Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
K. 7. DRILL TEAM
READY TO CONTEST
Columbia Commandery Will
Leave for Denver
August Z.
TO TAKE MASCOT BILLY
TO TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE
Experienced Officers Will Lead Men
Against Many Opponents for
Big Prizes.


cry. No. . X T., has been hard at work
for more than year preparing for the
competitive drill at triennial conclave of
the order to be held al Denver, Col, Au-
gust Ills Columbia Commandery plans
to leave Washington Thursday. August Z.
for Colorado Springs.
The drill team will spend two days
sightseeing there. taking in Cripple Creek.
Pixies Peak the Garden of the Gods,
Crystal Park automobile road up over
the Rockies South Cheyenne Canyon and
Seven Falls. They will leave Colorado
Springs Monday. August 10. for Denver
At Denver their headquarters will be at
the Hotel Drexel. Tuesday. August II.
the Grand Temple parade of 20 90 sir
knights will be held. Wednesday and
Thursday the competitive drills will take
place in an amphitheater specially built
for the drills of the contesting command
cries This amphitheater is built to seat
coco persons.
Opponents of Washington.
to.umbia ConInandery will contest with
the following Communicates: Chicago
Commandery. No 10. Chicaco. I'll !: ST
Bernard Commandery. No. 81. Chicago.
H.; Englewood Commandery. No. %, Chi
cogo. ILL.,: Columbia Commandery No c.
Chicago. ILL.,: Woodlawn Commandery.
No. 81. Chicago ILL.,: Joliet Cormandery.
No Z. Joliet. H.; Ivanhoe Commanderv.
Inandery No. 1. Indianapolis. Ind: Geth-
semane Commandery No 80. Newton.
Mass; Ascalon Commandery. No. 16. st.
Louis. Mo-; St AIdemar Conmandery.
mandery. No. 30. Kansas City, Mo-:
Mount Olivet Commanderv. No ~. Wich-
tia. Kan: Newton Commandery. No. 8,
Newton. Kan: Seattle Commandery, No
cry. No. l. San Francisco. Cal: Detroit
Commandery, No 1. Detroit, Mich Da-
mascus Commandery. No. ~. Detroit
Mich and others that will enter later on
Capt Frank f. Gibson has had the
experience Of drilling all the different
branches of the Masonic fraternity and
has been in the limelight drill master
and originator o. fancy drills ever since
he graduated from high school He has
led Columbia Comman6ery to the front
In many competitions, winning practical
~ all the prizes that have ever been
contested anon@ the TempIars in this
city and capturing the second prize at
Saratoga Springs. y. Y, July 10, 1877.
The next year he captained Almas
Temple Patrol, when it won the cham
pionship OF North America at the I'M
perial Council meeting of the Mystic
Shrine at ST. Paul.
First Lieut. Charles ID. Shackelford
has had the experience of three different
competitions first lieutenant in the
Odd Fellows and one year as captain of
the Odd Fellow team, winning a prize
each year. Lieut.. Shackeford is known
a drill master of merit.
c. Walter Hoover, will fill the position
OF second lieutenant. He has been in
every competition that Columbia Com
mandery has taken part in the last ten
wears During the time he was not an
Instructor in drill he was assistant in
structor. He was captain of one OF the
companies OF Columbia Commandery
when ii won the prize at Friendship
assistant instructor of the Arab Patrol
OF Almas Temple. A. A. o. n. VI. s., at
St Paul, when the patrol won the cham
pionship OF North America.
VIII Take Mascot Goat.
The drill team viii take their mascot
goat Billy
Templar and Shriners all over the
United States. In every parade where the
cir knights and Shriners have attended
Billy has mada friends. With his black
and white blanket. gold feet and gold
horns ne is always recognized and petted
by the Masons from all parts OF the
United Sta'es Tn!y is looked upon by
the members OF the drill team as good
luck FROM start TO finish, and the men,
bers of Columbia Commandery would feel
that they could not leave home and COM
pete for prize without him.
Capt. Gibson will command team.
which will have a full complement of
tyenty-seven men and eight substitutes
They will be attired In their full Templar
uniform. There will be about fifteen
prizes given for the best drilled teams
The first will be a three-thousand-five-
hundred-dollar solid silver punch bowl
with forty-eght solid silver cups. Second
will be loving cup OF solid silver five and
third. "A sill
ing cup four and half feet high. and
fourth, a grand piano valued at $50
Members of the Team.
The members of the team, besides
the three officers. are: Sir Kniehts
George L. Iseman, c. T.. Z. Father,
George Sibley. George E. Hebbard,
frederick Yates. Charles zimmerman.
James Mccarthy Frark Hegner Her.
ford T. CowIing, George Hines George
A Smith. Elmer c. Wood Charles Rob-
bins Robert ]. Bell. Charles e. Foster
Robert Nash, Harry Canhan. Robert K.
l. Thomas, George 7. Whiting. Robert
Hill, Parker III. Sweet. Frank r, Koch
Ralph Z. Bihlman. Michael DManna
Salvatore Desio. Benjamin r. Coles
Virgil Fookes. Stanley n. Recher. Harry
a Walls, Maurice A. Hess, w. w
and George w. Widmayer.
Commander John r p. Pringe OF the
navy assumed THURSDAY the duties of offi
Ger IN charge Of buildings and grounds al