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 THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS 
 
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 MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND 
 
 MAY, iSSi. 
 
 COMPILED AND EDITED BY 
 
 FRED P. BACON 
 
 STAFF CORRESPONDENT, BOSTON HERAI-D. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY, 
 
 1882.
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1SS2, by J. M. Russell, 
 Treasurer of De Molay Commandery of Knights Templars, in the office of 
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 Boston, October 26, 1S81. 
 
 At the regular conclave of De Molay Commander}-, held in 
 
 Masonic Temple, October 26, 1S81, it was unanimously voted that 
 
 «» a Committee, consisting of Sirs John W. Dadmun, Daniel F. 
 
 ^ Knight, J. M. Russell, George T. Ambrose and George F. Wright, 
 
 _ > be authorized to publish in book form a complete history of the 
 
 n -^ Second Pilgrimage of De Molay Commandery to Richmond, Va., 
 
 . and that they be authorized to employ Fred P. Bacon, of the 
 
 \ Boston Herald, who accompanied the Commandery as corre- 
 
 g O spondent of that paper, as editor. 
 
 3^ GEO. PHIPPEN, Jr., 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 THE START, i6 
 
 Leaving the Hub in a Rain Storm. — The Night 
 ON THE Sound. — A safe and speedy Run to 
 Washington. — The Roster of the Commandery 
 AND FULL List of the Pilgrims. 
 
 IN WASHINGTON, 
 
 A Cordial Reception. — Social Courtesies ex- 
 tended. — Visit to Mount Vernon. — A Reception 
 at the White House. — A Carrl\ge Drive about 
 the City. 
 
 IN FREDERICKSBURG, 31 
 
 A genuine Southern Welcome. — The Parade and 
 ITS Characteristics. — The Ladies vie with the 
 Sir Knights in the Hospitalities extended. 
 
 AT RICHMOND, 37 
 
 The Formal Reception. — The Entire City joins 
 in the Welcome. — The Entrance amid Booming 
 Cannon and Cheers. — The Visitors Feasted 
 and Feted for Four Days. 
 
 IN BALTIMORE, 8 c, 
 
 The Monumental City gives a Hearty Greeting 
 TO THE Pilgrims. — An Evening Reception and 
 Banquet by Beauseant Commandery. — A Short 
 BUT Enjoyable Visit.
 
 6 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 THE NEW YORK RECEPTION 94 
 
 Palestine Commandery offers Shelter to the 
 Pilgrims. — A Lunch at Masonic Hall. — An 
 Enthusiastic Greeting. — The Street Parade. — 
 Off for Boston. 
 
 THE HOME RECEPTION, loi 
 
 The Boston Commandery extends a Cordial 
 Greeting. — A Street Parade and Banquet. — 
 The Welcome Speeches and Congratulations. — 
 The De Molays dismissed. 
 
 APPENDIX, -109
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 THE second pilgrimage of the Knights Tem- 
 plars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island to 
 Richmond, calls for the addition of another volume 
 to the history of the friendly relations between 
 the Sir Knights of New England and Virginia. 
 The interchange of visits between the De Molay 
 and St. John's and the Richmond Commanderies 
 has been a notable illustration of the strength of 
 the tie which binds together the Order throughout 
 the Christian world, for the hearty good-will 
 which has been shown in all the intercourse be- 
 tween the "two colonies of Virginia" has not 
 been interrupted even by the sad events of the 
 war. A brief resume of the visits exchanged by 
 the Commanderies of the two sections of the 
 country will best introduce the events of the sec- 
 ond pilgrimage of the De Molay and St. John's 
 Commands. An invitation was extended in the 
 year 1858 by the De Molay Commandery, of 
 Boston, to the Richmond Commandery, No. 2, 
 of Richmond, Virginia, to visit Boston and par- 
 ticipate in the celebration of St. John's Day of 
 2 (7)
 
 8 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 that year, and in response to the invitation, the 
 Richmond Sir Knights arrived in Boston, Thurs- 
 day, June 23, 1858, to take part in the events of 
 the following day. In addition to the parade on 
 Friday, the visiting Commandery were hospitably 
 entertained in Boston until Saturday evening, and 
 the St. John's Commandery, of Providence, ex- 
 tended courtesies to the Richmond Sir Knights 
 upon their arrival and departure from that city 
 en route. Upon reaching home, the Richmond 
 Commandery passed a series of resolutions ac- 
 knowledging the courtesies extended during the 
 visit to Boston, and concluding with the state- 
 ment : 
 
 " We consider De Molay Commandery pledged to 
 return our visit, either on May 13, June 24, or at 
 any time during the year 1859 that may suit their 
 convenience." 
 
 In February, 1859, correspondence between the 
 two Commands resulted in an arrangement for a re- 
 turn visit of the De Molays in the following May, 
 the events of which have already been duly re- 
 corded in a permanent form. Early in the year 
 1875, when the plans for the celebration of the Cen- 
 tennial of the Battle of Bunker Hill were under 
 discussion, it was decided by the De Molay Com- 
 mandery to invite the Richmond Commandery to 
 take part in the Masonic parade on that occasion, 
 and renew the acquaintances so long interrupted 
 by the strife of the civil war. Under date of 
 March 31, 1875, ^ cordial letter of invitation was
 
 INTRODUCTION. 9 
 
 sent by the De Molay Commandery to Richmond, 
 askinsf the Fraters of Vircrinia to come to Massa- 
 chusetts and allow an opportunity for a return 
 of the generous hospitality extended to the Sir 
 Knights of De Molay and St. John's Commands in 
 1859. The invitation was accepted by the Rich- 
 mond Commandery, under date of April 8, 1875, 
 and on Wednesday afternoon, June 16, 1875, the 
 Knights Templars of Boston and vicinity turned 
 out with full ranks and received their Virginia 
 brethren and escorted them to Faneuil Hall, where 
 the city officials welcomed the Southern guests. 
 On the following day the Richmond Knights took 
 part in the great parade and an excursion down 
 the harbor, on Friday they enjoyed a carriage 
 drive through the suburbs, and a banquet on Sat- 
 urday concluded the festivities of the visit. On 
 Sunday the Sir Knights attended the services at 
 Music Hall, which w^ere led by Rev. W. H. H. 
 Murray, and at 7.30 on Monday morning took the 
 train for Providence. All the courtesies possible 
 to the limited stay of the Virginians in Providence 
 were extended by the Sir Knights of that city. 
 The visit was a fitting part of the long history of 
 friendly intercourse between the Commanderies 
 of the "two colonies of Virginia," and the Rich- 
 mond guests did not depart for their homes without 
 a promise from their Northern brethren that they 
 should again welcome the De Molays and St. 
 John's to the hospitalities of Richmond. It was 
 in February, 1881, that this promise was recalled
 
 10 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 to the minds of the De Molay Commandery by the 
 receipt of the following letter : 
 
 Richmond, Va., 4th Feb., 1881. 
 
 The Members of Richmond Commandery and The Com- 
 mandery of St. Andrew to the Members of De Molay 
 Commandery, of Boston, and of St. John's Com- 
 mandery, of Providence. 
 Greeting : 
 
 For the purposes of cementing closer and stronger 
 the bonds of knightly fellowship and love which have 
 for so many years existed and be continued between 
 us, we desire again to have you under our vine and fig 
 tree. We therefore extend to you a cordial and 
 knightly invitation to visit us in the City of Richmond, 
 at such period during the year of 188 1 as may best 
 comport with your pleasure, comfort and convenience. 
 The undersigned, a committee, feel honored in being 
 made a medium to convey to their loved Fraters the 
 invitation, and they give expression to the fondly 
 cherished hopes of the members of their Commanderies 
 that the invitation will be accepted by you as cheer- 
 fully, heartily and affectionately as it is extended, and 
 then they will feel assured that its purpose will be 
 accomplished. 
 
 We are, in bonds of knightly friendship and love, 
 Yours most truly, 
 
 William B. Isaacs, Chairman. 
 
 W. T. Allen. 
 
 Thos. J. Evans. 
 
 James A. Scott, 
 
 Wm. E. Tanner. 
 
 LuciEN L. Bass.
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 II 
 
 This invitation was formally accepted by vote 
 of the De ]\Iolay Commandery, and a general 
 committee of twenty-seven was appointed for the 
 duty of making all the arrangements needed for a 
 visit of the Commandery to Richmond in May. 
 The general committee was composed of the 
 following : 
 
 COUNCIL. 
 
 F. G. WALBRIDGE, Eminent Commander. 
 H. P. HEMENWAY, Generalissimo. 
 GEORGE F. WRIGHT, Captain General. 
 
 GENERAL COMMITTEE. 
 
 P. E. Sir Rev. J. W. DADMUN, Sir S. A. TRIPP, 
 
 P. E. Sir M. WILLIAMS, 
 
 P. E. Sir JOHN M. CLARK, 
 
 P. E. Sir C. B. LANCASTER, 
 
 P. E. Sir J. B. MASON, 
 
 Sir JOHN MACK, 
 
 Sir J. W. FAIRBANKS, 
 
 Sir B. F. GUILD, 
 
 Sir S. D. NICKERSON, 
 
 Sir J. M. RUSSELL, 
 
 Sir F. W. SMITH, 
 
 Sir J. O. WETHERBEE, 
 
 Sir C. B. BARRETT, 
 Sir G. S. CLARK, 
 Sir J. H. COLLINS, 
 Sir P. E. DOLLIVER, 
 Sir a. F. NETTLETON, 
 Sir D. F. KNIGHT, 
 Sir E. B. HOLMES, 
 Sir WM. B. FISHER, 
 Sir F. L. PARKER, 
 Sir G. S. CARPENTER, 
 Sir G. PHIPPEN, Jr. 
 
 The transportation committee, consisting of Sir 
 Knights William B. Fisher and F. L. Parker, 
 visited Richmond in April to make arrangements 
 for the trip, and received a most cordial welcome 
 from the members of the Richmond Command- 
 eries. At an entertainment given the De Molay 
 committee, by the invitation committee of the
 
 12 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Richmond Commanderies, the followmg verses 
 were read by Sir Knight Thomas J. Evans, of the 
 Richmond committee : 
 
 We live in the South, where the sun rules the day, 
 
 A pillar of beauty, effulgent each ray; 
 
 A halo of glory encircles his brow — 
 
 At his rising and setting the earth makes a bow. 
 
 We live in the land where the mocking bird sings, 
 And the butterfly spreads to the sun her bright wings ; 
 Where the peach blossom opens its beautiful eyes 
 Ere the Spring-time has come or Old W^inter dies; 
 Where in forests the fragrant magnolia grows. 
 The cactus, pomegranate, the orange, the rose ; 
 Where the melon is perfect in flavor and size, 
 A charm to the taste, a delight to the eyes ; 
 W^here the small foot of woman treads lightly the earth. 
 Giving proof of her breeding and excellent birth ; 
 Where men are as proud as the proudest of kings, 
 And many as poor as the poorest of things. 
 Yet ready to share the last crumb with a friend. 
 And stand by his side in a fight to the end. 
 
 We saw a lamb the other day. 
 Skipping o'er the lawn in play, 
 And it did gently, meekly say : 
 " Quarter me for De Molay." 
 
 Upon a tree, not far away. 
 There sat a bird — it was the jay ; 
 We listened, and we heard him say : 
 " I will sing for De Molay." 
 
 Close by the tree there ran a brook ; 
 It had a merry, happy look, 
 And as it threw its snow'y spray 
 Against a rock right in its way, 
 In sounds of music it did say : 
 " Here's a bath for De Molay."
 
 introduction; 
 
 Across the brook a horse did stray 
 Along a field well set with hay ; 
 He turned and looked, and then did neigh, 
 By which he plainly meant to say : 
 " Saddle me for De Molay." 
 
