Proceedings of the Annual Conclave of the Knights Templar, Of the State of Indiana (1919) (316 Pg

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PROCEEDINGSOF THE

SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONCLAVEOF THEGRAND COMMANDER?

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STATE OF INDIANAMay 8 and 9, A. D. 1918, A. O. 800GEORGE S. PARKER, Grand CommanderCALVIN W. PRATHER, Grand Recorder

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INTRODUCTORYThe Grand Commandery, by resolution adopted at ISixty-third Annual Conclave in Kokomo, fixed Eva.

ville as the place for the Sixty-fourth Annual ConcLto be held May 8th and 9th, 1918. Th< ofEvansville made elaborate preparation notwithstandingthe fact that they were handicapped more or less bythe extraordinary conditions of the country because ofthe war, eliminating many features for the entertain-ment of the Knights that they had anticipated whentheir invitation to the Grand Commandery to meet atEvansville was accepted. With all the drawbacks,however, the Sixty-fourth Annual Conclave was agreat success from every viewpoint.The General Committee and Local Committees of

LaValette Commandery are entitled to the thanks andpraise of all Knights in attendance for the splendid ar-rangements made for the comfort and consideration ofthe Grand Commandery. Everything was done by thesplendid Commandery of Evansville to insure a success-ful conclave and such entertainment for the ladies aswas in accord with the times.

The arrangement for a patriotic demonstrationat the Coliseum evidenced a spirit of love of countrynot only by the Knights but by the public of Evansville,At this demonstration, Senator Watson was to havebeen the principal speaker but on account of missinghis train connections, was unable to be present. Hiaplace was taken by Dr. William F. Kuhti. Past GrandCommander of Missouri, who delivered a most eloquentaddress and while all regretted the absence of SenatorWatson, the place was so ably filled by Dr. Kuhn, thateveryone was delighted with his presentation of the war


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problems. Dr. Kuhn was followed by ex-congressmanChaney who also delivered a very pleasing and forcefuladdress. The music by the specially arranged choir ofmany voices added very largely to this patriotic demon-stration.We are pleased to give the names of the committees

who worked so faithfully to make a success and tomaintain the reputation of the city of Evansville toentertain those within her gates.

GENERAL COMMITTEE.R. E. Sir Walter M. Hindman, ChairmanE. Sir Clarence L. Hinkle, Vice Chairman

Sir Edward C. Roach, Secretary, R. E. Sir Oliver Gard.E. Sir Frank C. Baugh, Treasurer, E. Sir William W. Ross.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.E. Sir Frank C. Baugh, Chairman

Sir Louis E. Fricke Sir Louis H. KramerRECEPTION OF DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

V. E. Sir Leonidas P. Newby, ChairmanR. E. Sir Winfield T. Durbin E. Sir Moses N. RossE. Sir Charles P. Bacon

HOTEL COMMITTEE.E. Sir Leo E. Price, ChairmanSir Bernard S. Alnutt Sir Harry L. RuffSir Howard Battin Sir Louis E. SteffeeSir Charles L. Howard Sir Newton W. ThrallSir Samuel L. May Sir F. Harold Van Orman

ESCORT COMMITTEE.Sir James A. Stewart, Chairman

Sir Harry Boicourt Sir Edward N. NeuSir Oscar L. Brizius Sir Gordon E. PerrySir Daniel M. Fairchild Sir Sterling J. PerrySir John C. Gross Sir Frank PiattSir H. Edward Hulseman Sir Albert J. RosserSir William Joest Sir Benjamin B. ScheurerSir Joseph A. Johnson Sir Charles Seeley


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PUBLIC ENTEBTA l \ i \l I ll l l (SEUM).E. Sir Albert R. Messick, ChairmanSir William J. Darby sir Andrew C. Richard!

Sir John J. Adair Sir Ulricb II. SellerSir Phelps F. Darby Sir C. I ShopbellSir Harry B. GTeek Sir Albert L. SwansonSir Edward Koenemann Sir Roberl W. VieheSir Harold D. Moran sir s. Wallace CookSir Thomas J. Morton sir James a. HemenwayGENERAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTE1 (BOA! - CTNCH

E. Sir Morton J. Compton, ChairmanSir Edward C. Roach sir Louis


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Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 8,LADIES' RECEPTION COMMITTEE.

Mrs. Edward A. Torrance, ChairmanMrs. Harold Van OrinanMrs. Albert W. FunkhouserMrs. "William R. DavidsonMrs. Henry B. VeatchMrs. Arthur F. FunkhouserMrs. Moses N. RossMrs. William D. Scoble

Mrs. Clarence L. HinkleMrs. Frank C. BaughMrs. Fannie K. RoachMrs. Leo E. PriceMrs. William W. RossMrs. Charles HartloffMrs. Albert SchardtMrs. William J. Torrance

Mrs. William H. Patrick, Vice Chairman.All ladies of the Commandery to assist.

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION.E. Sir Stephen B. Lewis, Chairman

Sir Will Gleichman Sir William WeintzSir Edgar Hitch Sir David C. Williams

AUTOMOBILE COMMITTEE.E. Sir James W. Roper, ChairmanSir George C. Bruner, Vice Chairman

Sir Lowry BertelsenSir Orley F. ClaybournSir Albert ConnerSir John G. DetroySir Wilbur N. ErskineSir Henry F. FennemanSir J. Clarence GreerSir James T. HarperSir John J. JackSir Henry B. KinchellSir Oscar A. KlamerSir Christ W. KratzSir Henry A. LaswellSir Carl LauensteinSir Harry W. LittleSir Thomas C. Bugg

Sir William E. McCoolSir William E. OsborneSir James ScarboroughSir Olie G. ShortSir Daniel H. StorkSir Henry J. StraubSir Herbert O. Thompson,Sir Carl G. VieheSir Martin L. WaggonerSir J. Will WaltonSir Gtistav WeyandSir M. L. K. WilliamsSir William E. WilsonSir Louis A. WollenbergerSir John O. ZubrodSir Harry B. Greek

MUSIC COMMITTEE.Sir William H. Biber, Chairman

Sir Robert W. Chambers Sir George C. MillerSir George L. Ford Sir Arthur R. Riehl


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Proceedings Grand Commander)/ [May 8,INVITATION COMMITTEE.

E. Sir William II. P.-KrE. sir William M. Blakey SirE. sir Will I.. Swornstedt Sirsir Charles H. Atkin SirSir Lawrence W. Aylesworth SirSir James Baker SirSir John Bannon SirSir John Bauer SirSir John X. Baughman SirSir Charles J. Becker SirSir Jerome S. Beelor SirSir George W. Bohn SirSir Roy R. Roner SirSir Arthur G. Bonham SirSir John W. Rranhani SirSir Charles W. Rrizlus SirSir Levi L. Rrothers SirSir James A. Burkhardt SirSir A. S. Rutterfield SirSir Frank Byrnes SirSir Irwin T. 1 Carr SirSir James W. Chance SirSir Rutherford H. Crowder SirSir John H. Burns SirSir Frank A. Daus SirSir Arthur Davidson SirSir John E. Doerr SirSir Albert P. Fenn SirSir Will O. Ferguson SirSir Wm. H. Fogas SirSir Guild C. Foster SirSir Peter Gorter SirSir Robert W. Gowdy SirSir Edward A. Greek SirSir Albert Hawes SirSir George W. Haynie SirSir Chas. W. Havward

iek, ChairmanFreil HerbertTims. ]. HestandEarl L. HicksLibern HowtenBen B. IsaacsBleeker J. KnappPhilip D. KnellLinn B. LewisJohn P. LockyearJohn A. McCallanShirley ^IcDougallPhilip MannChrist C. MasonThos. M. NorwoodJohn OhmWm. L. PiperJames L. PorterHarry C. PostJames IT. PowellGeorge F. PuderMurphy ReddixFrank J. RothertJohn H. SchankFrank J. SchlotterPaul L. ShortCharles SihlerWilliam H. SmallCharles D. SursaMayes R. TaylorPhilip TempleWilliam J. TorranceEllis L. TaughtJ. Al. WilliamsLouis C. YostJohn F. Young

PROGRAM.TUESDAY. MAY 7. 1918.

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156 Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 9,PAST COMMANDERS OF INDIANA.

Who are now affiliated with the Commandery named,and are, therefore, permanent members of the GrandCommandery

Rapcr Commandery No. 1.William J. McKee.Jt)hn W. Staub.Vestal W. Woodward.William S. Rich.Charles L. Hutchinson.George A. Gay.Henri T. Conde.Oliver W. Pierce.Hervey B. Fa tout.John J. Boaz.Elias J. Jacoby.

George M. Spiegel.Leon T. Leach.Leslie D. Clancy.Edward J. Scoonover.Alexander Bumpier.Louis G. Buddenbaum.John W. Swanton.George B. Warren.Isaac B. Pickett.Harry L. Morrison.

Baldwin Commandery No. 2.John A. Young.George W. F. Kirk.Samuel P. McCrea.Henry C. Morrison.Charles A. Boss.Everett E. Stroup.Alfred Clark.Squire L. Major.Frank C. Sheldon.Frank Bass.Jacob A. Conrey.

Julius L. Showers.David L. Wilson.Bobert W. Wood.Will A. Yarling.Thomas E. Yarling.Edward E. Moberly.Caughey S. Fleming.Daniel Wray DePrez.Elliott S. Gorgas.Ara E. Lisher.

LaFayette Commandery No. 3.Henry H. Lancaster.David H. Flynn.Granville H. Hull.George P. Haywood.John Kimmel.Frank B. Thompson.George F. Keiper.John Cockie.Bobert Alexander.

George B. Thompson.Septimius Yater.Rudolph C. Eisenbach.Arthur McQueen.Frank S. Moore.James H. Mitchell.Frank Kimmel,Charles T. Stallard.Alvester Maple.


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158 Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 9,Knightstown Commandery No. 9.

John E. Keys. Ralph W. Wagoner.Thomas B. Wilkinson. Claud E. Wilkinson.Leonidas P. Newby. Edward B. Williams.Olin E. Holloway. Floyd J. Newby.William Beeman. Richard H. Schweitzer.Lewis A. Bell. Raymond G. Bales.Omer H. Barrett. W. Edward Call.Charles M. Risk.

