Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
II AMQNGa TINE
IN FRATFRNlTlES,

~ ~
The postponement of the field day exer-
cises Of the Grand Commandery Of knights
Templar until next Tuesday was due to the
bad weather of Thursday last, which date
had been fixed for the exercises. The COM
petition for the trophy is expected to be
close one between the communicates, and
all are exerting themselves to make a rec
ord in the event. Orient Commandery, No
5. was the winner in last years contest.
but the flag must be won for three consecu-
tive years before it Is the property of
any commandery. After the formal rails
Ing of the standard at Friendship the va
rious communicates will be inspected &C
cording to the following schedules:
Columbia Commandery, No. ., 1915 to
pm; Potomac Commandery. No. 3. l to
las pm; De Molay Mounted Comma ndery.
No. T. LAS to 2:30p. m; Orient Comma ndery.
No s, 2:3O to 3:15 pm; Washington Com
mandery, No. l, 3:15 to pm.
The general orders of Capt. Gen. Klopfer
governing the inspection are as follows:
AT first CALI Columbia Commandery will
form in front OF its headquarters, and at
assembly will proceed to point designated
for commandery inspection. Upon conclu-
sion Of inspection the sword manual and
foot movements, as per schedule heretofore
submitted to each commandery, will be eX-
ecuted
The adjutant's call will be sounded for
dress parade and review at 4:15 O'Clock.
and the command eries will be formed in the
following order from right to left: Wash
ington Commandery, No. 1; Columbia Com
mandery, No. 2; Potomac Commandery,
No. 8; Orient Commandery, No. 5; DE
Molay Mounted CommandSry, No. 4.
The officers of the Grand Commandery
and the past grand commanders will form
the staff of the grand commander, and will
report to the right eminent grand COM
mander at Grand Commandery headquar-
Tor nm hn Gn11 of n. = A IN
they will report, mounted and fully
equipped to the grand captain general for
dress parade ard review.
In addition to his duties as inspector gen.
eral Past Grand Commander William T
Gallher, by designation of Grand Com
mander Hunt, will act as adjutant general.
John Henry Small, jr, is to be field Of
ficer of the day and in that capacity will
be in charge of the grounds. NJ. X. Thorp
will be brigade Quartermaster and Jaco-
bus s. Jones brigade commissary.
This event. which is officially known as
the annual inspection. dress parade and re-
view of the Communicates is provided for
by standing resolutions of the Grand Com
mandery.
The present officers of the Grand Com
mandery are as follows: William F. Hunt
grand commander; Thomas P. Morgan,
deputy grand commander; William III.
Cissel, grand generalissimo; Walter H.
Klopfer, grand captain general; James F.
r. Appleby, grand senior warden; George
c. ODER, grand Junior warden; J. Russell
Verbrycke, grand prelate; William F. Guide,
grand treasurer: Arvine w. Johnston.
grand recorder; Robert Cook, grand stand
ard bearer; Alexander Grant, grand sword
bearer; Henry K. Simpson, grand warder;
Charles T. Lindsey, grand captain of the
guard, and William T. Galliher, inspector
general
A handsome silk pennant will be pre-
scented by the grand commandery to the
commandery exhibiting the highest pro-
ficiency in drill. to be retained by the
winning commandery until the next Field
day, and to be annually contested for until
it shall be won by the same commandery
three consecutive years, when it will be
permanently awarded. This pennant will,
it is thought, be won by one of the larger
Communicates, while the flag contested for
will probably go to one of the smaller
bodies.
with the goods from Toronto. They have
been renowned as prizewinners in the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge for long period, but
this year, as at Philadelphia one year ago
they came near taking everything in sight.
They also brought back in addition to
the honor of the victories more than a
thousand dollars of real money in the way
of awards. Canton Washington, No l, the
representative of the Patriarchs Militant,
which was successful in the competitive
drill, received $50 prize money; Columbia
Lodge, No. 10, secured 5000, in addition to
the honor of doing the third degree work
better than the best" and Ruth Rebekah
Lodge won victory and also brought home
5000. The total cash result of the Wash
ington victories therefore was sl,15O. But
the pride and satisfaction of Washing
ton three-lnkers cannot be measured by
numbers of times that sum. 1t is proposed
to hold, next Tuesday evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall on 9TH street northwest, a recep-
ton in honor of the victorious teams.
Grand Master E. w. Bradford is in charge
of the arrangements.
Grand Master Bradford of the District l.
o. o. F., announces the following dates for
visitations to the subordinate lodges by the
Grand Lodge officers: Beacon, Monday, Oc-
tober 8; Eastern, Wednesday, October 10;
Langdon, Monday, October 10; Phoenix
Friday October 10; Esther Rebekah, Mon
day, October %; Salem, Thursday, October
%; Federal City. Wednesday. October 81;
Central, Friday, November .; Naomi Re-
bekah, Monday, November 5; Columbia,
Thursday, November s; Union, Monday,
November u; Friendship, Wednesday, No
vember IA; Martha Washington Rebekah,
Tuesday, November 20; Metropolis, Friday,
November %; Excelsior, Monday, Novem-
Der %; Harmony, Wednesday, November
%; Washington, Tuesday December 4;
Ruth Rebekah, Wednesday, December );
Amity, Tuesday, December IL; Covenant,
Thursday, December 13; Golden Rule, Tues
day, December IS; Dorcas Rebekah, Friday,
December p.
The latest official circular of Eminent