The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-17
Occasion Was Marked by
Many Interesting Features,
Including Parade, Address
eS and a Pleasing Drill.
REPRESENTATIVE WATSON
HEARD ON FRATERNALlSM
He Points Out the Benefits
That Accrue from the Lodqe
merrill E. Wilson Spoke
At the Pythian Temple.

Richmond was thronced WITH
Knights of Pythias on Sunday Fully
/ fifteen hundred knights visited the
city from surrounding towns 10 al
tend the Third Regiment. Uniform
Rank memorial. which was held in
Glen Miller park. and which was sue
cessful in every respect. Much of the
pleasure of the day was made possi-
BILE by the decidedly pleasant wealth
err
From early morning till we'll to-
ward noon, Knights came into Rich
mond from all directions The trains
| and interurbans were we'll filled while
the Uniform Rank companies at Cam
bridge City. Knightstown and New
Castle came TO Richmond in chartered
cars. The hotels and restaurants
were crowded by the visiting follow
ers of Damon and Pythias.
All Knights met at Muths hall,
headquarters for the Uniform Rank.
and at the Pythian temple, which was
headquarters for the subordinate lodg-
es. Promptly at 80 o'clock the Uni
form Rank left Fourth and Main
street for it's march to Glen Miller.
where the exercises We're held. The
subordinate lodges followed closely
and the parade covered distance of
six squares and ii is estimated that
there We're at least two thousand men
in the line of march, including the
Uniform Rank, visiting members OF
subordinate lodges and Occur de Lion,
lola and Triumph lodges, of this city.
The parade attracted hundreds of peo-
pie to the uptown district. while many
people were assembled along East
Main street TO witness the march.
Three bands were used The Muncie
Military band. headed by Col. Geo. R.
Williams, and Regimenta Adiutant
Ray ShiveIey led the Uniform Rank.
The Richmond City band and the Cam
bridge City band furnished marching
music for the subordinate lodges The
Uniform Rank companies represented
in the parade We're Richmond Con-
nersvile. Rushville. Wilkinson, Cam
bridge City, Modoc, Knightstown. New
Castle, Welcome and Silver Shield
companies of Muncie and Hagerstown.
There were over six hundred uni
formed Knights in the parade.
Hundreds at the Glen.
At the Glen the column was met by
gathered there to hear the exercises
and witness the grand parade and drill
by the entire regiment. IL was said
that the crowd in the Glen Sunday aft
ernoon was the largest that has been
in the park since President Roosevelt
spoke there during the first Mckinley
campaign and at the time he was run
ming for the vice-presidency.
Following short Introductory re-
marks by Master of Ceremonies VIII
Converse and the invocation by the
Rev Mr. Pierce of Cambridge City,
chaplain of the Indiana Uniform Rank
brigade. Representative James IL. Wat
son spoke elouuently of those who had
left their earthly homes. His address
was a stirring one, and although his
audience was standing, he held IL
speIlbound with his oratory. He spoke
of fraternalism as exemplified by the
knights of Pythias, and stated that 1t
is the greatest determining Influence in
the life of this country today. With
a few Introductory remarks. he said:
"The dead are as far beyond the reach
of our short arms as are the bright
and sparkling stars in the heavens, at
night On these occasions we are
loath to eulogfze our dead comrades by
flattery Flattery my friends, is not
a fit emblem of eulogy. These men
who have passed from use We're ordi-
nary men who followed ordinary yoca-
tions And for this / wish to say that
the crowning glory of fraternalism is
that ordinary men. men of ordinary
yocations, can be taken into this ord
er. and by touching them with loftier
principles elevate them to higher
thoughts and living. Today we plant
the roses of love on their graves. We
Law a wreath OF sacred memory upon
their graves While above their sleep
ing remains we unfurl the red, yellow
and the blue the sacred colors of this
order. which were TO them an inspira-
ton. and which made their lives laTg-
er nobier and better. We cannot
praise the dead for their past valor-
They are gone forever. In their trials
we tried TO sustain them and comfort
them. When the hand of disease had
entered their sick chambers We fol-
lowed to nurse them. We have a
pledge to fulfill to these men, BY the
open graves we pledged their spirits,
their orphans and one another that we
wonId k.ap their memories green Out
of respect To this pledge we are here
today. Who recalls that this man was
AT error in this. or at error in that.
Who recalls that he did that or this
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