The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-25

building has been deliberately decorat-
ed. A great court covers the city post
Office department and is surrounded by
a corridor lined With massive columns.
This interior is centered with plat
form heavily banked VITA plants and
flowers behind which an orchestra Will
play each afternoon, and evening of the
week. Spacious court rooms surround
ing the corridors will be used for the
different functions connected with the
receptions.
The Great Parade.
On Tuesday morning the formal
opening of the triennial will take place
with the great parade. Maj. John II.
feathers, of Louisville, an ex-Confed-
crate officer will be grand marshal of
the parade. He estimates that there
will be not less than 10000 Templars
and $500 musicians in line. The start
will be made promptly at $3.50 O'Clock
Central standard time) from the in
tersection of Seventh and Main
streets.
The route of the parade is about
three and a half miles in length, much
of the distance being through the hand
some residence sections of the city,
where shade trees touch branches
above the thoroughfares. Moving east
from the starting point the column will
pass up Main street to Brook, receiv-
ing the officers and members of the
grand encampment at the Gait House;
the line of march then leads south Oil
Brook to Market; west on Market 20
Sixth; south on Sixth to Jefferson;
east on Jefferson-through the court
of honor-to Fourth avenue; south on
Fourth avenue to Chestnut: east on
Chestnut to Floyd-south on Floyd to
Broadway; west of Broadway to
Fourth avenue, turning under the
quadruple arch into the latter thor
oughfare; south on Fourth avenue to
Kentucky; east on Kentucky to Third
avenue; south on third avenue to Hill
street, where the officers and members
of the grand encampment will take
positions on the official reviewing
stand; west on Hill to Fifth, through
st. James Court to Central Park,
where the parade will disband.
Immediately following the parade the
sessions of the grand encampment will
commence at the Girls High School,
corner Fifth and High streets. 1t is
expected that the deliberative sessions
of the grand body will extend over a
period of four days. One question
likely to come up for the consideration
of the grand encampment, is that of
establishing permanent headquarters
for the order in Washington, d. c.
Another problem that will doubtless be
considered is the relation of lodge and
chapter membership to proper stand
ing in the Templar order. The fraternal
attitude of the American order to the
encampments of England and Wales,
will also probably be a matter of con-
sideration. Regular routine business
WILL of course, as usual, demand at
tention, the election of officers and the
selection of the next meeting place
probably occurring on Thursday. For
the latter honor. two cities, Milwaukee
and Minneapolis. are avowed candi-
dates.
On Thursday night a grand lawn
fete will be given by the Kentucky Sir
knights at the Masonic Widows and
Orphans Home, a fireworks display &C
companying it. Col. Will S. Hays, the
song writer, will the same evening
have charge of an entertainment at the
| horse show building, in which 200 ne
groes will give in song the story OF
the colored man in the South from
antebellum plantation days to the
present. That night will also be inau-
| gurated a series of river excursions for
the benefit of the Templar guests that
will be continued each afternoon and
evening during the conclave.
Wednesday is to be devoted to the
competitive drills, the first that have
been given under the auspices of the
| Templars since the triennial of 1888 al
San Francisco. Five sterling silver
trophies have been prepared as prizes
the first of these-a handsome ban
| quet service of "a pieces-valued at 49,.
900. Seven drill corps are entered in the
infantry division as follows: Columbia
No. 2. Washington, D. c.: Calvary, No
3, Parkersburg, w. Va; Allegheny, No
| 35, Allegheny, Pa; HanSelmann, No
16. Cincinnati; st. Bernard, No. S5
Chicago; Colorado, No. 1, Denver, anC
Golden Gate, No. 16, San Francisco
California Commandery, No. l, is the
only entry in the mounted drill con.
test.
TweDty-Eight Sponsors.
Twenty-eight Blue Grass bellies will
act as sponsors for the Sir Knights OF
the drill field The award of prizes will
be announced Wednesday evening, foul
United States army officers and on,
Knight Templar acting as judges O.
the drill. The sponsors will have {
pleasing part to play in the exercise.
of the evening, which are to be helt
at the Horse Show building, and will
select one of the drilling teams to give
an exhibition drill.
The crowning number of the week.
evening in the conclave hall. This will
be held at Confederate Hall, one O.
the largest dance pavilions in tn,
South. During the entire week of tn,
triennial the visiting Communicates will
entertain lavishly. A number of III,
best known Templar organizations o
the United States have established
headquarters and will maintain "oper
house" during the conclave. Balls. re
ceptions and fetes will enliven the So
cial end of the week.
Various other features have beer
scattered throughout the week for the
entertainment of visitors from abroad
A unique event will be a sale of to-
bacco breaks" of Louisville, Northern
and Eastern Knights being treated Il
an unusual scene in this great market
of one of the states staple products
| These sales win occur Wednesday enc
| Thursday afternoons. Excursions &c
! Mammoth Cave, Cumberland Gap, the
Blue Grass region of Kentucky and the
battlefields of Kentucky and Tennessee
! will be run for the Sir Knights and
their friends on Thursday and Friday