 Beasts and birds and streams unite 
 In urging Richmond to invite 
 The Boston Knights to come and see 
 Virginia's hospitalit)'. 
 
 We will not promise overmuch ; 
 Such as we have, we'll give you such — 
 Will try to make you feel as free 
 As those who meet and do agree. 
 
 We'll take you to the outer lines. 
 And there you'll see the Seven Pines; 
 And then we'll show you, if you will, 
 The top of famous Malvern Hill, 
 And take a peep at Gaines's Mill. 
 
 We'll take you sailing on the Jeemes, 
 
 So crooked that it often seems, 
 
 In going to its mouth, 
 
 To be in doubt how to get out — 
 
 By east, west, north, or south. 
 
 Dutch Gap you must not fail to see — 
 It was commenced by General B.; 
 Projected for the ends of war. 
 Completed under peace and law. 
 
 We want you to come. Though humble our home, 
 Our tongues and hearts say to De Molay, come ! 
 The Sir Knights of Richmond with emphasis say 
 They wait with impatience the long-looked-for day 
 When the Sir Knights of Boston shall be our guests 
 And wc shall establish by unfailing tests
 
 14 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 That we still recollect with unspeakable joy 
 How you every delicate art did employ 
 To make us the happiest men in the world, 
 When, six years ago, our banners unfurled 
 Were cheered by the people of Boston. 
 
 It was in response to the invitation that the 
 pilgrimage was made which is the subject of 
 the following pages, and in the records here pre- 
 sented an attempt has been made to put in a 
 permanent form some slight history of the many- 
 happy events resulting from the visit. It would 
 be impossible to present a full account of all that 
 occurred in the ten days' absence from Boston, 
 for every Sir Knight who joined in the tour had 
 experiences worthy of equal prominence, so that 
 only what may be called official records are given 
 here. While Richmond was the objective point 
 of the pilgrimage, the visiting Sir Knights found 
 hearty greetings at Washington, Fredericksburg, 
 Baltimore and New York, and the interchange of 
 courtesies at each of these cities were quite an 
 important part of the visit. The high standing 
 of the Order in all the cities in which the Sir 
 Knights found "food and shelter" was most fully 
 shown by the space given to the events of their 
 pilgrimage by the local press, that sure and trust- 
 worthy mirror of the popular mind. All the 
 addresses delivered were spread out in full by the 
 papers of the day, and the careful and accurate 
 reports presented by the representatives of the 
 several journals deserve a generous recognition
 
 IXTRODUCTION. 1 5 
 
 in these records. The presence of I\Tr. D. C. 
 Hall and his band of musicians added largely to 
 the pleasures of the trip, as they were always 
 ready to contribute to the enjoyment of the pil- 
 grims, and met the demands upon their services 
 cheerfully and creditably. Nothwithstanding all 
 the fatigues of such an extended journey, w^hich, 
 however, were mitigated largely by the fair weather 
 granted the Sir Knights almost throughout their 
 tour, there was not a case of serious illness to any 
 member of the pilgrims, and the De Molays were 
 complimented upon their admirable bearing in all 
 the parades of the pilgrimage. It may be then 
 safely assumed that the result of this visit tended 
 to the more firmly unite the "two colonies of 
 Virginia," and to strengthen the bonds of knightly 
 love between the pilgrims and their entertainers.
 
 1 6 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 THE START. 
 
 Leaving the Hub in a Rain Storm. — The Night 
 ON the Sound. — A Safe and Speedy Run to 
 Washington. — The Roster of the Commandery 
 AND Full List of the Pilgrims. 
 
 THE Sir Knights of the De Molay Com- 
 mandery assembled at Masonic Temple 
 early on Thursday afternoon, May 19, 1881, to 
 prepare for the street parade to the Old Colony 
 depot, from which point they were to take their 
 departure to enter upon the long and pleasantly 
 anticipated Richmond Pilgrimage. A more un- 
 propitious day could hardly have been selected, 
 for a steady rain poured down in such a persistent 
 fashion that all hope of the parade had to be 
 abandoned, and one by one the Sir Knights found 
 their way to the railroad station. Here a large 
 crowd had assembled to give a hearty farewell to 
 the pilgrims, and all sorts of kindly messages and 
 greetings were sent to the Richmond Sir Knights 
 by those who found it impossible to join in the 
 visit. The band engaged by the De Molays for 
 the trip, Hall's Boston Brass, was present, under 
 its leader, Mr. D. C. Hall, and enlivened the scene 
 by playing a number of selections, winding up 
 with the old song, "Carry me back to Old Vir-
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 1 7 
 
 ginny," the strains of which rang out as the start 
 was made. An uneventful run was made to Fall 
 River, where the St. John's Command, of Provi- 
 dence, joined the De Molays aboard the boat. 
 The Providence Commandery was accompanied 
 by the American Band, of that city, Mr. D. W. 
 Reeves, leader, and after supper the two bands 
 contributed a very enjoyable concert programme, 
 for the entertainment of all on board. On arriv- 
 ing in New York, the weather was found still 
 anything but agreeable, and the trip across to 
 Jersey City was made in a drizzling rain. A 
 pleasant event of the morning was the courtesy 
 shown the ladies of the visiting Commands by a 
 committee from the Palestine Commandery, of 
 New York City, in the presentation to each lady 
 of a beautiful hand bouquet, as they passed from 
 the Fall River boat to take the transfer boat to 
 Jersey City. Taking the special train provided 
 by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company 
 at Jersey City, a rapid and uneventful run was 
 made to Washington, where the Commands ar- 
 rived at three o'clock on Friday afternoon, more 
 than an hour in advance of the schedule time. 
 P'or convenience, the roster of the Boston Sir 
 Knights, with the full list of the ladies accom- 
 panying them, is here presented, this list including 
 not only those who started from Boston with the 
 party, but all who subsequently joined it at the 
 several points en route. The entire Command 
 numbers three hundred and sixty members.
 
 i8 
 
 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 OFFICERS, 
 
 Fred. G. Walbridge, Eminent Commander. 
 
 H. P. Hemenway, Generalissimo. 
 
 George F. Wright, Captain- General. 
 
 Rev. J. W. Dadmun, Prelate. 
 
 Henry G. Jordan, Senior Warden. 
 
 Daniel F. Knight, Acting jfunior Warden. 
 
 Joseph M. Russell, Treasurer. 
 
 Wm. B. Fisher, Acting Recorder. 
 
 E. A. Loud, Standard Bearer. 
 
 J. Frank Gammell, Sword Bearer. 
 
 Zacheus Holmes, Warder. 
 
 Chas. a. Drost, j 
 
 E. W. Gilbert, r Guards. 
 
 Geo. S. Carpenter, J 
 
 J. W. Fairbanks, 
 
 Peter E. Dolliver, 
 
 Joseph B. Mason, 
 
 George O. Townsend, Ar7norer and Sentinel. 
 
 Howard M. Dow, Organist. 
 
 Charles B. Lancaster, Fast Commander. 
 
 Rev. W. S. Studley, Fast Prelate. 
 
 Fred. P. Bacon, Correspondent Boston Herald. 
 
 Commandery Fund 
 Committee. 
 
 SIR KNIGHTS. 
 
 Geo. T. Ambrose. 
 
 S. P. Bartlett. 
 
 E. M. Ames. 
 
 Langdon Baxter. 
 
 H. B. Arnold. 
 
 Geo. B. Brown. 
 
 T. D. Atwood. 
 
 J. Bryant. 
 
 A. B. Babcock. 
 
 Joseph R. Carr. 
 
 A. T. Bacon. 
 
 W. F. Chester. 
 
 H. C. Barnabee. 
 
 E. R. Cheney.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 
 
 19 
 
 I. W. Chick. 
 
 D. S. Clark. 
 J. H. Collins. 
 W. R. Cooke. 
 Charles A. Cox. 
 J. H. Cummings. 
 F. J, Davis. 
 
 J. H. Davis. 
 Pierpont Edwards. 
 F. C. Fairbanks. 
 R. G. Ferguson. 
 H. N. Fisher. 
 John Foster. 
 
 E. R. Frost. 
 A. J. Gordon. 
 T. W. Gould. 
 
 C. D. V. Graves. 
 E, S. Hamlin. 
 S. J. Harrison. 
 T. S. Hittinger. 
 E. B. Holmes. 
 A. D. Holmes. 
 M. S. Holway. 
 Geo. M. Hosmer. 
 J. A. Johnson. 
 E. T. Kent. 
 Wm. A. Kidder. 
 E. W. Leavens. 
 
 Wm. Lumb. 
 John Mack. 
 E. T. Mclntire. 
 Geo. H. Maynard. 
 
 E. A. Messinger. 
 S. Noyes, Jr. 
 
 G. W. Oliver. 
 C. H. Olmsted. 
 
 B. J. Parker. 
 
 F. L. Parker. 
 J. H. Peak. 
 Charles Pierce. 
 E. M. Piatt. 
 
 W. H. H. Porter. 
 CM. Proctor. 
 
 G. J. Raymond. 
 G. F, Sanderson. 
 J. M. Smith. 
 
 C. W. Smith. 
 J. P. Soule. 
 Henry Stumcke. 
 Thos. A. Taylor. 
 A. H. Timson. 
 A. D. Thompson. 
 
 D. S. Watson. 
 A. Webster. 
 Lvman W. Wheeler. 
 
 T//£ LADIES. 
 
 Mrs. Geo. B. Brown. 
 Mrs. W. F. Chester. 
 Mrs. W. R. Cooke. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Cummings. 
 Miss J. M. Fisher. 
 Mrs. T. Warren Gould.
 
 20 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Mrs. H. P. Hemenway. Mrs. B. J. Parker. 
 
 Mrs. E. B. Holmes. Mrs. J. M. Smith. 
 
 Mrs. A. D. Holmes. Mrs. F. G. Walbridge. 
 
 Mrs. H. G. Jordan. Mrs. D. S. Watson. 
 
 Mrs. D. F. Knight. Mrs. L. W. Wheeler. 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Mason. Mrs. George F. Wright. 
 
 Mrs. E. T. Mclntire. 
 
 THE COMMITTEES. 
 
 The committees of the De Molay Commandery 
 having charge of the pilgrimage were as follows : 
 
 Executive Committee. — Eminent Commander Fred. 
 G. Walbridge, Past Eminent Commander John M. 
 Clark, Past Eminent Commander Charles B. Lancaster, 
 Past Eminent Commander Joseph B. Mason, Sir Knight 
 Benjamin F. Guild, Sir Knight J. Otis Wetherbee, Sir 
 Knight J. W. Fairbanks. 
 
 Committee on Music. — Sir Knight Joseph M. Russell, 
 Past Eminent Commander Marlborough Williams, Past 
 Eminent Commander Joseph B. Mason. 
 
 Transportatioti Committee. — Past Eminent Com- 
 mander Charles B. Lancaster, Sir Knights William B. 
 Fisher and F. L. Parker. 
 
 Ladies' Committee. — Past Eminent Commander 
 Joseph B. Mason, Sir Knights Zacheus Holmes and 
 E. A. Messinger. 
 
 Baggage Committee. — Sir Knights James H. Collins 
 and George O. Townsend. 
 
 Printing Committee. — Sir Knights Benjamin F. Guild, 
 George F. Wright, George Phippen, Jr.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 21 
 
 IN WASHINGTON. 
 
 A Cordial Reception. — Social Courtesies ex- 
 tended. — Visit to Mount Vernon. — A Reception 
 AT THE White House. — A Carriage Drive about 
 the City. 
 
