The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-07
PARADE OF THE
SIR KNIGHTS
len thousand TempIars March
in San Francisco.
SCENE WAS MAGNIFICENT
STREETS OF THE CITY WERE
GAILY DECORATED.
SCENE WAS MAGNIFICENT

1HAOuS II the BdAS decorated city streets
today, inspired by the music OF the
Iorty bands and the cheers OF thou
sands of spectators, who lined every
loot Of the way, crowded windows and
dOOrways, and filed the grand stand
and review stands erected for the pur-
pose.
The morning OF the great parade
broke before the announced starting
time, and the various communicates
fastened TO the assembly points of
their respective divisions. The order
OF formation included twelve of these
grand divisions.
The parade started in the heart of
the city. wound in and out OF the
downtown banking districts, thence for
twelve blocks up the main thorough
fare OF Market street TO the broad and
beautiful boulevard, Vanness avenue
where a number OF grand stands were
erected. From one of these, Most En-
inent Grand Master StOddard with the
officers and members of the grand en-
.campmcnt reviewed the parade. From
another stand close By. Governor
George c. Papdee. Mayor Eugene T..
Schmitz the most worshipful grand
msater, officers OF the grand lodge j..
< A. NJ. the high priests AMI officers
Of the grand chapter OF r. A. NJ, grand
council, r. q s. NJ, also saw the pro-
NtoSlon DdSS ia. review
Parade Moved Promptly
The parading division moves
promptly at 10 o'clock the appointed
time. IL was headed by squadron of
mounted police, Sir Knight George w.
Whitman. chief of police. commanding,
commander OF the parade, +. Sir
Charles J.. Field, grand captain gener-
al Of California and his chief of STAFF,
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vision following. In this section were
two carriages. the first carrying Most
Eminent Sir Henry Bates Stoddard,
grand master Of The grand encamp
ment OF Knights Templars of the
United States OF America, and Most
Eminent the Earl Of EustOn. grand
master Of the Great Priory Of England
and Wales. The latter was the center
toward which all eyes were focused,
the throngs seeming to be eager to
catch a glimpse OF the noble gentleman
who represented King Edward of Eng
land.
Mounted Communicates.
In this division also was California
cOmmandery No. l. each member of
whom was mounted on black charger.
The appearance of the rightly CARRIED
knights and prancing steeds was the
handclapping all along the line, 30 that
the applause seemed continuous along
the three or more miles Of march.
There were IN the procession two
other mounted communicates, the De-
witt Clinton Of Virginia City, New, and
the Corinthian Chasseurs of Philadel-
phia, making 1000 mounted men in all.
These two latter mounted comman-
deries also came in for a generous
share of applause, which seemed con-
tinuous along the line. -ss
In the second carriage OF the first
division rode r L. Sir George MAYHEM
Moulton, deputy grand master of the
grand encamrment.
V +. Charles Z. Matter, X. c. T..
grand vice chancellor Of the great
priory.
other officers of the grand encamp-
ment followed in carriages.
The rest OF the division was made up
as follows:
r. L. Sir Frank William Sulner. past
grand commander oc California. chief
OF division; E. Sir Jesse z. b. Fuller.
chief OF staff Officers and members of
the grand encampment and visitors
from other grand jurisdictions, under
command Of V. L. Sir W. b. Melish,
grand captain general, Golden Gate
commandery No. 16: Il. Sir p. d. Code.
grand encampment.
Members OF the grand encampment
sud. visitors from other grand jurisdic-
lions.
Makeup of the Line.
The succeeding sections of the parade
We're commanded and composed as fol-
lows:
Second division-R. L. Sir Freeman
c.. Hersey. grand commander of Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island chief of
division; Sir Frederick +. Pierce, chief
OF STAFF. the grand Communicates of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and
subordinate communicates.
Third division-Sir Harrison Ding
man, past grand commander OF District
of Columbia. chief Of division; r. T..
Sir Charles Clark, chief OF staff; the
following grand comm anderies and
their subordinate Communicates: New
York, Virginia. Vermont, New Hamp-
shlrSeand Connecticut.
Fourth division-R. +. Sir Thomas
Kite, grand commander of Ohio. chief
OF division; Sir John Nelson Bell. chief
OF staff; the following grand comman-
deTles and their subordinate comman-
deries: Ohio, Kentucky, Maine. sub
ordinate communicates under the
grand encampment Of the United
States
Fifth division-R Z. Sir Wilson l.
Fleming. grand commander Of Penn
sylvania. chief OF division; Sir Frank
McSparren, chief of staff; the grand
cOmmandcry of Pennsylvania and SUBJ
ordinate communicates.
Sixth division-N. T.. George Edwin
O'Hara, deputy grand commander OF
Illinois. chief OF division; Holman G.
Puriton, chief OF STAFF the following
grand communicates and their suoor-
dinate Communicates: Indiana, Texas,
Mississippi. Michigan. Illinois, Tennes-
see, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Georgia,
Missouri, Alabama and Louisiana.
Seventh division-E- Sir John Leath-
ers. chief of division Sir knight Ern-
est Mcpherson. chief of staff: the fol-
lowing grand communicates and their
subordinate communicates: Iowa, Min
.nesota, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska.
Arkansas. West Virginia, Colorado,
North Carolina and South Dakota
Eighth division-R. +. Sir J. W.
Chamberlain, past grand commander OF
Minnesota, chief of division: r. T. Sir
Benton II. Langley, chief Of stan; the
following grand Communicates and
their subordinate Communicates: Ore
gon, Washington, Wyoming Montana
North Dakota, Arizona Florida, Indian
Territory. District Of Columbia, Okla
homa and New Mexico.
The remaining divisions were COM
posed Of communicates from the vari-
Gus cities of California.
In the eighth division there were $50
Knights from Oregon commanded BY
Grand Captain General c.. H Burnett.
From Washington there were:
Seattle. oommandery No. 2 commanded
By Eminent Commander G. Miller:
lvanhoe commandery twenty-sour un-
attached Knights from various parts OF
washington.