Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-19
in FRATERNITY CIRCLES.
K of P. Convention and Encampment at Detroit

Meeting at Richmond


Great preparations are being made
by the knights of Pythias of Detroit,
Mich, for the entertainment of the
thousands of visitors who will attend
the convention and Grand Encamp-
ment to meet in that city on the 27th
| instant. The event will be of great in
| tereSt to the order in this section,
which has four subordinate lodges of
the order in this city and two endow-
mcnt ranks.
Virginia Company No. 2, Uniformed
Rank, has perfected arrangements for
attending the encampment, and will
leave Norfolk on the 10th instant, on a
special Pullman train over the Norfolk
and Western. railroad. Atlantic Di-
vision of Portsmouth will leave on the
afternoon of August 25th, via the Bay
Line. TO Baltimore, and from thence by
the baltimore and Ohio railroad. They
VIII carry twenty-five men, and will be
quartered at the Griswold House. The
Sir Knights anticipate a most delight
1ul trip and enjoyable time.
The official program for the knights
! of Pythias convention and encamp-
| ment, TO begin Monday, August 27th,
and continue during the week, has been
! issued. The camp will be in readiness
| Thursday, August 23d, and large
| crowds are expected to arrive in the
city Friday and Saturday and Sunday,
| in order to get settled down for camp
work Monday. On Saturday and sun
day reception committees will be post
ed at all the dcpots to welcome incom-
ers. and escort them to the camp.
On Sunday evening, at 1850, services
/ will be held at the Central NJ. II.
| Church. conducted by the chaplain-in-
chief. l.. G. Sanderson, and at o'clock
| a sacred band concert will be given at
| the camp itself.
| Monday morning at 10 o'clock Mich
| igan's First Regiment will receive all
| incomers at the camp. At D O'CLOCK
| Monday night the camp Will be turned
| over by the executive committee to the
! Supreme Chancellor. and COMMANDER
in-Chef Sample, and transferred to
Major General Carnahan, Governor
| Pingree is scheduled to deliver 1or-
mai address OF welcome in behalf of
the State. and Mayor Maybury in be
half OF the city. In the evening
moonlight excursion will be given on
the steamer Pleasure. leaving the toot
OF Woodward avenue at O'Clock. y
reception will be rendered the supreme
representatives at 1880 p. IN. at the Ma
sonic Temple and n reception Will also
be given there by the Rathbone SIS
ters and the Pythian Sisterhood, while
the Naabe Temple of Grand Rapids
will give an eXemplifcation OF the new
ritual Dramatic Order knights of kho-
raSSan, to De tolloWeu ny SoSis'i SSS
sion.
Tuesday the convention OF the Su-
preme Lodge will open Mt 10 a. m. at
the Masonic Temple, and at the same
hour there will be meetings OF the I'M
perial Palace, d. o. X. Il; the Ratf
bone Sisters, the supreme Neepers -
r.. and S. at the temple, ana meet
ing of the Ontario Grand Lodge at Ply
THAN Hail. Windsor. At 2:3O p. m. the
grand parade of Uniform Rank VIII pc
given, formation taking place at tne
cnmp half an hour earlier. In the
evening at o'clock moon.sn. oo @
ride will be rendered tae supreme OIL
calls of the order leaving the foot oil
Woodward avenue.
Wednesday morning at $3.50 there
will be a grand field inspection and re-
view oil all Uniform Rank troops at the
Belle Isle race track In ~nlch an
troops in the camp Will take part. Az
10 there will he competitive drill OF
Rathbone Sisters at the Masonic rem
ME. and at | o'clock p. m. the Ken
tuclsv barbecue will open at Jefferson
Avenue Park and continue throughout
the week. .t,,
There will be cavalry and artillery
drills Mt Belle Isle race track at z;3o
o'clock in the afternoon. and IN tns
evening at 1880 n grand electrical anu
fireworks parade of the Dramauc Ut
der Knights of Ilhorassan, which Is eNr
pected to be the spectacular feature Oh
the week. .;,, 10
| competitive drills by battalionS ana
| comnanies. classes Il and c, at Beiie
Isle. continuing all day; and competI-
I tive drillS by class y companies at -.
| A. c. grounds at 9:30 and every alter
noon at O'Clock until concluded. inc
| n
at Masonic Temple. and Mt O'CLOCK IN
the evening there will be an eXemplin-
| cation of ritualistic work, Uniform
Rank. at the asonic Temple.
Friday at 10 a. m. the supreme lodge
will convene at the temple; the after
noon will be devoted to side trips TO
resorts and the evening TO rltuaiistic
| work ut the temple.
Saturday the supreme lodge Will con-
venc at 10 a. IN. at the temple. and at
| 4 D. m there will be the distribution
OF prizes at the camp grounds.
! AS yet the subordinate lodges of the
! Pythians have taken no decided steps
| in reference to visiting the Grand En-
campmcnt at Detroit. Mich. 1t Is said
that some of the members may possibly
| take in the trip. If they do they will
accompany the Uniformed Rank on
| the 10th instant General d. ]. Turner.
supreme representative. Will leave
day or two in advance of the order to
he present at the opening OF the con-
vcntion. He will appear In the grand
| parade at the head of the Uniformed
knights from Virginia.
| s-:-t
The Sovereign Grand Lodge OF the
| Independent Order OF Odd Fellows will
convene in the city of Richmond on
| Monday. September 18th. The Execu
tive Committee TO arrange for the re-
ception of the visiting Odd Fellows