'Warsaio Commandery No. 10.Joseph S. Baker. Charles M. Long.Wilbur F. Maish. Eclmond C. Cammack.Oren J. Chandler. Flint E. Bash.Williard H. Kingery. Warren Darst.Francis E. Bowser. Charles H. Ker.Lucius C. Wann.

Greencastle Commandery No. 11.Frank A. Arnold. Charles W. Huffman.James McD. Hays. Amos Evan Ayler.Edwin E. Black. Richard S. Cowgill.James L. Browning. Raser Bittles.Wm. M. Houck. Lewis A. Zaring.James L. Randel. Clarence E. Crawley.Andrew B. Hanna. David W. Campbell.Charles E. Zeis. Alec A. Lane.Samuel A. Harris. Earl C. Lane.William B. Vestal.

LaPorte Commandery No. 12.Silas E. Taylor. William S. Fisher.John W. Pottinger. James E. Bowell.Norman G. Dakin. Austin Cutler.Jesse M. Callender. William A. Jones.John W. Le Roy. William D. Smith.

South Bend Commandery No. 13.Samuel T. Applegate. George W. Freyermuth.Jacob M. Chillas. Thomas W. Slick.Albert A. Fulk. Stuart MacKibbin.William G. Crabill. John H. Ellis.Dudley M. Shively. Edward J. Harrison.Edward W. Gingrich. Rollo G. Page.


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Columbus Commandery No. 14.William F. Kendall.James B. Stafford.William F. Coates.Benjamin M. Hutchins.William Henderson.Marshall Hacker.Charles Hege.Oliver Ong.John W. Suverkrup.Charles A. Sergeant.John Jewell.

James A. Glanton.George H. Denison.George W. Robertson.Christian M. Keller.Thomas F. Fitzgibbons.Allen C. Denison.Arthur W. Mason.Roy M. Jackson.Darcey E. Lewellen.William X. Ackenbach.Walter E. Conn.

La Valetie Commandery Xo. 15.William M. Blakey.Moses N. Ross.Charles P. Bacon.Stephen B. Lewis.William L. Swormstedt.Clarence L. Hinkle.Edward P. Busse.William H. Patrick.George H. Steel.Albert R. Messick.

Morton . J. Compton.William W. Ross.Edward R. Smith.Frank C. Baugh.George D. Heilman.C. Xetter Worthington.James W. Roper.Edward A. Torrance.Albert W. Funkhouser.

Tcrrc Haute Commandery Xo. 16.Francis C. Crawford.George E. Farrington.Jacob C. Kolsem.William S. Roney.William E. Ferryman.John C. Warren.Charles Balch.James K. Allen.Frederic C. Goldsmith.Emil Froeb.John R. Coffin.Edward E. Bitner.Robert W. Van Valzah.

Charles G. Reynolds.Ora D. Davis.William F. Hartough.Herman Froeb.Will W. Adamson.Merit L. Laubach.Charles S. Batt.John W. Parks.Charles H. Traquair.William Penn.John R. Harkness.Joseph S. Coleman.

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160 Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 9,Munoie Commandery No. 18.

J. Wallace Perkins. James M. Motsenbocker.J.- Edward Haffner. George W. Wagner.William R. Snyder. Eugene Vatet.Lee Shaw. Walter Shewmaker.George H. Keelor. R. Milton Retherford.Theodore F. Rose. Charles A. Woods.Beecher W. Bennett. Charles S. Parkhurst.Frank G. Jackson. Everett Moffitt.William C. Ball. Samuel G. Jump.Charles E. Miller. Benjamin F. Moore.Oliver W. Storer.

Apollo Commandery No. 19.George W. Hartsuck. Charles W. Kimmel.Sylvester J. Hartsuck. Clinton M. Case.William B. Hall. Clarence E. Baker.William H. Leas. John L. Henry.John Austin Jones. Edward P. Eagles.John W. Hanan. Harry D. Bodenhafer.Bernard Pullman. Clifford H. Martin.Rufus C. Jones. C. Hugh Baker.

Vincennes Commandery No. 20.Aurelius M. Willoughby. Edgar J. Julian.Walter M. Hindman. John W. Gaddis.Edward P. Whallon. Frank D. Foulks.Mason J. Niblack. Thomas F. Palfrey.George G. Ramsdell. Thomas Dixon.Benjamin M. Willoughby. George E. Henry.Edgar H. DeWolf. Justus H. Henkes.George W. Donaldson.

Marion Commandery No. 21.George W. Gunder. George M. Kleder.David S. Hogin. Harry C. Moore.Charles A. Ball. Wilson D. Lett.Clarence E. Utley. John L. McCulloch.John A. Rhue. George A. Bell.A. Ross Mauley. Ulysses G. Rithmiller.Samuel C. Zombro. Charles H. Gear.


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Madison Commandery Xo. 22.Samuel M. Strader.Frederick Glass.Robinson L. Ireland.Joseph M. Nichols.Greenville Johnson.Robert F. Stanton.

Lincoln V. Cravens.James E. Crozier.Charles W. Geile.Thomas M. Reed.Andrew M. Stevens.

Franklin Commandery Xo. 23.Luther Short.Alva O. Neal.John W. Ragsdale.Daniel D. Waldren.Elba L. Branigiu.Henry E. Lochry.L. Ert Slack.Harry Bridges.

St. JohnJohn E. Redmond.Henry Tucker.Ezra T. Parker.Thomas Myers.Chauncey M. Custer.Isaac Shideler.Oliver B. Sargent.S. Cott Barnett.Horace C. Linville.Victor E. Seiter.J. Abner Seybold.Edward H. Grace.

Columbus H. Hall.John H. Tarlton.Eugene O. Collins.James M. Robinson.Ivory J. Drybread.David B. Kelly.Lyman E. Ott.

Commandery Xo. 24.Benjamin F. Sharts.William H. Gerberich.William P. Felver.James Burt Winter.Frank H. Parker.Paul C, Barnett.Martin Charles Miller.Ralph W. Searight.Herman A. Wallace.James P. Reneker.Charles E. Klinck.

CrawfordsvillcAlbert S. Miller.Chauncey R. Snodgrass.Edward L. Morse.Jere West.Jacob Frank Warfel.Charles L. Goodbar.William M. White.William W. Goltra.Moreland B. Binford.

Commandery No. 25.Charles W. Iliff.Einerson E. Ballard.Clarence Severson.John M. Jackman.Tally C. Crabbs.Meredith B. Rountree.M. Ward Williams.Stephen C. Campbell.Frederick A. Turner.


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Plymouth Commandery No. 26.Arnott M. Cleveland.Adolph R. Clizbe.Frank S. Southworth.Frank W. Bosworth.Fred H. Kuhn.H. Paul Preston.Herschel M. Tebay.Samuel F. Martin.John G. Southworth.George F. Hitchcock.William H. English.

William W. Hill.William E. Leonard.Lucius Tanner".George H. Thayer, Jr.Joseph Swindell.Leander J. Southworth.James W. Thayer.John C. Gordon.Bradley C. Southworth.Charles S. Cleveland.William Everly.

JeffersonviUe Commandery No. 27.Edward C. Eaken. George A. Dunham.John Rauschenberger. Charles E. Louis.Alfred M. Thias. George G. Watson.Harvey G. Eastman. Fielding L. Wilson.Jarvis M. Howes. Christian J. F. Eismann.Arthur Loomis. John J. Snyder.Andrew P. Williams. William H. Willcox.Porter C. Buttorff.

Valparaiso Commandery No. 28.Edgar Guy Osborne.John Carson.Henry B. Kenney.John H. Ross.Addison N. Worstell.Byron H. Kinne.Clarence Stockman.Edmund W. Chaffee.Fred M. Lindner.

James D. Hollett.Jonathan Osborn.Edgar D. Crumpacker.Sylvanus J. Summers.Hannibal H. Loring.Melvin J. Stinchfield.Charles D. Jones.William F. Lederer.Mark L. Dickover. .William H. Williams.

Frankfort Commandery No. 29.William B. Kramer. James V. Kent.James W. Morrison. Charles S. AshmanOliver Gard. Alfred N. Berry.Martin V. Young. Harry M. Cosner.John C. Shanklin. Harvey H. Flora.Martin A. Morrison. Bert T. Pedlow.Richard Newhouse. Norman O. Davis.John F. Kramer. John A. Rice.


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Michigan City Commandery No. 30.William Blinks.Alviii G. Tillotson.Frank H. Doran.John B. Faulknor.William H. Williamson.Harry B. Tuthill.

William H. Weiler.Henry C. Todd,aiilo C. Murray.Fred A. Long.Harry Stein.

Elkhart Commandery No. 31.Charles G. Conn.Eugene L. Foster.Melvin U. Demarest.George B. Hoopingaruer.William J. Gronert.Judson B. Martin.John B. Davidson.Herbert A. Graham. John F. Werner.

William E. Specht.John H. Wineland.Charles A. Davisson.Peter C. Kendall.Amandus M. Smith.Frank E. Bryson.Gottlieb F. Schaffert.Brice H. Reid.

Anderson Commandery No. 32.Wintield T. Durbin.Calvin W. Prather.William A. Kittinger.David O. Cook.Jesse Forkner.Joseph M. Watkiris.Joseph L. Schalk.Edward R. Prather.James J. Netterville.Cyrenus F. Heritage.Joseph I. Schuhmacher.

George S. Parker.George W. Bickford.Earl Berkebile.E. B. A. Kelluin.Blanchard J. Home.James C. Black.Charles J. Rozelle.Carl K. Stephens.Curtis C. McGuire.Ernest R. Watkins.

Washington Commandery No. 33.John J. Glendeniug.Elisha L. Hatfield.Samuel C. Eskridge.Wright Kenner.William L. Wright.John H. Wright.Henry Aikman.

Adrian Hamersly.Thomas F. Spink.Huph L. Cox.Milton S. Hastings.Clyde B. Kellar.Robert N. Kuhn.Edward D. Rerlford.


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Bhtffton Commandcry No. 38.Cyrene Warner.Edwin C. Vaughn.Emanuel E. Mosiruan.William H. Eichnorn.Thomas F. Hoffer.Samuel E. Hitchcock.William L. Kiger.William R. Barr.

