The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
OFFICIALS HERE
GRAND COMMANDER AND GRAND
CAPTAIN, MEET WITH MOSCOW
C0MMANDERY.

Moscow knights Templar yesterday
honored two visiting officers of the
grand commandery of the state of
Idaho, VIM. Wallin of Pocatello, grand
commander, and Edward L. Gauger
of Kellogg, grand captain general.
The visitors were met at the station
by a committee of local sir knights,
including Max W. Griffith, grand SEN
ior warden; Clyde Hall, commander
of Moscow commandery, and Francis
Jenkins and Homer David, past grand
commanders. A lunch was served at
the Elks club, after which the visi-
tors went into session with the Off
GERS of the local commandery, last
ing nearly the entire afternoon.
Shortly after six o'clock a dinner was
given in honor of the visiting grand
officers, participated in by nearly forty
sir knights, at the Hotel Moscow, a
splendid menu having been prepared
by Manager Tom Wright at this fam
Gus hostelry, famous in all parts of
the state for its excellent cuisine.
The occasion for the visit of these
grand officers, in addition to the an
nual visitation of the grand COM
mander to the Communicates of the
state, was the inauguration of the drill
and the first inspection of Moscow
commandery. In preparation for the
biggest event in Knights Templar his
tory in the Northwest, the triennial of
the Grand Encampment, Knights Tenn
plar of the United States, to be held
in Seattle in August, 1925, a course
of intensive drill and preparation, to-
gether with annual inspection, has
been inaugurated in the state, and
last night marked the beginning of
this work when Moscow commandery
was officially inspected.
The Grand Encampment in Seattle
in 1925 will mean the bringing to the
Northwest some seventy thousand
members of this semi military Chris
tian organization, gathered from every
corner of the United States and Can
ada. The last triennial was held at
New Orleans in April, 1929, when it
was variously estimated there were
between eighteen and twenty-five
thousand perfectly drilled knights in
line, with some seventy bands, BAN
ners and paraphernalia. The only
previous occasion when this magni-
ficent outpouring of members of the
order was exceeded was at Philadel-
phia in 1919 when it was estimated
i1lSlC WCIC nCdl ~ lOi ~ titOuodiu iiCh
in line, accompanied by over one hum 3
dred bands. The outstanding accom-
plishment of the New Orleans tri-
ennial was the establishment of an
revolving loan fund for
the benefit of the youth of our land
seeking a higher education. AS a
neucleus for this fund the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars was set
aside and an annual assessment of
)ne dollar upon every one of the four
hundred thousand members in the
United States was made.
The drill of Moscow commandery
No. 3, has been in charge of Colonel
E. r. Chrisman, assisted by o. P.
Cockerell, dean of the college of law
1t the state university, the captain
general of the commandery. The full
'orm opening prescribed by the grand
in all its divisions and
evolutions was rehearsed last evening,
md the markings made by the grand
a comparative table of which
will be published in the official pro-
Short addresses were made last
evening after the ceremonies by
frand Commander Wallin and Cap
Gauger and others, and
t was developed that at the grand
meeting to be held at st.
Iaries on May 25th and 26th this
rear a recommendation will be made
hat the state be divided into north
md south inspection district and a
lrill cup be offered to be contested
or at the grand commandery conclave
" the commandery in each district
ttaining the highest percentage in
he inspection for the year.
The grand officers left this after
oon, Mr. Wallin going to Portland
v way of Spokane, and Mr.. Gauger
to Kellogg. Mr. Wallin will
eturn to the state for the inspection
f Lewiston commandery on the goth;
t. Maries commandery, February
2nd: Kellogg commandery on the
3rd, after which he will go to
cattle, returning to inspect Sand
oint commandery March 2nd. after
rhich he will go to Boise for insDec-
on March 5th, and all the southern
nd southeastern Communicates in al
lost daily succession.