The times., 1899-10-09
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE.
The Annual Review AID Inspection
Take Place This Afternoon.


The annual review and inspection of the
Knights Templar will take place this aft
ernoon at 5 O'clock on the ellipse in the
White Lot. The following general order
from headquarters has been issued to the
various communicates, bidding them pre-
pare for the inspection:
The annual inspection and review OF the several
subordinate commanderies of Knights Templar in
the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia viii
be held Monday, October 8, 1885, at o'clock
p m, on the eliipse of the Executive Mansion
grounds
The several communicates in full Templar uni
form, will proceed to their respective stations,
follows:
Washington Commandery, No. l, on Fifteenth
Street right resting on f Street Columbia Com
mandery. No. 3 at foot OF Madison Place. Po-
tomac Commandery, No. g. at foot of jackson
Place. DeMolay Mounted Commandery, No. 4,
on driveway directly south of Executive Mansion.
Orient Commandery, No ., on Seventeenth Street,
right resting f Street
The adjutant's call will be sounded at 4:45 p.
M, and the Communicates win be formed in the
following order, from right to left:
Washington CommandeTy, No. l; Columbia Com
mandery, No. q Potomac Commandery, No. 8;
Orient Commandery, No. 5; DeMolay Mounted
Commandery No. 4.
The officers of the Grand Commandery and the
manderies will form the staff Of the Grand Com
mander, and win report, mounted and fully
equipped to the Grand Captain General in front
of Masonic Temple, az o'clock p. III. The
Grand Commander and staff win be escorted to
the parade ground by DeMoIay Mounted Com
mandery, No. 4.
All the preliminary arrangements have
been completed, and, the weather permit
ting, the Knights will make fine showing
The District Communicates usually turn
out about 300 men at their inspections.
The sight of so many waving plumes and
FURNISHED swords on the green sward of
the White Lot will be very pleasing. When
the trumpet sounds assembly at 4:45
o'clock the various commands will be
marched on the field and be formed, COM
pany 'front.' in a straight line across the
ellipse from east to west. The reviewing
and inspecting party, consisting of Grand
Commander William T. Galiher and the
other grand officers, will take their posi-
ton directly in front of the line on the
north drive. Adjutant General Domer win
then take command of the entire body and.
after few preliminary movements, will
| bring the men to present arms, after which
| they will be turned over 10 the Grand Com
| mander A few more movements in the
manual will be ordered by that officer.
Then the entire inspecting party will ride
| to the right of the line and pass slowly
| along the front of the various command
cries, making a rigid inspection of the
! knights equipment.
| At the conclusion of the inspection the
! line will be formed and the Knights will
pass in review before the grand officers.
They will continue on their march through
Executive Avenue 10 Lafayette Square. to
! Vermont Avenue, to K Street, to Tenth
/ Srteet, TO Street, where the parade Will
| be dismissed and the various command
| cries will return to their respective head
quarters. Several bands of music Will be
| in attendance at the review.