Evening star., 1900-10-09
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Local Fraternity Will Entertain Visi-
tOrs-Inspection and Review.

Local Fraternity Will Entertain Vis1-
tOrs-Inspection and Review.
Preparations are being made by the
Knights Templar of this city for two i'm
portant events which will occur this week.
The first will be a visit from sixty sir
knights of New Haven Commandery of
Connecticut, who will be accompanied by
forty ladies. A committee of twenty-five
sir knights and ten ladies, representing the
five communicates of Washington, will
have charge of the entertainment of the
visitors during their stay in the city. The
party will arrive via the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at $50 pm. tomorrow and will
be met by the committee at the depot and
escorted to the Metropolitan Hotel where
refreshments will be served and an ADDRESS
of welcome delivered by Harrison Dingman,
grand commander of the grand body of the
District of Columbia. Thursday the visit
ors will be escorted to points of interest
about the city. and Friday excursion to
Mt. Vernon will be given in their honor
Among the members Of New Haven COM
mandery expected to accompany the party
are Eminent Commander Albert Ward Mat
toon and Sir knights f. NJ. Wilmot, Bruce
G. Gilchrest, Samuel ]. Bryant. John II.
Pearce, Frank Bishop, Chas. F. Root and
Francis G. Anthony
The members of the local entertainment
committee are Thos. P. Morgan, JOS A.
Oliver, VIM s. Parks. Fred w. Behrens.
Geo. H. Walker. Geo. Gibson, w. H. Klop-
fer, Walter Il. Pettus John ]. Narrower,
Benz. Parkhurst, John E. Wagner. w. 8.
Waddey, j. s. Raeburn, VIM. f. Hunt, II.
L. Middleton, Robert Cook. Thos. E. Lam
don. Angus Lamond, E. G. Schafer. A. w.
Johnston. F. ]. Woodman. e. B. Hesse,
Chas. A. Stockett and w. H. Olcott.
The second event referred to Is the an
nual inspection and review of the several
communicates of this city by the grand
commandery, which will take place Thurs
day afternoon. The communicates will as
ay1,l1 of Mo- A ~,
pm, and the lines formed as follows:
Washington. No. 1, Jos. A. Oliver. COM
mander; Columbia, No. 2, Walter b. Pettus,
commander; Potomac. No. 3, John e. Wag
ner, commander; Orient, No. 5. Arvine w.
Johnston. commander; De Molay Mounted,
No. 4. Robert Cook. commander At 4:3O
pm the line of march will be taken up as
follows: From 10th and F strets to Penn
sylvania avenue, south side, to AZ street
counter march to north side, to Metropoli-
tan Hotel, where New Haven Commandery
will join the line, Immediately following
Washington Commandery, No /, which has
been designated as its special escort. Column
Will then proceed by Pennsylvania avenue to
18th street, to ellipse of the Executive Mansion
grounds. where the ceremonies of inspec-
tfon and review will take place under the
direction of Harrison Dingman, grand COM
mander. and Frank II. Thomas, adjutant
general.
The following officers will form the staff
of the grand commander: Geo Gibson,
deputy grand commander; Geo. E. Corson,
grand generalissimo: Andrew w. Kelley,
grand captain general: Bennett A. Allen,
grand senior warden; VIM. F. Hunt, grand
junior warden; Henry K Simpson grand
prelate; E. H. Chamberlin, grand treas
urer; Geo. H Walker, grand standard
bearer: Thos. P. Morgan. grand sword
bearer; VIM. II. H. Cissell, grand Warder;
Walter H. Klopfer, grand captain of the
guard.
On leaving the parade ground the fol-
lowing line of march will be taken up:
Madison place to Pennsylvania avenue, Ex-
ecutive Mansion. where the parade will be
reviewed by the President if he is in the
city: thence to 18th street, to Pennsylva-
mia avenue. to Metropolitan Hotel. where
the column will halt and New Haven Com
mandery will pass In front of the lines to
its hotel. The march will again be re-
sumed to Masonic Temple via 9th street.
and the parade dismissed