Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

Grand Sword-bearer J. F. r. Appleby.
Grand Warder George c. Ober and Grand
Captain of the Guard Robert Cook.
The line of guests to be received closed
with the entry of Most Eminent Sir knight
Warren Larue Thomas, past grand master
of Templars. accompanied by Past Com
manders William ]. Milligan, Alexander
McCune and Harry H. Hest who, although
belonging to other communicates, are on
Columbia's honorary list.
The Past Grand Master of Templars at
once proceeded with the installation. 1t be
gan with prayer and the reading by the
grand chaplain Henry X. Simpson, of
chapter from st. john. The officers were
first presented and installed, and later had
the insignia of their Office conferred upon
them. The officers indicted were: Eminent
commander, Sir knight David II. FentOn;
generalissimo, Sir knight John A. Meyer;
captain general, Sir Knight Hillebert w.
Thomas; senior warden, Sir Knight Charles
Il. Baldwin; junior warden, Sir Knight
Charles p. SWEET; prelate. Eminent Sir
knight Alexander Grant; treasurer, Right
Eminent Sir Knight George Gibson: recor-
bearer, Sir Knight George Z. Hebbard;
sword bearer, Sir knight Arthur NJ TraV
ers; warder, Sir Knight William McAleer;
guards, Sir knights Francis A. Sebring V.
Baldwin Johnson and Andrew J. Brown.
Mr.. Fenton's Response
In response to the installing address the
new eminent commander, David II. Fenton,
said:
ITO be elected and installed as the head
of any commandery is honor, but to be
installed under such auspices as these to-
night might be coveted by any knight in
any commandery To the sir knights who
have made such scene possible I desire to
express my sincere thanks. To you most
eminent past grand master I extend the
deepest thanks for acting as installing Off
GER 1t is right that you should be here,
for you are an honorary member of Column
bla Commandery. TO those who have come
up from the city of brotherly love | express
our ~tncere and knightly greeting"
during the ceremony of presenting the in
sigma of office to the treasurer, Past Grand
Commander George Gibson, the installing
officer, said the same jewel was presented
to Right Eminent Sir Gibson thirty years
ago, and had been held by him all that
time.
After the installation and a song by the
Columbia Commandery choir the badge
of honorary membership was conferred by
Captain General Thomas upon Jacob Bar
ron, eminent commander of Columbia Com
mandery of South Carolina. Then Past
Commander J. Henry Small presented to
retiring Commander Cunningham in an ex-
ceedngly clever address behalf of the
commandery, the sword of a past COM
mander, and the choir sang oh He's
Jolly Good Fellow" Commander Cunning
ham feelngly responded.
Just as the ceremonies We're about to close
FRANK Ii. L nOfndS presented TO the install
ling officer, for the sweet woman who
governs and controls you" a basket of
roses. Past Grand Master Thomas ex-
planned that If he accepted the flowers he
acknowledged the Impeachment as true and
if he refused the flowers, things would be
unpleasant when he returned home. He
therefore accepted them and expressed Mrs
Thomas appreciation
When the ceremonies came to an end re-
freshments were served, followed by dane
ing.
The committee in charge of the cere-
monies Very Eminent Sir Knight
Frank II. Thomas, Eminent Sir Knight j.
H. Small, jr., Sir Knight II. c. yesterday
Sir Knight Robert f. Hill and Sir Knight
Frank c. Henry.
The Philadelphia visitors enjoyed a drive
to Arlington this morning, and witnessed
some maneuvers at Fort Myer. This after
non they are taking the Seeing Washing
ton" trip, and will leave for home at
O'Clock this evening, both stated and sati-
fed, and feeling that Columbia did it's
utmost in the way Of reciprocal entertain
ment.