The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-26

spectacles that was ever seen In the
state. The event rivaled in many re-
spects the Field of the Cloth and Gold
which was the greatest uniform pa
geant of the medieval times conduct
ed by Henry VIII of England and
Francis Of France.
The parade line was made up of the
largest gathering OF men that had
ever been in attendance at any pre-
vious meeting of the grand COM
mandery OF this state. There were
almost 800 sir knights In the line OF
march and the parade line was several
squares long.
There were six divisions OF the par
ade which was headed by c. A. Hale of
Grand Forks as chief marshal, His
aides and division heads were Frank
White of Valley Witty, John Carroll Of
Lisbon, III. G. Proctor, G. C. Grafton
of Fargo, H b. Grover Of Grafton. S. G.
Jones Of Devils Lake, George M. Pike
Of New Rockford and e. C. Eddy Of
Fargo.
In the first division of the parade
there were 100 sir lpnights who
marched in almost perfect order. There
were the members of the AuverRne
commandery Of this city.
In the second division there were
about fifty of the uniformed guards.
This group Of men was made up of the
Tancred commandery of Bismarck. st.
Aldemar commandery Of Grand Forks.
and the Wihaha commandery Of
jamestown.
The men in the third group num-
bered about fifty. There represented
the st. Elmo commandery of Valley
City, the st. Omer commandery Of
Grafton and the Cyrene commandery
OF Devils Lake.
There were about thirty-five in the
fourth division Of the parade. This
division represented three more com
manderies which included the Ivanhoe
of Lisbon, Zein of New Rockford and
the De Molay of Minot.
In the fifth group there were lust
about as many plumed hats as in the
one preceding it. In this division the
communicates were represented as
Wahpeton Of Wahpeton, Temple Of
Dickinson and Lorraine of Bottineau.
The last command was one where
the distinguished officers of the Knights
Templar were placed as well as the
officers of other branches OF the Ma
sonic order. This division was COM
posed of the grand commandery. the
grand chapter and the grand lodge.
Every knight who entered the parade
was fully arrayed in complete uni
form, with brilliant side arms. sheathed
swords at their sides, and goreeouslv
plumed hats, They made a spectacle
that the citizens Of Fargo and North
Dakota have never been permitted to
see before.
The parade was most gorgeous this
year from the fact that 1T was the
largest ever held in the state. Because
of the unwilling of the monument here
in memory Of Frank Jared THOMPSON
many knights attended the grand
commandery meeting here, swelling the
number Of visitors to almost 200. all
of whom took part in the parade.
The principal line of march was
down Broadway from Third avenue
north to Front street, west on Front
street to Eighth street south and
south on this street to the city limits
where automobiles waited to carry
the sir knights out to the cemetery
and return them to the city.
stade's Address.
The address Of Andrew j. Stade, Of
Devils Lake, the grand commander of
the knights Templar at the receiving
OF the Thompson monument yesterday
was a memorable one The grand
commander said:
Time has done us the service of
taking away the sting that was felt
when the death of our brother knight
was announced to us. Today we are
not met to mourn but to rejoice. 1t is
always a cause for rejoicing when a
knight has so lived and acted that his
brother knights desire to perpetuate
his memory in stone. Stone is the one
material that stands the ravages OF
time for a long period.
| 1T was the desire of the great kings
OF Egypt to prolong the memory Of
| themselves by building vast tombs of
stone to hold their remains. Our
| brother built his character so well that
we build for him the monument Of
stone, In order that he who reads the
inscription thereon may know the yir-
| tues possessed by him. 1t gives me
pleasure to stand here today and ac-
cept in behalf Of the grand command
cry OF Knights Templar OF North Da-
kota the completed monument to our
deceased brother sir knight
1T is gratifying to know that the liv-
ing sir knights appreciate the good
1 qualities that were ever evident in our
late brother. Such appreciation is seen
In the fact that you have raised this
monument In his name. May 1t ever
stand as q tribute to the memory OF
one who practiced all the virtues OF
sur magnanimous order. May we Sd
walk and act In this life that we VIII
be worthy of such a memorial when
we have gone 70 be with the supreme
i architect of the unfverses'