 SUCH an unheard of event as the arrival of an 
 excursion party ahead of its schedule time 
 was naturally unanticipated by the Washington 
 Sir Knights, but a telegram informed them of the 
 fact, and the annual parade of the Mounted De 
 Molay Commandery of Washington was cut short, 
 and the several Commands reached the Baltimore 
 and Potomac Railroad Station about an hour 
 after the train arrived, the time thus afforded the 
 visitors giving ample opportunities for preparing 
 for the reception and parade through the principal 
 streets. After the usual interchange of courtesies 
 between the Reception Committee of the Washing- 
 ton Commands and the visiting Sir Knights, the pro- 
 cession was formed as follows : De Molay Mounted 
 Commandery, No. 4, ninety saddles, headed by a 
 full corps of buglers, under command of Sir M. 
 R. Thorpe, Eminent Commander ; E. F. Lawson, 
 Generalissimo, and C. L. Patten, Captain-General. 
 Potomac Commandery, No. 3, thirty in number, 
 headed by Donch's Band, Sir George E. Corson,
 
 22 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Eminent Commander ; Sir John Lynch, General- 
 issimo, and Sir Daniel Johnson, Captain-General. 
 Columbia Commandery, No. 2, one hundred in 
 number, Sir William H. Browne, Eminent Com- 
 mander ; Sir D. B. Ainger, Generalissimo, and 
 Sir John Wilson, Captain-General. Washington 
 Commandery, No. i, seventy in number, headed 
 by the Marine Band, Sir W. J. Stephenson, 
 Eminent Commander ; William G. Brock, Gen- 
 eralissimo, and Sir William G. Moore, Captain- 
 General. St. John's Commandery, of Providence, 
 R. I., sixty-four in number, headed by the 
 American Brass Band, followed by De Molay 
 Commandery, of Boston, Mass., eighty-six in 
 number, headed by Hall's Brass Band. The rear 
 of the procession was composed of carriages con- 
 taining the lady visitors, under the escort of the 
 Reception Committee. The magnificent capari- 
 soned horses of the mounted Commandery and 
 the splendid uniforms of the Sir Knights pre- 
 sented a gorgeous spectacle as the procession 
 passed over the line of march. 
 
 The effect upon the minds of the visitors as 
 they passed through the streets of the National 
 Capital was curiously noticed by the writer. 
 Coming from Northern cities, where the residents 
 are familiar with all organizations contemplating a 
 visit, and make an effort to give all such visitors 
 a welcome, the utter quiet of the crowds which 
 lined the streets was somewhat depressing. Only 
 once on the line of march, which extended through
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 23 
 
 many of the prominent streets and avenues, was 
 there any signs of a recognition of the visiting Sir 
 Knights, and that from Riggs House, from a 
 party of Boston guests. The motley crowd of the 
 real Southern Negro population, which turned out 
 in honor of the guests, presented a new phase 
 of American life to many of the Northern Sir 
 Knights, and the antics caused among this class 
 by the enlivening strains of the bands beggar all 
 description. When the head of the line reached 
 Seventeenth and I Streets, by instructions, the 
 bands ceased playing, as they were nearing the 
 Executive Mansion, on account of the sickness 
 of Mrs. Garfield. At five p. m. the head of the 
 column entered the President's grounds, to pass 
 in review before the Chief Magistrate. A large 
 crowd had assembled within the enclosure, but, 
 to their credit be it said, not the least noise was 
 made. The President, with Attorney-General 
 MacVeagh by his side, took position between the 
 centre columns that face the portico. Then the 
 line marched in review, the officers saluting and 
 the President returning the compliment. Pro- 
 ceeding from the White House, the Commands 
 passed, via Fifteenth, F, Thirteenth streets and 
 Pennsylvania avenue, to Willard's Hotel, where 
 the visitors were left, and the Washington Tem- 
 plars returned to the temple and were dismissed. 
 
 After refreshing the outward and inner man, 
 the visiting Commands formed in line shortly 
 before nine o'clock, and marched to the Masonic
 
 24 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Hall, where the formal reception ceremonies were 
 to occur, the ladies of the Massachusetts and 
 Rhode Island Commands having preceded their 
 Sir Knights in carriages, under escort of the 
 efficient Ladies' Committee of the Washington 
 Commanderies. After the New England Knights 
 had filed into the hall and stood "front face," 
 Past Commander and Grand Master Noble D. 
 Larner, "approaching the East," said to Eminent 
 Commander Thorp, who stood on the neatly 
 draped platform : " Without further detention, 
 it becomes my duty, on the part of the Executive 
 Committee, to say that they have in charge many 
 weary pilgrims travelling from afar, who have 
 been induced to stop at our tents and partake 
 of what we have to give them. It now becomes 
 my pleasant duty to turn them over to your pro- 
 tecting care." Eminent Commander Thorp then 
 addressed them as follows : 
 
 It affords me great pleasure to extend to you and 
 the gallant Sir Knights who accompany you a cordial 
 and fraternal welcome, in the name and on behalf of 
 De Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4. Words 
 seem totally inadequate to express our gratification in 
 thus being honored by your presence, not only on 
 account of the dignity of the high offices which you 
 hold respectively, but also on account of your personal 
 worth as true types of that knightly chiv'alr)' which is 
 at once the very foundation and bulwark of our noble 
 Order. Representing, as you do, among your number 
 the varied callings which tend to the promotion and
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 25 
 
 encouragement of private enterprise, industry and pro- 
 gress in two of our sister States, component parts of 
 this great and glorious Republic, we feel proud of the 
 honor of being able to take you by the hand and to 
 greet you in this the Capital of the Nation, as true and 
 worthy Sir Knights. You are now engaged upon a 
 pilgrimage, not such as engaged our illustrious pre- 
 decessors in past ages, the defense of the Christian 
 religion and the protection of helpless widows and 
 orphans, but to exchange those friendly greetings to 
 which we, as Knights Templars, feel ourselves doubly 
 pledged. Although you are far away from your native 
 soil, the distance only tends to bind our hearts in closer 
 unison, and we trust that our efforts to make you feel 
 at home in our midst will be successful. To the ladies 
 who accompany you, and the ladies of our own juris- 
 diction, we desire especially to extend our hospitality, 
 and we give them the assurance that, although under 
 ordinary circumstances they have what appear good 
 ground for complaint on account of being excluded 
 from our asylum, on this occasion, at least, we will make 
 an exception to our rules, and admit them to all the 
 privileges accorded to their fathers, husbands and 
 brothers, as Knights Templars. To the Commanderies 
 of this jurisdiction, who have so nobly responded to 
 our invitation to be present, we desire to express our 
 hearty thanks. Eminent Commanders and Sir Knights. 
 Even had I the ability, I would not wish to encroach 
 upon your time by indulging in any extended remarks. 
 1 desire only to renew my assurances of the pride with 
 which we hail this auspicious occasion, and to express 
 the hope that you will not measure delight by the ver^' 
 modest arrangements we have made for your comfort
 
 26 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 and pleasure, but that you will accept our efforts as an 
 earnest of what we might have done had we been 
 possessed of larger experience in such matters. Now, 
 Sir Knights, ladies and gefitlemen, we extend to you, 
 one and all, a hearty welcome. 
 
 Eminent Commander Rhodes, of St. John's 
 Commandery, in responding, said : 
 
 It affords me great pleasure to acknowledge your 
 words of welcome, and in behalf of St. John's Com- 
 mandery I return my sincere thanks. Their hearts 
 are full, more than full, with gratitude. They were 
 weary pilgrims travelling from afar, but they have 
 not found the rough paths their fathers did, but those 
 filled with pleasure. No matter where they went, the 
 memory of this event would ever remain fresh in their 
 hearts. 
 
 Eminent Commander Walbridge, of De Molay, 
 said : 
 
 In behalf of De Molay we thank you for this 
 reception, and are deeply grateful for the kind treat- 
 ment that we have received. We thank you for the 
 courtesy and hospitality that we have been shown on 
 this, our second pilgrimage through this city. We are 
 glad to be received in the asylum of a Commander}- 
 of the same name as ourselves, representing the loved 
 Jacques De Molay, the man that lived upright under all 
 oppression and died at the stake for principle. 
 
 Rev. W. S. Studley, Past Prelate of De Molay, 
 of Boston, stepped forward and said that he was
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 2/ 
 
 glad to come to Washington and march under the 
 banners of De Molay and partake of their hos- 
 pitahty. If there was anything that they could 
 do in return, they would do it. This ended the 
 speech-making. The two visiting bands occupied 
 the platform, and for a short time alternately 
 discoursed excellent promenade music. The floor 
 was then yielded to the dancers, and the devotees 
 of Terpsichore enjoyed the pleasure to their 
 hearts' content. It was noticeable that there was 
 very little pretension to rich dressing. The affair 
 was a social event, where Templars and their 
 wives might become better acquainted, pass an 
 enjoyable evening, and pay less attention to 
 Fashion's demands. There was no banquet, but 
 an abundance of refreshments were provided, ex- 
 cellent in quality. It was after midnight before 
 the reception broke and the dancing terminated. 
 
 Bright and early on Saturday morning the 
 visiting Sir Knights were astir, and many an old 
 resident of Washington was deluged with queries 
 as to the historical and other facts regarding the 
 National Capital and its peculiarities. By nine 
 o'clock many of the Massachusetts men had be- 
 come as familiar with the points of interest in and 
 about the city as the oldest inhabitant, and the 
 entire party was eager to participate in the gen- 
 eral inspection of the city planned for by the 
 Washington Sir Knights. Soon after nine o'clock 
 carriages were drawn up before Willard's, and the 
 visitors were driven to the White House, to call
 
 28 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRIGINIA 
 
 upon the President. The reception was held in 
 the east room, Past Eminent Commander Noble 
 D. Larner presenting the company to President 
 Garfield. The usual hand-shaking followed, and 
 then, after a very democratic inspection of the 
 White House, the company was driven to the new 
 building of the printing and engraving depart- 
 ment. The Rhode Island Senators paid their 
 constituents the compliment of attending the 
 reception at the White House, and Senators 
 Burnside and Anthony greeted each visitor from 
 " Little Rhody," after the presidential hand-shak- 
 ing. The operations of the printing and engraving 
 departments having been viewed, the Capitol and 
 the Soldiers' Home were visited, and then the Sir 
 Knights and their ladies were driven to a noted 
 German resort, the Schutzen Garden, where a 
 German lunch found very general approval. The 
 return to the hotel was made so as to include 
 a view of the Farragut statue and many public 
 improvementsi and, after dinner, conveyances 
 were taken for the wharf, where the party em- 
 barked on a steamer for Mt. Vernon. Words fail 
 to convey any idea of the beauty of the scenery 
 and the general pleasure of the excursion. The 
 day was as perfect as that of the poet's ideal June, 
 and the company gave itself over to its enjoy- 
 ment. The points of interest at Mt. Vernon were 
 duly visited, and the proper things duly said. 
 Soon after arriving the party proceeded to the 
 tomb, and stood uncovered while the American
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, 2g 
 
 Brass Band played a dirge. The Commanderies 
 then broke up into squads, and, accompanied by 
 their ladies, scattered over the grounds, visiting 
 the house and inspecting its various rooms. The 
 company remained at Mt. Vernon until near seven 
 o'clock, and then returned to the steamer. Having 
 an abundance of time, a ride was taken almost to 
 Glymont, when the boat "put about" and headed 
 for Washington, where she arrived at nine o'clock. 
 Words are inadequate to describe the pleasure 
 given the visiting Sir Knights during this long 
 day of unremitting attention from the Washington 
 F" raters ; not an effort was omitted which could 
 add to the entertainment of the visitors, and 
 friendships were made during its happy hours 
 which will be life long. 
 
