The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-23

shiny; st. Johns commandery, No. 4,
OF Philadelphia, with rs men; Shick-
shiny band; De Mulay commandery,
No. Q, of Reading, 10 men; Altoona
band; Mountain, No. 10, commandery
Altoona, 64 men; Citizens band, of
Plymouth; Pilgrim commandery, No.
IL, of Harrisburg, 2S men; Crusade
commandery, No. IL, of Bloomsbury, 22
men; Mozart band, of Carbondale;
Palestine commandery, No. ID, of Car
bondale, 80 men; Northern command
cry, No. 16, of Towanda, 20 men.
Second Division.
The second division was headed by |
u. Sir Frank McSparen, commanding, |
and the following aides: E. Sir William
S. Mears, No. II; f. Sir William S. |
Semple, No. 10; E. Sir f. w. Martenis. |
No. 20; L. Sir John X. Hayes, No. %; |
E. Sir William l.. Yearger, No. %; +. |
Sir G. Weidman. jr., No. "a; Il. Sir G. |
Biederbeck, No 20; L. Sir l.. V. Hausch, |
No. 81; f. Sir George w. Watt, No SO;
Sir B. Harold Carpenter, No. As. Next |!
came Bauer's band. which played in |
superb tone, leading Occur de Lion |
commandery No. II, of Scranton, with |
so men in line. The commandery re-
ceived great applause for the magnifi-
cent way in which it marched and per- |
formed difficult manoeuvres.
They were followed by the Easton |
| band and Hugh de Payens command |
cry. No. 49, of Easton, with II men in
line. Then came the Allentown band
in natty red uniforms, heading Allen
commandery, No. 20, of Allentown, with
80 men in line, and were followed by
| tho EIClx hand Of Wi1lia ms d.
ing Baldwin ii. commandery, No. 22
OF Willamsport, with 45 men. Then
came Packer commandery, No. 90, of
Mauch Chunk, with 10 men, followed
| by Perseverance band, of Lebanon, and
Hermit commandery, No. a. of Leba-
non, with 25 men in line, followed by
Lewiston commandery, No. 26,of Lewis
ton, with IL men. Next came Jones
| band, heading Kadosh cOmmandery,
No. 80, of Philadelphia, with % men,
followed by Ivanhoe commandery, No
81, of Mahanoy City, with 10 men, and
! Thistle band, of Plains, leading Hutch
inson commandery, No. 80, of Norris
town, with IS men.
The third division was headed by T..
Sir John NJ Core, commanding, with
the following aides: e. Sir j. b. Wool
sey, No. 6S; E. Sir Frank C. Price, No.
SO; E. Sir William L. Sidler. No. 81 f.
Sir Frank II. Piatt, No. 60; e. Sir
Samuel E. Niles, No. 40; Sir Philip S.
Kift, No. 46; L. Sir r. f. Muslin, jr.,
No. Al; L. Sir Ezra II. Ripple, No. IL
T. Sir Charles +. Wilson. No. As; Allie
gheny band and Allegheny command
cry, No. So, 81 men; Sunbury band,
Mary commandery, No. SO, of Phila-
delphia, SO men; Calvary commandery,
No. 81, of Danville, 20 men; Constan
tine commandery, No. Al, Pottsvile, IS
men; Germania band, Reading COM
mandery, No. AZ, of Reading, GA men;
Lock Haven band, Hospitaller COM
mandery, No. 49, Lock Haven, II men;
West Wyoming band, ST. Alban COM
mandery. No. AZ, Philadelphia, 2S men:
Corinthian commandery, No. 3d. OF
Philadelphia, with SO mounted men.
Fourth Division.
The fourth division was led by L. Sir
David o. McCollum commanding, and
the following aides: +. Sir w. o. Wal
born, No. So E. Sir d. w. Stark, No.
60; L. Sir James S. Porteus, No. 6S; T..
Sir H. p. Kuntz, No. 73; L. Sir Charles
Sabin, No. 76; +. Sir Edward Smith,
No. 45 E. Sir Stephen b. Bennett, No.
81: Bakers band, of Binghamton, lead
ing Wyoming Valley lodge, No. 81, Of
Pittston, with so men: Pittston baud,
leading Temple commandery. No. 80 of
Tunkhannock, with As men: Lawrence
band, of Scranton, leading Melita COM
mandery, No. 6S of Scranton, with 6S
men; Liberty band, of Hail on. lead
ing Mt. Vernon commandery. No. %,
of HaZleton, with Sc men in line, and
the Ninth regiment band, leading Dieu
lie Veut commandery, of Wilkes-B Barre.
with 127 men in line, not counting those
who were performing various other du-
ties. The parade was brought up by the
provisional Red Cross corps of twelve
Knights Templars and a delegation of
Ninth regiment boys under DR.. CLOSER
in the handsome ambulance presented
to the Ninth regiment when it entered
the United State service, which turned
out to render immediate aid If such
were necessary, but, happily, no acci-
dents happened during the parade.
The parade was reviewed by the OFF,
GERS of the Grand commandery from
J the grand stand erected on the river
bank near Northampton street. The
officers of the Grand commandery who
reviewed the parade are: r. f. Sir Jas.
b. Youngson, of Pittsburg; V. Z. Sir
Adam II. Schmehl, department conf
J mander of Reading; f. Sir Thomas +.
Penman, Scranton, grand generolissi-
mo- +. Sir Ezra S. Bartlett, grand
captain general; +. Sir Charles NJ.
Stock, Hanover, grand senior warden;
Il. Sir Wilson j. Fleming, Bellefonte,
grand Junior warden; +. Sir John Jay
Gilroy, Philadelphia; grand treasurer;
r. E. Sir William w. Allen, Philadel-
phia, grand recorder: Il. Sir Herman
Junker Pittsburg, standard bearer: +.
Sir William ]. Diehl, mayor of Pitts
burg, grand sword bearer; Z. Sir An
drew S. Stair, Altoona grand captain
of the guard; Z. Sir James Wilcox,
Pittsburg; grand marshall Sir A.
Howard Thomas, Philadelphia, grand
herald, and r. f. Sir Joseph Alexander,
of Scranton, former grand commander.
of the state.
The following Communicates were
awarded prizes for having the largest
percentage of their members in line:
First prize, Temple, Tunkhannock;
second. Wyoming Valley, Pittston;
third prize, Melita, Scranton.
Grand Commandery Session.
This afternoon the grand comman-
| Mayor Nichols delivered an address of
: welcome, in which he eulogized the
order.
; While the commandery was in ses-
= sion the ladies who accompanied the
visiting sir knights were taken in
charge by local committee and