Evening star., 1924-10-10
COLUMBIA WINNER
IN TEMPLAR DRILL
No. 2 Commandery Takes
Honors for Second Time in
Competitive Test.

For the second time in a series of
three annual field days the Columbia
commandery, No. >, knights Tenn
plar, of the District of Columbia drill
team. the competitive drill yes
terday. The drill was conducted in
connection with the annual field day
of the local Jurisdiction. BY winning
Yesterday the Columbia Commandery
won the highest number of points in
the last three annual drills and
thereby won its right to represent the
District jurisdiction at the triennial
Templar conclave, which will be held
at Seattle next year.
Last year Orient Commandery won
the competition and in 1922 the Column
bia Commandery won the honors.
Thousand knights in Line.
Brilliant in their uniforms of black
and silver and their white and black
plumed hats, more than a thousand OF
the knights consisting of the repre-
sentatives of local communicates and
their guests. marched from the Ma
sonic Temple, at Thirteenth street and
New York avenue, to the EllipSe win
their two bands.
The colorful and brilliant column
wheeled on to the Ellipse with flags
flying and bands playing amid the
applause of a large crowd that had
gathered on and about specially
erected platform. For several hours
the various teams from the local
communicates marched up and down
before Right Eminent Commander
William L. Miller of the District and
the three judges, Frank Latham of
the Old Dominion Comma ndery, No
IL of Virginia, and William Burnett
and Allan CleaVtland of -BeauSeant
Commandery No. 5. of Baltimore.
With military precision each team
Went through its drill. Swords ratified
and heels snapped in unison as each
team made its salutes to the admiring
throng that indicated its approval
with prolonged applause.
Team after team displayed its
ability before the judges and even
when mighty shout went up from
the field that Washington had tied
s.s base ball series the Templars did
not alter their stride, but kept on in
step. but with a wide grin across
their faces.
BrishtwOod Wins Cup.
To Rrightwood Commandery, No. 6,
went the silver loving cup, the prize
given TO the commandery having the
largest percentage of its members
present at the field day.
Following the drills a dress review
was held by the knights. They spread
across the entire width of the EllipSe
and marched down with the masSed
bands in line whose step and pre-
ciSion would do credit to a regiment
of West Pointers. Following the pa
rade the knights passed down the
Avenue, and then on to deSignated
places, where they entertained their
guests at banquets.
Following the banquets they went
in a body to Polls Theater.
Communicates in Competition.
The following communicates took
part in the field-day exercises: Wash
irgton Commandery, No. /, and their
guests, the Richmond Commandery,
No. 2, of Richmond, Va; Columbia
Commandery. No. ,, and their guests.
the Crusade Commandery of Balti-
more; Potomac Commandery, No. 3,
and their guests, Old Dominion Com
mandery, No. II, of Virginia; the De
Nolay Commandery, No. 4, and their
guests. De Molay Commandery of Bos-
ton, Mass; Orient Commandery, No.
5. and their guests, the st. Elmo
Commandery of Hyattsville and
Montgomery Commandery of Rock
and their guests, the Beauseant Com
mandery of Baltimore.
Among the visiting knights Tenn
plar was the Samis Grotto Band of
Richmond, Va. The local commanders
are: Washington, No. /, Eminent
Commander Richard A. Flecher; CO.
1umbia, No. 2, Eminent Commander
Franz A. Birgfeld; Potomac, No. 8,