Allen Percy Smith.Charles M. Miller.Ernest Weicking.Dell Locke.John G. McCleery.Herman W. Thoma.William W. Weisell.

Greenfield Commandery No. 39.Edwin P. Thayer.Henry Snow.Harry G. Strickland.John Corcoran.Elwood Barnard.William A. Justice.James M. Larimore.

Samuel J. Offutt.Harry D. Barrett.Benjamin S. Binford.Irven Barnard.Charles H. Cook.John H. Mugg.

Delphi Commandery No. 40.Edward W. Bowen.Renwick W. Crockett.Charles E. Angell.George O. Cartwright.Cloid M. Kerlin.John R. Lane.Charles J. Barley.James P. Wason.George J. Busteed.

Wilber F. Sharrer.Lewis G. Niewerth.Thomas J. Ryan.James C. Smock.Harry G. Baum.Thomas Kennar Stewart.Jesse M. McCain.Philip B. Hemmig.Calvin E. Carney.

Hammond Commandery No. 41.Edwin P. Deming.Joseph G. Ibach.Joseph J. Ruff.Harry E. Sharrer.Joseph T. Hutton.

Carl A. Smiley.George O. Mallett.William F. Howat.Eldridge M. Shanklin.Ulysses G. Petrie.


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166 Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 9,Bedford Commandery No. 42.

Sherman L. Keach. John V. Strout.Allen Conner. Charles H. Strupe.Morton F. Brooks. Raymond H. Williams.Charles G. Malott. Walter J. Bailey.Robert W. Stevens. Fred N. Strout.L. Berry Emery. James W. Malott.James C. Stevens. James A. Zaring.James B. Wilder. Ward II. McCormick.

Lebanon Commandery No. 43.Joseph A. Coons. Charles C. LaFollette.Charles M. Zion. Earl Higgins.Will S. Ritchie; Charles Hartman.Charles D. King. Benjamin F. McKeyDemetrius Tillotson. Ben H. Coombs.Thomas W. Huekstep. Lester F. Jones.Charles D. Orear.

New Castle Commandery No. 44.Charles N. Mikels. Harvey H. Koons.Edward A. Cblson. John R. Hinshaw.Oliver J. Gronendyke. Arlie E. Criin.William C. Bond. Robert H. Mclntyre.John R. Leonard. Albert D. Ogborn.Frank E. Beach. Thurlow E. Richards.George F. Mowrer. John F. Mclntyre.

Angola Commandery No. 45.Frank B. Humphreys. Albert J. Mitchell.Thomas S. Wickwire. William E. HeekenlivelyCyrus Cline. Frank E. Burt.Thomas J. Creel. Thomas L. Gillis.W. Weir Wood. Fred M. Starr.Calvin H. Ramsay. E. Marion Hetzler.Alphonso C. Wood. Thad K. Miller.

Princeton Commandery No. 46.Robert A. Woods. Joseph B. Pilant.George J. Welborn. Clarence Rosenbarger.Paul S. Brownlee. Robert C. Baltzell.


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Brazil Cdmmahdery Dto. 47.Robert M. II. Britton. Thomas A. Walsh.William Daly. William M. Strobel.Charles W. Culbertson. Major R. Torbert .Harry E. Weinland. Walker W. WIrislow.Thomas A. Thompson. John II. Riddeil.

Clinton Com ma nilcry No. 4S.Charles M. White. Jasper N. Frist.Frank Hutchinson. William T. Reid.James A. Wilson. Oliver P. Middleton.Guy H. Briggs.

RushviUc Commandcry No. 49.Earl H. Payne. William M. Sparks.Virgil W. Tevis. William L. King.Rush G. Budd. Frank C. Buell.Frank M. Sparks. Joseph B. Kinsinger.John Paul Frazee. Edvvin R. Cassady.James V. Young.

Goshen Commandcry Xo. 50.Dwight H. Hawks. Harry Y. Brown.Frank D. Finney. Thomas A. Davis.William H. Charnley. John A. Carmien.William O. Vallette. Ernest E. Hazen.

Mishawaka Commandcry Xo. 51.John W. Hutchinson. Edwin II. Ahara.Manuel M. Fisher. Walter E. Roe.Charles Endlich. Luther A. Etter.William B. Hosford. William L. Chandler.Melville W. Mix. Lewis C. Rogers.William H. Tupper. George B. Sandilauds.Dunean J. Campbell. Walter Michael.

Tipton Commandcry Xo. 52.Arthur J. Smith. Sam G. Yanneman.Noah R. Marker. Horace G. Read.Shirl S. Walton. Meade Yestal.John N. Penwell. Charles W. Ramsay.


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168 Proceedings Grand Commandery [May 9,Winchester Commandery No. 53.

Thomas F. Moorman. John H. B. White.Benjamin E. Ilinshaw. Will E. Beeson.Edgar W. Rine. John C. Leggett.Benjamin F. Marsh. Stephen Clevenger.Clifton M. Kelley. William S, Preston.

Sullivan Commandery No. 54.James M. Lang. Charles D. Hunt.Dirrelle Chaney. John Ersinger.Will H. Hill. Jr. J. Harve Crouder.Will H. Hays. Ransom W. Akin.

Martinsville Commandery No. 55.Walter E. Hendricks. Giles M. Dickson.Roy E. Tilford. Charles C. Coleman.

Seymour Commandery No. 56.Albert Meseke. Omer D. Seelinger.George G. Graessle. . Frank S. Gilbert.Frank Gardner. Sidney U. Hooper.Simmons Watkins.

Gary Commandery No. 57.Harley H. Molyneaux. Thomas G. Taylor, Jr.Dwight M. Kinder. Harold Sandbach.Frank Hall.

East Chicago Commandery No. 58.Waldo *C. Bailey. Willard B. Van Home.Robert Smith.


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GRAND RECORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES.SHOWING THE YEAR WHEN FIRST ELECTED AND INSTALLED.

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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.NEAR THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF INDIANA.

ALABAMA, Sir Lincoln V. Cravens, of Hammond.ARIZONA, Sir Frank B. Humphreys, of Angola.ARKANSAS, Sir Harry G., Strickland, of Greenfield.CALIFORNIA, Sir George Borgerding, of New Albany.COLORADO, Sir Demetrius Tillotson, of Crawfordsville.CONNECTICUT, Sir Harry C. Moore, of Marion.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Sir Winfield T. Durbin, of Anderson.FLORIDA, Sir Oliver Gard, of Frankfort.GEORGIA, Sir John A. Rhue, of Marion.IDAHO, Sir Walter O. Bragg, of Indianapolis.ILLINOIS, Sir Herbert A. Graham, of Elkhart.IOWA, Sir John E. Redmond, of Danville.KANSAS, Sir Olin E. Holloway, of Knightstown.KENTUCKY, Sir Henry W. Mordhurst, of Fort Wayne.LOUISIANA, Sir Vestal W. Woodward, of Indianapolis.MAINE, Sir Henry H. Lancaster, of LaFayette.MARYLAND, Sir John L. Rupe, of Richmond.MASS.,and R. ISLAND, Sir Leonidas P. Newby, of Knightstown.MINNESOTA, Sir J. Wallace Perkins, of Muncie.MISSISSIPPI, Sir Frederick Glass, of Madison.MISSOURI, Sir William B. Hosford, of Mishawaka.MONTANA, Sir John H. Nicholson, of Richmond.NEBRASKA, Sir James McD. Hays, of Greencastle.NEW HAMPSHIRE, Sir Walter M. Hindman, of Vincennes.NEW JERSEY, Sir L. Ert Slack, of Franklin.NEW MEXICO, Sir Calvin W. Prather, of Indianapolis.NEW YORK, Sir Joseph G. Ibach, of Hammond.NORTH CAROLINA, Sir Charles D. King, of Lebanon.NORTH DAKOTA, Sir Robert A. Woods, of Princeton.OHIO, Sir Thomas W. Slick, of South Bend.OREGON, Sir George H. Steel, of Evansville.OKLAHOMA, Sir Charles Day, of New Albany.PENNSYLVANIA, Sir Henri T. Conde, of Indianapolis.SOUTH CAROLINA, Sir James L. Randel, of Greencastle.SOUTH DAKOTA, Sir Adrian Hamersly, of Indianapolis.TENNESSEE, Sir Earl H. Payne, of Rushville.TEXAS, Sir George S. Parker, of Anderson.UTAH, Sir William Wasson Goltra. of Crawfordsville.VERMONT, Sir Luther Short, of Knightstown.VIRGINIA, Sir Dudley M. Shively, of South Bend.WASHINGTON, Sir William H. Tupper, of Mishawaka.WEST VIRGINIA, Sir William Geake, of Fort Wayne.WISCONSIN, Sir George W. F. Kirk, of Shelbyville.


