Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
ly attended by the members of the order in

ly attended by the members of the order in
the city.
W. N Newbold, a past commander of
Golden Rule Tent, No. 3, K. o. T. NJ, made
a fraternal visit Monday night to National
Tent, No. l. and made an instructive adj
dress.
National Tent, No. 1, of the same order.
will initiate class of candidates Monday
night. and the amplified form will be used.
Golden Rule Tent, No. 3, made a net gain
last month of fourteen members.
National Tent, No. /, at its last review
appointed a committee of two to meet a
like committee from the other tents for the
purpose Of jointly acting for the promotion
Of the social and fraternal features of the
order.
Next Monday night the members of Capt.
tai Tent, No. 8, will meet at 407 II street
northwest for the purpose of electing the
officers of the tent and arranging Tor a
future meeting place.
Anacostia Tent, No. Z, has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Commander, A. A. Provost
(re-elected, ninth term); lieutenant com
mander. J. NJ Engle (re-elected);- record
keeper, r. A. Estep re-elected); finance
keeper ]. w. Barse re-eiecteO; chaplain,
Edward A. Parker; sergeant, r. ]. Provost;
physician, DR.. f. d. Mudd; master farms,
J. F. Carroll; first master OF the guard,
William ]. Mitchell; second master of the
guard, Lewis N. Burch; sentinel, Ignatius
Burch; picket, Herman Wilier.
Golden Rule Tent, No. 8, has elected the
following officers: Commander, John w.
Trumble (re-elected); lieutenant command
err, John w. Thorougood; record keeper, DR..
E. D. Thompson (re-electedj; finance keep
er, w. H. Hessck (re-elected); chaplain,
Charles Scheff; sergeant, S. r. Beck; mas
ter-at-arms, Herbert Levey; first master OF
the guard, w. Faulker; second master OF
the guard, Henry Crabbs; sentinel, David
S. Notes; picket, j. w. Norman: trustee for
three years, W., N. Newbold; member of
the auditing committee, DR.. j. j. Slatterly.
Mount Vernon Tent. No. 4. has chosen
the following officers: Commander, w. w.
Adamson, jr. lieutenant commander, A. G..
Suydan; record keeper, Charles J. Gates
Qe-electeD finance keeper. Frank Harmon
tre-elected); chaplain, C. NJ. King; SER
geant, Marion Wicks; master-at-arms, B. j.
GER; first master-at-arnls, w. G. Worrell;
second master of the guard, Isaac Portion:
sentinel. James C. Bass; picket, B. j. Tub
man.
Thursday night last Mount Vernon Tent,
No. 4, kept open house to National Tent,
No. /, but there were visitors from other
tents. which made the evening one of the
most enjoyable in Maccabean circles for
some time. This tent has inaugurated a
visitation, and this meeting was the return
from National Tent, No. L. to Mount Yer
non, Tent No. 4, of a former frateTnal visit.
Speeches were made by H. e. Crouch. rec
ord keeper of National Tent; State Com
mander d. W. Gall, Sir knight Heffener,
commander of National Tent; Sir knights
J. T. Moore. John t. Moore, S. S. English
Charles J. Gates, John g. Dudley, record
keeper of Brightwood Tent, No. g. and Sir
Knight Caswen of Ohio. Several recltations
We're INDUCED in, to the amusement of ali
present A moot court was held, In which
two members were convicted of grossly vio-
lating the laws of the order. Sir knight
Charles J. Gates represented the prosecu-
ton and Sir Knights English and Dudley
the defense
Following the annual election of Hope
Lodge, No. 20. f. A. and A, NJ. the lodge
gave banquet at the Hotel Raleigh. which
was largely attended. These annual ban
quets have for some years been a feature
of the work of Hope Lodge. The following
officers were elected: e. Y. Davidson, ".
NJ; j. H. Hoffacker. s. w; Allan r.
Searle, j. W.; A. g. Cook, 8. d. W. 8.
Sample. ]. D.; William A. Craig. secre-
tary Te-eIected); Nathan s. Meyer. treas
urer fre-elected).