Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-07

The Grand Lodge, f. A. A. NJ. has ar
ranged to hold special communication Sat
urday. April IA. for the purpose of laying
the cornerstone of the building now In proc
ess OF erection as an office structure for
the House of Representatives An official
circular issued by Grand Master Walter A.
Brown gives the following details OF the
event: 1.-THE Grand Lodge will be opened
promptly at o'clock and officers and past
officers are particularly requested to be
punctual in attendance Other members OF
the Fraternity will assemble on f street in
front of Masonic Temple, where a process
sion will be formed in the following order:
United States Marine Band; Grand Com
mandery, K. T., of the District OF Columbia,
and the five constituent communicates;
United States military band, master Ma
sons, past masters. masters of lodges, the
Grand Lodge. Past Master Vim. r. CALI
her of Lafayette Lodge. No. 10, has been
appointed assistant grand marshal and will
nave command of the parade. The process
sion will move promptly at 80 o'clock /. m.
and the following line of march will be OBJ
served: F street to 10th street, to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, to list street west, to north
side OF Capitol grounds, to east front of
Capitol to 1st street east to street south.
The exercises at the cornerstone will begin
at $50 pm Addresses will be made by
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United
states, ana Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker or
the House of Representatives, both mem
pers or the fraternity, Invitations have
been extended to the Vice President. the
CABINET, the supreme Court, the diplo-
matte corps, senators, representatives. gov
ernors of states and army and navy off,
GERS. and the occasion will be of great
! historical interest. All master Masons are
cordially invited. Ample seating accom-
modations have been reserved for the MEM
oers OF the fraternity who will join In the
the. attendance will be worthy of the oc-
casion. The regulations as to clothing will
be strictly enforced. Dark clothing and
hats, lambskin aprons and white gloves
Will be worn. Masters and past masters
will wear their Jewels
In connection with the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new building for the House
| of Representatives, Grand Captain General
Thomas P Morgan of the Grand Command
| cry OF knights Templar has issued under
| the orders of the grand commander,
| circular giving instructions concerning the
participation of that body in the dedica-
ton exercises. This circular makes the
following announcement of arrangements:
The constituent Communicates are ordered
| to assemble at l o clock 2. M and take po-
sition as follows: De Molay Mounted Com
mandery No. 4. on west side of 10th street.
right resting on e street; Washington
Commandery, No. l, on east side of 10th
street, right resting on street; Columbia
Commandery, No. 2, on north side OF Il
l
| Commandery. No. 3. on south side of E
street, right resting on 10th street; Orient
Commandery, No. 8, on east side of 10th
street, right resting on Il street officers
and past officers of the Grand Commandery
and the past commanders of constituent
communicates will form the staff of the
grand commander. They will report. mount
ed and fully equipped, to the grand cap
tain general at the southwest corner of
| 10th and e streets at o'clock pm. The
| lines will move promptly at 100 O'Clock
I'LL % fbn
| site of the cornerstone by the following
line of march: Tenth street to Pennsylvania
avenue, to 1st street west, to north side OF
Capitol grounds, to east front OF Capitol,
to list street east. to street south. VIII
| liam Il. Galliher will have command of the
parade as assistant grand marshal of the
Grand Lodge.
Orient Commandery, No. o. knights
Templar. held it's annual election of officers
Monday evening. Eminent Sir Fred s. Cav
son, the retiring commander, referred to
many pleasant incidents of the year, and to
| the successful achievements of the COM
mandery during his administration, the
credit for which he gave to the members
rather than himself. and also feelingly re-
| ferred to the dead of the year. The fol-
| lowing are the new officers: William Mehn,
| commander; Edw. H. Tompkins. captain
general; William H. Wunder, generals
slnlo; Joseph II. Milans, senior warden; ].
J. Membert, junior warden; Richard P.
| Evans, prelate; John Schultz, treasurer;
bert, standard bearer; Joseph A. Davies,
| sword bearer; X. M. Harper, warder; A.
w. Johnston, trustee.
William Mehn, the commander ELECT of
Orient Commandery, was born in New Or
| leans, La, August Is. 1862 He is the
| junior past master of Takoma Lodge, No.
| % F. A. A NJ. He received the degree
| of Royal Arch Mason in Capitol Chapter,
| No. IL He Is a member of Mithras Lodge
Of Perfection No 1, a. A: S. r., and Of
Almas Temple, A. A. o. n. M. S. Orient
| ~ tad
| 1895. with a membership Of thirty. and
| has steadily grown year by year until its
membership has now reached 230. Although
| it is the youngest commandery 1t stands
| third in membership in this grand jurisdic-
ton The year just closed has been one
| OF the most successful in the history of
Orient.
Potomac Commandery. No. 3, Knights
| Templar, which has It's asylum in George
town had it's annual election of officers on
| Wednesday evening The new officers, all
| of whom had previously been in the line,
| are as follows: Commander, Lem Towers,
| jr.; generalissimo, r. w Kirkham; cap
| tain general, w K. Reeve; senior warden,
| J. M Michael; junior warden, B. f. Har-
| per; recorder, B. w. Murch; treasurer,
| Henry c. Wagner; prelate, William +.
| Hunt: standard bearer, e. r. Dawson;
sword bearer Charles H. Williams; warder,
James Il Greaves. In the last official cir
cular of his term of office Eminent Com
mander Lindsey, who mas had a pafticu-
larly good year in office, bids farewell to
the conmandery which he has led and
served in the following graceful and
gracious language: In this, the last circu-
lar | shall send you before my successor
| is chosen, 1 am sure you will excuse few
words of personal nature. One year ago
you made me your commander, thus plac
ing in my hand the symbol of authority,
trusting to my wisdom for just and sue
cessful guidance, and stamping my Masonic
service with the seal Of your approval.
realized the signal honor thus conferred
upon me and resolved to act well my part
so far as my limitations would permit me
to do so. l have kept that resolution. How
well the acting has been done is not for me
to say; but I may say that my cart has