The Washington herald., 1910-07-31

Washington Company, No. ], Military
Department. knights OF Pythias. under
command Of Capt. Frederick NJ Pelz-
man. viii leave on special train to-day
for Milwaukee. wis. to attend the hi.
ennial encampment Of the order.
The company will arrive in Milwaukee
at 1:3o o'clock tomorrow, and will &c
into camp. where they will remain under
strict military discipline during the en-
campment. The company will travel and
camp In regulation khaki uniforms.
The personnel Of the company is as
follows: Captain. Frederick NJ. Pelzman;
first lieutenant, George Whiting; second
lieutenant. David D. Weinstein: first SER
geant Otto Sontag; second sergeant.
Richard T. Whiting; sir knights. A T.
Adams, J. B. Conner, H. F. Douglas,
l. A Emmons, II. +. Garrett, o. Haus-
child. J. Holmes. NJ. w. Knight. NJ. H.
Konigsberg. G. T. Little, z, Lipphard.
S. c. Lizier. w. z. Mathews, P. p. Pat
rick. B. A. Reeves, G. Ryall. G. w. Sol
'lers, B. r. Sherwood. z. Shontz. II.
Pelzman. J. Taylor. w. Wolfe. and f. ].
Williams; quartermaster. J. E. Wilson;
mascotS. Tolbert and Louis Pelzman.
There will be twenty-four brigades in
camp. with Maj. Gen. Arthur j. Stobart
in command. The parade of all compa-
MES will take place August ?. and the
competitive drill will be held August 3.
Washington Company Is entered In Class
B, and VIII compete for the first prize
OF $500. A $50 prize viii also be given
for the best company commander. and
this company has high hopes of win
ming both first prizes in their class.
Capt. Pelzman. Of Washington Com
pany, will be the youngest company COM
mander in the contest. He was initiated
into the order this year at the age OF
twenty-one, and was commissioned cap
tain Of Washington Company in June,
He is an ex-captain of the High School
Cadets. and has been instructing WASH
ington Company for the past two months.
FOUNDED in Washington.
The order OF Knights of Pythias was
founded in Washington. d. C.. February
70. 1864. by Justus H. Rathbone, then a
clerk In .he War Department on the
night OF February 70, 1854 Rathbone. to-
gether with Robert A. Champion. Edward
s Kimball. David l. Burnett. William H
Burnett. E. y Driver. Joel r. Woodruff,
Joseph T. X. Plant, Charles II. Roberts,
A. D. Van Derveer, Mathew II. Van Der
veer. A. RoderiQue. and George r. Covert
met in what was then known as Temper
ance Han, ana organized Washington
Lodge. No. j.
The founder, Justus II. Rathbone. died
in Lima. Ohio, December 2. 1889. and was
buried at Utica. n. Y. where the Supreme
Lodge Of the order has erected a mag
nihcent monument at his tomb. OF the
original thirteen members, David /. Bur
nett and A. d. Van Derveer are still men,
bers OF the order I'm good standing.
Washington Lodge. No. ]. existed for
about eighteen months. when ii consolf-
dated with Franklin Lodge. No. ?, which
had been instituted April y, 1854. Frank
lin Lodge was the only lodge of the order
that maintained its existence until April
10. 1866 when Mount Vernon Lodge. No.
3. was instituted.
At the time of the institution of Mount
Vernon Lodge. No. 5. the order consisted
Of one lodge. with ffty-two members. At
the close Of the year 1909 there were 1886
lodges. with a membership of 7O6,5Ol.
with lodges located in the United States,
Canada. the Canal Zone. Cuba. Hawaiian
Islands. Philippine Islands. and China
The Grand Domain of the District OF
Columbia is now composed OF eighteen
lodges, with a membership Of about 1.5OO,
and is represented in the Supreme Lodge
by Past Supreme Chancellor Edward
Dunn and Supreme Representatives
Thomas A. Bynum and James w. Carter