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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF INDIANA NEAR OTHER GRAND

COMMANDERIES.ALABAMA, Sir Louis M. Moseley, of Union Springs.ARIZONA. .Sir John A. Sweeney, of Phoenix.ARKANSAS, sir J. B. Powers, of Van Buren.CALIFORNIA, Sir George D. Metcalf, of Oakland.COLORADO, Sir Irving W. Stanton, of Pueblo.CONNECTICUT, Sir John R. Hughes, of Waterbury.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Sir Frank E. Gibson, of Washington.FLORIDA, E. L Wirt, of Bartow.GEORGIA, Sir Charles A. McAlister. of Macon.IDAHO. Sir Frank D. Winn, of Cceur d'Alene.ILLINOIS, Sir Charles B. Scott, of Chicago.IOWA, Sir Lewis H. Moore, of Des Moines.KANSAS, Sir John McCullagh, of Galena.KENTUCKY. Sir Emery G. S. Alverson, of Fulton.LOUISIANA. Sir R. N. Ross, of Baton Rouge.MAINE, Sir Thomas P. Shaw, of Portland.MARYLAND, Sir James Pressley Foster, of Baltimore.MASS. and R. ISLAND, Sir Edward A. Blodgett, of Springfield.MINNESOTA, Sir John M. Rowley, of Rochester.MISSISSIPPI, Sir Charles E. Grafton." of Brookh iven.MISSOURI, Sir Gib AY. Carson, of St. Louis.MONTANA, Sir Albert L. Babcock, of Billings.NEBRASKA, Sir Wyman S. Clapp. of Kearney.NEW HAMPSHIRE, Sir Alonzo M. Foss. of Dover.NEW JERSEY. Sir Robert Thorpe, of East Orange.NEW MENICO, Sir Claude Hobbs. of Roswell.NEW YORK. Sir Frederick M. Waterbury. of Saratoga Springs.NORTH CAROLINA. Sir Leon Cash, of Winston.NORTH DAKOTA, Sir Frank White, of Fargo.OHIO. Sir William B. Melish. of Cincinnati.OKLAHOMA. Sir John C. Fleming, of Perry.OREGON, Sir John Bryson Cleland, of Portland.PENNSYLVANIA. Sir Wilson I. Fleming, of Bellefonte.SOUTH CAROLINA. Sir Curran B. Earle, of Greenville.SOUTH DAKOTA. Sir John A. Cleaver, of Sioux Falls.TENNESSEE. Sir Homer R. Goodell, of Memphis.TENAS. Sir Wm. G. Jones, of Temple.UTAH, Sir James H. Brown, of Salt Lake City.VERMONT. Sir Geo. B. Wheeler, of Bellows Falls.VIRGINIA, Sir L. T. Christian, of Richmond.WASHINGTON. Sir S. Harry Rush, of Spokane.WEST VIRGINIA, Sir Boyd Wees, of Elkins.WISCONSIN, Sir Geo. C. Kellog?, of Elkhorn.


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AMENDMENT TO SECTION 450 OF TEMPLAR LAW.Sec. 450. The time for inspection of the Command-

eries subordinate to the Grand Commandery shall befrom October 1st to March 1st, unless by request of anyCommander)- the Grand Commander may for sufficientreasons shown defer the time of the inspection of suchCommandery to a later date.Adopted at the Sixtieth Annual Conclave of the Grand

Commandery May 14, 19 1 4-AMENDMENT TO SECTION 452 OF THE BOOK OF TEMPLARLAW.

Sec. 452. Each Grand Officer and each Past GrandCommander who shall be present in attendance at andrepresenting this Grand Commandery in the Grand En-campment of the United States, shall be entitled to receivefrom the funds in the hands of the Grand Treasurer ofthis Grand Commandery five dollars for each day spentin attending the conclaves of the Grand Encampment,also the further sum of three cents per mile for every milenecessarily traveled by the most direct route in going toand returning from such conclaves.

(Adopted May 13, 19 15, at the Sixty-first AnnualConclave of the Grand Commandery of Indiana.)AMENDMENT TO SECTION 455 OF TEMPLAR LAW.

Sec. 455. The Order of the Temple shall not be con-ferred upon any Knight of the Red Cross until he be-comes the owner of a suitable Templar uniform, as pro-vided by the laws of this Grand Commandery, and it isdeclared and shall be held to be unmasonic conduct forany Knight Templar to sell or otherwise dispose of hisuniform, to leave himself without a uniform as providedby Templar law.

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AMENDMENT TO SECTION US OF TEMPLAR LAW.Sec. 448. Commanderies of this Grand Jurisdiction

shall be inspected biennially by some eminently qualifiedKnight, or Knights appointed by the Grand Commander,by and with the consent of the Committee on Templarjurisprudence. His or their duties shall be to inspect,correct errors, and give such instruction and informationimmediately after inspection as the Inspector may deemnecessary and in accordance with the interpretations ofthe Ritual and Tactics as laid down by the Grand Com-mander and said Committee. He or they shall make areport at the first Annual Conclave after inspection, givingthe Commanderies a comparative standing. For com-pensation he shall receive his actual expenses and five dol-lars for each inspection, the same to be paid by the GrandCommandery on a warrant drawn by the Grand Recorderand approved by the Grand Commander. It shall be thedutv of each Commander to assemble his Commanderyfor inspection at such time as may be designated by theInspector-General, or Inspectors-General.

(Adopted at the Sixty-third Annual Conclave of theGrand Commandery May 10, 191 7.)

RESOLUTIONRELATIVE TO ELECTION OF OFFICERS.Whereas. The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar

of the United States of America has provided that eachGrand Commandery may determine whether nominationsmay be made at an election for officers in either Grand orsubordinate bodies ; therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Grand Commandery of KnightsTemplar of Indiana, That nomination for office may bemade in the Grand Commandery of Indiana and in allbodies subordinate' and constituent thereto, except that inthe Grand Commandery no nomination shall be made forGrand Prelate, Grand Standard Bearer, Grand Sword


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enes no nomination shall be made for Prelate, StandardBearer, Sword Bearer, or Warder. Where more thanone name is in nomination, the election shall be by ballotand when one name only is in nomination, the election maybe by acclamation.That in putting names in nomination no nominating

speeches can be made, further than to give the name ofthe nominee, his residence and the Commandery of whichhe is a member.

(Adopted at the Sixty-third Annual Conclave of theGrand Commandery May 10, 191 7.)

RESOLUTIONRELATIVE TO PRELATE'S COSTUME.Resolved, That inasmuch as Grand Encampment at its

Los Angeles Triennial made the Prelate's Asylum cos-tume a matter of legislation by" each Grand Commandery,and inasmuch as the several Comanderies of this GrandJurisdiction have been required to conform to the whitecostume prescribed by the Grand Encampment Edict of1862, the following be adopted as the regulation Prelate'scostume for Asylum use in all Commanderies subordinateto the Grand Commandery of Indiana, vizA white muslin underrobe, full length ; a full whitemerino cloak lined with white, extending down to within

twelve inches of the feet, with a collar four inches wideof the same material, fastened around the neck withwhite cord and tassels, with red velvet Templar cross eightinches square edged with gilt on left breast; a blue silkstole edged with gilt and with three Templar crosses ofred velvet on its front ; and for the head a white mitre(or white silk biretta) with red velvet Templar crosson the front ; and as an insignia of office a Crozier.

For public display, the regulation Templar uniformomitting the sword.


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Raper No. 1Frederick J. Dailey, January 22.jailer No. 1Elmer Z. Brokaw, March 3.Raper No. 1 Allen O. Niedlander. April 8:Raper No.. 1Henry R. Martin. April 10.Raper No. 1George Raynor Smith, April IS. .Raper No. 1James A. Pratt, May 21.Raper No. 1Carl W. Winterrowd, May 23.Raper No. 1James H. Kroh, June 1.Raper No. 1Joseph H. Brawner, August 24.Raper No. 1John B. Morris, August 25.Raper No. 1Frank F. Henry, September 8.Raper No. 1Harvey D. Trimble. October 6.Raper No. 1John Kolmer, October 21.Raper No. 1Marion Crosley.Raper No. 1John A. Myers, December 4.Raper No. 1Joseph P. Smith.Baldwin No. 2Thomas J. McCain, January 22.Baldwin No. 2William A. Powell, April 26.Baldwin' No. 2Allen G. Stewart, January.La Fayette No. 3D. C. Rankin. February 17.La Fayette No. 3John Tankersley, April 18.La Fayette No. 3-D. C. Wilson. March 24.LaFayette No. "William V. Stoy. November 3.I.a Fayette No. 3 L. G. Hamilton. January.

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LaFayette No. 3William J. Jones, Jr., August 31.Fort Wayne No. 4Edward L. Craw. February 14.Fort Wayne No. 4William W. Insley, March 27.Fort Wayne No. 4John Fei^uson, April 0.Fort Wayne No. 4Justin N. Study. August 29.Fort Wayne No. 4Richard K. Erwin, October 5.Fort Wayne No. 4George L. Greenawalt, December 6.New Albany No. 5Samuel W. Walts. January 1.New Albany No. 5William Rudder, February 5.New Albany No. 5Ernest B. Guernsey, May 22.Xew Albany No. 5Josephus Norton, Jr., July 8.New Albany No. 5Louis Hartman. July 23.New Albany No. 5John H. McQuiddy, August 27.Xew Albany No. 5Frank Brooks, September S.New Albany No. 5Ebert J. Hewitt. October 20.Richmond No. SWilliam Nesbit Gartside, March 4.Richmond No. SEdward Blake Hutchinson. May 22.Richmond No. SLewis Frederick Lantz, November 24.Richmond No. SLonnie Edward Wellbanm, March 19.Knightstown No. 9John T. Barnes. November 20.Warsaw No. 10James A. Boyd, January 6.Warsaw No. inWilliam Conrad. November 6.Warsaw No. 10Jerome H. Lones, October 17.Warsaw No. 10Fred E. Powers. May 29.Greencastle No. 11John P. Allee. November 8.LaPorte No. 12Edwin Moore, February 2.LaPorte No. 12James S. Long, December 19.South Bend No. 13Alfred A. Coble, October 2.South Bend No. 13Frank C. Tracy. November 17.Columbus No. 14Adoniram Banker, April 23.Columbus No. 14George N. Rouse. August 19.LaValette No. 15Alfred W. Emery. April 12.LaValette No. 15William S. Pollard, October 31.LaValette No. 15Henry W. Flentke. October 18.LaValette No. 15Abijah N. Crowder. June 6.LaValette No. 15Holstein T. Cooper, December 3.Terre Haute No. 16George F. Chadwell, March 19.Terre Haute No. 16Robert H. Nixon, November 12.Terre Haute No. 16Elmer A. Samuelson, July 7.Terre Haute No. 16Charles Whitcomb, February 1.Aurora No. 17Robert Maybin, December 26.Aurora No. 17John M. Barkley, January 6.Aurora No. 17Hugh B. Gibson, October 10.


