Daily inter mountain., 1900-04-11
Sons Of st. George Will Meet
On April %.
REV. SnAYLER TO COME
He Is the Supreme Lodge Chaplain
History OF the Order-Its
Growth in Montana.


order of Sons of st. George of the united
lodges of Silver Bow county will be held
Monday, April %. The committee having
charge of the celebration are making
every effort to make this the banner year
in Montana. They have secured the SER
vices of one of the leading lights OF the
order in the United States, Rev. r. V.
Shayler. D. D. of Sandusky. Ohio, the
supreme lodge chaplain, to be the orator
of the day. DIR. Shayler will also give
talk in the evening upon the subject "A
Trip to the OLD Country, and Some
Things 1 Saw and Heard" In connec-
tion with the evenings entertainment
music will be rendered by Mrs. Flavin,
Mrs Mayne, Mr. Argle. Mr.. Bawden ana
others. 1t will be the best concert ever
given by the order in this city. The work
of the committee is in the hands of some
of the ablest members or the order. Win
William Bartle as chairman, John Smith
as secretary and Matt H. Brown as treas
urer. Prof A. c. Newell will have charge
of the afternoon exercises as chairman.
and Hon. A. F. Bray will be chairman of
the evening meeting. Other gentlemen
from out of the city to be present viii be
Rev. C. H. Linley of Missoula, Nelson
Vile: Ben Walker of Great Falls. Hon.
Richard Pearce, British consul, of Den
yer Colo; Capt. r. #. Pearce, Mr y. w.
Westby of Missoula and a number of the
leading citizens of the city will take part.
This is the day of all days in which the
British Americans OF the state OF MOT
tana feel they should show their love to
their adopted country, by celebrating the
say of st. George, day in which all
Englishmen love to show to the world
that they do not forget the home that
gave them birth. At the same time they
are willing to shoulder the musket for
the land of their adoption and follow the
glorious old Stars and Stripes to battle
against the enemy.
MANY questions have been asked what
it is, and what it seeks to accomplish?
William Bartle has given the Inter
Mountain the following information in
reference to the order:
This order had it's origin in the state
of Pennsylvania in he year 1871. About
| that time a number of outrages and muir
| ders were committed upon Englishmen
| by a secret organization known as the
| "Molly Maguires," for no other reason
than that of enmity towards those of
that nationality. For the purpose OF de-
| Vising means for mutual protection, a
few Englishmen met secretly and eff
! fected a temporary organization, and
| were so successful in carrying out the
objects for which they combined that
when the cause of their banding together
disappeared they decided to perpetuate
| the organization by reorganizing as a
sick and beneficial society for those of
English birth or descent. Thus Origi-
mated ST. Georges Lodge No. l. Other
| lodges soon spread themselves through
out the United States. In its constitu-
ton, the order is similar to most other
fraternal enthusiastically payment in
1 - c;o nrivnr f<Nv~ h0 vryi1A
and fatherless. Conditions of member
ship are: A member must be an
1 Englishman, or the son or grandson of
an Englishman, either on the paternal
or maternal side, and believer in the
Supreme Being. Non-political nor Sec
with the religious or political opinions OF
it's members and does not allow English
nor American politics to be introduced
into it's meetings 1t enjOins all it's mem
bers to become good citizens of the land
of their adoption, and is in no way an
tagonistic to this country or it's people
seeking only the unif1cation of English.
men for good and wholesome purposes
conducive alike to the welfare of its
members, the general good of society an6
the prosperity of the land in which its
people have found better home thar
the land of their birth can afford Them
The interest of it's members being now
wrapped up in the prosperity of this
country rather than that of the land Of
. their bArth it warns it's members that nj
EnglishAnan will be a traitor to the lant
of his adoption, but will always obey tht
. laws of the land in which he resides
Such are some of the principles Of this
grand and noble order an order in which
! all EnglisNmen love to honor. This orde
was introduced in Butte in the year 1890
: by the ordanization of Peace and Har
many lodde Of Centerville Since tina
time there have been lodges organized il
quite a number of the towns of Mon
tana. At the present time arrangement
; have been made to organize in the fol
! lowing towns of this state: Anaconda
Missoula Livingston. Granite and Bill