 Sunday proved an equally enjoyable day, for 
 while many of the Sir Knights followed the 
 customs of New England in attending church, 
 either at the morning or evening service, there 
 were so many kind offers made by the Wash- 
 ington Praters in the way of social attentions, 
 that the day was variously employed, as individual 
 taste dictated. The morning service at the 
 Metropolitan Church was conducted by Rev. 
 Sir Knight W. S. Studley, D. D., who selected 
 as the text of his discourse, I Corinthians, iv, 5 : 
 
 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, 
 who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and 
 will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall 
 every man have praise of God.
 
 30 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 The preacher considered the subject of untimely- 
 judgments, and spoke in a way to hold the in- 
 terest of his hearers to the end, the discourse 
 being listened to by a very large congregation, 
 including a numerous delegation of Sir Knights 
 and their ladies, which would undoubtedly have 
 been more numerous had it not been for the social 
 courtesies extended by the members of the Wash- 
 ington Commanderies. During the afternoon and 
 evening the numerous beautiful drives about 
 Washington were fairly alive with public and 
 private conveyances, filled with the visitors and 
 their entertainers ; Arlington Heights, Mt. Pleas- 
 ant and the Soldiers' Home being the principal 
 points of interest visited. The Washington Sir 
 Knights spared no exertions in their efforts to 
 make the day a pleasant one for their visitors, and 
 the New Englanders fully appreciated the cour- 
 tesies extended.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 3 1 
 
 IN FREDERICKSBURG. 
 
 A Genuine Southern Welcome. — The Parade and 
 ITS Characteristics. — The Ladies vie with the 
 Sir Knights in the Hospitalities extended. 
 
 THE Sir Knights fell into line shortly before 
 nine o'clock on Monday, May 23, to march 
 to the railroad station, to embark once more upon 
 their pilgrimage, many of the members of the 
 Washington Commands acting as an informal 
 escort and tarrying at the train-house to give a 
 final cheer for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
 as the visitors took their departure for Fredericks- 
 burg. At about half-past eleven the train arrived 
 at the Fredericksburg station, and the visiting Sir 
 Knights disembarked in the midst of the assembled 
 population of the district for miles around. It 
 was evidently a gala day for all the inhabitants, 
 and joy and satisfaction beamed upon all faces, 
 from the Sir Knights in the lines of the Fred- 
 ericksburg Commandery, No. i, drawn up to 
 receive the visitors there, to those of the motley 
 crowd which is seen nowhere but in a Southern 
 town. The ladies were quickly cared for by the 
 Special Committee of the Fredericksburg Com- 
 mand, the private equipages of the town being
 
 32 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 placed at their disposal, and in these conveyances 
 they were driven to the residence of Eminent 
 Commander Chew, pleasantly situated on one of 
 the main thoroughfares. The line was formed 
 after the usual ceremonies of the reception, and 
 the procession moved through the greater portion 
 of the town in the midst of a blinding dust and 
 almost insupportable heat. The enthusiasm of 
 the improvised body guard which attended the 
 Sir Knights throughout this parade can be but 
 faintly realized by those unacquainted with the 
 peculiarities of the colored people of this section, 
 but it was evident that the heart of the towns- 
 people was in the reception and that the welcome 
 was all that it appeared to be. There was hardly 
 a residence or place of business that was not 
 decorated in some way in honor of the visit, and 
 the word "Welcome" and other appropriate 
 expressions were seen on every hand. The door- 
 ways and windows were filled with happy faces, 
 and on every hand was to be seen evidence of an 
 effort to make the visitors feel that their visit had 
 been pleasantly anticipated by all the inhabitants. 
 On arriving at Eminent Commander Chew's resi- 
 dence, the visiting Sir Knights began to realize 
 the warmth of Southern hospitality. The large 
 garden in the rear of the house was spread with 
 tables loaded down with the choicest viands, and 
 the home of the Eminent Commander of the 
 Fredericksburg Sir Knights was thrown open for 
 the entertainment of the guests. The visitors
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 33 
 
 marched into the garden, and when they had been 
 formed in line, Judge J. T. Goolrick, of Fred- 
 ericksburg, addressed them as follows : 
 
 I would not, if I could, pander to any desire for a 
 display of wordy pyrotechnics. I would not, if I could, 
 air my vocabulary with glittering but cobwebbed gen- 
 eralities on this occasion and in this presence, in order 
 to give expression to the great pleasure and high appre- 
 ciation that we are sensible of by your coming among 
 us, or to emphasize the warmth of our welcome — 
 rather in English unadorned, homely but honest old 
 Anglo-Saxon, I would more faithfully and truthfully 
 represent the sentiments of my people, and respond 
 more cordially to the impulses of my own nature, by 
 saying unto you, simply yet sincerely, we are glad to 
 meet you — glad that you have allowed us the high 
 privilege of giving expression to our sentiments of you 
 — glad that we who live in different sections of a com- 
 mon country have the opportunity of mingling and 
 commingling together, whereby we may know each 
 other better and love each other more. We think that 
 it is right and proper that your first rest should be here 
 on your present pilgrimage to our capital city — a 
 pilgrimage from the land of Lexington to the land 
 of Yorktown — the very Alpha and the very Omega of 
 those struggles that commenced for and culminated in 
 cementing together the Continental States in a free 
 and great republic — a pilgrimage from where Warren 
 bared his breast to the storm of battle and fighting fell, 
 to where Washington struck, with his spotless and 
 stainless sword, from the too tenacious embrace of the 
 then crouching Lion thirteen stars that have attracted
 
 34 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 to their orbit the grandest constellation that has ever 
 existed in the tide of time. I say in this pilgrimage 
 from the section of our country thus represented to our 
 own, we conceived it right that your first rest should be 
 here — for this spot, be it said, is sacred, hallowed and 
 consecrated not only to the hearts of all the patriotic 
 people of this great land of ours, but it is eminently 
 and pre-eminently so to the great Masonic heart ; for 
 here he who was first in war and first in peace first saw 
 Masonic light ; here he first trod the tessellated floor, 
 and this is the alma mater of Masonry to the warrior- 
 statesman Washington, and his gallant lieutenant, 
 Mercer, and thinking you would gather fresh inspiration 
 as Masons and as citizens, we bade you come to us — 
 dwell even, but for a too short moment in our own 
 tents — and in the name of that obligation which links us 
 together around a common altar, the very granite found- 
 ation and keystone of all the temples, that Masonry that 
 was borne far down the corridors of time, that has ever 
 moved majestically and noiselessly onward and up- 
 ward, having for its clarion cry and shibboleth, " The 
 brotherhood of man," and of that knighthood that 
 received its new birth and another baptism as the cry 
 from hoary England to the banks of the sacred Jordan 
 rose on the air, " Onward to the Sepulchre of Holy 
 Jesus," and legions bearing aloft banners with its red 
 cross and its *'/« Hoc Signo Vinces," moved towards the 
 coveted tomb. In the name of our own great republic, 
 that has been welded together anew by the martyrdom 
 and the blood-treasure of the best of her sons, which 
 bids us be united, though politicians and partisans 
 would drive and keep asunder those whom God himself 
 has decreed shall live together ; in the name of a people
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 35 
 
 who to-day loyally and lovingly march in one unbroken 
 column under the shadow of the star-spangled banner, 
 to the moving music of a restored and a reinforced 
 Union ; in the name of our own battle-scarred town, 
 which we desire shall not meet the expectations or fulfil 
 the condemnation of that statesman who wrote of it, "It 
 is finished," until, at least, yon monument shall be com- 
 pleted to mark the spot where sleeps the mother of 
 him who was first in the hearts of his countrymen, and 
 until Masonry shall fulfil its high and holy trust of 
 rearing to the memory of her son — our great exemplar 
 — a temple which shall at once testify to the world the 
 character and the life of him who by his practice and 
 his precepts illustrated and illuminated the teachings, 
 tenets and principles of our beloved Order, and shall 
 be as well a very Mecca of Masonry to which we 
 shall pay the tribute of our high honor, and to which 
 the Masonic world shall make pilgrimages — and in 
 the name of this Commandery in whose behalf I speak, 
 Sir Knights from Massachusetts and from Rhode 
 Island, I welcome you — not only as Masons, bearing 
 with us the burdens of a common brotherhood, but as 
 citizens as well, for around the history of your States 
 and mine sacred and solemn memories cling and 
 cluster — memories which ever bear us backward 
 and bid us look forward. Then welcome — thrice 
 welcome — to our hearts and to our homes. 
 
 Sir Knight Rev. W. S. Studley, of Boston, was 
 then introduced, and responded most pleasantly 
 on behalf of the visiting Knights. Referring to 
 the generous entertainment which had been shown 
 them in Washington, he said that the evidences of
 
 36 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 bounteous hospitality seemed to increase as they 
 went on their pilgrimage, and from the outlay 
 before him he wanted a single line for an epitaph, 
 which was written over many another good fel- 
 low's grave, "Killed at Fredericksburg." 
 
 Three cheers were then given reciprocally by 
 the different Commanderies, and the Knights fell 
 to the discussion of the bounteous spread beneath 
 the cool shade of the lawn trees. After ample 
 justice had been done to the inner man, an hour 
 or more was allowed for the interchange of social 
 courtesies, an informal reception being held by 
 the Fredericksburg ladies in the cool parlors 
 of Commander Chew's residence. The types of 
 Southern beauty and the refinement and culture 
 of Southern society circles was fully appreciated 
 by the visitors at this reception, and the all too 
 brief stay proved a very pleasant occasion for all 
 the participants. Soon after three o'clock the line 
 of march was again formed, and the visitors 
 escorted to the waiting train, and, after again 
 embarking, the Northern Sir Knights moved 
 onward toward Richmond, followed by the cheers 
 of their entertainers and the assembled citizens, 
 and honored by the waving of handkerchiefs and 
 bright smiles of many of the Fredericksburg 
 ladies, who had driven to the station to give a 
 parting token of their hospitality.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 3/ 
 
 AT RICHMOND. 
 
 The Formal Reception. — The Entire City joins 
 IN THE Welcome, — The Entrance amid Booming 
 Cannon and Cheers, — The Visitors Feasted 
 and Feted for Four Days, 
 
 THE run to Richmond afforded the visitors 
 an opportunity to rest from the fatigues of 
 the Fredericksburg march, and, as the train neared 
 the Mecca of their pilgrimage, the Northern Sir 
 Knights prepared themselves for the welcome 
 which they knew full well awaited them. The 
 train arrived at Franklin Street, in the suburbs 
 of the city, at about six o'clock, and the visitors 
 landed upon the "sacred soil" amid the shouts 
 of the immense multitude and the booming of the 
 Howitzer's guns, which were stationed on Broad 
 Street, near the Richmond College; the line was 
 formed opposite the northern end of Monroe Park, 
 and at six o'clock the Providence Commandery in 
 the right of the line reached the stand, which was 
 already occupied by several of the officials of the 
 Richmond Knights. The visitors formed on the 
 west of the grand stand, the Providence Knights 
 being in the advance, and those of Boston massed 
 in the rear. The Richmond Templars faced their 
 brethren, standing on the eastern side of the 
 
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 38 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 stand. Eminent Sir Knight Thomas J. Evans 
 then welcomed the visitors as follows : 
 
 Sir Knights of Boston and Providence — At the 
 western gates of our city we meet you, to greet you and 
 to welcome you and your ladies, and your guests that 
 accompany you. 
 
