The herald., 1896-04-25
Seventy. Seventh Anniversary
Of the Order
THE UNIFORMED PARADE
Local asd visitisg Lodges and En-.
campments Represented
A Handsome Notwithstanding cere.
msnles and Grand Ball At the
Turnvsrein Hall

Gloomy weather, an overcast sky and
drizzling rain yesterday morning
threatened the celebration Of the In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows, who
were keeping the seventy-seventh an
niversary OF the Inauguration of the or
DER. The local lodges and encampments
had made elaborate arrangements for
the celebration, and visiting brethren
were present from many points in the
southern part of the state. The parade,
which was to have taken place at 1890
in the morning, was, owing to the rain
postponed till o'clock. when, although
the day was by no means bright, there
was no longer danger of the brilliant
plumes of the patriarchs militant being
damaged.
At 1880 the lodges, encampments and
cantons commenced to form on Los An
geles street from Third. At 2:30 all was
in readiness, the formation Of the col
umn being led by Chief of Police Glass,
followed by six mounted police, stand
ard bearer, and company Of twenty
police on foot under Sergeant Smith.
The Seventh Regiment military band.
OF twenty-Ono pieces, came next, play
ing an inspirational march, under the
leadership Of George Cam. Next came
Brigadier j. F. Crossett of San Fran
cisco, commanding, Brother w. A. Bo-
nynge, chief marshal, Major c. c. Sher-
man, commanding battalion, with a
staff composed of Majors c. W Baker,
w. o. Burr. H. c. Dillon, Judge advO-
cate. Captain Lee Weller and Obley
Papineau and Adjutant H. s. Brown
acting as aides. Following the mounted
staff were the trim and military ranks
Of the uniformed Patriarchs Militant.
Canton Orion, No. IL, of Los Angeles.
led the way. Captain ]. Ashman COM
manding a fine force of thirty men.
Canton San Diego. No. 90, under S. F..
Smith, were a small but elegantly
equipped band of fifteen. Next came
Canton Riverside, No. 25, Captain A.
II. Jefferson, commanding, twenty-five
men, followed by a small body of uni
formed contingent OF Canton Los An
geles. No. q. A carriage drawn by four
white horses came next. with Brigadier
General w. s. Frost. who was accom-
panied by Past Grand Master Stock
WE'LL The lodges and encampments Of
the junior organizations followed the
brigadier general. commencing with
twenty mounted men from Fernando.
The America lodge. No. 1856, had fine
turnout of over 100 men. They were un-
der the command Of Marshal L. S. But
Ter. Seaside lodge of Santa Monica, No.
1863, came next with forty men, e. EN-
erson in command. Semitropio lodge.
No. 371, followed with thirty-two men
II. T. Herzog. captain. East Side lodge,
adena, No. 1924, turned out with thirty
more. Goodwill lodge of Los Angeles.
No. 1923, were led by l.. o. Merrill. and
numbered sixty in strength. The Los
Angeles military band came next in the
procession. Whittier sent a contingent
of twenty-five men, with Thomas Brady
in command Of Orc lodge, No. 315. Tho
Orpheus lodge of>Los Angeles. No. 237.
were fifty strong. under T. Theobold
Another local lodge, Golden Rule, fol-
lowed with a force Of thirty and S. F.
Cooper at their head. Los Angeles, No
3o. with sixty men, brought UP the
rear.
Three carriages followed in the pro
cession. occupied by dozen veteran
Odd Fellows. In all, fifteen cantors.
lodges and encampments took part in
the parade, representing force of over
900 men.
The line of march was from Third and
Los Angeles streets, north on Main to
Temple block, south on Spring to Third,
west to Broadway. south to Seventh.
east to Spring, north to Fourth, and dis
banding after reaching the I. o. Q. i.
temple.
The parade was witnessed by large
crowds at various points of the march
particularly on Broadway, where many
were drawn from the Central park to
witness yet another parade. At inter-
walls the Uniformed Patriarchs went
through some pretty and finely executed
evolutions of drill. In front Of the Turn
yerein hall the column lined up in long
lines, the Patriarchs saluting the jun
ior organizations as they passed.
Chief Marshal Bonynge. after re-
viewing the columns briefly. addressed
menting them on their smart appear
opoe Tba ranks broke at X. 80,