The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-08
Headed by Band They
Leave in Special Cars
This Morning
WILL SPEND WEEK
IN PHILADELPHIA
Band Expected to Arrive Home
Wednesday-Will Play at Reception
Tomorrow Night in Hotel Ritten-
house-Big Parade Tomorrow

Members of Beauseant commandery,
No. Z, Knights Templar, some of whom
were accompanied by their wives, left
Brattleboro this morning for a weeks
junket to Philadelphia, where they will
attend the festivities of the 34th trien-
NAL conclave of the grand encampment,
Knights Templar of the United States.
The Brattleboro party numbered about
80, with nearly an equal number in the
Brattleboro Military band, who ac-
companied the delegations from here,
Bellows Falls, Chester, Springfield and
other places, the out-of-town Templars
coming here on the s53 o'clock train.
Headed by the band of 2s pieces with
Captain William T. Haigh as drum ma
jor, about Is Knights Templar, in re-
gala, left Masonic temple promptly at
$50 o'clock and marched to the rail
road station. Relatives, other members
of the commandery and friends also
went to the station to bid them good
bye and many others were on the curb
or in windows and doors to see them
as they passed down Main street.
| The itinerary was arranged for Beau
seant commandery of this town and
Holy Cross cOmmandery of Bellows
Falls, but a few from other command
cries joined the party, which left in two
special parlor cars with a combination
baggage and smoker, and a special din
ing car was TO be attached to the train
at Springfield and detached at New
York. The party expects TO arrive in
Philadelphia at clock tonight, when
dinner will be waiting for them at Ho-
tel Rittenheuse. where the Vermont
delegation will have headquarters.
Tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
there will be a grand parade of Knights
Templar. and estimates have placed
the number of Sir Knights in the
parade at from 10000 to $4,000. The
Vermont delegation, which viii be in
the third division, will be led by the
Brattleboro Military band, who also
will render concert at the reception
which will be held at Hotel Ritten-
house tomorrow evening by the Yer
! mont delegation to all Vermonters or
. Former ,Vermonters who are in Phila-
delphia.
: Aside from the regular business ses-
sions there will be competitive drills
at Belmont Plateau in West Fairmont
. park Wednesday morning, and the aft
ernoon will include naval review on
: the Delaware river, the knights and
) their. ladies being accommodated on a
! large fleet of river steamboats,. In the
evening there will be a naval water
) carnival on the Schuylkill river. On
Thursday afternoon there will be an
: historical, industrial and patriotic war
t pageant. They will leave Philadelphia
| Friday morning, spending the day at
liAtlantic City and leaving at ) o'clock
!. for New York, where they will be quar-
l tered at McAlpin hotel. The party
plans to leave New York on the noon
| train Saturday, arriving IN Brattleboro
: at 6 clock that night.
fI Arthur +. Macy of the command
i ant s Office of the Boston navy yard
: and q member of Cour dc Lion com
i mandery of Boston came to Brattleboro
a last night and was on hand this morn
e ing to take charge of the tourists. The
Y Brattleboro party included three of the
line officers of the copmandery: Oscar
ell F. Benson, eminent commander; Ar
: thur " d. Piper, generaiissimo; and
e Carl F. Cain, senior warden. Seven past
4 commanders of Beauseant commandery
i also were included: Jesse E. Haynes
William A. Shumway, Christie B. Grow
/ ell, Major c. Houghton, George NJ
3 Clay, Frank B. Putnam, Ferris r
Vaughan. Past Grand Commander
Frederick H. Babbitt of Bellows Fall.
and DR.. Olin w. Daley of White River
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