 In tones of thunder our artillery has saluted you; 
 and now, in tones not so loud, but just as emphatic, we 
 say welcome ! In the name of this vast crowd here 
 assembled, we bid you welcome ! In the name of a 
 still larger number of citizens not able to be here, 
 we say welcome ! In the name of these, our citizen 
 soldiers, who have courteously tendered their services 
 to escort you to your quarters, we extend you a 
 soldier's welcome ! In the name of these Richmond 
 Knights, with both hands — one to Boston and one to 
 Providence — we give you a knightly welcome to our 
 asylums, to our hearts, and to our homes. Our tongues 
 would be false to the sentiment of hospitality now 
 glowing in our hearts, if they did not say, in all 
 sincerity, welcome ! Many of us have been the 
 recipients of generous hospitalities and graceful kind- 
 nesses extended to us by you individually, by your 
 Commanderies, by your citizens, and by your State 
 and city officials. 
 
 Why shouldn't we be glad to see you ? We are not 
 only brothers of the mystic tie, but we are members 
 of one grand republic. We speak the same language. 
 We live under the same Constitution and National 
 laws. We have a common country. We honor in 
 common the illustrious names of Webster and of Claj% 
 of Jefferson and Adams, of Hancock and of Marshall,
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 39 
 
 of Warren, Greene and Washington. Bunker Hill is 
 ours. Yorktown is yours. The past in our history is 
 our joint inheritance and our undivided glory. The 
 present demands and is receiving our earnest and un- 
 broken co-operation. Our hopes for the future are links 
 in that chain of affection which should closely bind us 
 each to the other. God grant that, as the years roll on, 
 we may be even more firmly united. 
 
 De Molay, Richmond, St. John's and St. Andrevv''s 
 Commanderies form a solid square of fraternal feeling 
 that no sectional or sectarian or political assailants can 
 ever penetrate or break. Being able to frame, to pro- 
 nounce aright our Masonic shibboleth, you have crossed 
 the Potomac, on which you found all quiet, and not a 
 man of you has fallen. We have met you, and you are 
 ours and we are yours. With arms, but without force, 
 you have passed the lines of the Old Dominion. These 
 swords of yours are not hostile weapons, but with ours 
 and with the glittering blades of all true Knights Tem- 
 plars the world over form a canopy of steel dedicated 
 and pledged to the defence of innocent maidens 
 destitute widows, helpless orphans, and the Christian 
 religion. 
 
 Pilgrims, we know that you are weary, and we must 
 therefore no longer hinder or impede you on your 
 journey. We will, however, proceed to examine your 
 scrip and replenish your bottle of water. We will then 
 take you to our tent, where, having performed the nec- 
 essary ablutions, you will sit down and rest and refresh 
 yourselves. To-morrow his Honor the Mayor will offer 
 you the freedom of our city, to go where you please, to 
 say what you please, to do what you please. And so at 
 present, in the name of everybody in Richmond, with-
 
 40 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 out regard to age, sex, condition, or creed, we again say 
 welcome ! 
 
 The welcome address was briefly answered by 
 Commanders Walbridge of the De Molays and 
 Rhodes of the St. John's, and then the line was 
 formed for the parade to the Exchange Hotel, the 
 headquarters of both Commands. Scenes of enthu- 
 siasm rapidly succeeded each other during this 
 parade, as the visitors passed through the crowded 
 thoroughfares to their hotel, and on all sides there 
 were displays of decoration suited to the occasion. 
 The route into the city was by Franklin Street. 
 At the corner of Adams the procession turned 
 into Main Street. One of the pleasant incidents 
 on that thoroughfare was the crowning of the 
 banners of De Molay and St. John's Command- 
 eries by Mrs. J. H. Capers and Mrs. J. V. Bidgood. 
 The wreaths were composed of choicest flowers, 
 etc. The procession turned again into Franklin 
 Street, from Main, at the corner- of Fifth, passing 
 by Dr. Hoge's Church on that street. At the 
 residence of Eminent Commander Sir Thomas J. 
 Evans, on Franklin Street, a large banner (adorned 
 with triple crosses) across the street marked the 
 points at which the Knights made a brief halt, and 
 the following young misses gracefully distributed 
 among the visitors their favors in the shape of 
 bouquets : Misses Loulie Evans, Lizzie Brock, 
 Virgie Brock, Hattie Tanner, Mary Cameron, 
 Mary Sheppard, Irene Bodeker, Louise Randolph
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 4I 
 
 and Lillian Gilliam. At the corner of Sixth Street 
 the line was turned towards Grace Street, down 
 which the procession moved towards the Capitol 
 Square. As that park was entered the Howitzers 
 fired another salute of thirty-eight guns. The 
 Knights and their escort passed under and by the 
 beautiful Masonic emblems and decorations placed 
 on the Grace-street entrance of the Square. As 
 the line passed the Washington Monument many 
 a knightly chapeau was reverently lifted, and the 
 whole line passed in review before Governor Hoi 
 liday, who stood uncovered in the front porch of 
 the Executive Mansion, the soldiers, officers and 
 Knights saluting as they passed. Upon arriving 
 at the Exchange Hotel, Sir Knight W. O. English 
 welcomed the guests to their Richmond home as 
 follows : 
 
 SIR KNIGHT W. O. ENGLISH'S ADDRESS. 
 
 Sir Knights of De Molay and St. John's Command- 
 eries, — You have already heard the kind words of wel- 
 come from Eminent Commander Sir Thomas J. Evans. 
 
 It only remains for me, as you enter this hospitable 
 mansion to partake of some refreshments and to make 
 it the place of your abode during your stay with us, to 
 add a word, and in the name of the Sir Knights of 
 Richmond to extend to you and your ladies a most 
 cordial welcome, and to remind you of those fraternal 
 feelings which have so long existed between the 
 Templars of Boston and Providence and those of 
 Richmond. 
 
 You come not as strangers ; you have been here
 
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 before. Even had you been strangers, the greeting you 
 have already received would have been an earnest of 
 our welcome. For what means it that an eager Com- 
 mittee of Reception, unable to await your coming, 
 should start several days in advance to meet you in 
 Washington ; that another committee should go to-day 
 to meet you at Fredericksburg, where you were all 
 made prisoners of hospitality by the Templars of that 
 noble old town — a town intimately associated with the 
 early days of Washington and his mother, that model 
 of American women ? 
 
 Upon your arrival here, what is the meaning of the 
 roar of artillery, which echoing back from the seven 
 hills of Richmond resounds your welcome far and wide? 
 What mean these volunteer soldiers who come so gladly 
 to escort you ? What the streaming banners waving 
 from our houses ? What the thronging citizens crowd- 
 ing you as you wend your way through our streets ? 
 Why is it that the very air is redolent with interest but 
 that we all combine to welcome 3'ou to the hospitality 
 of our city ? This is the greeting I am here to extend 
 you in the name of all. I welcome you, the descendants 
 of Warren, Hancock, Adams and Roger Williams, to 
 the land of Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry ; 
 I welcome you to the historic associations of our cit}', 
 of our river, on whose banks the first American colony 
 was planted ; I welcome you to the land of Jefferson,, 
 who penned that great charter of American freedom, 
 the Declaration of Independence ; I welcome you to 
 the scene of the life of Patrick Henry, the forest-born 
 Demosthenes, who here, in this city, in Old St. John's 
 Church, on yonder hill, uttered those memorable words, 
 "Give me liberty or give me death," which, echoed back
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 43 
 
 by patriotic hearts from the plains of Boston, resounded 
 throughout the length and breadth of the land, and at 
 the summons of a common country and a common cause 
 Virginia sent Washington to the plains of Boston to 
 command the armies of the American Revolution, 
 Thus Massachusetts and Virginia, the two oldest Com- 
 monwealths, stood side by side in the great struggle for 
 liberty and independence, and Bunker Hill in Massa- 
 chusetts, and Yorktown in Virginia, were the Alpha and 
 Omega, the beginning and the end of the American 
 Revolution. 
 
 In Virgil, the most elegant of the great classic writers, 
 we read that when ^neas, on his way from the East to 
 found the Roman Empire, landed at the City of Car- 
 thage, Queen Dido welcomed him and his wear)' pilgrims 
 to the hospitality of her palace in these words : Hu7ic 
 laetum Tyrusque diem Trojaque profectis Esse velis, nos- 
 trosque htijiis mefninisse mifwres ; Adsit laetitiae Bacchus 
 dator, et bona yutio. "May this be a joyful day both 
 to the Tyrians [Providence] and to those who have set 
 out from Troy [Bostonians]. May Bacchus, the giver 
 of joy, and good Juno be with us." So, my friends, 
 would we now welcome you, — 
 
 " Sirs, you are very welcome to our house ; 
 It must appear in other ways than words : 
 Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy," 
 
 and cordially invite you, weary pilgrims, to rest and 
 refresh yourselves. 
 
 In the evening the ladies of Richmond tendered 
 a reception to the ladies of the visiting Sir Knights 
 at the Richmond Theatre, and the affair proved an
 
 44 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 eminently enjoyable occasion. The parquet was 
 floored over for the dancers, and an excellent 
 orchestra furnished music for the evening. A 
 pleasant feature of the entertainment was the 
 reading of a poem by Rev. Sir Knight W. S. 
 Studley, called " The Yankee Mirror," in which 
 the peculiar characteristics of New Englanders 
 were happily presented in a vein of good-natured 
 satire. At eleven o'clock the curtain was raised 
 upon a beautiful scene, in which tastefully-set 
 tables, filled with sweets and confections of all 
 kinds, were conspicuous. The refreshments were 
 done ample justice to, and soon thereafter the 
 guests began to disperse, while some lingered to 
 take a parting dance to the inspiring strains of the 
 orchestra. The theatre was profusely decorated, 
 the flags being of all nations and every state in 
 the Union, with the additions of the coat-of-arms 
 of the different states. Masonic and Templar 
 banners, streamers, the English red cross, etc. 
 
 The visiting Commands were made acquainted 
 with the desires of their hosts, in regard to the 
 entertainments planned for their pleasure, by a 
 well-arranged programme, giving full details of 
 the various parades, excursions, etc., during their 
 stay, and in conformity with this the line was 
 formed at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, to 
 proceed to the Richmond Theatre, where the 
 formal reception on the part of the State and city 
 authorities was to occur. The clear skies of the 
 preceding day continued, and the march through
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 45 
 
 the leading thoroughfare attracted a large assem- 
 blage of lookers-on. When the Commanderies 
 entered the theatre the audience were seated as 
 follows : Bands in rear of the stage, City Council 
 and officers on the west and in front of them ; 
 Judges B. R. Wellford, George L. Christian, Joseph 
 Christian and Hon. J. W. Daniel, with Rev. A. 
 W. Weddell and Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne on the 
 east side. To the front were seated Masonic and 
 Templar dignitaries, lady guests, etc. Governor 
 Holliday occupied a seat on the east side of the 
 stage, as did other speakers. The body of the 
 parquet was occupied immediately fronting the 
 stage by De Molay on the east and St. John's on 
 the west. Immediately in the rear, in the order 
 named, were seated Richmond Commandery, No. 2, 
 and St. Andrew's, No. 13. In the centre of the 
 stage was a handsome floral design, with a cross in 
 the centre, the mottoes above and below forming 
 an Anchor of Hope, with the inscriptions "/« Hoc 
 Signo Vinces," and ^^ Magna est Veritas et Prc- 
 valibit." Just in front of this and on either side 
 of it were two other exquisite floral adornments, 
 the gift of Mr. John Morton through Sir Knight 
 ?.■ S. Derbyshire to Richmond Commandery, con- 
 sisting of a beautiful Maltese cross of scarlet 
 geraniums and roses, and a cross and crown. The 
 crown was about two and a half feet in diameter, 
 of white pinks, calla lilies and white rosebuds, and 
 the handsome cross in carnation double geraniums 
 and red roses made a beautiful contrast with it.
 
