Evening star., 1932-09-11

Sunday afternoon in an upper room of a small
house on New jersey avenue southeast, the site
pr which is now included in the Capitol
Grounds, and then on the Wednesday follow
ing, September 18, was taking part in the
eorner StCne laying.
DR.. Elisha Cullen Dick was then master of
alexandria Lodge, No. %, and had on April
Is, 1871, laid the corner stone of the District
f Columbia off Jones Point, near Alexandria.
Valentine Reintzel was master Of Lodge No.
3 of Georgetown, and James Hoban, super
Fntendent of the Capitol was master of the
hew lodge, Federal No. Is, which was organ
|zed in 1893, especially for the purpose of TAX
ing part in the original ceremonies which are
soon to be re-enacted from Grand Master
Reuben A Bogley, a worthy successor of VAL
entine Reintzel, taking conspicuous part.
3D ECENTLY the writer stood at the grave of
James Hoban in Mount Olivet Cemetery
peacefully resting only few miles away from
the White House he designed and built and
rebuilt, and within view of the Capitol the
older part of which he constructed.
1t was, indeed, the same James Hoban who
together with C. Worthy Stephenson and An
drew Eastave, had petitioned the Grand Lodge
of Maryland in 1893 for a charter for Federal
Lodge, and who in the procession had sur
rounded himself with of 10 members. tenn
Eporarily increased by visiting brethren to about
320, and who made brave showing in ele-
Egant badges and clothing"
The procession recent reliable writer SAYS
"formed at the Presidents square and marched
thence to the Capitol, but not along the now
historic thoroughfare of Pennsylvania avenue
but probably over the new post road that fol-
lowed in part what is now the line of street.
A short distance west from the Capitol SITE the
procession reached the banks of the Tiber and
there at the fording place, the regular order
was broken, while the individuals composing
the procession crossed the rude bridge formed
of single log or a little above by few large
stones"
All possible honor was shown the President
and the acting grand master Of Maryland even
gave Lodge No. %. the lodge of which Gen
Washington was past master, the post of
honor in the procession, and which lodge acted
as his personal escort.
It is not easy matter to find out at this
date just who marched in this historic process
sion. Lodge No. % of Alexandria was well
represented by: Or. Elisha Cullen Dick
master James Taylor, acting senior warden;
Col. Dennis Ramsay acting junior warden;
Col Charles Simms, senior deacon; James Will
son, junior deacon; Michael F1annery, secre-
tary; John Dunlap, treasurer; Guy Atkinson,
Robert Allison, William Bird, P. Cazenave,
Archibald Dobbin, Benjamin Dulaney, ST.;
James Doubles, jr.; George Deneale william
Deakins, John Harper Ferdinando Fairfax Col.
George Gilpin, DR.. James Gillis, George Gray
Joseph Grennaway, John Chapman Hunter,
Nathanial c. Hunter William Herbert, Ben
jamn A. Hamp, Col. william Payne John
Rumney. John c. Seton Jonathan Swift Jesse
Taylor, jr.; William Hodgson, Col. Char es Lit
tie, Philip G. Marsteller, Michael Maddeg. Rev.
James Muir, DR.. John Orr, Maj. Henry Pierce,
Charles Turner, Joseph Thomas, James Wat
HoI Iyact TNI,
Christopher Kempf, tiler"
The present master of Alexandri2-W Washing
ton Lodge formerly Alexandria Lodge, No 22)
is Samuel Nelson Gray, and no doubt he will
be or hand to take part in the present cere-
moniec.
NF the nine original members of Federal
~ Lodge whose names are known, James Ho-
ban. the Irish architect from Dublin, is of
course, the most notable
When the writer visited Mount Olivet Gene
terry recently, he copied the inscription from