Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-30

Grand Inspector General, Knights Templar.
been rendered and accepted. The grounds
will be open at 10 O. clock am, and special
| car service will be provided.
The day will be devoted to games, sports
and other forms of amusement, together
with an open-air band concert. At inter-
| walls during the day commandery drills and
inspections will be held, and the days exer-
| cises will conclude with dress parade OF
all the communicates. Headquarters tents
will be provided for each eommandery. A
| beautiful silk banner will be presented by
the Grand Commandery to the commandery
having the largest percentage of Its resi-
dent membership respond to roll call for
inspection in full Templar uniform.
Washington Commandery, No. /. K. T.,
| met ON Wednesday evening, and the order
of the Red Cross was conferred. This COM
| mandery is drilling under the instruction of
| Jesse B. X. Lee and Edward w. ,Zea. In
| his last official circular Eminent Command
| er William H. Yerkes. jr says: Frequent
| drills will be held in preparation for this
| important event that we may become more
proficient In the sword manual and foot
movements. Much of the success of the
| field day depends upon u.s. Let US, there
| fore. resolve to devote time and energy to
| this end. and do all in our power to make
| the best possible showing on that day"
! He adds: I'VE extend congratulations. to
| Sir Knight Amiss, who. dn recognition of
| long and faithful service as lieutenant of
police, has been promoted to captain of pre-
| cinct No l. Sir Knight Capt Pearson, who
| has been located at police headquarters for
| many years. has been retired. ~~-t,s-y 2
| Memorial cards are printed for the late
| Sir Knight William c. Lewis. knighted Oc-
tober 2, 1889, died September II. 1885, and
Sir Knight Peter Harr, knighted September
| %. 1889. died September II, 1905.
| Columbia Commandery drilled last We'd
! mander David II. Fenton announces addt-
| tional drills for October and October II at
| the Washington Light Infantry Armory.
/ Potomac Commandery, No. 3, drilled the
\ nd has tpd
4. Eminent Commander Charles T. Lindsey
| announces the Temple and Malta orders for
| the conclave. OF the inspection and drill
| he says In his current circular: Bear in
| mind that the banner is to be given to the
commandery having in line at the inspec-
ton. in uniform. the highest percentage of
| it's resident membership. This we have
| done at many past inspections. The con-
| test will be close. Each commandery Is
| making a strenuous effort to lead. Your
| presence may win for old Potomac. Your
1 absence may bring to her defeat. Each
| knight in our line is worth almost l per
| cent; in Columbia only about one-fifth as
much. With the certain prospect of a good
! time and the possible probability of win
| ming this beautiful banner for your COM
| mandery you should make every effort to
be in line at the bugle call. Now Is the
| banner opportunity, embrace It. Don't for
| get that the prize will be awarded on the
| showing made at the inspection. before
| lunch, not on the drill and dress parade.
| which will not take place till after lunch
/
| Capt. j. L. Bieler of Indianapolis was In
! Baltimore on business when he was being
| unanimously selected supreme commander
| of the Improved Knights of Pythias Thurs
| day. He was not a candidate and was
| greatly surprised his return to learn of
his election. The supreme lodge made the
choice unanimous on motion of Otto Muel-
| Ter of Baltimore. the supreme vice COM
! mander who had been prominently men-
| toned as Capt Bielers successor. The
| oA8
commander, Oscar Brede. Detroit, Mich;
supreme vice commander, Otto Mueller.
| Baltimore. Md: supreme prelate, Woifgang
| Bauer, Syracuse. N. Y; supreme r. and c.
scribe C. f. Knodel. Indiana polls, Ind;
supreme treasurer. Louis Brandt. Washing
| ton. D. c.: sargeant,at-arms. George p
examiner, DIR. c. r. Schaefer, Indianapolis
Ind.
| Many of the representatives to the SUI
| preme lodge visited Baltimore and neigh
| boring resorts after the adjournment of the
| body There will soon be new grand
| lodge established the constituent bodies OF
which will be the existing lodges of Wash
ington and Baltimore.
| One of the last acts of the supreme lodge
was the adoption of resolution of thanks
to the Washington press for its reports OF
| the proceedings.
The Pythian Knight gives an interesting
review of the history of the body and of It's
severance of associations with the older fra
tarnity This was furnished to all represent
| tatiyes and visitors to the Supreme Lodge.
| In 1t the editor stated that the order OF
knights of Pythias was founded by Justus
H. Rathbone shortly before the close of the
| civil war. Its purpose was stated to be the
reconciliation of the white brethren of the
north and south. and the ritual was
based on a popular historical idea it was
taken up by number Of Washington con-
freres of the rituals author. The recon-
struction period following the war gave lit
| tie opportunity for growth to the new order
and its dissolution seemed imminent Dur
| ing the years 1868 and 1860 the idea oc-
Cured to the officers at the head of the Or
der to interest the Germans in the purposes
of the order, and they promptly had the
ritual translated into German and began a
| lively campaign with the view of instituting
German lodges of the order. The movement
bore success almost at once, and the Ger
man brother. with his loyal disposition and
economical business habits, soon gave the
order both numerical and financial strength.
The order began to grow-slowly at first and
then by unprecedented degrees.
I'm 1892 the Supreme Lodge convention Of
the K. of p. order was held in San Fran
cisco. Cal. and among the most important
questions for consideration was the adop-
| ton of new ritual Upon it's adoption
motion was introduced to publish 1t only in
the English language, and while this gave
rise to a stormy debate. it was finally
adopted by majority of enc vote. The
news OF this action was not published broad
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