Evening star., 1901-08-28
DRILLING FOR PRIZES
Sir Knights at Louisville Present a
Brilliant Spectacle.
COLUMBIA MMANDERY IN II
Reports of the Officers Of the
Grand Lodge.
!BIA COMMANDERY IN IT
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 2S.-A spec
tacular competitive drill by the crack COM
manderies of the country attracted crush
of knights Templar conclave visitors to
Churchill Downs today. While the knights
were drilling the business end of the con-
ciave-the meeting of the Grand Encamp-
ment-got under way at the Girls High
School.
When Grand Master Lloyd called the
meeting to order there were about 12O
knights present to transact business. The
reports of the grand master, grand treas
urer, grand recorder and several other Of
ficers were received and referred to COM
mittees.
Report of the Grand Master.
The report of Grand Master Reuben HI.
Lloyd, submitted to the grand encamp-
ment, contained the following:
THE order is in a most satisfactory and
healthy condition, and steadily growing.
The present term, which began July l,
1890, commenced with 114.540 members,
and closed with 125 1OS. The order is in a
much more healthy condition than it was
before the PRONUNCIATION of the decision
that voluntarily remaining non-affiliate in
lodge or chapter for six months would af-
feet membership in a commandery, for now
every member of the order is sustaining it,
root and branch.
Since our last session a formal treaty of
peace has been entered into between the
United States and Spain. BY ninety days
of actual warfare over 100000 of people,
occupying more than 260, 600 square miles
of the earth's surface, were freed from op-
preston. Where it was dangerous to be a
Mason our order may now securely spread
its humanizing and elevating influences.
The school house and the lodge can labor
together to brush aside ignorance and Su-
perstition, and teach the downtrodden peo-
pie the blessings of civil and religious lib
erty. We should indeed feel proud-as we
,do-that a Temp1ar was the guiding spirit
in bringing about this happy change to SO
many human beings.
Opportunities in New Colonies
1.-THE sphere of our usefulness is grad
ually enlarging. Our labors are but COM
mencing. We must press onward until lib
erty and enlightenment shall ilumine the
world; until every land and every people
shall have heard and rejoiced at the full
fillment of the proclamation made by the
angels al the coming of Him whose fol-
lowers we are On earth peace, good will
toward men.
The report of the grand treasurer, III.
Wales Lines, showed receipts of S11 069,
and net cash resources of s4T,236.
'The report of the grand recorder, VIM.
H. Mayo, contained these figures: Net gain
in membership in 1899, =, HI: in 1900 2,30S:
in 1901, 4,3o4, the year ending July /.
There are at present 1,O59 Communicates
with a membership of 125, los. The states
having over 2,0OO are as follows:
california, 1856; Connecticut, 1896: Illi-
nois, 1851; Indiana 3,767: Iowa, 4.37S; Kan
sas, 1861; Kentucky. 1885; Maine $3.50;
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 13,112;
Michigan, $3.50; Minnesota, 2,733; Missouri,
1906: New Hampshire 2,234; New York.
12,16s Ohio, s.9i5: Pennsylvania, 13,2sS;
Texas, 2.27O; Wisconsin, 3, 49,
Contestants for the Prizes.
Following were the contestants in the
drill at Churchill Downs:
Columbia Commandery, No g Washing
ton, D. C.
Colorado Commandery, No. l. Denver,
Col.
Hanselmann Commandery, No. 16, Gin
clnnati, Ohio.
Allegheny Commandery, No. 3d. Pitts
burg, Pa.
St. Bernard Commandery, No 1, Chicago.
Calvary Commandery, No. 3, Parkers-
burg, W. Va.
Golden Gate Commandery, No. 16, San
Francisco
California Commandery, No. (mountedl,
San Francisco.
The compe tition was the first held since
The conclave of 1883.
Award of the prizes will be made tonight
at the Horse Show building, and will be
followed by grand march and dance by
the drill communicates and the ladies who
acted as sponsors for the prizes.
The trophies which are of silver are.
First prlze-Thirty-four pieces; valued at
5000.
second-I'wentyfive pieces, libation set
valued at $1,000.
Fhird-Corterpiece valued at $1,000.
Fourth-TWo pieces (mounted); valued at
$780,
Fffth-Loving cup; valued at $780,
Washingtonians Good at Foot Work.
At Churchill Downs is situated the race
track of the Louisville Jockey Club The
regular grand stand, holding 5000 persons,
was filled long before the drills began I'm
der a canopy in the field sat the SPONSORS
dark-eyed delegation of Kentucky beau
ties, who after the work was finished led
the members Of the contesting command
cries to immense bowls containing cooling
drinks.
Brass bands were numerous but music
was allowed only during the intermissions
between drills as the Grant tactics under
which the drills were conducted, allow of
nothing to mark time.
The Columbia knights were good in foot
work, but rather weak in handling their
swords, while the Denver men excelled in
handling their swords. To the crowd, the
Allegheny commandery appeared to have
made the best showing. Their foot work
showed the effects of hard practice
AT noon there was luncheon and rest,
during which Detroit Commandery, No. l.
gave an exhibition battalion drill