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Muncie No. 18Ralph S. Gregory, January 13.Muncie X. 18Julius C. Wood, January 25.Muncie No. L8Burt H. Whiteley, March 21.Muncie No. 18 Edward G. Clarke. April 4.Muncie No. 18Edward L. Griffith, June ..Minnie N. 18- LeGrande A. Turtle, July 23.Muncie No. 18Alva C. Brazington, August 15..Muncie No. IS -John W. Norris, September 4..Muncie No". ISWalter L. Davis, October 2.Muncie No. 18Richard Cunnington, October 30.Muncie No. 18Cary Franklin. December 22.Muncie No. 18William H. Gordon, December 23.Muncie No. 18Edward W. Bishop, December 2G.Apollo No. 19W. T. Green, January 23.Apoll No. 19J. II. Alexander, April 3.Apolh. No 19H. M. Showalter, May 9.Apollo No. 19 William Ora Keefe, July 4.Apollo No. 19Franklin Rodebaugh, October 24.Apollo No. 19Alvin F. Halter, December 1.Vincennes No. 20.John R. Milburn. March 25.Vincennes No. 20Rush L. Bond. August 27.Vincennes No. 20Charles W. Beuham, October 3.Vincennes No. 20James Wade Emison, November 25.Vincennes No. 20Stephen S. Eastham, December 10.Marion No. 21Erastus Palmer, May.Marion No. 21Fred Drake, June.Marion No. 21Honor B. Wolf, October.Marion No. 21John W. Miles, November.Madison No. 22Charles E. Mull, June 1.Madison No. 22Solomon E. Hampton, March 11.Madison No. 22Charles F. Rea, April 16.Franklin No. 23Commodore P. Melton.St. John No. 24A. J. Chamberlain. February 10.St. John No. 24Harry J. Conkle, June 8.St. John No. 24George L. Richardson, January 2.St. John No. 24Andrew J. Robinson, March 4.Crawfordsville No. 25George E. Grimes, January 29.Crawl'ordsville No. 25William H. Montgomery, June 6.Crawfordsville No. 25David C. Barnhill, November 13.Crawfordsville No. 25Madison C. Kline, December 23.Plymouth No. L't;Dwight L. Dickenson, September 30.Plymouth No.. 26Samuel Gretzinger, November S.Jefforsonville No. 27Fernando H. Miller. January 24.


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HONOR ROLLIndiana Knights Templar in the United States Service,

January 1, 1918.Raper Commandery Ao. 1.

.Mark E. Archer.John W. Balch.J. McFarland Benham.Carlos W. Bouham.Will Herbert Brown. .Albert F. Buchanan.Frank W. Buschmann.George W. Buster.Kinchen J. Carpenter, Jr.Willard S. Clewell.Francis E. Cramer.Pearle A. Davis.Ralph S. Decker.Charles W. Densmore.Arthur B. Eldridge.John S. Fishback.Samuel H. Fletcher.Lawrence E. Freman.Lucius S. French.James B. Funk.Howard M. Gay.George E. Gill.Robert E. Grinstead.Charles B. Gutelius.Homer G. Hamer.Joseph Warren Hall, Jr.Manford G. Henley.Max C. Hermann.Amzi W. Hon.Jesse E. Houghton.Jesse T. Johnson.Thos. Victor B. Keene.George R. Keiser.Raymond B. Keiser.Marshall T. Levey.William L. Libby.Mason B. Light.

W. Ballard Long.Charles L. Lovercheck.John W. McAdams.Francis A. Mcllvaine.Archibald W. Mackensie.Harry B. Mahan.A. Kiefer Mayer.Charles Mayer, Jr.Charles F. Mayer. Jr.Robert L. Moorehead. Verne L. Murray.Leslie R. Naftzger.Hollis F. Nay.Percy* L. Nicholson.Olaf R, Olsen.Leonard R. Reel.John J. Reinhard.Frank F. Richards.Clyde C. Rickes.Arthur R. Robinson.Jesse E. Rollins.Howard C. Root.Harry E. Rubin.Arthur Shock.Frederick P. Sisson.Owen F. Smith.Albert I. Spencer.Harry Spicely.Ernest Spickelmier.Donald A. Stackhouse.George A. Stafford.William D. Thomson.Wiilson G. Todd.Arthur Towns.James I. Veach.Edwin Ray Vestal.Ernest de Wolfe Wales.


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Baldwin Commandery No. 2.Joseph C. Edwards.

LaFayette Commandery No. 3.K. l>. Kramer. Arthur 0. Brockenbrough.Fred N. l'rass. Walter II. Dantel.Arthur J. Bauer. Harry E. Mclver.

Fort Wayne Commandery No. 4.Adrian E. Fauve. Louis L. Millar.Wallace J. Fisherin.u. Frank Bradley.Charles E. Barnett. Simpson Pflul Mark.Walter M. Carter. Paul C. Guild.Ralph Shellhouse. Carl !. Goebel.Odber C. Hart. George D. Flohnapfel.Robert H. Klaehn. Brown Cooper.David K. Litsey.

New Albany Commandery No. 5.Morris J. McDonald. Guy W. Scott.

Conn>crsviUe Commandery No. 6.Glen R. Heller.

Richmond Commandery No. 8.Elmer Adolph Herzler. Paul Leslie Minor.

Knightstown Commandery No. 9.No members reported in the service.

Warsaw Commandery No. 10.Lester Levi Boggs. Robert L. Nichols.James M. Eakins. George L. Marshall.Howard C. Kirkpatrick. Raymond B. Williams.Samuel C. Murphy.

Grcencastle Commandery No. 11.Earl C. Lane. Benjamin F. Jones.William E. Durham.

LaPorte Commandery No. 12.Landon B. Boyd. Charles G. Kimble.George H. Boyd. William D. Smith.


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smith HokI Commandery \. 13.John (>. Ames. Perry C. Traver.Albert E. Barver. John M. Zigler.James A. Duggan. John B. Campbell.George W. Freyermuth. Charles A. Decker.Paul X. Prass. Tom I'. Trumbo.Otis S. Romine. Harold P. Rausch.Charles M. Sylvanus.

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Madison Commandery No. 22.Harry H. Cope.

Franklin Commandery No. 23.Warren Hall. Parker Wilson.Mark Yannuys. James Briscoe.

St. John Commandery No. 24.Rodney E. Trontman. Otis H. Brandt.James V. D. Nelson. Hiram H. Hildebrandt.Ralph K. Sines. Julius G. Gerber.

Craicfordsville Commandery No. 25.Chester W. Howard. Glen N. Swartz.Paul R. Matthews. Thomas F. Veach.Edgar H. O'Neall. Gould E. Washburn.

Plymouth Commandery No. 26.Hugh B. Holman. A. Linnelle Schrock.Roscoe Hoffman. Gerald P. Smith.Harry H. Lower. Homer H. Tallman.John Kotsovetus.

Jeffersonville Commandery No. 27.Chester H. Allen.

Valparaiso Commandery No. 28.DeWitt Wayne Blachly. Harry C. Truesdale.Albert E. Bogdon. Barton L. Wiley.Leon Charles Booker. Simon J. Young.James D. Duvol. John F. Zajicek.Clifford S. Randall. William Hazel Plyler.A. Byron Smith.

Frankfort Commandery No. 29.A. Golding Chittick. John E. Robison.Francis Gaddie. Charles E. Ruby.James F. Hatfield.

Michigan City Commandery No. 30.No report made.

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Elkhart Commandery No, 31.Alexander V. Brewer. Ley B. Nelson.Hazen H. Haggerty. Thomas X. Mehan.Carlton T. Olds.

Anderson Commandery No. 32.Esmond Hersberger. Winfield K. Priest.George Hocket. Clarence Stephens.Warren Hockaday. Ward G. Riddle.James M. Lewis.

Washington Commandery No. 33.Edgar A. Stater.

Cyrene Commandery No. 34.Homer P. Binder. Keller L. Shuler.Otto W. Grisler. , ' : "' 1 L- Souder.Merrette W. Ireland. Donald C. Warren.Phil M. McNagny. Fred G. Yontz.Thomas T. Pontius.

Huntington Commandery No. 35.Verne DeCamp. Oscar Dyer.William McClure. * r - c - Clokey.Melville Tnttle.

Kokonio Commandery No. 36.John E. Chancellor. Ralph G. Lockwood.

Wabash Commandery No. 37.Karl B. Lockridge. Thomas L. Stitt.Donald W. Rodibaugh.

Bluffton Commandery No. 38.Fred K. Sale. John Graham Ardon.

Greenfield Commandery No. 30.Robert J. Binford. *y W. Pickett.Perry Albright Davis. William Morris Pierson, Jr.Forest Milton Henley. Ralpb Arthnr Wood.Frank Newman /Delphi Commandery No. 40.

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Hammond Commandci-y No. 41.William N. Bridg6. Carl J. RundquistWilliam C. Cole. Oliver M. Stevens.Erick Lund. Alfred A. Stickler.Glen E. McKenzip. Max O. Parbst

Bedford Commandery No. 42.Allen V. Buskirk. Voris R. Norton.Harry K. Carey. Celeste F. Owens.Roy E. Dalton. Raymond H. Williams.Roy E. Harding. Jesse A. Wood.John E. McCormick. Ralph W. Woodward.Ward H. McCormick.

Lebanon Commandcry No. 43.No members reported in the seryice.New Castle Commandery No. 44.

Harry F. Gephart. Frank E. Smith.Edward Jackson.

Angola Commandery No. 45.John Paul Dargue. Earl W. Moss.Frank B. Humphreys. Almond C. Fairfield.Walter McH. Moore. Robert G. Patterson.

Princeton Commandery No. 46.John N. Hopkins. Bert H. Kemp.Horace Whitman. Horace Hitch.Wallace L. Bean.

Brazil Commandery No. 47.No report made.

Clinton Commandery No. 48.Roy C. Harrison. John Krinock.Mark Nebeker.

Rushville Commandery No. 49.Harvey D. Allen. Lowell M. Green.Perry E. O'Neal.

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MishawaTca Commandery No. 51.Bomer M. Barron. Homer S. Hewitt.Virgil H. Bodle.

Tipton Commandery No. 52.Homer O. Kirtley. Benjamin F. Stephenson.Karl S. Ludwig.

Winchester Commandery No. 53.Dlysis G. Daly. Omar E. Roosa.Ernest E. Chenoweth. Charles M. Wasson.James M. Took. Charley Freeman.John C. Leggett. Reed Clevenger.Walter F. Reagon.

Sullivan Commandery No. 54.Emerson C. King.

Martinsville Commandery No. 55.I\To report made.

Seymour Commandery No. 56.Joseph R. Bobbitt.

