The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-14
MUSIC AND BANNERS
WELCOME ARRIVALS TO KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR'S CoNCLAVE.
THE GEORGIA CoMMANDERY
THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AND ES-
CORTED BIZ PALESTINE COM
MANDERY.

Ehe Remaining Communicates EN-
peted This Morning, the Greater
Number of Them on n Special
Southern Train-These Also Will
BE Met by Palestine COmmandery
and n Brass Bnnd-Pnrade TO Tnl>e
Place at 10 O'CIock-sir knights to
Hold Two Business Sessions and
Church Service-Shriners to Pa
rade and Hold Ceremonial Session.
In full uniform Georgia Comman-
derry No. l, knights Templar, of Au-
eusta- reached Savannah by the Cen
trail Railway, yesterday afternoon. 1t
was met by Palestine Commandery
and, with a band was escorted to the
De Soto, which will be headquarters
for the Sir knights during the con-
clave of the Grand Commandery to-
day and tomorrow.
Georgia Commandery came on
special car. On the same train came
quite a number of other Sir Knights,
advance delegates so to speak, of the
eleven other Communicates which will
be represented in Savannah when the
Grand Commandery opens its first ses-
sion in Masonic Temple to-day at noon.
other Communicates Coming.
In all some fifty or sixty visiting
Templars were in the city last night
and half as many ladies, who accom-
panied them. The great body of them
are expected to-day. however, when
-. ,soI x.rfT
bring Rome Commandery No. 4, R. c.
O'Del, eminent commander; Couer de
Leon Commandery, No. 4, A. II. Van
Dyke, eminent commander, and Allan
ia Commandery. No. 8. w. NJ. Slaton,
eminent commander, of Atlanta; Ivan
hoe Commandery, A. S. Martin, emf
nent commander, Fort Valley, and st.
Omer Commandery. w. A. Weir, emf
nent commander, Macon.
Communicates that will come by
other roads are St. Aldemar. No. 3, A.
C. Chancellor. eminent commander. Co
lumbus: De Molay, No. 5, G. H. Fields,
eminent commander, of Americas; Will
liam Tracy Gould No. 6. ] F. Lancas-
ter, eminent commander, Forsyth; and
Tancred No. II. NJ. Salbide. eminent
commander, Newman.
Representatives of Plantagenet Com
mandery. MilledgeVille, DR.. George ID.
Case, eminent commander, Sir Knight
John Conn, captain of the guard, and
Sir Knight l.. H. Andrews, arrived last
night. Plantagenet has been so recent
~ orga nized that its members have not
yet secured uniforms and hence being
unable to take part in the parades. sent
only this delegation. This comman-
derry is still working under a dispensa-
ton. but will get its charter at this
conclaVe of hefGrand Commandery as
will also Cyrene Commandery of Cor
dele.
The Southern special is expected to
reach Savannah al o'clock. and it will
be met by Palestine Commandery and
the visiting communicates escorted to
the De Soto. In fact each of the trains
bringing Sir knights will be met by
Palestine Commandery or a committee
from It.
1t is expected that all the Sir knights
who are coming will have arrived, and
secured breakfast by 10 o'clock, when
the line of parade that is to escort the
Grand Commandery to Masonic Tenn
pie, will be formed at the De Soto. The
order of this parade will be Palestine
Commandery, preceded by the First
Regiment Band at the head, and the
other commands in line according to
their numerical rank. The Firemans
Drum and Bugle Corps of Atlanta will
also take part.
The Parade.
The parade will be in charge of Mai
w. S. Rockwell, grand marshal, who
will be assisted by the following aides:
Sir knights Thomas Ballantyne. c. f.
Law. W. +. Corbett and ]. G.. FARRELL
The line OF march will be: From the
hotel south on Bull street to Jones
thence eastward to Drayton, along that
street to Liberty. eastward again to
Habersham, which will be followed to
Broughton, then to Drayton, to Bay,
to Bull, back to Liberty and then to
Masonic Temple.
At the conclusion of the march the
Templars will assemble in Masonic
Hall, where an address of welcome
will be delivered by Sir Knight Rev.
DR.. ]. D. Jordan and a response made
by Sir Knight W. A. Davis of Macon.
This will be followed by lunch. after
which the Grand Commandery will as
semble in the lodge room for the OPEN
ing session of the conclave.
The Grand Commnndery.
At this meeting Grand Commander
Ernest A. Cults will make his report
for the year 1t will be quite an elab-
crate report. for the past year has been
the most prosperous in the forty-one
years of the existence of the
Grand Comandery. This session will be
adjourned for dinner but another
meeting will be held in the afternoon
beginning at o'clock and closing in
time to allow the members to take
part, in, or to see the parade of the
Shriners, which will be begun at
o'clock.
The Templars will meet again at S
o'clock and will attend the service
held in the Independent Presbyterian
Church, where the service of the order
including the liturgy will be conduct
ed by Rev. DR.. Fair, prelate of the
Grand Commandery and where the ad-
dress usual on such an occasion will
be delivered by Hon. Thos ]. ChappeIl
of Columbus. After this service the
Shriners will hold a ceremonial SEES
sion a which some forty candidates
will be initiated.
At the church service the following
music will be given:
Prelude, organ.
Deus Misereatus" (Ilsbey-Wie-
gand).
Gloria in Excelsis' (NIillard).
FESTIVAL Tedeum" (Buck).
Gloria T1bi" (Jackson).
MARY Stood the Cross Beside" (Wie-
gand)
"Hierusalem, Hierusalem" (Ward).
Shout the Glad Tidings" (Avision).
Postlude, organ.
The choir consists of Mrs. S. F Smith
and Mrs. N. J. Alderman. sopra nos: