Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-12
IN ANNUAL. CONCLAVE
GRAND CoMMANDERY, K. T., IN
SESSION.
Full Representation Of Officers an6
Observation-Disclosures Visitors
Present-Commander's Address.

1he eiSHln dnnuai cOnclaVe OF the GTdHu
Commandery of Knights Templar began
last evening at Masonic Temple. There
was full representation of Grand Lodge
officers and members, and a large number
of distinguished visitors from other grand
communicates. The latter included several
prominent officers of the neighboring grand
jurisdictions of Maryland and Virginia,
and some from other states.
The annual address of Grand Commander
George E. Corson was then presented, and
exhibited the membership and finances OF
the Grand Commandery in excellent condi-
tion
The membership of the District Grand
Commandery is 1853, gain OF 81 during
the Templar year. BY communicates the
net gains and losses during the year are
shown follows: Washington. No. 1. gain
10; Columbia, No. 2, gain, 8; Potomac, NO.
g. gain. IS; De Molay, No. 4, loss, 6; Orient,
No. 5. gain, 49, The present membership
and rank Of the communicates is as fol-
lows: Columbia, 5S4 Washington, 522; De
Molay, 21S; Orient. 1856; Potomac, 123.
At the conclusion of the grand com
mander's address the Grand Commandery
took recess until this evening, when off1-
GERS will be elected for the ensuing Tenn
plar year, and other important business
transacted
Banquet in Honor Of Visitors.
At 9 O'Clock in the evening the Grand
Commandery rendered banquet TO the
visiting Templar dignitaries at the Riggs
House. The guests present were ). II.
Hopkins, past grand master of the Grano
Encampment, U. s. A.; William ). Gun
ningham, grand commander of Maryland
Past Grand Commanders Edgar 5. Dudley
I Of Nebraska. James E. Alexander ana r.
E. Downham of Virginia and Graham
Dukehart and c. c. 1saacs of Maryland.
With Grand Commander Cunningham or
Maryland came Grand Recorder John NIL
Ter and Sir Knights James F. Allen, 3.
Frank Bond, NJ Frank Burke, Daniel J.
Enrich, Frank w. Kroh, Edward c. Reg
lister and Harry A. Remley of Maryland
The following officers and members OF
the District Grand Commandery were pres
ent as the hosts of the evening: George H.
Corson, grand commander; Alex. Mckenzie,
deputy grand commander; Andrew w.
Kelley, grand generalissimo; B. A. Allen,
grand captain general; William F. HUNT,
general senior warden; George H. Walker
grand junior warden; H. K. Simpson, grand
prelate; William F. GUIDE, grand treasurer
A. w. Johnston, grand recorder; Thomas
P. Morgan, grand standard bearer; w. H.
H. Cissel, grand sword bearer; w. H.
Klopfer, grand warder; ]. F. r. Appleby
grand chaplain of guard; Frank H.
Thomas, w. T. Galliher Harrison Ding
man and George Gibson, past grand com
manders. and Fred w. Behrens. Allen
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Thomas C. Henderson, Jacobus s. Jones.
Claude F. King, Angus Lamond, Thomas
E. Landon, Charles T. Lindsey. ]. H. Oh
colt. ]. S. Raeburn, Harry F. Riley, Chas.
A. Stockett M. r. Thorp, Matthew Trim
BILE and William H. Yerkes, jr.
Toasts and Responses.
At the conclusion Of the banquet proper
a series of toasts were offered by Grand
Commander Corson and all happily re-
sponded to.
Grand Master George H. Walker, in re-
plying to the toast 1.-The Grand Lodge, F.
A. A NJ spoke of the many men eminent
in Masonry who had first risen to the posi-
ton of grand master and afterward became
leaders in Templarsm He referred par
ticularly to Benjamin b. French, at one
time grand master sof Templars and
Charles F. Stansbury, who made the heroic
and successful fight which gave to Wash
ington CommanderY the right to continue
to wear her historic black uniform.
Past Grand Master James H. Hopkins,
responding to 1.-The Grand Encampment of
the United States, paid beautiful tribute
to Templarism in general and made num-
Der of interesting illusions to Templar his
tory.
Grand Commander Cunningham of Mary
land spoke of the warm feeling that had
ever existed between the Grand Command
cry of Maryland and her District daughter.
He then grew a trife facetious and OBJ
served that the B. and o. was soon to run
hourly trains between the two cities, and
this could not fail to make interchange of
visits between the Templars of Washington
| and Baltimore of much more frequent oc-
currence as the round-trip fare would be
cut to small half dollar.
| Col Edgar S. Dudley of Nebraska re-
sponded to the toast THE Grand Com
mandery of Nebraska" Other speakers
were Past Grand Commander E. E. Down
| ham of Virginia, Junior Grand Warden
Frank H. Thomas of this city and Graham
Dukehart, past grand commander of Mary
| land.
The banquet came to an end in ample
| time for the Maryland and Virginia visitors
| to make the 11:3O and IL o'clock trains.
| v. Baldwin johnson Increases His Of