The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-22
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KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
Raper COmmandery Numbering
IT'S Arrives on Special Train
Over l.. & ". This Morning
MISSOURI COMMANDERY
ARRIVES AT 8 O'CLOCK
Will Be Shown Over the Various
Points of Interest About Pen
cola and It's EnvirOns.

PENSACOLA-"Th City Of Your
Dreams'-is todya welcoming the first
contingent of knights Templars en-
route to the thirtyfifth triennial con
clave in New Orleans. All arrange
ments have been made for the enter
tainment Of both Communicates and
every ardent believer in Pensacola,
past and present, is joining in to make
them feel at home" while in the Deep
Water City of the Gulf ---s. I
This morning at $50 o'clock Raper
Commandery of Indianapolis, Ind. viii
arrive on eight special cars over the
Louisville and Nashville, numbering
ITS persons OF this number about so
are ladies.
This afternoon at 3:1O o'clock the
Missouri Grand Commandery of St.
Louis will arrive to the number of 15)
or more. A definite program of enter
tatnment for both has already been
mapped out In order that there will be
noE hitch.
The Raper Commandery viii be ms
at. the Louisville and Nashville sta
tion by local escort composed OF
members of Coeur de Lion Command
cry OF Pensacola, headed by Sir Knight
]. T. Ballies, members of the Chamber
Of Commerce, headed by. 4. E. Reed,
and represcn ta.:,'cs 5 c..--,1 the I. q y
! Tn'rncc,1=..;:z0s1v upon aligllting for the
Pullman cars they viii be escorted TO
! the San Carlos hotel n march Of five
blocks where Breakfast will be serv-
ad,13 { tt.g.1
f The next. event on the program and
one that willNbe of particular interest
TO Pensacolians, is the drill and band
concert at Mallory Court. Raper Com
mandery boasts one of the best drill
teams and drum and bugIes corps in
the country and this exhibition Will
doubtless be witnessed by hundreds o.
local people. Mallory Court will be
roped off so that so automobiles can
be parked in the way of the drill team.
Citizens are requested to keep this in
mind. ~.
At 10 O'Clock the entire commandeVy
will Sbe escorted down sPalafox street
to Main street where they will take
special cars on the Bayshore line for
the Naval air station and other points
of interest on Ithe government reser-
walton. The party will be met at the
navy yard by an escort of service men
and the visitors from the Hoosier
state will be shown over the naval air
station and Fort Barrancas. Captain
Christy. and Colonel Brady are coop
Grating with the Chamber Of Com
merce and various other civic organi
cations as we'll as the local lodge Of
this well known fraternal order in
making the knights Templars and
their ladies enjoy their short stay in
Pensacola.
At noon chowder dinner, such as
Pensacola is famous for far and near
will be enjoyed in the mess hall at the
navy yard, after which the entire
party will take a boat ride over to
historic Fort Pickens, where they will
inspect one of the oldest of Uncle
Sam's forts, one that is long establish
ed in legend and tradition. At O'Clock
the boats will be boarded again for the
air station, where the cars viii be
boarded direct to the San Carlos MOTEL.
A dinner at o'clock and a dance in
the hotel auditorium at 9 o'clock will
complete the entertainment of Raper
Commandery while In Pensacola. Their
special train will leave at midnight
for New Orleans.
The advance guard Of this command
cry, so to speak composed of Paul !.
Mas and Chas. C. Kuhn, arrived in
the city yesterday morning and spent
the day in seeing that all arrange
ments had been made to take care OF
their commandery. Mr.. Mas an
nounced that two cars carrying q
greater portion of the baggage would
be switched off at Flomaton some
time during Friday night. and would
be picked UP later and carried direct to
New Orleans. Most OF the equipment
Is there cars consists of the special
uniforms which the sir knights WIZ
were during the conclave at the Greg
cent City.
Special preparations were made in
order that the Rape- drill team might
have a suitable place to practice While
In Pensacola as they are banking on
winning in the competitive drill a.
the conclave. The drill teams always
play an important part wherever the
knights Templar go, and are always
d feature. Three high officials of7the
war department have been detailed 10
lreview the competitive drill in New
Orleans ard 10 act as judges 10 de-
ternnine the winning cam. The names
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