The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Odd Fellows.

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Monday-Uniou. No. II; Beacon. Nos Is. and
LAngdon. No. 8 business.
Tuesday-Golden Rule No. q, and Amity
No. 2, degree. II
Wednesday Eastern. No. 7, degree; Federal
City. No. %. degree; Harmony, No. .. business.
Thursday-Cosenant. No u. degree; Colun-
ban. No. 70. and Phoenix. No. .. business
Friday-Metropolis, No. l6, degree, and Cen
Friday-Masenenu, No. 4, degree.
saturday-canton Washington. No. l. driii
and business.
Secretary of War Baker. pur-
suant to an understanding reached
at the conference between the Sec
retary of War, the chairman of the
Commission on Training Camp Ac-
tiyities. and representatives OF all
the large fraternal orders In the
training camps. has issued the fol-
lowing order: "Fraternal and be-
neyolent societies of recognized and
well-established character. either
Independently or associated togeth-
er under rules prescribed by the
Secretary OF War. and to the extent
that available ground can be had,
or available space in buildings al
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purpose, may erect, establish, or oc-
cupy buildings or such space in
buildings already erected for fra
ternal and social work and services
among the members of such socie-
ties in the camps and cantonments
of the United States after first OBJ
tanning permission from the officer
in command.
No secret meetings shall be allow
ed, nor shall any secret, fraternal,
or benevolent society conduct any
secret work in said camps or can
tonments under the authority Of
this order. In accordance with the
above order buildings will be estab-
lished for the recreation and enter
tainment of members of the order.
Grand Sire Goudy. E. w. Bradford
and Judge Raker, OF California,
were members Of the committee
which resulted in the Secretary of
War issuing the above order.
The grand lodge at its last session
adopted the following resolution
which was submitted by Representa-
tive E. w. Bradford:
Resolved that under the authority
, of article XXI of the code of gem
eral laws of the 1. o. %. F., enacted
at the session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, held at Louisville, KY. Sep
tember II to q, 1917. this grand lodge
I. o. o. F. of the District OF Colum-
bia hereby levies an assessment Of one
dollar per capita upon each member
Of the several subordinate lodges In
| this Jurisdiction owing less than one
years dues on December 81, 1917. to
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subordinate lodge out of any funds in
its treasury, raised or replenished by
dues or assessments as each lodge may
determine, as follows. IS cents per
capita on March /. 1918, and Is cents
per capita on May /, 1918 and the bal
ance when needed and called for by
the grand master; and that said as
sessment shall be used to establish q
special fund for the relief of brothers
in the military or naval service, their
families, and lodges in need or relief
or assistance by reason of obligations
to such brothers under the laws of
this order;
Resolved further that subordinate
lodges shall have the right and are
hereby empowered to raise funds with
which to meet such assessment by as
sessments against their members, to
be levied by resolution, without
amending their bylaws and without
amendment by the grand lodge of the
constitution for the government of
subordinate lodges. and when levied
to have the same effect upon the
standing of members as is provided
with reference to dues and assess
ments in section l, Of article Of the
subordinate lodge constitution. A
committee consisting of Grand Mas
ter Humphrey as chairman and four
other representatives was authorized
to carry out the purposes Of the reso-
lutions.
Grand Master John T. Humphreys
announces the following visitation for
the spring series of 1918: Friendship,
NO. II, Feb. %; Amity. No. q. March
5; Mt. Pleasant, No. 9, March 10;
Langdon. No. rs. March Is; Phoenix,
No. Is, March %; Union, No. II, April
8; Salem, 2, April 1; Covenant, No. I3;
April Is. and Central, No. /, May 10.
Grand Patriarch Robert r. Plymale
announces the following visitations
for the Grand Encampment Officers.
Mount Nebo, No. 6, March 8: Fred ID
Stuart, No Z, March Il; Columbian.
No. 1, Thursday, April 4, and Me-
genenu, No. 4, May 3. The visitation
OF Mt. Nebo will occur In their lodge
room at Fourteenth and KENYON
streets, Magenenu in Northeast
Temple and Columbia and Fred ID.
Stuart in the Lodge Room at Nine
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest unless prior to that
time the encampments move to the
new temple on Seventh street north
west.
The following officers were elected
and installed at the last session of
the Grand Lodge: John T. Humphrey,
grand master; Victor P. Hammer,
deputy grand master; z. l. Dunn,
grand warden; Frank z. Rapp, grand
secretary; W. ]. Rich, grand treas
urer. and also the following appoin-
tive officers: Bert v. Wolf, grand
marshal; Harry L. Anderson, grand
conductor; John D. Yoakley, grand
guardian; Mark T. Landers, grand
herald. Grand Master Humphreys ap-
pointed the following committees
which were confirmed by the Grand
Lodge: Credentials, W. B. Randall, J,
Z. Chamberlain and Robert Thomp-
son; returns, ]. T. Allison, r. T, Nc
Mullen and Anthony Krauth; finance,
w. w. MILAN, L. s. Savage and w.
n. Ernest; appeals, E. C. Grumley,
Eloert Charity and George r. John
son; supervision. E. W. Bradford, r.
A Ford and E. r. Armstrong: print
ing, Bert v. Wolf, NJ. s. Fall and Leo
Schoentrall; state of the order. ]. ii.
Crew, Charles Garrels and John I.
Brown; bylaws. F. d. Seiffert, r. n.
sorrell and w. J. Hope; Rebekah
Lodges, W. F. Dement,, l. II. Wind
sor and Irving R. schwinger.