 46 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 After prayer had been offered up by Rev. Sir 
 Knight W. C. Schaeffer, prelate of St. Andrew's 
 Commandery, Eminent Commander Sir Thomas 
 J. Evans introduced his Excellency Governor Hol- 
 liday, the Providence band playing " Hail to the 
 Chief " as the Governor stepped to the centre of 
 the stage. As the selection concluded he spoke 
 as follows : 
 
 GOVERNOR HOLLIDAY's ADDRESS. 
 
 It is well for the sons of the New England Puritan 
 to visit the sons of the Cavalier in their Metropolis ; 
 it is most agreeable for the sons of the Cavalier to give 
 them cordial greeting m the presence of Richmond's 
 manhood, intellect and beauty. 
 
 Old things are passing away, and behold ! all things 
 are becoming new. The Puritan has put on the annor 
 and the helmet of the Knight over his work-a-day clothes, 
 and the Cavalier has put on work-a-day clothes over the 
 glittering harness of the Knight. The one has found 
 that there are elevating sentiments that can flourish and 
 fill our daily life with beauty and grace amid the whir 
 of the shuttle and the rattle of the wheel ; the other 
 is learning that there is strength and nobility in labor, 
 which can gather the wealth of nature's vast resources, 
 and bring them with gladness to deck the fields of 
 chivalry. 
 
 I bid you welcome. Sir Knights ; whilst together we 
 rejoice in this renaissance. You will tell us how your 
 fathers earned the name of " Pilgrim " in their loneinsfs 
 after liberty and their sufferings in its behalf ; how 
 they have made the rugged country to which they sped 
 to bloom and blossom as the rose ; how population and
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 47 
 
 wealth have converted the wilderness into the homes of 
 a progressive and cultured people ; how their progeny 
 have blazed their way in the van of Empire to the 
 Western Sea. 
 
 We will tell you how our sires came to seek a home 
 on this site years before the Mayflower landed its crew 
 on Plymouth Rock ; how sprung from the loins of those 
 " Sword-smiting Battle-Smiths," who girdled the world 
 with their conquests, they by different modes of thought 
 sought the same ends ; how they made it the scene 
 where the conflicts of ideas that were to affect the con- 
 tinent were for so many generations fought, and either 
 won or lost ; how from their armory have gone some of 
 the knightiiest men who have ever wielded sword or 
 pen for human rights. 
 
 And, now, here together we will talk in friendliest 
 sort of how the Gage of battle was joined, and in ear- 
 nest fight we tested our convictions ; of how the glories 
 of a thousand fields have gone to swell the fame of our 
 common blood and lineage ; of how peace came, and 
 we hoped a jubilee had also come, when all debts of 
 bitterness and animosity should be forgiven, and the 
 incense of the great sacrifice should strengthen and 
 glorify the new regime. 
 
 For a new regime it is. New England has found 
 that labor can be rendered attractive by the adornment 
 of the gentler graces. Virginia has learned that it does 
 no harm to the gentler graces to have them supported 
 by the vigorous thews of Labor. 
 
 Out of this union there will spring harmony and sub- 
 stantial growth for both. History' tells us of what your 
 country was, and what it is. How every blow of your 
 industrious has told. The future will speak of us ; for
 
 48 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 already does the bosom of the Old Commonwealth seem 
 to have been touched by Prospero's wand, and there is 
 coming from its vast resources promise of imperial 
 wealth. 
 
 And now, if there be any animosities surviving, 'let 
 them be buried in the graves of our great and loved 
 ones on either side. With chivalric generosity, let us 
 do justice to virtue and valor wherever found. Remit- 
 ting the camp-followers, the shriekers and the dem- 
 agogues, both North and South, to everlasting oblivion, 
 let the Puritan and the Cavalier, and their offspring, 
 wherever they may live, rise up in the majesty of a 
 united faith and a fast reconciliation, and command the 
 peace : in that peace we will talk over the deeds of our 
 heroes and martyrs, and the renown they have con- 
 ferred upon our common race and country, and with 
 high and knightly courtesy and love we will carry their 
 effigies in triumphal procession, and place them side by 
 side in the Republic's Pantheon. We bid you. Sir 
 Knights of New England, cordial welcome to Virginia ! 
 
 At the conclusion of the Governor's address the 
 Boston band played the " Zampa " Overture, and 
 at its conclusion Rev. Sir Knight Studley, of the 
 De Molay Command, was introduced by Eminent 
 Sir Knight L. L. Bass, and replied to the Governor 
 as follows : 
 
 REV. SIR KNIGHT STUDLEV'S REPLY. 
 
 I have not been so moved, your Excellency, for many 
 a day as by your magnetic words. I know of nothing 
 that has afforded to my mind a brighter outlook for the 
 future than the sentiment expressed by your Governor,
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 49 
 
 that the laborer has put on his armor over his work- 
 a-day garments, and I believe this country of ours is to 
 be redeemed, if redeemed at all, by Labor. 
 
 I believe the day is coming when, as Virginia and 
 New England stood shoulder to shoulder in the struggle 
 for independence, they will stand hand in hand and 
 heart to heart. I have just remarked to the Governor 
 that the Virginians are like Shakspeare's lover, declaring 
 over and over again, " I love you ! I love you ! " for 
 from the time I and my friends entered Virginia soil we 
 have been treated in this cordial way. I want to say 
 this — that you are always welcome to New England. 
 The doors of our homes are always open, our hearts are 
 always open to you, and all that we have is yours. 
 
 As Sir Knight Studley took his seat the Boston 
 band struck up " Carry me back to Old Virginny," 
 and after the enthusiasm over this selection had 
 subsided Mayor Carrington, of Richmond, was 
 introduced. 
 
 MAYOR CARRINGTON'S ADDRESS. 
 
 Addressing the visiting Commanderies, Mayor 
 Carrington said, in allusion to the ladies that ac- 
 companied them : 
 
 We thank you greatly for bringing to our homes and 
 hearts your prizes from Nature's matchless studio, and 
 rejoice to be honored by the presence of the female escort 
 of your Commanderies. As is the duty of all chivalrous, 
 knightly men, we of Richmond first pay respects to this 
 protecting outer guard — these fair guardian angels — 
 and greet them with unfeigned welcome. How grand 
 the country, how beneficent the laws, how broad the
 
 50 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 principles of government must be, when in a land so 
 vast as this the men of every clime can meet, and with 
 peaceful current of common pride, without a thorn of 
 discord to mar their harmony, or repulsive law to jar 
 their interests, and be greeted as I now greet you in 
 that treasured name of " Fellow- Americans." He next 
 alluded to the joint efforts of Virginia, Massachusetts 
 and Rhode Island in achieving the independence of this 
 country in the Revolutionary War. Liberty was cradled 
 in Massachusetts, fostered in Rhode Island, and burst 
 into manhood in Virginia. Grand trio they make — 
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia ! True 
 types of true Knights and true freemen, well may their 
 hands unite and their hearts flow in golden streams of 
 fraternal friendship. 
 
 He ridiculed the idea of a bloody chasm as the cre- 
 ation alone of political marplots. It is said to be 
 
 " Home where'er the heart is." 
 
 If this be so, then Richmond Knights Templars have 
 homes in Providence and Boston, for their hearts have 
 been with you for years in strongest bond of unbroken 
 love. Distance may have interposed a barrier through 
 which the eye cannot gaze into yours to see responsive 
 loving look, but there is a heart — telephone line that 
 links us to you in never-ceasing current of spirit and of 
 prayer — and by the heaven-born sound of faith's elec- 
 tricity we hear you speak back again. From the classic 
 valley of our James, in Richmond, the love-laden air 
 bears freighted wish up to Boston and Providence that 
 peace may dwell, harmony prevail, and prosperity attend 
 you. And we feel that you make responsive wish and 
 do responsive act for us.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 5 I 
 
 Then, with this long-established heart-bond, shall it 
 take any words to vouch you welcome, when look and 
 hand and act so plainly say it ? We greet you gladly, 
 and bid you freely take our store of good, and only feel 
 regret at the limited supply. It is useless to bid you 
 enter to our hearts, for your noble works and good 
 deeds have already taken possession of that fort ; but 
 our homes are open to you — our city and all its beauties 
 and its pleasures we turn over to your control, and 
 declare you welcome to them all. 
 
 Generalissimo George H. Burnham, of the Grand 
 Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
 being introduced, responded with a few pleasant 
 and extemporary remarks. He said all the recep- 
 tions had been so thorough and hearty that the 
 informal reception was enough without the "formal 
 reception." They had been gradually killing him 
 with kindness ever since he put foot on Virginia's 
 soil, and if he really died his widow would have to 
 place the cause at the door of Virginia hospitality. 
 Their hearts, he continued, were full, and language 
 would not express the sentiments of gratitude they 
 felt, and they would like to take each of their hosts 
 individually by the hand ; and returning thanks on 
 behalf of the visiting Knights he hoped they would 
 soon journey North and visit their homes. Sir 
 Knight A. R. Courtney, of Richmond Command- 
 ery, No. 2, was then introduced, and spoke as 
 follows :
 
 52 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 SIR KNIGHT Courtney's address. 
 
 Sir Knights of De Molay Commandery and the 
 Commandery of St. John's, — As citizens of Massa- 
 chusetts and Rhode Island you have been formally 
 welcomed to Virginia, " the Mother of States," by our 
 knightly Governor, in words of earnest and fraternal 
 patriotism, which but echo the feelings of the whole 
 people. 
 
 You have been hailed as friends by our Mayor in 
 words of poesy and sentiment, which but express the 
 joy that thrills the hearts of our citizens. And now 
 the Templars of Richmond, your fellow-soldiers of the 
 Cross, come to salute and greet you as pilgrim warriors 
 travelling from afar, and as Fraters of an ancient and 
 honored Order Like the hospitallers of St. John of 
 Jerusalem, whose asylum was always open to the de- 
 fenders of the Cross, the Templars of Richmond have 
 sent out their heralds to hail you to their asylum; and 
 having provided an abundant supply of good bread and 
 pure water, just such as pilgrims need, in their names 
 and by their commission I bid you welcome, a hearty 
 welcome, to our tents and our temples, our homes, our 
 hearts and our hospitalities. 
 
 But not alone as valiant and magnanimous Sir 
 Knights, enlisted under the same emblematic banner, 
 and bound by the same high purposes and principles 
 with ourselves, do we welcome you; these considerations 
 were, indeed, enough to arouse our liveliest interest, and 
 to call forth our kindliest attentions. But in you, Sir 
 Knights, we recognize more than these ; in you we rec- 
 ognize our old familiar friends — comrades on many a 
 hard-fought field — our hosts of 1S58 and 1875, ^^^
 
 OF TPTE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 53 
 
 our honored and thrice-welcomed guests of 1S59, We 
 see before us to-day the same banners that welcomed 
 Virginia Templars to Providence and Boston in 1858, 
 and which the next year waved along our own streets in 
 response to the huzzas of our people, who turned out 
 to welcome you without regard to sect or society — the 
 same banner which was welcomed by floral offerings 
 from thousands of Virginia's fair daughters. 
 
 We see here to-day the De Molay and St. John's 
 Commanderies, who met us in 1875 on our pilgrimage 
 to Bunker Hill and Concord, with the same grip and 
 word with which we parted in 1858 and 1859. If 
 affected at all by time and circumstances, that grip was 
 more affectionate and the word of welcome tenderer 
 and heartier than before. 
 