Gary Commandery No. 57.Harry G. Jones.

East Chicago Commandery No. 5S.Arnold Ralph Exton-Porter. Dr. Edward K. Newton.Dr. Robert Spear. Lawrence C. Smith.


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APPENDIX.ANNUAL TEMPLAR REVIEW

BY E. SIR ROBERT ARCHER WOODS.

To the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of theState of Indiana:My fifth review of the Templar world is herewith

offered for your charitable consideration. If it doesnot measure up to former work, let the distractingevents that stress the minds and activities of meneverywhere these parlous days serve as an excuse.Every address, response, record and review is obsessedwith the Great War, and all about us it is the same,and to think other thoughts entails an almost impossi-ble and at best an incomplete readjustment of one'sperspective. My own life is filled with it; my son isa participant in it ; and my prayers, like those of everyother true American, hourly arise for its speedy andvictorious conclusion, a conclusion that must, and willbe, the establishment in peaceful security of worlddemocracy, human rights and the brotherhood of man,all of which can come only through the triumph of theallied armies and the crushing of cruelly imperialistic,falsely militant Prussia. And, thank God, to this endthe vast Templar Host all over this broad and liberty-loving land has dedicated its means, its might and its


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Alabama.

The alphabetically arranged reviews following em-brace those received during the year ending April 15,1918.Alabama April, 1917Arizona Feb., 1917Arkansas May, 1917California April, 1917Canada - Sept., 1917Colorado Sept., 1917Connecticut March, 1917Dist. Columbia ___May, 1917England-Wales___May,' 1917Florida April, 1917Georgia May, 1917Illinois Oct.. 1917Iowa July, 1917Kansas May, 1917Kentucky May, 1917Louisiana April, 1917Maine May, 1917Maryland May, 1917Massachusettsand RhodeIsland Oct.. 1917

Michigan June, 1917Minnesota May, 1917Mississippi May, 1917

Idaho, May, 1917, and Montana, June

Missouri May, 1917Montana Aug., 1916Nebraska April, 1917New Hampshire __Sept., 1917New Jersey May, 1917New Mexico Oct.. 1917New York June, 1917North Carolina May, 1917North Dakota April. 1917Ohio Oct., 1917Oklahoma April, 1917Oregon Sept., 1917Pennsylvania May, 1917South Carolina April, 1917South Dakota Aug.. 1917Tennessee June, 1917Texas April, 1917Utah May, 1917Vermont June. 1917Virginia ___0ct 1917Washington Sept.. 1917West Virginia May, 1917Wisconsin Oct.. 1917Wyoming March, 1917

1917, not received.ALABAMA, 1917.

57th Annual. Tuscaloosa. April 25.Commanderies, 24 ; represented, 21 ; members,

2,367; gain, 335; cash, $1,223.34.Much entertainment punctuated the proceedings ofGrand Commandery, and the generous hospitality,splendid reception and open-hearted hospitality of thecitizens demanded and received two pages of eloquentpraise.


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Alabama.

The address of Grand Commander (William WalterRansom) completely covers the incidents of a busyreign, including- inspections. He proclaims his adminis-tration as the banner year for Templary in Alabama.Two decisions were approved, one that the fees for theOrders can not be waived in favor of a Minister andone that a Commander can not vacate until his suc-cessor has been installed.

He constituted two Commanderies, one being givennumber thirty and the other number seven. We can-not understand why vacated numbers are given to newCommanderies, the general and proper custom beingfor numbers to indicate persistence and consequentrank. A new Commandery was instituted, to whichGrand Commandery granted a charter.

He granted two special dispensations to ballot outof statutory time, which the learned ( ?) committeeon address approved. In making comment on thesedispensations, the Grand Commander realizes "thatsuch actions have been done by Grand Commanders ofthis and other jurisdictions without making note ofthem in their report, but after my visit to the Tri-ennial, finding it illegal and that it would merit severecriticism of Grand Master, I have been obliged to re-fuse several other requests." Continuing, he says:"I feel that there should be some amendment to thatruling and suggest that a committee take it up at thenext Triennial, that dispensations be left to the discre-tion of the Grand Commander." And the consideratecommittee on address approved this also.

The above reveals another of those fellows whosquirm under abridgement of personal desires. I amunalterably opposed to his proposition to have GrandEncampment suffer Grand Commanders to lay down


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class for the hot sands. Yesterday this group ofpseudo Masons had no thought or care for the sublimetenets of the Templar bodytoday it has suddenlyoccurred to them that it would be advantageous anddesirable to join. Why? Generally the Hot Sandsinvited them and a pilgrimage to Mecca had its allure-ments ; if not that, some other equally impelling motive,but always the element of personal gain, self gratifica-tion. I am opposed to it. Let all who come comedecently and in order. We do not need this unseemlyrush. It cheapens the Order, lessens its dignity, sacri-fices its prestige. The law as it stands is safe andsane. Let be.

Participation in Christmas Observance was quitegeneral and $325.84 was contributed, most of it goingto the Masonic Home at Birmingham.

He incorporates in his address the record of inspec-tions, some made in person, and speaks of an increasedinterest, enthusiasm and zeal throughout AlabamaTemplary.

He recommended that Grand Commandery make itobligatory that the Stars and Stripes be displayed inthe asylum and on all public appearances of subor-dinate Commanderies, and same was approved.

His recommendations that wine be used at libationsand that expenses of first four Grand Officers be paidto attend Triennial were not approved.

On his recommendation, $250 was voted the Wash-ington Masonic Memorial.The customary jewel was presented the retiringGrand Commander.The Report on Correspondence again issues from

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tided Tombstone Commandery No. 6, under charter.What a pleasant name ; we hope it is not a reminder ofan untimely death.

His decision that it is not essential to have the Bibledisplayed other than during the obligation was notpassed upon by Grand Commandery.

He reports Bisbee Commandery serving the Ban-quet during the Red Cross ceremony and that samewas followed by the "Immortal" Discussion. In theElysian Fields, then, we may expect to continue for-ever the debate on the merits of wine, woman, kingsand truth!

The Necrological Report comprises eighteen lines,and, so far as this writer is able to judge, adequatelyand fully covers the whole field, and is more to be com-mended than many of the quasi disquisitions on life,death and immortality, of things present and thingsto come, and like ambitious effusions.

The Correspondence Report is again thrust asidefor the old reason, said to be a lack of funds. We notethey have over $2,000 in their exchequer, and that theypay an organist $25. Utah has half as many Com-manderies and pays a Correspondent $100. The quietteaching of a good Correspondent would graduallyeliminate the use of erroneous phrases and impropermethods and otherwise improve the record, becausethere would be at least one student of the law andgospel. He might be able to accomplish other im-portant results. Fraters of Arizona, it is worth atrial.

The Grand Representatives were formally receivedand the retiring Grand Commander presented with ajewel. Here the record ends.

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mander ; George James Roskruge, Tucson, Grand Re-corder; next Annual (was), Tucson, February 11,1918.

ARKANSAS, 1917.45th Annual. Jonesboro. May 15.

Commanderies, 21 ; represented, 14 ; members,1,427; loss, 5; cash, $2,256.88.

The hospitalities of the occasion were extensive andcordial and contributed to the comfort and pleasureof the visitors. Among several distinguished guestswe find R. E. Sir Bert S. Lee, of Missouri, as personalrepresentative of Grand Master. Five Past GrandCommanders graced the Conclave. Indiana was notrepresented.

Grand Commander (John H., Fulson) has an ad-dress of thirty-three pages, if you count a multiplicityof orders, circulars and letters as tending to constitutean address. He mentions the death of Past GrandCommanders Samuel P. Collings and Robert E. Doug-las, apostrophizes the Great War, declares himself op-posed to solicitation, but advises "Sir Knights" to be-come interested in their several Chapters "for its bene-ficial effect on the growth of Commanderies" (don'tsolicit, you know; just get 'em), and interjects a lot ofcorrespondence relative to the question of burial of aKnight, which Grand Master finally decides for him byinterpreting section 156 to mean that a Commanderymay parade without dispensation in order to bury amember of another Commandery.

He instituted Rogers Commandery, which GrandCommandery chartered.

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sents a very able, clear and interesting address. Know-ing him personally, it is no surprise. Assuming thereins of government, he realized the "tremendous re-sponsibility" that lay before him. Two Past GrandCommanders crossed the Great Divide, William AbramDavies and Samuel Hopkins Wagener. The former wasGrand Recorder Emeritus, Past Grand Commander,Past Grand Master Grand Council, Past PresidentOrder High Priesthood, 33d degree, and otherwise fullof glory and honor ; he was approaching his 90th mile-stone.

He constituted by proxy Imperial Valley Com-mandery; issued many special dispensations whichpassed muster ; promulgated his Christmas circular andreports the services well attended and most of the Com-manderies contributing for charitable purposes; out-lined his decisions, five in number, and same beingalong usual channels were approved ; reported partici-pation of Grand Commandery in laying the corner-stone of Masonic Home for Children at Covina andurged Templar Masons to never lose sight of the greatgood being accomplished by such institutions ; con-stituted, as deputy for Grand Master, WinnemuccaCommandery, Winnemucca, Nevada ; commented on theresults of inspections by Department Commanders anddeclared himself as "a strong advocate of a paid In-spector-General, who will devote his entire time tovisiting and instructing," but feels they are not finan-cially able to adopt that plan at present; and finallyhis recommendation that Recorders be required to re-port to Grand Reco'rder in their annual returns thatthe members on their rolls are in good standing inChapter and Lodge was by resolution adopted.

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Each of the three Orders are to be conferred ineach Commandery at least twice each year by its offi-cers on actual candidates or for practice.

The first four officers of Grand Commandery andall Past Grand Commanders in attendance at TriennialConclaves are to be allowed ten cents per mile one wayas necessary expenses.

The surplus of $11,002.56 from the Triennial Fundwas turned over to the Endowment Fund for theMasonic Homes of California.

Final payment of $2,500 due on Masonic TempleAssociation stock was authorized.

Each living Past Grand Commander is to receive aPast Grand Commander's jewel of the style adopted in1916.

