Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-29
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Detroit. Mich, Aug. 2S.-The mill
tary division of the Order of knights
OF Pythias did Itself proud in It's BIZ
enniai parade this afternoon, and the
vast crowds who witnessed the in
Spring pageant gave enthusiastic APP
prevail all along the march. Nine
thousand uniformed and helmeted
knights and musicians marched in
rapid and orderly manner over the
route OF five miles, and were officially
reviewed first by Supreme Chancellor
Sample and before dismissal by Ma
jor General Carnahan, commander Of
the Uniformed Rank.
rLACK OF HORSES.
The Ohio brigade, With more than
1000 men in line, was the leader in
point OF numbers. and made splendid
showing. Indiana, Pennsylvania, I'LL
nois, and Michigan were next Very
few States were wholly unrepresented
In the line of march. One British flag
was seen in the parade, carried by the
Canadian contingent.
The police arrangements were admi-
rable, and the temperature fairly cool.
The only drawback was lack of horses.
All the Headquarters and most of the
brigade officers were well mounted, but
u considerable number of the regiment
al field officers were afoot
GENERAL CARNAHAN.
Major General Carnahan rode at the
head of the parade. mounted on Gov
ernor Pingree's splendid chestnut rid
ing horse, and followed by his staff
of forty mounted officers. Indiana had
the right OF the line, and other regI-
ments included Virginia, Georgia and
Kentucky. NUMEROUS commands.
smaller than regiments, were attached
to brigadeS from States other thnn
their OVID. ~
THE SUPREME LODGE.
But one session OF the Supreme Lodge
was held to-day. Little business was
transacted beyond reading the officers
reports and their reference to commit
tees. Ffty-fve grand chancellors were
given the Supreme Lodge degree. A
committee on credentials was appointed
aud will report at to-morI ow's session.
SUPREME CHANCELLOR'S AID
DRESS.
In his biennial address he said,
among other things:
In some of the grand domains there
is still that spirit manifested of de-
sire to cvade laws made for the gov
eminent of the order, not in regard to
any particular subject, but all the laws
we have enacted. One of the causes
for this seeming spirit of discomfort
Is the fact that in many of the sub
ordinate and grand lodges we have
men filling salaried positions both in
this order and others. and in many
cases the older organizations pay the
highest salary. AS Il consequence we
find the latter organizations receive
their best efforts, and at the same
time. they arc so imbued with the laws
OF these rlvnl institutions they can
not resist the temptation to engraft
their peculiar ideas into the manage
ment OF the affairs or the KNIGHTS OF
PEfhniq fNhig
viii sooner or later drag this order we
all love SO much down to Il mere eXis-
tence. instead OF being competitor for
first honor as the strongest and most
influential of all secret orders.
LAWS VIOLATED.
Members in q few domains have yio-
lated your stringent legislati relative
to the admission of saloon keepers bar
tenders and gamblers; others have set
at defiance your laws relative to the
initiation fees and the law relative to
Sunday excursions, using the lodge
name, but calling 1t pleasure club
loudly clamorng for permission to
have Intoxicating liquors at entertain
ments on the theory that other and
older institutions of q similar nature
permit 1t.
STRENGTH OF THE ORDER.
In his report r. l.. c. Wright of At
lanta. Ga, supreme keeper of records
and seal gave the following:
-. IOtdl number OIL subordinate lodges
December 81, 1899, GAO.
Total membership, 492, sos, net gain
during '9S and 80, 5S lodges and 81
e37 members. Practically 80 per cent
of the gain was In 1899. Illinois led in
the gains, with Indiana and Ohio close
seconds Louisiana suffered q net loss
OF 72S. The appropriations at the In
dianapolis biennial IN SO were sos, $50
OF which $83.S92 had been expended at
the close of the fiscal year. There was
balance on hand of S7.052. and there
has since been received $G5, 403. Re-
ceipts of grand lodges were S40S, $50
and with balance on hand, the credits
were $751; Disbursements were $685.
sac. There has been expended for re-
lief s1.335,515, and grand domains had
on hand December l, 1899, $1,8S3,451
The total assets of the grand do
mains are $9,246,130. Lodges outside
OF grand domains have expended for
relief $3.651; cash on hand, SASS, and
assets. $26,524
The report Of the supreme master Of
me exchequer shows total of SS,3n,-
b0l On hand June co. 1900
SISTERHOOD LODGES.
In the sixth biennial assembly of the
Pythian Sisterhood Supreme Lodge
MRS. Ill. +. Libbey supreme chancellor
reported the question of admission of
colored women to membership as hav-
Ing Deen disposed of by .debarring a
coiored woman from taking the second
degree after she had passed the first
Grand Army Veterans Parade.