The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-15
MANY KNIGHTS


O'clock The drills will continue until
all teams have been judged
| The communicates, which Will be
/ represented with teams in the Class a
drills will be: Winfield, Topeka,
Wichita, Hutchinson and Pittsburg.
| A Glass A drill team is composed OF
a captain, two Heutenants, four guards
and twenty-four knights, aggregatlng
thirty-one men. The Kansas City drill
team will be accompanied by a band
of thirty-five pieces.
Topeka Won Last Year.
The drill team of Topeka Com
mandery No. won first prize in the
Class A drills at the conclave at
Hutchinson in 1921 and plan to do the
same this year. The team held a drill
at Gage park Sunday morning
The members of the drill team are:
George w Porter, captain; p. A.
Lowe, c. Darnell, c. A Clark, r M
Slaybough, P. V. Stolpe, H. w. Bonn
gardner, Elmer F. Strain, William
Nelson, n. B. Thompson, c. F. Matt
miller, S. T. Bourassa. w. H. Stolpe, r.
c. Oberer, Floyd a. Baker, H. NJ.
Washburn, H. w. Oxnard, Ralph D.
Cotton, E. D. Schoonover, ]. Davies, T.
L Jester, Clarence E. Mauney.
Sidney S. James, L. H. Tiffey, F. Z.
Young, W. A. Mattmiller, g. A. Will
liams, D. L. George, Ray Cleavenger,
David G. Rosen. George w Banter,
George w. McClelland, W. H Rawie,
A. T. =
Richmond, P. E. Thorson, B. p. Pal
mer. Z. A. Emerson, T. W. Rule, @.
o. Huebener, H. w. Soderberg, E. Z.
Peak.
The communicates. which will be
drills will be: Emporia, Great Bend,
Kansas City, Paola, Dodge City ana
CoffeyviIle.
Prizes amounting to $500 will be
awarded. Each Knight in the drill
will be presented with a bar with the
name Topeka" engraved thereon to
add to badges already. received. The
judges of the drills will be: Grand
Captain General Hugh Means, OF Law
renee; Post Grand Commander Milton
r. Mclean, of Topeka, and Past
Grand Commander Thomas c. BabD'
of Fredonia.
The number Of badges and bars
possessed by the drill teams follows;
Class A-Topeka Commandery NO.
5. Topeka, 3S badges. 3S bars; Mont1ole
Commandery No %, Pittsburg, "a
badges, "a bars; Mt. Olivet Command
cry No. IL. Wichita, 81 badges, 81
bars: Reno Commandery No. 26,
Hutchinson, SO badges, SO bars
Class B-Dodge City Commandery
No. 55, Dodge City. badges, 20 bars;
Ivanhoe Commandery No 21, kansas
City, Kan. IL badges. % bars; Loch-
invar Commandery No. 81, Corey
vile. Il paOEeS- IA DaFSs ST OAlldk
Commandery No. IA, Great Bend. IA
badges. II bars: Emporia Comman-
derry No. 81, Emporia, IA badges. IA
bars
The impression prevailing is that
the evening parade" scheduled for
Tuesday evening by the knights Tenn
plar is a street parade down town in
the evening. Col. George W. Porter,
chairman of the local committee IN
charge of grounds and parades. wishes
it understood that this IS the mill
tary name for the mass review on
Washburn field, after the maneuvers
and competitive drills
Review by Grand Commander.
To the uninitiated it is review by.
the Grand Commander, his staff and
distinguished guests on Washburn
following the drills. The public is
especially invited TO witness this beau
uful ceremony, which includes post
ing the colors, salute to colors, and
sounding Off by the band. after
which the entire uniformed division
passes in review before the staff Off
GERS.
At regular military posts the even
ing parade Is an event of especial in
terest to the citizens of the adjacent
community, and to get to the fort in
time Tor the maneuverS on the parade
grounds is counted one of the show
features OF any military center.
The competitive drills in the after
noon will occupy approximately four
hours time and the parade and re-
view following viii take place on the
same ground. Coming at n time
when without great Inconvenience.
business does not interfere, (about s
o clock = the parade will attract many.
who will be well repaid for the trip
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