Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-13
WELCOME
BROTHERS
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS TO HOLD
MEETING
WILL GREET SUPREME cHANcEL-
L.oR MONDAY
Great Parade VIII Be Held with Third
Regiment California Brigade
in the Placc of
Honor

All local knights of Pythias, and
more particularly those who are mem.
bers of the uniformed rank, are in
terested i'm the message received by r.
L. Dunlap of Marathon-Los Angeles
lodge yesterday, to the effect that
Charles A. Barnes, supreme chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias, commander
in chief of the uniformed rank of that
order. is to be in Los Angeles next
Monday.
Committees have been appointed to
receive the supreme chancellor and to
arrange for a general meeting of all
the lodges of Southern California, which
will be held in Elks hall that evening.
This meeting will be in the nature of
a special convention of Gauntlet lodge
No. 1873, which meets that night regu-
larly.
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
Hugh J. Crawford will preside over the
gathering and an address of welcome
will be made by former Judge w. II.
Morris. now an officer of the district
court of appeal, Second district.
procession of considerable magni-
tude will precede this meeting.
The escort will consist Of a platoon of
police. a band of eighteen pieces and
the Third regiment of the California
brigade, uniformed rank. knights of
Pythlas.
Col. kenton A. Miller Commands
Col. Kenton r. Miller will be COM
manding officer.
| The line of march Is as follows:
| Leave Pythias castle, 10S North Spring,
at D. m, west on First to Broadway
south on Broadway to Sixth. east on
Sixth to Spring, north on Spring to
the Alexandria hotel.
| There they will get the supreme
| rhanpa1l0r r. and other mann hprS Of fhe
party, and thence march north on
Spring to Elks' hall.
! Quarters have been secured for the
supreme chancellor at the Alexandria
hotel.
The Hollenbeck hotel will be head
quarters for all the visiting Knights Of
Pythias who wish to attend the gath
ering.
Orders have been issued directinss ill
| the sir knights and officers of the uni
formed rank, no matter of what COM
mand. or if unattached, to report at
Castle hall, 10S North Spring street, to
participate in the escort in full uni
form.
Committees Named
The following committees have been
appointed:
Arrangements-W..R r. Myers of Mira
monte lodge, A. F. Welton of Neptune
lodge and j. o. Kolff of Marathon-Los
Angeles lodge.
Hall--H. j. White of Pacific lodge, r.
l.. Dunlap of Marathon-Los Angeles
lodge and L. r. Clutter of Inter-
Domain lodge.
Reception-E. r. Jeffery of Mira
monte lodge, Thornton Alexander of
Inter-Domain lodge, w. p. Hyatt of
Gauntlet lodge and d. X. Trask of
Samson lodge.
Finance-F. T.. Richardson of Samson
lodge, E. J. Mead of Gem City lodge
and l.. III. Denney of Whittier lodge.
Press-R. L. Dunlap of Marathon-Los
Angeles lodge and Thornton Alexander
of Inter-Domain lodge.
Word has been wired to Assistant
| Adjt. Gen. Schaffner at San Francisco
who sent the telegram announcing the
coming of the supreme chancellor ask
ing him for the time of the arrival of
the train on which the chancellor would
come to Los Angeles.
| The meeting will be for members Of
the order in good standing and will be
what is known as a pass word" meet
| ing.
It is not known what line of work
will be taken up then, secret work pos
sibly or recent legislation OF the su-
preme assembly of the uniformed rank,
or proposed legislation of that body.
Numbers $4,000 Trained Soldiers
The uniformed rank of the Knights of
Pythias numbers $4,000 trained sol
diers, while the general order of
knights Of Pythias has a membership
of 100000 men.
It is not generally known to the pub
lie that this order of the uniformed
rank of the knights of Pythias is an
established rank of the regular army of
the United States, the same revised
drill manual being used by that order
as is in vogue in the regular service,
with the exception that the Sir Knights
use swords in place of rifles, since
their object at the organization of the
uniformed rank was to furnish officers
for the American army.
As pointed out by a member of the
order, this uniformed rank of the
knights of Pythias is proud of it's rec
ord, since it has furnished more COM
missioned officers for the regular army
of the United States than any similar
order. Five brigadier generals in the
regular army began their careers as
members of this order.N Gen. Funston.
in command of the department of Cali
fornia, held his first commission in the
uniformed rank.
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