The Washington bee., 1896-08-15

Free-masonry as every intelligent
Mason knows isfdivided into two rites
as follows: the Ancient Accepted scot
i t;sb rite which rite extends from the
frst degree TO the thirty-third degree,
and the York rite WHICH extends from
the first degree to the knight lem
olars degree. The A. A. 5. X. IS sub
divided into five departments as foi-
lows. The Lodge of Perfection ~,
the CHAPTER of Rose Crolx Ioo., the
Council of Kadosh 3o0, the Consistory
40, and the Supreme Council So.
The York rite.sis divided into the Blue
department, which takes in three de-
erees. The Royal Arch which takes
- fo,,, ahorees, and the Knight Tenn
plars department which takes IN three
degrees, making a total OF ten degrees
as worked by the American ;S:ytem,
Each rite is a separate and distinct
rite from the other. My reasons for
preparing this article is that am deal
ing with a set of so-called intelligent
cranks, who think that they knoF 1t
all.
Nothing will drive men out OF orders
Quicker than to have to deal with So
ciety cranks. By the high powers IN
me vested hereby cut off the head, IN
other words deCapltate:.
These subdivisions in Masonry are
each governed by grand bodies, tor In
stance, in the A. A. S. R., Supreme
Council is the governing body. In the
York rite, the Blue department is gov
erned by the grand lodge, who only
bac jurisdiction over the enterat-
prentic, fellow craft and Master Ma
sons degree. The Red department
bv a grand chapter, who looks out
for the chapter degrees. In the Com
mandry, a grand commandry, who
looks out for the Commandry degrees,
and now for the first time in the hlsto-
~ of Free-masonry, a grand lodge
steps in and undertakes to settle 6usl-
mess appertaining to the thirty-three
degree A. A. S. r., one OF the most
ridiculous things ever known. A de-
partment thirty degrees lower than the
one it undertakes to fight for, but as |
said. all fools are not dead yet.
10 be Continued.
Formation and Incorporation OF
grand commandry and grand chapter
of d. c. The grand Commandry OF
Masonic Knight Templars for the Dis
trict of Columbia and jurisdiction OF
the grand chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons of the Anciant York rite were in
corporated last week by the follow
ing we'll known MasonS, viz: ameS o..
Holmes 80, D. F. Seville So, Q. k.
King 40, William H. Lee So, Geo. w.
Sinms 40, Geo. w. Philips So, N.
Adams az, Geo. r. Rhone So, J. H.
Mcdowell 80, A. J. Dyer 330, William
H. Johnson !? 80, W. P. Gray So, Peter
Lucas SO, A. L. Howard So: These
healthy chapters and three healthy
commanders. So far as the legality OF
the act is concerned you will hear from
me later on the subject. The objects
| of the incorporation are the confer
| ring of the degrees, looking out tor
the sick, distressed and deceased mem.
bers, to buy and own real estate and
personal property. The term tor the
incorporation to run is twenty years
IMPERIAL DECREE.
Imperial Grand Council A. A. o. n
NJ. S. To all Imperial Deputy Crane
Potentates, Grand Potentates, Rob
bans and Ashrof under the domain O.
the Crescent and the above named
Grand Council: Take notice thai
Mecca Temple Oasis, of Washington
D. c., is suspended until the annua
session of the Grand Council for in
subordination. Permission is granted
to Kalif Ale Temple, of Brightwood
to meet in Washington, pending this
suspension. In obedience to Rasm
Hukm, U. JONES 50,
NJ. |. G. P.
THOMAS w. LOGAN SO,
l. G.. r.
Rasmi,