 Twenty-two long, eventful years have passed away, 
 Sir Knights, since your former pilgrimage to our shores. 
 During this period " Time, the tomb-builder," has been 
 at work in our ranks, and many of our gallant ones 
 who joined in the happy scenes and brilliant entertain- 
 ments of your reception on that occasion (among them 
 our then Eminent Commander) have gone before us on 
 their final pilgrimage, and are now at rest in "that house 
 not made with hands." But some of our members who 
 met you on that crusade still survive, and they are all 
 here to-day to welcome you ; and the mantles of those 
 who have ceased to answer our roll-call have fallen upon 
 the shoulders of other worthy Sir Knights with whom 
 your names are household words, and they are here 
 also to welcome you. 
 
 It matters not whether he be a veteran or a raw 
 recruit in our ranks — whether he be of old Richmond 
 Commandery, which was the immediate recipient of
 
 54 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 your hospitalities, or of her daughter the Commander)' 
 of St. Andrew, born since our last pilgrimage — ever}- 
 Richmond Templar recognizes and welcomes you as 
 their guests, and will vie with each other in doing you 
 honor. Neither time nor death nor internal changes 
 have weakened our attachments for you, or effaced 
 from our memory the recollections of "Auld Lang 
 Syne." Sir Knights, the history of Richmond Tem- 
 plarism is dotted with your names and the names of 
 your Commanderies ; and its brightest pages are those 
 which record the events of our fraternal inter-visitations. 
 Those pilgrimages constitute epochs in our history ever 
 to be remembered by our children and our children's 
 children to the remotest generation. The scenes of 
 those days are stamped in living and eternal colors on 
 the camera of our hearts, and there too are drawn in 
 letters of gold your words of welcome and good cheer, 
 and your lofty sentiments of Christian fellowship and 
 fraternity; and as each Spring with its ethereal mildness 
 bursts the obdurate crust of Nature, and perfumes the 
 morning air with the redolent buds and blossoms of 
 May, Providence and Boston, " Rocky Point " and 
 " Downer's Landing," ever and anon rise unbidden 
 before the mind's eye of every Richmond Templar, 
 and he goes to and fro in his daily avocation keeping 
 step to the music of 185S and 1859 and 1875, which is 
 still sounding in his ear, and enjoys over and over again 
 in imagination your prodigal hospitalities. 
 
 St. John and De Molay ! Honored names in the 
 past ! The lustre of their names is undimmed in your 
 knighthood. Peter, on the Mount of Olives, having cut 
 off the right ear of his adversary, has put up the sword, 
 and has left to you and all true Sir Knights to wage a
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, 55 
 
 relentless war in behalf of innocence and the Christian 
 religion, by precept and example. The order of St. 
 John of the twelfth century has passed away, but their 
 valor and magnanimity have made its impress on the 
 great heart of the world. James De Molay, the last 
 Grand Master of Templars of the olden time, has been 
 burned at the stake, but from his ashes truth has grown, 
 and spread over many lands. The Crusades and the 
 Order of Knighthood as it existed at that day have 
 also passed away. The pomp and pageant, the exer- 
 cises and the games, which accompanied them, are only 
 known in song and story. But that the world is better 
 for their having been, no one can deny. The work 
 which was wrought by Knighthood and the Crusades in 
 scotching the wheels of infidelity, and in advancing the 
 Christian faith, eternity alone will reveal. That they 
 should pass away is but to suffer the lot of all earthly 
 things. 
 
 " All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades 
 Like the fair flower, dishevelled in the winds ; 
 Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream. 
 ***** 
 The only amaranthine flower on earth 
 Is Virtue; the only lasting treasure, Truth." 
 
 But, Sir Knights, the j^resence of these, your fair 
 ladies, who have undertaken to share with you the 
 hardships of your pilgrimage, is another and an uner- 
 ring proof of your orthodoxy in the knightly spirit that 
 found expression in the lives of those for whom you 
 are named. Woman was the grand central luminary 
 of the system of knightly orders from its commence- 
 ment to its close. From woman chivalry drew its light 
 and life, and it was her smile that preserved its being ; 
 
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 56 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 and she, on the other hand, true to her distinguishing 
 traits — reverence for religion and admiration for the 
 brave — accompanied her true knight over the seas and 
 desert wastes into the very field of battle. It was hers 
 to buckle on his armor for the fight, and to weave the 
 chaplet for his victorious brow. It was hers to while 
 away his leisure hours with song and story, and all the 
 arts of love; and, "when feverish pain wrung the hot 
 drops of anguish from his brow," it was hers to soothe 
 his soul and to cool his burning brain. To think of a 
 Templar on a pilgrimage without his lady, is to think of 
 an odorless rose, a starless night, or a home without 
 love. She is the Templar's crown and joy; but whether 
 crown or cross, she reigns and rules supreme, and sooner 
 or later every Knight must be her slave. 
 
 " Oh, woman, lovely woman, Nature made thee 
 To temper man ; we had been brutes without thee ! " 
 
 You are greatly honored. Sir Knights, in having this 
 fair convoy to our gates. They have honored both you 
 and us by their presence ; and, more than all, they have 
 not only secured for you a heartier welcome, but with- 
 out them, I cannot say but that you would have almost 
 forfeited your reception. I bid you welcome, then, 
 gallant Sir Knights and fair ladies — all. Thrice wel- 
 come to you, our old friends of the past, and, we trust, 
 our fast friends forever. 
 
 A voice from heaven has proclaimed, '' Peace on 
 earth, and good-will amongst men." Lay aside, then, 
 the helmet and the shield, the sword and lance, and 
 all the implements of warfare, and come into our 
 asylum and enjoy with us the innocent pleasures of that 
 blessed peace.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 5/ 
 
 Rev. Sir Knight Dadman, Prelate of the De 
 Molay Command, was then called upon, and re- 
 sponded as follows : 
 
 REV. SIR KNIGHT DADMAN's ADDRESS. 
 
 Dear Brethren and Sir Knights of Richmond, — 
 Early impressions are said to be the most lasting. 
 T\vent3'-two years ago, when only a child in Masonry, 
 I was invited, one beautiful May-day, to go out to Rox- 
 bur\', then in the suburbs of Bostons, and greet the Sir 
 Knights of De Molay Commandery on their return from 
 Richmond. I did so, with many others, and felt it was 
 like greeting pilgrims from the Holy Land ; and as I 
 listened to their recital of the events of their journey, 
 the princely reception they met with at the hands and 
 hearts of their Fraters of Virginia, I thought the land 
 did indeed "flow with milk and honey." Like Caleb 
 and Joshua of old, they seemed to have plucked the 
 grapes, and came marching home with the rich clusters 
 upon their shoulders. 
 
 From that time to the present that pilgrimage has 
 been alluded to in speech and song as the greatest 
 event in the history of our Commandery. To show you 
 that my early impressions are not exaggerated, I will 
 state what some of the old veterans said to me just 
 before starting : " You cannot have such a good time 
 as we had when we went to Richmond," but we were 
 eager to take our chances. 
 
 A happier set of fellows you never saw than were the 
 
 De Molays when we greeted you at the Hub of the old 
 
 Bay State. We had longed for a chance at you on our 
 
 ; own soil, and we did the best we could to pay you off. 
 
 Now we have come, on your invitation, to perpetuate
 
 58 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 the friendship, and rivet the golden chain of knightly 
 affection, that we may henceforth be " one and insepar- 
 able, now and forever." 
 
 There is a beautiful appropriateness in the union 
 between Massachusetts and Virginia. We have literally 
 descended from the same stock, partake of the same 
 nature, and share the same hopes. Both colonies were 
 originally established under one charter (j6o6) — the 
 London company to be called the " First Colony of 
 Virginia," the Plymouth Company to be called the 
 " Second Colony of Virginia." Therefore we are Vir- 
 ginians, and have come to visit our sister, bound by the 
 ties of consanguinity if not by the divine right of kings. 
 
 It is true that some people do rub New England once 
 in a while about the the "blue laws," and say that, 
 under them, " mothers were forbidden to kiss their 
 babies on Sunday ; " but that cannot be found upon 
 record. They were rather strict, however; and, so far 
 as the records show, there was but little difference in 
 this respect between the two colonies. Even in good 
 old Virginia absence from public worship cost the ab- 
 sentee a fine of a pound of tobacco, and thirty pounds 
 for an absence of thirty days. A minister's salary was 
 to be paid out of the first and best of tobacco and corn, 
 and no crop could be sold until the church dues were 
 paid ; and, besides this, he was to have the twentieth 
 calf, pig and kid. He was forbidden to drink to excess, 
 or play at cards, dice, or other unlawful games. 
 
 But, dropping this pleasantry, there is another reason 
 for this union. We were united in the grand stmggle 
 for national independence. Old Virginia was the first 
 to occupy the soil, and first to move, in the Continental 
 Congress, the resolution of independence, but the
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 59 
 
 " Second Virginia " was the first to shed her blood in 
 the American Revolution. You gave us for commander 
 the immortal Washington, and we fought side by side 
 until the final blow of victory was struck at your own 
 Yorktown. Bunker Hill and Yorktown ! Washington 
 and Warren! — and these two immortal patriots were 
 distinguished Masons — why shouldn't we love each 
 other? 
 
 More than that : the mystic tie of a fraternity founded 
 upon the Christian religion and the practice of the 
 Christian virtues, makes this union beautifully appro- 
 priate. It knows no north, no south, no east, no west. 
 It is as broad as the universe. Your own distinguished 
 orator, Patrick Henry, once said, " We are not Vir- 
 ginians ; we are Americans." And we say. We are not 
 Bostonians or New Englanders — we are Knights Tem- 
 plars, with hearts as broad as the religion on which our 
 Order is founded, and which points unerringly to a 
 glorious immortality. 
 
 We have come from the land of the Adamses, Han- 
 cock and Warren ; from Concord, Lexington and Bunker 
 Hill, to see the Mother of Presidents — of Washington, 
 Jefferson, Madison and Monroe — to cement a union 
 based upon the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood 
 of man. 
 
 Generalissimo George H. Burnham, on behalf 
 of St. John's Commandcry, here presented, with 
 appropriate speech, to Eminent Commanders 
 William T. Allen and Thomas J. Evans, of Rich- 
 mond Commandery, Xo. 2, and St. Andrew's Com- 
 mandery, respectively, handsome jewelled badges 
 of St. John's Commandery. Sir Knight Rev. A.
 
 60 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 W. Weddell then presented to De Molay and St. 
 John's Commanderies, on behalf of the two Rich- 
 mond Commanderies, two very handsome swords, 
 which were accepted, on behalf of the two Com- 
 mands, by their commanders, in brief but eloquent 
 words of acknowledgment. The sword presented 
 to the De Molay Commander}-^ is of elegant design, 
 the hilt being fashioned out of a gold statuette of a 
 Knight in full armor, six inches in height, the right 
 hand resting upon an unsheathed burnished blade, 
 while the blade of the knightly weapon is orna- 
 mented with designs of Knights at tilt and in 
 various other positions. The cross-bar of the hilt 
 is composed of emblems of the Order, and the 
 whole is a fine specimen of workmanship. On 
 the scabbard is a figure in bas relief of a pilgrim 
 with scrip and staff, "travelling from afar," and 
 bas relief designs of the Order. The inscription 
 reads : 
 
 Presented by 
 
 Richmond Commander}-, No. 2, and Commandery of 
 
 St Andrew's, Xo. 13, 
 
 of Richmond, Va., 
 
 to De Molay Commandery, No. 7, 
 
 of Boston, Mass., 
 
 May, 1881. 
 