E. Sir Thomas Abraham Davies, Grand Recorder,submits his Report on Correspondence ; 76 pages of re-view, quotation and occasional comment. UnderFlorida, he believes "official visits made merely for thesake of reporting the same are worse than useless;that the purpose of an official visit is to be helpful andnot primarily to criticise." Under Georgia, he takesissue with its Grand Commander and shows that duesand assessments are of equal collectibility by the Com-mandery and before a demit can issue the ledger mustbe clear of both.

Indiana for 1916 has courteous and considerate re-view, and your correspondent is quoted at length, withapproval. All of this we appreciate, and hope alwaysto merit.

Samuel Andrews Clarke, San Francisco, GrandCommander ; Thomas A. Davies, San Francisco, GrandRecorder; next Annual (was), San Francisco, April


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CANADA, 1917.34th Annual. Winnipeg. September 12.

Preceptories, 61; represented by own members, 40;represented by proxy, 15 ; not represented, 6 ; members,8,074 ; gain, 7 ; cash and bonds, $43,985.46.

Present: M. E. Knight Arthur W. Chapman, Su-preme Grand Master, on the Throne. A number ofdistinguished visitors from the States were in attend-ance.

The Address spoke of the historic spot, "Old FortGarry," the stronghold of the Hudson's Bay Company,adjoining the Chapter Room, and of the Red Riverflowing majestically by; of the death of R. E. Knightthe Honorable James K. Kerr and R. E. Knight Wil-liam J. Hallett, Past Provincial Grand Priors; of hisofficial visits to most of the districts east of the GreatLakes, and that his travels in connection with those oflast year aggregating 19,000 miles; of the absence ofany requests for decisions ; of the granting of forty-onedispensations, thirteen of which, with us, are unneces-sary, being to attend funerals and divine service; ofstarting two Preceptories to work under charter; ofthe purchase of additional War Loan Bonds in sum of$5,000 ; of their growing Honor Roll of those Knightlyheroes who have made the supreme sacrifice for theirCountry and Liberty; of Sovereign Great Priory"marking time" during the struggle; and, in con-clusion, of "this great Order of Christian Knighthooddrawing to itself the highest type of citizenship anddestined as an institution to endure world withoutend."

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CanadaColorado. 13minion except one was visited officially by these devotedKnights; but it appears that not a single Preceptorycalled for the services of the new Instructor. Betternot await a call, but send him where needed.

On the morning of the second day M. E. KnightWill H. Whyte, Grand Chancellor for twenty-one years,was indisposed and his office was filled pro tern. Sixdays later he passed into glory, a victim of pneumonia,and Sovereign Great Priory and the entire Masonicworld mourn one of the best men and Masons thatever lived. He had received many Masonic honors,deserved them all, being an authority on Masonic His-tory, a judicious commentator, wise counsellor, andwithal a courteous and companionable man. It was myprivilege to have known him quite intimately, and hisdeparture brings sorrow and regret. How are themighty fallen

The Fraternal Correspondence is the work of R. E.Knight John A. Cowan, Past Grand Registrar. It isshort, being prepared between November 14th andpossibly December 10th, for the printed Proceedingscame into my hands on January 2d, following. Quickwork, and good work. Indiana for 1917 has one pageof courteous mention.

Charles H. Collins, Toronto, Supreme Grand Mas-ter; Philip D. Gordon, P. S. G. M., Montreal, actingGrand Chancellor; next Annual, Belleville, Ontario,September 11, 1918.

'COLORADO, 19K.42d Annual. Denver. September 21.

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Recorder persists in cutting Grand Prelate out of hisconstitutional rank: see G. E. Statutes. Present, four-teen Past Grand Commanders; R. E. Sir Edward W.Wellington, of Kansas, personal representative ofGrand Master; their own R. E. Sir George W. Vallery,Grand Junior Warden of Grand Encampment; and abunch of grand representatives, among them beingIndiana's legate, R. E. Sir Irving Wallace Stanton,senior Past Grand Commander.

Grand Commander (John E. Rinker) submitted anaddress, scholarly and fervent for the most part of itstwenty-three pages; but there were three pages ofmoralizations scarcely germane to the work of thehour, five pages of Nomenclature, Christmas circularsand letters to mar its efficiency. The death of R. E.Sir Frank Powell Tanner is chronicled. He reportsChristmas observed by sixteen Commanderies, Easterby thirteen and Ascension Day by five. His specialdispensations were in accordance with Templar lawand were approved.

He refused dispensation to appear in public in uni-form to participate in patriotic parade and was upheld,but the unusual events of the hour have largely re-versed this position and such participation now hasthe sanction of most Grand Commanderies and ofGrand Master.

He instituted two new Commanderies and GrandCommandery granted them charters ; made nineteenvisitations; rendered three decisions that passed mus-ter ; recommended Commanderies to give annual socialentertainment for members and ladies, to promote theinterest of Templarism, which met with endorsementrecommended increase of Grand Recorder's salary andwhereas it was $600 it is now $1,000 ; traveled 5,000


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praise for the good fellowship and good condition exist-ing throughout his Templar domain.Past Grand Commander William David Todd makes

a preliminary report as Chairman of the Correspon-dence Committee, and in it we find these strange re-marks: "The Grand Encampment told us that PastGrand Commanders must not have a Patriarchal Cross,but we have them, and they are too handsome to be con-signed to the junk pile." Just what do you mean,Frater Todd? lean construe, but I do not wish to betoo literal.

The retiring Grand Commander was presented witha "Past Grand Commander's jewel"same design asheretofore ?

$5,000 was invested in Liberty Bonds.The Report on Correspondence comes from the

reportorial sanctum of Past Grand Commander Wil-liam D. Todd. In 118 pages he presents one of the mostreadable and vivacious reviews that comes to my table

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not a dull page anywhere. He is desirous of knowingjust what the law on Life Membership is, and othershave the same longing. He says, under Alabama, thatwe are to be enlightened regarding Past Grand Com-mander jewels, "though we thought that settled atLos Angeles, to the apparent satisfaction of most everyone." Does not believe in perfunctory inspections orvisits. Declares that "a non-Templar choir, that canneither see nor hear what is going on in. the asylumis not seriously objectionable."

Indiana for 1917 is accorded its just deserts. "GrandCommander Randel then delivered his Annual Address,in which all detail reports were most properly rele-


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16 ColoradoConnecticut.me on the question whether Grand Commandery hasthe right to review the construction placed by a GrandCommander on what constitutes a "proper occasion"for a Commandery to turn out in uniform, but I feelthat a Grand Commander may make mistakes of judg-ment, like any other man, and Grand Commandery hasthe right to express its approval or disapproval, forthe edification of those who succeed to the office ofGrand Commander. Grand Commandery can not af-ford to relinquish the reins.

Will D. Grisard, Pueblo, Grand Commander;Charles H. Jacobson, Denver, Grand Recorder ; nextAnnual, Denver, September 20, 1918.

CONNECTICUT, 1917.90th Annual. New Haven. March 20.

Commanderies, 11 ; represented, 11 ; members,4,350 ; gain, 73 ; cash, all funds, $10,445.14.

Ten Past Grand Commanders lent dignity to theConclave, while E. Sir John R. Hughes answered forIndiana. R. E. Sir Frank L. Nagle, of Massachusettsand Rhode Island, was the personal representative ofGrand Master. Other distinguished guests were inattendance.

Grand Commander (Albert W. Mattoon) submittedan address covering the events of his stewardship. Itwas the repository of letters, notices and inspectionreports, matters that properly belong in an addenda.He notes the death of Past Grand Commanders Wil-liam E. Risley and George M. Long. His special dis-pensations passed muster, with the observation that"it is not necessary for the degree team of one Com-mandery to confer the Order of Malta in the prioryof any other regular Commandery." His recommenda-


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tion of the office of military advisor was approved.Another recommendation properly approved was forthe elimination of extraneous pictures which serveonly to mar an otherwise beautiful ceremony.

And then the Inspection reports, where five Com-manderies get perfect scores under the seven heads ofthe score card ! Why can we not all live in Connecticutand attain unto perfection ? Another Commandery lostone point, as thus explained : "The one point lost onasylum drill was due to slight imperfections in swordmanual, and evolutions of some of the officers and theescort, partially attributable, as to the escort, tovacancy occurring by absence, necessitating substituteswith insufficient rehearsal." This illuminating para-graph indicates that you have to "go some" to lose apoint from the total score. The system of inspectionseems to be close enough and doubtless reaches the endsought, but the competitive score lacks much of beingmilitary and accurate. It leaves the uninitiated with-out means of forming a comparative rating betweenthe contestants.

He reports an active interest in the annual Christ-mas Observance, makes a number of visitations, ex-changes courtesies, and writes his conclusion in praiseof the Grand Recorder and Grand Correspondent.

An appropriation of $250 was made for main-tenance and equipment of the dining-room of theMasonic Home at Wallingford.

Past Grand Commander Samuel J. Bryant writeshis tenth Report on Correspondence. Indiana is miss-ing. He says : "These omissions have enabled us totarry longer with those jurisdictions that appreciatethe value of correspondence, and are prompt in cleri-cal work." Let us see: the Proceedings of Indiana's


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Seven Past Grand Commanders present. Indiananot represented. Among the distinguished visitors wenote the presence of R. E. Sir Frederick C. Thayer, ofMaine, personal representative of Grand Master. Hewas ''escorted to the EAST under an arch of steel."

Grand Commander (Lent. Towers, Jr.) submits acomprehensive review of his stewardship. Its effi-ciency is marred by the incorporation of a Christmascircular, a lengthy General Order, and other documents.Past Grand Commander Henry Kedglie Simpson passedaway April 7, 1917. One minor decision and twospecial dispensations were approved. He attributestheir net loss to the unsettled condition of the countryin general and of his jurisdiction in particular. As-cension Day services were reported as exceeding innumbers present any previous occasion. In view of thefinancial condition of Grand Commandery Field Dayexercises were dispensed with and separate Com-mandery inspections were substituted. What withthe official Grand Visitations of Grand Commander,the calls of the Inspector-General and those of the In-structor-General of the Work, and their own work,the time of the Cbmmanderies should have been occu-pied.

