The San Francisco call., 1904-09-04

sented by their respective delegates.
respectfully report thereon as follows:
''On the 10th day of November, 1852, a
dispensation was issued by Sir Charles
w. Moore, grand generalissimo or
the Grand Encampment of the Uni
ted States, to Sir Gregory Yale, COM
mander; Sir William B. Wakeman,
generalissimo; Sir Abram Bartol, cap
tain general, and other Knights named
therein, authorizing them to open and
hold an encampment of knights
Templar and the apDendant orders in
the city of San Francisco, to be known
and designated as San Francisco En-
campment No. l. That body held it's
first assembly and was duly organized
on the 22d day of December of that
year and on the 1st day of November,
1858. charter was granted to it by
the Grand Encampment.
''On the 23d day of May,s1853, a dis
pensation was issued by Sir William B..
Hubbard, grand master of the Grand
Encampment aforesaid, to Sir Isaac
Davis, commander; Sir Jesse Morrill,,
generalissimo Sir Townsend A.
Thomas, captain general, and other
knights. authorizing them to open and
hold a like encampment in the city OF
Sacramento, to be known and deSig-
mated as Sacramento Encampment No.
. That body held it's first assembly
and was duly organized on the 5th day
of July of the same year, and on the
9Th day of February, 1854 a charter
was granted to it by the Grand En-
campment.
"On the Goth day of February 1856. a
dispensation was issued by Sir William
b. Hubbard, grand master of the
Grand Encampment aforesaid to Sir
John S. Graham, commander; Sir Still
man H. Pickett, generalissimo; Sir
James w. Marshall, captain general.
and other Knights therein named au-
thoriZing them to open and hold like
encampment in the city of Columbia.
Tuolomne County, to be known and
designated as Pacific Encampment No.
3. That body held it's first assembly
ard was duly organized on the 9th
day of May, next ensuing, and on the
10th day of September of the same year
q charter was granted to it by the
Grand Encampment.
"All these bodies, now known as
communicates, appear to have held
their elections regularly since the re-
Ception of their several charters, TO
have had their officers duly installed
and to have been engaged uninter-
ruptedly in the performance of the
duties for which they were instituted.
and they are now properly repre-
scented in this convocation as follows:
"San Francisco No. Sir Alexander
6. Abel, commander; Sir Charles +.
Blake. proxy for the generalissimo; Sir
Eli Cook, captain general; Sir Leander
Ransom. past commander.
Sacramento No. 2-Sir Isaac Davis,
commander; Sir George 1. n. Mcneil.
proxy for the generalissi.- }: Sir Ed
ward H. Evans, proxy for the captain
general.
.Pa cific No. 3-Sir John S. Graham,
commander; Sir Stillman H. Pickett,
generalissimo; Sir J. G. Russell. proxy
for the captain general"
This report was duly received and
resulted in all Templars in good stand
ing being invited in body to be pres
ent during the deliberations of the con-
voca ton.
The real history of any large con-
Germ must of necessity be dry. but
where facts are wanted there is not
very much space for flowery speeches,
and of truth they are not even
apropos Perhaps the original petition
that was submitted to the Grand En-
scampment might be of more than ordi-