who represent the prog
ress and enterprise of the great West, and
! it will go to Boston in a style that must
not oaly spread its own fame, but that of
! IL, Stn+ rtyhf .h
Its beautiful book of the itinerary, printed
in red and gold and black, is an index of
the style and good taste with which it will
! conduct its pilgrimage.
They have splendldly equipped special
|. train, with dinner, combination and buffet
cars, and Commissary Townsend has
! proposed to keep open house from San
involve an expenditure of $4,000, and has
| involved a deal of work, which has been
successfully accomplished bv Eminent
Commander George d. Clark, Quartermas-
ter Sir Charles D. Bunker and Adjutant
R. Z. Sir Frank w. Sumner, who have had
the able assistance of Sir Knights Benedict,
kirkpatrick, Helwig, Edwards, Townsend
and Sanborn.
Their train will be in charge of w. D.
Sanborn TO Chicago, and of j. G. Mccall
from Chicago to Boston.
Their route is all rail via Salt Lake City,
Denver, Chicago, Niagara Falls, the Hoo
sac tunnel to Boston, where they arrive at
noon Sunday, August %.
Representatives of Ceur de Lion Com
mandery of Los Angeles will join the
Golden Gate special at Reno.
Two stops Will be made of more than or
| binary note, one at Salt Lake City and the
other at Niagara Falls.
! Salt Lake City will be reached Wednes-
| day. Breakfast will be taken at the Tenn
J ,DIa &c oil 20
! plunge in the salty lake at Salter's Beach.
Only stop of 50 minutes is made at Den
yer. A short practice drill will be INDUCED
in at Burlington, where they arrive on Fri