The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-21
THOUSANDS In Line
ODD FELLOWS AND THEIR SISTERS
OF THE REBEKAH ORDER
PARADE AT DETROIT
MADE A BRILLIANT DISPLAY
Score of Bands Furnished Music nd
Various Lodges We'd With Each
Other in Numbers and Display of
COIors and Uniforms Great
Crowds Lined the Sidewalks and
Cheered Those in the Parade.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept 20-For more
than an hour this afternoon 1900 Odd
Fellows ana their sisters of the Rebekah
order, were passing in review before
Grand Sire Pinkerton, Deputy Grand
Sire Gable, and Maj Gen. J. P. Ellacott,
chief of the grand sires staff. 1t was
the finest and largest procession seen in
Detroit since the great G. A. r. parade
in 1896. Fully a score of bands furnished
the music. Street car and other traffic
was suspended along the line of march,
and the police kept the crowds of spec
tators well back on the sidewalks.
Brig. Gen. Martin, commander of the
Michigan department of the Patriarchs
militant, led 1000 men of the military
branch of Odd Fellowship all in full
uniform, carrying drawn swords. Their
perfect marching, excellent evolutions and
fine appearance drew constant applause
from the crowds that packed the Wood
ward avenue sidewalks from curbs to
building fronts Ohio sent six cantons Of
patriarchs, Indiana three, New York
three, Pennsylvania three, Massachusetts,
three, Michigan three and st. Thomas
Ont, one. Grand canton from Akron, O.,
and Syracuse canton attracted especial
attention by their numbers and perfect
marching.
Subordinate encampments followed the
gaily-attired and military looking pa
triarchs, with d large float representing
THE Plains of Mamre." About 200 mem
bers Of the subordinate encampments, a
majority from Michigan, were in line
At the rear of their division came the
grand encampment of Michigan in car
riages.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY.
Over 500 members Of the Detroit lodge
headed the third division composed of
sub-lodges and the grand lodge of Michi-
gan. Lodges Wed with each other as to
turning out the greater number Of mon,
uniformed in some striking manner,
riverside lodge, of Detroit, made the hit
Of this division, with 200 men all uni
formed in brown linen suits and caps.
Colored umbrellas were carried by sew
eral lodges, adding picturesqueness to the
long pageant. Two floats portraying
Inc Good Samaritan" and Saul Listen
ing to David Playing the Harp were
drawn with this division After the
grand lodge Of Michigan was drawn a
tremendous float loaded with children,
bearing the legend I'VE Educate Or
phans. Banners in the childrens' hands
told Of the many orphan asylums main
tanned by the order. Women of the
Rebekah branch rode in sixty-five car
rlages, with large float Illustrating
lRebekah at the WeIl' in their midst.
the representatives to the SOVEREIGN
grand lodge occupied respective carriages
designated by shields hung thereon. bear
Ing the name of the states the occupants
represented. All the states and Canadian
provinces were thus in line. When Grsnd
Sire Pfnkerton and associates had finished
the review they entered carriages and,
escorted by the Junior Hussars. Of
Columbus. O.. brought up the rear of the
grand procession. The gorgeous uniforms
ana dashing evolutions of the hussars
was the final feature of the spectacle
1t IS estimated that 10000 persons con-
4ected with the various divisions of Odd
Fellowship are now in the city.