Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-13
FOR The KNIGHTS
Rock island Commandery Corn
mittee Considers Plans for..
State Meeting Here.
TO Be HELD IN OCTOBER
Is Second Gathering Of State Knights
TetnpIar Outside Of Chicago
Rooms Engaged Now.

The grand commandery of the
Knights Templar of the state will
meet here for three days session
next October beginning the 18th.
The general committee of Rock Island
commandery, No. Is, which secured
this meeting for Rock Island, met Sat
urday evening and the details Of the
affair were discussed at length. This
will be the second meeting of the
grand commandery which has been
held outside of Chicago and the local
knights Templar are quite elated.
The other one was held five years
ago at Peoria When the delegates
to the grand commandery convene in
Chicago only routine business is
done, but it is the intention of the
local committee to make the coming
meeting a gala day affair, and the
other Communicates of the state are
lending their aid.
Committees Named.
Saturday night the committee
named six subcommittee to take care
of the details. The committee chair
mon are as follows: Publicity, H. A.
Clevenstine; music. d. ]. Sears,
transportation, H. D. Mack; entertain
ment, S. j. Ferguson; finance, H. H.
Cleaveland, and decoration, F. G..
Young.
The publicity committee is hard at
work getting out a circular which
will be sent to the different comman-
deries of the state. Following the
final report of the entertainment com
| mittee another circular will be sent
out giving. the program as arranged.
This program contemplates holding a
street parade of uniformed knights
| the morning, of the first day of the
convention after which the delegates
to the grand commandery will con-
vene and the regular business and
election of, officers for the following
year will be disposed of. If the pres
ent plans mature, a competitive drill
will be held the afternoon of the Sec
ond day, in which the crack drill
teams from Chicago will take part
At night it is planned to hold a grand
ball for the knights and their ladies
probably at the rink.
The following morning. the visitors
will be shown the sights of the tri
cities and ROCK Island arsenal by
means of special trolley cars. A final
meeting in the afternoon will be held
and the convention will adjourn.
Chicago Engages Rooms.
There are about rs commanderie:
in the state and many of them have
been heard from in regard to the ses
sion and the affair promises to be {
great success. Several of the ones
heard from have promised to bring
the whole commandery here. AppolI
commandery, No. 1 of Chicago, t
which Grand Commander Smytl
Crooks belongs, is to come 100 strons
as a personal escort for the Crane
commander Arrangements have beel
completed whereby 40 rooms at tn,
Harper house have been engaged TO
this commandery. Several other o
the Chicago communicates have beel
trying to secure accommodations wit
the expectation of bringing the Who'll
membership here.
Local Man an Officer.
This session means that betwee
> 1000 and 1000 visitors will be her
in October for three days and the
/ will represent every section of tn
!. state. H. H, Cleaveland grand capital
general, was principally instruments
' in securing the meeting for this cit!
u AT the Rock Island session M
Cleaveland, according to the usus
g succession in Office, will become del
e luty grand commander, the next belo'
the Office of grand commander.