The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-22

compare in all the functions or the
English Court, Even an investiture OF
the Bath, which few are privileged TO
see, cannot equal the investiture OF st.
Patrick; the coors of the knights or
the Bath are brilliant but they are
garish compared with those of the Irish
Order. First the sounding strains OF
the National Anthem announced the
arrival of the Lord-Lieutenant who,
preceded by the officers of his house
hold in their state uniforms, marched
up the floor wearing the blue mantle
of the Grand Master of the Order over
his scarlet Lord Lieutenant's tunic, his
train borne by two little boy pages
clad in Court suits of the same hue.
Following him came Mr.. Gerald Bal
four. Chancellor of the Order, his Wind
sor uniform also covered with the blue
mantle of the Order, and the Ulster
King of Arms, Sir Arthur Vickers, the
Lyon King of Arms, and the Athlone
Pmsuivant of Arms, the two last
named wearing their gorgeous tabards.
Taking his seat in the chair of state,
Lord Cadogan cried, "Ulster, summon
the Knights!" and Sir Arthur Vickers
thereupon went out and conducted in
the knights present, who entered two
and two they being the Earl of Cork,
the Marquis of Dufferin, the Earl of
Gosford, Viscount PoWerscourt, Prince
Edward of Sake eimar, the Earl of
Kenmare the Earl of Erne, Lord Mont
eagle, Lord Iveagh the Earl ofListowel,
the Earl of Carysfort, the Earl of
Kimorey, the Earl of Rosse Lord
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Each knight wore his blue mantle and
he took his seat at the table according
to his seniority, making a reverence to
the Grand Master as he sat down.
Ulster then called over the roll of the
Order, and read the Queens letter
authorizing the chapter to be held. The
| Grand Master then announced the
creation of the Duke of York as a
Knight Companion of the Order, and
| Ulster announced that His Royal High
ness would take precedence in the
Order after his uncle, the Duke of
Connaught.
Lord Cadogan directed the two senior
! knights, Lords Cork and Dufferin, to
J bring in the royal novice, and they re-
1 turned in procession to the strains of
See the Conquering Hero" with the
duke between them, clad in his neatly
fitting naval uniform, preceded by the
Athlone Pursuivant, an officer bearing
the banner, mantle, sword helm and
crest of the order; the Ulster and the
registrar, bearing the badge of the or
| der on a velvet cushion, and followed
by a naval officer bearing the furled
banner of the duke. The duke having
reached the head of the table, Mr.. Bal
four read the declaration appointed by
the statutes of the order, the duke re-
| peating it after him in lower key;
Lord Cadogan and the two senior
knights placed the ribbon and badge of
| the order over the dukes shoulder, us
| ter girded him with his sword and
robed him with his mantle, Mr. Balfour
| meantime enjoining him to use the
| sword for the protection of his honor,
and to carry out the purposes for which
the order was founded. Ulster then de-
clared from the side of the Grand Mas
| ter all the dukes titles, the bearer of
| the dukes banner unfurled it and
| waved it aloft and His Royal Highness
was then fully invested. He shook
hands with Lord Cadogan, then, walk
! ing round the table, shook hands with
each knight but not with any of the
| officers, and returning to the vacant
| seat at the head of the table on the
| right of the Grand master, joined the
| chapter.
The same ceremony attended the in
vestiture of Lord Roberts, "Conquering
| Hero" and all, except that he was
| brought in by two junior knights.
| There was something heart-strring in
the sight of the small sturdy figure of
| the grizzled old warrior, marching
erect for all his years, his feld-mar-
shal's baton grasped firmly in his hand,
| to participate in an honor that is rath-
j er associated with peace than with war,
and the reflection was irresistible that
an Unreasonable distance separated
| him from the mimic knights around
| him. One almost regretted that he
! should hide his cloak that is reminis-
cent of courts rather than of battle
fields. But there was also the ref1ec-
ton that the order honored itself in
j thus honoring him. His banner was
borne by one of his aides de- camp of
the Rife brigade, and when it was I'M
furled it proved to be three stars on a
blue ground, surmounted by a pointed
crown on field of gold. The new
knight also shook hands with his new
colleagues. The calling over Of the
names and titles of each of the knights
present brought the interesting cere-
mony to a close.-Dublic Correspon-
dence of the Pail Mall Gazette.