The Washington herald., 1911-10-18
GIVE HAILING sign
TO SCOTTISH RITES
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side OF l street.
In the absence of the grand marshal
from tie Jurisdiction, Past Master Z. st.
Clair Thompson has been designated as
! acting grand marshal. Past Masters
! Charles Cyrus CoOmhs, William T. Hast
I ings. Louis D. Carman. and Charles ].
! James ana Capt. Frank +. Gibson, of the
camp guard, have been appointed as aids
/ to the grand marshal
The Supreme Council will he escorted
/ by detachment OF mounted police, De
Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4.
/ knights TemplarS. and the camp guard.
under the command of Capt. Frank f.
Gibson from the Scottish Rite Cathedral
! at Third and + streets northwest, 10 the
new Masonic Temple. at Thirteenth and
/ New York avenue, where the line OF
! parade will be formed.
! The formation Of the parade will he as
/ follows: Mounted police. mounted band,
/ DC MOIav Mounted COmmandcry, visit
/ ing Scottish Rite Masnns, visiting com
ma uderiCS Of knights Templars. local
I commentaries Of Knights Templars,
band. visiting blue lodges. and local blue
lodges. The camp guard of Albert Pike
, Consistory, No. !, 4. a. S r., will act
as the personal escort of tho Supreme
| Council, which will follow in carriages
in the follOwing-named order: Supreme
| Council, grand commander OF Knights
Templars Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, and the Grand Lodge.
The Line of March.
The line Of march from the Masonic
Temple will he as follows: Thirteenth
street north to street. west to Six
! teenth. north to 8 street. The process
| sion will halt at Sixteenth and 6 streets
and form in double lines. The camp
guard and the Supreme Council will
proceed through the lines to the plat
form, where the camp guard will halt
at the steps and the supreme Council
will ascend the platform. The Grand
! Commandery. Grand Chapter, and Grand
! Lodge will pass through the lines and
| ascend the platform. Before the eXer-
| cises begin the blue lodges will be dis
missed in order that they may secure
! places of vantage 70 witness the Cere-
monies. Immediately after the Cere-
| monies the parade will he reformed and
rctHrn to the Masonic Temple
: The new Scottish Rite Temple will he
! the finest structure Of its kind in the
| world. and when completed will cost a
| million md uuartnr ~f d"lIars The
( style Of architecture is entirely different
from that Of any building in tho city
The temple will be built entirely of white
/ marble.
I
/ luxurious home for the Supreme Council
Each member will have his own private
living apartments. and there will be
lCdgerOom for each degree OF the order
one entire floor will he given Up 10 the
library, lounging rooms and billiard
looms. The contractors are NorCross
Bros. Of this city and Worcester. Mass.
Royal Order Mt Banquet.
The ROYAL Order Of Scotland. which
brings together each year the members
Of the Supreme Council OF the Scottish
Rite OF the Northern Jurisdiction and the
members Of IN" Supreme Council Of the
Scottish Rite OF the Southern Jurisdtc-
tion. held one + the most successful an
nual hanquets in its history last night at
RauSChcr's.
James Daniel Richardson. provincial
grand master .: the Provincial Grand
Lodge Of tn" United States Of the Roval
Order Of Scotlan'i, presided. The spa
'ioUs hall was beautifully decorated with
the American flag. palms and ferns. and
rut flowers. An orchestra furnished Sc
lections during the banquet. and rhc Scot
tsh Rite choir Of St. Louis. Mo. was
most cnthusia sticaliy received in its Sc
| lectiOns and was compelled to respond TO
numerous CnCOTCS.
Provincial Grand Master Richardson
.
the Supreme Council Of Scottish Rite Of
the Southern Jurisdiction is the mother
OF the Supreme Council OF the Northern
JUriSdiCtiOn and that the Provincial
Grand Lodge Of tho Royal Order Of
Scotland is the connecting link be-
tween the two great deliberative bodies
of the Scottish Rite in this country
the Two most important and the two
most influential. The Provincial Grand
Z I . - ha V,a
Council Of the Northern Jurisdiction
and the next year with the Supreme
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction.
Tribute to Founder.
William IIoman, deputy Of the SUI
preme Council of the Northern Juris-
diction in the State OF New York. was
then called upon to respond TO the SEN
timent. The Northern supreme Coun-
cil' Mr.. Homan said he had never
had a quarrel with his mOther-in-l law
mp TO the present time, and. after the
laughter had subsided. he gave a the
reason the fact that he is a bachelor.
The speaker then paid tribute to AL
bert Pike. the illustrOus Mason. who, in
looking for common ground for Ma
sons to gather en- annually. was the
prime mover in organizing in the
United States the Provincial Grand
Lodge OF the ROYAL order Of Scotland.
Past Grand Master J.. Cab"ll William
son responded to the sentiment. THE La
dies Of tn" Eastern Star" He paid tribute
! to work of the ladies in forwarding the
Caus" Of Masonry. and said that from the
date Of the organization of the Eastern
Star in the District of Columbia Masonry
was born again to its highest duty.
The Symbolic Grand Lodge Of the Dis
triCt of Columbia was responded to by
Past Grand Master William G. Hender-
son. of the District Past grand high
priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal
| Arch Masons, Henry X. Simpson, re-
| spOnded to the Grand Chapter. and
pledged its fealty to the Provincial Grand
Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland
Past grand commander of the Grand
Commandery knights TempIars Of the
District, Alex. Mckenzie, responded to
the Grand COnmandery.
Former United States Senator Nathan
B. Scott. of West Virginia, in responding
as a member of the class which received
the degrees of the order Monday night