Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-07
WASHINGTON KNIGHTS
DEPART FOR DENVER
Special Train Carries Men,
bers of Local Communicates
to Grand Encampment.

A large number Of officers and mem
bers of the Grand Commandery and Of
the communicates of the District, with
relatives and friends, left Washing
ton this morning on a special train fol
Denver, to take part in the sessions OF
the Grand Encampment, Knights Tenn
plar. from August IL to Is.
The train will stop at Cumberland
Nd. and Pittsburgh, where DR.. Frank
E. Gibson and the other members OF
the drill team of Columbia Com
mandery, No. 2, will give exhibition
drills. The train is due to arrive at
Colorado Springs Saturday, and two
days will be spent in sightseeing in
that vicinity. special templar serv-
ice has been arranged for Sunday
morning on the summit of Pixies Peak.
Arrive in Denver Monday.
Arriving at Denver Monday. the MEM
bers of the party will Immediately be-
gin to have g. busy time. Wednesday
there wial be a parade. and Wednesday
and Thursday there will be competitive
drills of the drill teams of eighteen
communicates in stadium seating
10000 people. The District Grand Com
mandery will hold a reception Thursday
evening.
The drill team Of Columbia Com
mandery. No. 2, had a short and snappy
drill last night, and afterward DR.. Glib
in perfect condition. The team took
BILLY, a goat, to Denver as its mascot
The drill contest will be for a silver
punch bowl and fifty solid silver cups
with them the championship of the
United States. DR.. Gibson said last
night he had high hopes of winning the
prize.
Members Of the Party.
Among those who had reservations on
the special train were:
Henry X. Simpson. DIR. Charles T..
Lindsey, Lem Towers. jr., William S.
Parks and Mrs. Parks. Charles E. Bald
win. Mrs. Charles E. Baldwin, Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin, Master John Bald
win, Arvine w. Johnston, Thomas p.
Morgan. Alexander Grant, DR.. Frank E.
Gibson. Gratz K. Dunkum, Ernest c..
Berger and Miss Berger. w. W. Biggs,
Mrs. Biggs, and two sons: Seaton w.
Trunnell. E. E. Thompson, D. F. Croft,
T. John Newton. Mark F. Finley, Charles
D. Shackelford, C.. Walter Hoover, Rob-
ert j. Bell Ralph +. Bihlman. Benja-
min n. COleS, f1eTIOrQ j. COWInS, Sal
vatore Desio, Charles f. Cummings,
Michael D'Manna, Colin E. E. Fathers.
Virgil NJ. Fookes. Charles E. Foster.
Harry l.. Gordon. William ]. Hall,
George Z. Hebbard, Frank Hesner, W.
r. F. Hines, George l. Iseman. Frank
f. Koch, william S. Nash. E. c. Peach.
Thomas A. Robbins. A. A. Robey.
George j. Sibley. George J. Smith, Rob-
ert E. L. Thomas. Harry E. Walls.
George H. Whiting, Elmore G: Wood.
Frederick Yates, Edgar c. Walford, II
wing S. Hail. William A. Harries and
daughter. Fred II. Hohoff and Mrs. Ho-
hoff. Willard f. Lord and daughter, Jo-
seph T. Williams. Clarence Dodge and
Mrs. Dodge, Fred W. Cole, jr., Wallace
c. Babcock. George F.. Bedell and Mrs.
Bedell, Samuel III. Moore, William III.
harrington. w. W. Field Of Orange. Va.
and two ladies Of his family; Abram
$. Mccoy, Weldon Fisher and Mrs.
Fisher, Miss Smith. Miss Darcy. Miss
cornwen, DR.. Frank P. Weller. Mrs.
Weller and daughter. William B.
Marche. Miss Underwood. Stanley M.
Smith, William j. Widmeyer, Charles
W. King, jr., and Mrs King, Mrs. Rob-
ert J. Bell, Mrs. Harry L. Gordon. Mrs.
Cora C. Waudby. Charles Some and
Mrs. Some, Miss Margaret E. Krichelt,
J. William Lucas. d. F. Benton, Charles
Cummins. Mrs Frank p. Curtis, James
Gray, L. F. Valentine, Iceland II. T.
Schuknecht, E. A. Wood and sister,
William II. Landvoigt. William p. Ma
gruder and Mrs. Magruder, George NJ.
Raub. Mrs. Frank b. Curtis. Miss T. A.
Wood George J. Hurst. w. S. Brown
and others.