The record-union., 1899-04-21
Knights Temp1ar Convened
Yesterday.
A Grand Street Pageant and Banquet Last
Night.

properly, and was the observed OF all
| eyes-except those so close that tha
| little fellow was hidden by the full
J grown knights.
| AT Fourteenth and l. streets the COM
manderies We're reviewed by the Right.
| Eminent Grand Commander. BY that
| time the city presented the appearance
of a holiday; houses and stores were 1or
| the most part deserted, State ofncerS
| left their desks, and a throng of many
| thousands witnessed and will long re-
member the imposing review that took
place just before the countermarch TO
| the Masonic Temple-to rest and home
| again.
| The first battalion formed on Sixth
street, at the Armory, and then march
| ed up between K and l. streets. 1t was
| composed of Sacramento Conmandery,
No. 2, and contained 101 Knights, be-
sides the officers. Sir e. w. Hale was
Eminent Commander, Sir Thomas Scott
GeneraEssimo and Sir J. w. Rock Pre-
late. The staff was composed of Past
| Commanders, as follows: Sir 1. b.
| Coolidge, Sir E. B. Willis. Sir J. w.
| Boyd, Sir w. B. Davis and Sir v.
| Drescher
| 1t presented a fine appearance, with
| it's long line of plurned Knights, and
marched we'll to the inspiriting music
of the Second infantry Band.
! The second battalion formed on Sixth
street, between L and NJ, promptly at
LOO p. m, and every man had fallen
in long before the signal sounded for
marching-and they were fine look
| ing body of men, to the last Knight Of
them.
| The second battalion consisted of Ell
Dorado Commandery No. 4, with which
many members of Oroville, No. 5,
| marched-this because there was not a
full attendance or a large delegation of
Oroville Commandery's officers.
| T. B. Hall was commander of the
second battalion, and the officers of the
communicates We're as follows:
Ell Dorado Commandery, No. 4, with
which Oroville Commandery No.
marched-N. w. Mountain, Eminent
| Commander; George H. Durham, Cen
eralissimo; c. A Swisler, Captain Cen
eral; Frank Lucas, Senior Warden
Daniel Carr, Junior Warden; Thomas
| Clark, Standard Bearer.
Nevada Commandery No. &C. H.
Eddy, Eminent Commander; W. J.
Rodgers, Generalissimo; D. E. Matte
son, Captain General; John Very,
Senior Warden; Thomas Ingraham,
Junior Warden w. E. Body, Standard
| Bearer.
Marysville Commnndery, No. IS.
| Ewell, Eminent Commander; W. J.
| Hernon, Generalissimo; G. W. Holland,
Captain General; G.. r. Eca1ert, Senior
Warden; B. r. Boorman, Junior War
ID
The third battalion, Sir J. w Guthrie,
Battalion Commander, was preceded by
| the Placerville Band. The battalion
| was composed of the following organ
| izations:
Chico Commandery, No. 12-Officers
present, Sir Josiah Boucher, Eminent
Commander; Sir E. T. Reynolds, Gen.
eralissimo; H. Miller, Captain General,
and G. Mayhem, Senior Warden.
Stockton Commandery, No. 8, and Pa
cific Commandery No. 3. Officers-Sir
John Youdey, Eminent Commander; Sir
S. E. Sutton, Generalissimo; Sir D. O.
Castle, Captain General and Sir E. E.
Hood, Senior Warden.
Los Angeles Commandery, No. o.
Officers-Sir William Downie Eminent
Commander; Sir James A. Foshay
Captain General; Sir James W. Long,
Senior Warden; Sir William A Ham
mond, Junior Warden; Sir Walter C.
Durgin, Treasurer; Sir William B.
Scarborough, Recorder; Sir John A.
Kingsley. Standard Bearer; Sir Francis
M. Parker, Sword Bearer; Sir D. NJ
Sutherland, Third Guard, and Sir c.
P. Guthrie Second Guard
tot
deries throughout the State were in the
third battalion, but marched in the
companies named
Closing the procession came carriages
with officers of the order as follows:
First-Grand Master of the Grand
Encampment of the United States. Reu-
ben H Lloyd; Sir Charles F. Lott, Past
Grand Commander; Sir Jacob H. Neff
Past Grand Commander. and Sir Will
lam M. Petrie, Past Grand Commander
Seeond-Sir Alfred A Reddington
Past. Grand Commander, Sir Frederick
F. Bars. Past Grand Commander; Sir
E. S. Lippitt, Past Grand Commander
and Sir S. H. Wegener, Past Grand
Commander.
Third-Sir Trowbridge H. Ward. Pa ST
Grand Commander; Sir George D. Met
calf, Past Grand Commander; Sir Ed
ward Coleman, Grand Treasurer, and
Sir Charles E. Stone, Grand Prelate.
Fourth-Sir E. r. Hedges, Past
Grand Commander; Sir George Sinsa
baugh, Grand Standard Bearer: Sir
Samuel d. Mayer, Grand Organist. and
! Sir Charles L. Field, Past Commander.
Several other carriages followed in
which We're Sir Knights who We're un-
able to march in the parade