The American University project was indefinitelypostponed, because Grand Encampment had no au-thority to recommend its furtherance by the severalGrand Commanderies.

It was considered inadvisable to establish a jointassembly for the observance of Christmas or open-airservices on Ascension Day, leaving the individual Com-manderies to do as seemed best to each, as heretofore.Likewise, the establishment of a Mounted Battalionwas postponed, the times being unpropitious.


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England and WalesFlorida. 21participated in the Christmas Observance on Decem-ber 25th, at 5 o'clock p. m.Grand Master appointed Very Eminent Knight Col.Alfred Thrale Parkins, C. B., K. C, to be a KnightGrand Cross of the Order ; being present, he was "con-ducted to the Throne, did homage on his appointmentand promotion, and was then invested and salutedunder direction of the Grand Marshal."

A Chapter of Great Priory was opened and severalKnights of the Temple received the Mediterranean Passand were admitted into the Order of Malta.

M. E. Richard Loveland Loveland, Knight GrandCross, was installed as Pro Grand Master and E.Charles Warren Napier Clavering, K. G. C. and "In-tendent General Red Cross of Constantine," was in-vested as Great Seneschal (second officer in line).

Great Priory closed with the singing of the NationalAnthem.

FLORIDA, 1917.23d Annual. Miami. April 10.

Commanderies, 20; represented, 20; members,1,529 ; gain, 132 ; cash, $4,246.68.

Present: eight Past Grand Commanders. Absent:Past Grand Commander James Carnell, Indiana's le-gate, account ill health.

Grand Commandery opened in ample form, forwhich there is no law.

The address of Grand Commander (Frank B. Stone-man), with its letters and telegrams, covers twentypages and presents a good account of the year's activi-ties. From it we learn that unvarying prosperity wastheir lot during his reign, and that he was disappointedthat our own Frater Newby could not remain withthem Conclave.


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Although the Jurisprudence Committee last yearfound that a certain applicant for the degrees in one oftheir Commanderies was a resident and voter in TerreHaute, Indiana, and that Terre Haute Commanderywas justified in refusing to confer the Orders as an actof courtesy, he finds the applicant (on the Com-mandery's showing) entitled to receive the degrees and"that the action of Terre Haute Commandery does notaffect your rights." The query naturally arises howhe reached such a strained decision upon one-sidedtestimony, yet the accommodating Jurisconsults upheldhis conclusion that the Florida Commandery had juris-diction.

The proposed amendment to their Statutes disfran-chising Past Commanders was, upon a letter of warn-ing from Grand Master that such action would be il-legal and contrary to the Statutes of Grand Encamp-ment, not adopted. They still maintain that a PastCommander of another jurisdiction affiliating with aFlorida Commandery must change his uniform (butnot the insignia of rank) to conform with the Floridauniform regulations.

He granted three requests for special dispensations,two proper, while one "to appear in uniform at a publicservice at the church on Easter" was unnecessary, be-cause a religious service. Section 156, G. E. Statutes,reads : "Commanderies shall not appear in public with-out a dispensation, except upon funeral occasions, orto attend Religious Services," yet Grand Commanderadds that he "is of the opinion that a Commandery inthis State has the right to act as escort on lawfulMasonic occasions and at church services on EasterDay, Ascension Day, and Christmas Day, without adispensation." These matters were not passed upon


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Florida Georgia. 23Commander might have been shown the error of hisways. But down in Florida it is "hop, skip and jump,"with not even a Correspondent to interpose a sugges-tion now and then ; with a policy of "laissez faire," asit were, they don't need 'em.

He constituted by proxy Sunshine Commandery,and instituted a new Commandery at Lakeland, towhich Grand Commandery granted charter.

From correspondence instituted with his Com-manderies he estimates that at least sixteen rituals aremissing, piobably never to be found, and he proposesthat Grand Commandery "throw itself on the mercy ofthe Court, ask that they be replaced by Grand Encamp-ment without imposing the usual fine." Wonder whatthe result will be?A telegram expressing loyalty and united supportwas authorized to be sent the President; $100 as a testi-monial of esteem was voted a disabled Past GrandCommander ; and $25 was donated the charity fundof the Elks' Club of Miami.

A Past Grand Commander's jewel and shoulderstraps were presented the retiring Grand Commander.

No Correspondence Report.Charles H. Ketch urn, Key West, Grand Com-

mander ; Wilber P. Webster, Jacksonville, Grand Re-corder; next Annual (was), Key West, April 9, 1918.

GEORGIA, 1917.56th Annual. Thomasville. May 2.Commanderies, 30 ; represented, 28 ; members,

4,138 ; gain, 336 ; cash and investments, $21,453.74.Eleven Past Grand Commanders graced the Annual

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He reports that participation in Christmas Observ-ance was general.

His recommendations were approved: requiringeach Commandery to hold at least one stated Conclaveeach month, abolishing souvenir badges at Grand Con-claves, and restoring the $500 allowance to the Com-mandery acting as host to Grand Commandery.

His Conclusion is a paean to a United Americanismand the display of Old Glory, which "tells of Freedombought by the sacrifice given by our forefathers uponthe altars of Liberty."

A Patriotic resolution was adopted.During adjournment the Knights sought the Coun-

try Club; here the "sparkle" of entertainment (what-ever that was) was most resplendent and "musicwinced the listless feet to rounds of classic time"(Wood).

Their Statutes now require a Red Cross Companionto possess a uniform before receiving the Order of theTemple, and to be continuously in possession thereofso long as he remains a member. Amen.

The retiring Grand Commander was presented withthe customary jewel.

Appropriations: Georgia Industrial Home, $100;Masonic Orphans' Home, $250; War Relief, $1,000;Masonic Home, $1,000 a year for five years, to be paidwhen the endowment fund for the Home shall havebeen fully raised.

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26 GeorgiaIllinois.of Grand Recorder Charles S. Wood. It is his eighthannual and fills 133 pages. Full and complete as a re-view, and set with crisp comment. Indiana for 1916 hascourteous consideration. Our Grand Commander's ad-dress "is in keeping with the general conservatismpeculiar to the tradition of the Hoosier State." Up-holds Grand Commandery's decision that music shouldalways be by a Templar choir. Commenting on ourlopping off per diem allowance to salaried officers, hesays that "the poor working officers might stay at homeif their salaries are not of salvable poignancy." Hedubs your scribe a "fluent reviewer," his review "of thesuccinct pattern that discloses much without profuse-ness" and that "the chivalric host of Hoosierdom shouldnot complain of a necessity of having to read muchfor little." He closes with a poetical effusion addressedto the most patient of men, Job, saying to him (us),"I'll trust you now as heretofore to read it- if you can."Well, we have been patient, and don't regret it.

John W. Murrell, Atlanta, Grand Commander;Charles S. Wood, Savannah. Grand Recorder ; next An-nual (was) , Savannah, May 15, 1918.

ILLINOIS, 1917.61st Annual. Chicago. October 23.

Commanderies, 82 ; represented, 81 ; members, 20,-350 ; gain, 943 ; cash, $17,256.82 ; securities, $20,000.00.

Incidental to the Conclave were the Patriotic Re-ligious services at Medinah Temple on Sunday and theBrigade Parade and Review at Stagg Field on Monday.The volume before us is a splendid specimen of theprinter's art, with its dozens of pages of handsomeillustrations; but the lack of capital letters where weare wont to see them does not appeal to us.

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of speeches by three of these dignitaries ; the oratoricalflights of eleven others are elided.

Grand Commander (Andrew J. Redmond) in hisannual address gave a succinct resume of a busy andefficient administration. Two Past Grand Com-manders, Robert L. McKinlay and James G. Elwood,were called to their long rest. A long list of specialdispensations granted were approved, except one toinstall a "color bearer," same not being a statutoryoffice. Two dispensations to ballot out of time re-fused. Several requests to parade in uniform withother fraternal institutions were also refused. He con-stituted Pontiac Commandery No. 85.

Decision that action of Commandery in suspendinga Knight on information contained in a letter fromLodge or Chapter without a duly authenticated cer-tificate of such suspension (see decision 2 of GrandMaster MacArthur) was illegal and void; same wasupheld.

Decision that a member can not be suspended with-out notice and opportunity for hearing, and same ap-plies also to those suspended in Lodge or Chapter;same was upheld.

Decision that dues can not be assessed during sus-pension ; upheld.

The several Commanderies having contributed ap-proximately $10,000 to Red Cross for the equipmentof ambulances, same was supplemented by Grand Com-mandery in sum of $5,000; Grand Commandery alsodonated $5,000 for Liberty Bonds and $500 for Y. M.C. A. Army Camp. Further, subordinate Com-manderies are ordered to levy an assessment of one dol-lar on each Knight for a War Fund to account of Grand


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Retiring Grand Commander was decorated with thecustomary jewel.

R. E. Sir Arthur M. Otman publishes his fifth an-nual Review, or Report on Correspondence. It is pre-faced with Frater Nelson Williams' Ode to "My Be-loved." And then follows 190 pages of judicial andcourteous review, mixed with comment and quotation,a most pleasurable and worthy dish. I can't say morehe is my friend, has been my host, and would think Ifain would flatter. Indiana for 1917 has extended andgenerous treatment. He takes issue with me where Iheld in my last review that it did not appear necessaryto place a Knight suspended in Lodge or Chapter ontrial to effect his suspension in Commandery, but ad-mits that "the Grand Encampment law is not clear onthe subject." In fact, that is the whole ofray conten-tion. As a lawyer, I would say no penalty should beinflicted without trial; but, if Grand Encampmentmeant that trial was to be had in this particular case,why, in heaven's name, did it not say so. Section 174re suspension for nonpayment of dues expressly speci-fies that notice and trial shall be had, but section 189does not so specify as to a voluntary non-affiliate, itsimply reading "that voluntary non-affiliation inLodge or Chapter shall deprive a Knight Templar ofhis membership in the Commandery." If trial in thiscase was intended, why not have affixed the clause"after notice and an opportunity to be heard?" Thensome of our Grand Commanderies would have beensaved the enactment made that suspension in Lodgeor Chapter "automatically" suspends in Commandery.

I regret that space forbids further consideration ofthis admirable review.

Andrew Logan Anderson, Lincoln, Grand Com-

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