Evening star., 1914-07-25
Pythian Drill Team Wins $500
at Terre Haute Encamp-
ment.
PLAN FOR CELEBRATION
WHEN MEMBERS RETURN
Company Was Organized in 1881 and
Has Previously Won
Drill Honors.

Washington Company. No. 1. Military
Department of the Knights of Pythias.
the Washington team. today was an
nounced as winner of third prize of
$500 in the competitive drills at the in
ternational biennial encampment of the
uniform rank of the Knights of Pyfhias
at Terre Haute. Ind. The Clinton. Ind,
team won the first prize of $1,000 in
the class A drills: the team from Eaton
Rapids. Mich, won the second prize OF
$3.50, and the local team the third
The prize of $50 to the best class A
captain was awarded to H. NJ. Ferguson
of Clinton, Ind.
Other awards were:
Class B-First prize. 500, Albion
Mich; second prize, $500. Jasonville
best captain. NJ. c. Reed. Albion. Mich.
Class C-First prize $500, Danville, Ill.
second. 5000. Evansville, Ind: best cap
tain. l.. A Tuggle. Danville. Ill.
Washington Sergeant Wins Prize.
Otto sonntag of Washington, D. C.
was awarded the prize for best first ser.
geant, So; second prize, SIS, went te
John Beveridge, Clinton, Ind, and third
So 10 T. a. Hunter, Jasonville. Ind.
Waldemar Company of Haverhill
Mass, won the wo-hundred- dollar
prize for company coming the longest
distance from outside the state, as well
as the 500 for the largest attendance
of company from outside the state
The second largest attendance prize
S'o. was given to Washington. d. G
For the largest attendance of an In.
diana company, Delphi. Ind, won 500
ind, $50.
Organized in 1881.
Washington Company, No. 1, Militar,
Department. Knights of Pythias was in.
stituted March IL, 1881, in this city. ane
its first captain was Joseph T. Coldwell
| who afterward organized J. T. Coldwel
Com pany, No. 4. The company ATTENDED
, the encampments of the uniform rank
held at Philadelphia, Toronto, Cincinnati
Milwaukee. Kansas City. Louisville
Washington. Boston and Terre Haute.
At the encampments of Toronto, Gin
cinnau and Kansas City. it carried up
ward of seventy-five men and a band
| 1T WAS not until the encampment of Bos
ton, in 19cS. the company ever entere,
| the competitive drills. and at that en-
| K. T. Whiting. now major of the frs
battalian. 1st Regiment. n. G. d. c.. 4
made such a fine record that it decided
to enter the next competitive drill.
Fresh From High School.
After their return from Boston, during
one of the jubilees Of the Knights OF
Pythias. there entered Capital Lodge a
young man who had just completed his
high school course and was captain of
the winning High School Cadet Company.
He was Fred NJ. Pelznan. who COM
manded the team at Terre Haute. He
Joined Washington Company, and under
his instructions the team rapidly mas
tered the manual and entered the COM
petitive drill held at Milwaukee. re.
turning victors with the first prize. The
captain also won the first prize rs the
best company commander. The company
also entered the drill in Milwaukee un-
der class B. with sixteen sir knights and
three officers.
The officers of the present drill team
comprise Capt. Fred NJ. Pelzman, First
Lieut.. George II. Whiting. Second Lieut.
c. c. Creevy. First Sergt- Otto Sontag.
and Second Sergt. |. c. Racoosin. OF the
original members of the company. only
r. 7. Whiting, J. s. Conner and George
Ryall are now in the ranks.
Coldwen Company, it is said. will ar
range for a reception to the prize win
ners on their return.