Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03
DRILL TEAMS
STILL COMING.
Knights Templar Continue to
Flock to Salt Lake En- Route
To the Coast
SIX HUNDRED ARE HERE TODAY.


Grand Secretary Diehl, 80. estimates
there are GoO Knights Templar excur'
sionlsta In this city today. This Is
very evident with dozen trains this
morning. over the Rio Grande and sew
eral specials over the Short Line.
Among the arrivals are the Nebraska
and South Dakota commandery with
50 men, and 100 persons all told, IN their
own special over the Union Pacific the
MI Tabor commandery and command
cries from Fremont, Neb, Milwaukee,
Tennessee, Kentucky and elsewhere.
Six big trains are expected tomorrow
which will end the west bound travel;
and inside OF 10 days. the eastbound
stream will begun 10 now, the Masonic
commands which went TO San Francis
co via the northern aud southern routes
returning east VIA Salt Lake and the
middle transcOntinental lines.
DRILL At FORT DOUGLAS,
Tho 81. Bernard commandery from
Chicago with their drill corps arrived
IN handsome special shortly after 2
o'clock this afternoon having come
from the east over the Chicago e
Northwestern, Union Pacific and short
Line. Prior TO their arrival they
wired ahead for arrangements 70 he
made through the Or6-)n short Line
passenger department for the prlyl-
lege Of drilling ON IN. parade grounds
AZ Fort Douglas Mr. ID, s. Spencer
lost no time In communicating with tho
commander az the post with tho result
that the privilege was cheerfully
granted II Is on the cards that The
drill corps WIN 60 through their evolu-
lions on the parade grounds about
O'Clock this afternoon,
} AFTER THE PRIZE.
The lyanhoe Commandery No. q
knights Templar OF Milwaukee Wis.
arrived this morning, on a special train
ON the Rock Island and Rio GrandC
roads 1909 In the party and continue
their western pilgrimage az midnight
The delegation brought along their drill
corps "a strong under the command Of
Eminent Commander Samuel W.
the San Bernard (Chlcago) command
err az drill master There are $50 mem.
bers Of this lvanhoe commandery, and
the pilgrims have with them for dis
trIbution very neatly gotten up
pamphlet containing the rosters Of the
officers Of the cOmmandery, the mem-
bcSs making the Conclaye pilgrimage,
and the names OF the members of the
drill corps. The frontlspiece Is View
Of the elegant stone castle, the nome Of
the Commandery ON the cover Is the
Illuminated design Of the Gross and
Crown" enclrced by BE thou faithful
unto death, and will give thee a crown
OF life"
The drill team marched to the Des-
eret News corner and went through "a
very credltable drill on South Temple
street which attracted the compliment
tary attention Of a large and admruG
crowd. The general opinion seemed to
be that this drlll corps would make an
excellent showing In San Francisco.
PUNCH BOWL FOR MCCLELLAN.
There was a pleasant surprise party
this morning at O'clock at the First
street residence Of Organist Mcclellan
Of the Tabernacle. The surprise CON
sisted Of an immense cut glass punch
bowl OF considerable value. which was
presented 10 Prof Mcclellan with the
compliments Of the Grand Commandery
OF the knights Tempar OF Iowa,
through W. II Norris, past grand COM
mander aud u. Olln SOule grand COM
mander This Commandery was given
a special recital IN the Tabernacle by
the courtesy and invitation Of the First
Presidency Of the Church and In return
for this the Iowa delegation made the
presentation. Prof. and Mrs. Mcclellan
appreciate very much the token and the
professor has taken special pains TO
please the visitors I'm The recitals given.
They viii treasure up the glass bowl as
pleasant memento Of ,he visit Of the
Iowa commandery people to Salt Lake,
THEY ARE WEALTHY.
Chris Dlehl says that most OF the
members Of the Malta Commandery OF
Binghampton, n y, are worth 800, 900
and over 1t Is one Of the richest com.
manderies IN the country.
Utah win not be very largely repre-
sehted az the san Francisco conclaye.
Those Sir knights going from this city
are e. + Jennings W. NJ Rash and
James II, Brown. with six Knights from
ogden.