 The belt and straps are of scarlet velvet, gold 
 embroidered, and the clasp is ornamented with a 
 bas relief of a troop of mounted Knights with 
 lances at rest. The case of the sword is elegantly 
 finished and lined with blue satin, the whole mak- 
 ing an elegant gift, which will be jealously guarded
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 6l 
 
 as a souvenir of the Richmond pilgrimage. Rev. 
 J. B. Hawthorne then presented a banner in behalf 
 of the ladies of Richmond to Richmond Command- 
 ery, No. 2, which was suitably acknowledged by 
 Eminent Commander William T. Allen, and with 
 this ceremony the exercises of the morning were 
 brought to a close. 
 
 After the conclusion of the exercises the line 
 was re-formed, and a tour of inspection of the city's 
 attractions made. The visits paid to the tobacco 
 factories proved highly interesting to the guests, 
 the employes giving not only exhibitions of their 
 proficiency in handling the raw material, and pro- 
 ducing the various forms of it in readiness for 
 market, but adding musical selections of the 
 quaintest character as they worked. In some of 
 the factories great pride is taken in the musical 
 abilities of the men and women employed, and the 
 songs of the plantation are sung with a peculiar 
 charm by these native vocalists. While the Sir 
 Knights were en route the streets were filled with 
 enthusiastic lookers-on, and the visitors were 
 cheered on all sides. When the Commanderies 
 were returning from Gamble's Hill Park they were 
 halted at St. Alban's Hall, Main Street, where an 
 inspection of that building disclosed the fact that 
 the Richmond Knights, " with provident care and 
 circumspection," under the leadership of Sir Knight 
 Thomas J. Evans, of the committee, had provided 
 an abundant collation for the delectation of the 
 inner man of any thirsty and hungry brother
 
 62 SECOND PILGx"vIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Knight. The provender, liquid and solid, was 
 afterwards enjoyed by the visiting Sir Knights, 
 the Richmond brethren and invited guests. It 
 was the occasion of much pleasant hilarity, as well 
 as a substantial bracer to those who had done a 
 good deal of marching. The Ladies' Committee 
 were meanwhile attending to their duties, and 
 their particular guests were enjoying the beautiful 
 drives in and about the city, the day being thus 
 filled with pleasures for all the Northern guests. 
 
 In the evening the Mozart Association, an 
 amateur musical organization, gave an entertain- 
 ment at its hall in honor of the guests of the 
 Richmond Commands, the attraction being a per- 
 formance of Julius Eichberg's opera of " The 
 Doctor of Alcantara," with the following cast : 
 
 Doctor Paracelsus . 
 Senor Balthazar 
 Carlos, his Son . 
 Perez, Porter 
 Sancho, Porter . 
 Don Pomposo, Alguazil 
 
 Mr. Pierre Bernard. 
 
 Mr. Saml. Waggoner. 
 
 Mr. E. W. HoFF. 
 
 Mr. Monte Walker. 
 
 Mr. Saml. Waggoner. 
 
 Mr. H. T. Cardoza. 
 
 Donna Lucrezia, Wife of Dr. Paracelsus, . Miss Isa Smith. 
 Isabella, her Daughter .... Miss May Thomas. 
 Inez, her Maid . . Mad. Caroline Richings Bernard. 
 
 The entertainment was a highly enjoyable one, 
 and closed a very happy day for all the l^orthern 
 visitors. 
 
 The events of Wednesday, May 25, will be long 
 and pleasantly remembered by all who joined in 
 the Richmond pilgrimage. The Richmond Com- 
 manderies took the members of the De Molay and
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 63 
 
 St. John's Commanderies, and their ladies, under 
 escort early in the morning, and marched to the 
 river wharf, where a large excursion steamer, 
 brought from Norfolk for the occasion, was in 
 waiting, and the party, with the ladies of the Rich- 
 mond Knights, in all about four hundred, steamed 
 down the river for a day's sail. On the way down 
 the James to Dutch Gap the events of the war in 
 this vicinity were freely discussed, and much un- 
 written history of the Richmond siege was nar- 
 rated by its participants on both sides of the lines. 
 Nearly all the prominent points of interest were 
 seen to have lost all traces of their occupancy 
 during the war ; the shores being newly wooded, 
 and the wharves along the river bank, used during 
 the war, having tumbled to pieces and disappeared. 
 Passing through the Gap the sail was continued 
 down to a fleet of monitors, at anchor off City 
 Point, where, through the courtesy of Captain 
 Johnson, the company boarded the Catskill, and 
 inspected it throughout. Before leaving the boat 
 "Wally" Reeves conceived the idea of giving the 
 ladies a dance on the fine deck, and a waltz, played 
 by the Providence Band, started the company to 
 tripping the light fantastic very generally. The 
 sail was then continued to Westover, a plantation 
 about sixty miles from Richmond, where a landing 
 was made. The plantation has figured in history 
 for nearly two centuries, and the present manor- 
 house dates back nearly a century and a half. A 
 genuine southern welcome was given here by the
 
 64 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 ladies of the manor, and an opportunity to see 
 plantation life as it was before the war was afforded 
 the company. The knowledge that there was 
 some *' white water " to be had here caused a stam- 
 pede to the rear porch, where a stately house ser- 
 vant supplied the visitors with water such as had 
 not gladdened their sight for many days. After 
 an hour on the plantation, during which the bands 
 gave a concert on the lawn, and Sir Knight H. C. 
 Barnaby entertained the company with songs and 
 sketches, the party returned to Richmond, the 
 only notable event of the trip being a mock slave 
 auction, in which a picaninny was knocked down 
 to the highest bidder, the price being deposited in 
 a cotton glove, and tied round the little darky's 
 neck as a present from the company. The long 
 but delightful sail afforded opportunities for ex- 
 tended interchange of opinion between the visitors 
 and hosts, which were fully utilized, and a more 
 congenial and unanimous party than that which 
 came back to the city is seldom seen. 
 
 The closing events of the Richmond visit oc- 
 curred on the following day, Thursday, May 26, 
 and it seemed as if a special edict had gone forth 
 from Old Prob., that clear skies and cool breezes 
 should i^revail throughout the "Richmond days," 
 for another perfect day was granted for the great 
 parade arranged for. Early in the morning a 
 special order was quietly issued to the De Molays, 
 of Boston, the line was formed without undue 
 commotion, and the Sir Knights marched to Capitol
 
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 Square, and decorated the statue of Gen. Stonewall 
 Jackson with flowers. On the march a passing 
 salute was paid Governor Holliday, as the Com- 
 mandery marched through his grounds, and, after 
 the scene at the Jackson statue, the Command 
 paid a similar tribute at the Washington monu- 
 ment, and then saluted the statue of Washington, 
 in the vestibule of the Capitol, as they marched 
 through the building. During the morning, while 
 the Sir Knights were on the parade, the ladies of 
 the party went sight-seeing through the city, under 
 their special committee's escort. On the march 
 the Sir Knights made a halt at St. John's Church, 
 built in 1740, and at the old Mason's Hall, the first 
 building erected for strictly Masonic purposes in 
 America. Other interesting points were viewed 
 on the march, and the residents along the route 
 decorated their houses, and paid the visiting 
 Commands many compliments as they passed. 
 Miss Van Lew, who held the office of post- 
 mistress of Richmond, by President Grant's ap- 
 pointment, decorated her house with portraits 
 of Andrew, Sumner and Grant, in honor of the 
 visit of the Boston Sir Knights, and entertained 
 those who called upon her with many interesting 
 reminiscences of her war experiences. The day 
 being Decoration Day, Hall's Band went to Holy- 
 hood Cemetery, and entertained the thousands of 
 visitors there in the afternoon with a concert, while 
 the Providence Band gave a public concert on Main 
 Street in the evening. The series of entertain-
 
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 ments planned for the visiting pilgrims closed 
 with a banquet at the Richmond Theatre in the 
 evening, and the end was quite in keeping with all 
 that had preceded. The visiting Commands were 
 taken under escort by the Richmond Sir Knights 
 a little after nine o'clock, and the march to the 
 theatre was an inspiriting event. The streets 
 were one mass of humanity, and on all sides there 
 were displays of fireworks of great beauty, while 
 cheers rent the air as the column of Sir Knights 
 moved onward. On entering the theatre a scene 
 of rare beauty presented itself, the tables for three 
 hundred and fifty guests being set with excellent 
 taste, and, with the gay decorations, the balconies 
 filled with ladies, and the glitter of the brilliant 
 gas lights above and about, an effect of fairy land 
 was almost realized. After the benediction had 
 been pronounced, the ladies withdrew and the 
 serious business of the evening was begun. The 
 menu, in the form of a Greek cross, contained all 
 the delicacies of the season, with a corresponding 
 array of wines. There were three tables extending 
 the full length of the parquette, and five parallel 
 ones across the stage. At the head of the middle 
 table sat Eminent Commander Thomas J. Evans, 
 of- St. Andrew's, No. 13, as presiding genius of the 
 occasion. Many of the home Sir Knights stood 
 ready to see that the visiting Knights were well 
 looked to. The banquet progressed to a conclusion, 
 when Eminent Commander Evans read seriatim 
 the following toasts, which were repeated at the
 
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 Other end of the parquette tables by Sir Knight 
 A. R. Courtney. 
 
 THE TOASTS AND RESPONSES. 
 
 The eloquence of the evening was largely of an 
 unreportable character, having the sparkle of the 
 true after-dinner effort, which is so utterly lost in 
 its reproduction upon the printed page. There 
 were, however, some of the responses which should 
 be included in a record like this, and none have a 
 stronger claim than the eloquent words of Rev. Sir 
 Knight Dadmun's words in recognition of the toast 
 in honor of "Woman." 
 
 TOAST TO WOMAN. 
 
 Rev. Sir J. W. Dadmun, in responding to the 
 fifth toast, said : 
 
 " Woman," the last, the best, the most beautiful of 
 all the works of God. An intelligent, honest, loving 
 woman is a priceless jewel ; worth more than the most 
 costly diamonds ever possessed or worn by king, queen, 
 or any other potentate. She is an ornament to society, 
 a beacon light to lighten the pathway of all who asso- 
 ciate with her. You can trust her with your character 
 and reputation and with untold wealth, and she will 
 never betray you. Her presence makes Nature look 
 more beautiful — the flowers have a richer hue, and 
 their fragrance is more delicious. 
 
 Look at that noble, honorable, high-minded young 
 man, as he takes his evening walk with the pure, gentle, 
 loving young lady, whom he has chosen for the com- 
 panion of his life ; or when he takes a drive along the
 
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 meadows, over the mountains and through the valleys ; 
 or when he takes a sail on the river, or over the lakes 
 and ocean. Did Nature ever before look so beautiful ? 
 And what is the cause of this transformation ? It is 
 the charms and virtues of a pure, noble-minded woman, 
 
 I do not wonder that all the Sir Knights who could 
 do so brought their wives or daughters with them. The 
 sunny South, in this beautiful spring-time, with all her 
 majestic rivers, fragrant flowers, singing birds, rippling 
 brooks, and genial, generous, loving households, will 
 appear much brighter and more beautiful. Our Order 
 makes it our solemn duty to aid "innocent virgins, dis- 
 tressed widows, and helpless orphans." In one State 
 alone (Indiana) our Fraternity has distributed among 
 the widows and orphans of deceased Masons $2,000,000. 
 
 In our own Masonic Temple there are two beautiful 
 paintings upon the walls. Both are full-sized female 
 figures. One represents the genius of Freemasonry, and 
 is placed in the centre of the ceiling of Corinthian 
 Hall. In the back-ground is the starry-decked heavens, 
 and in the centre is a full-sized female flying through 
 the air, accompanied by two beautiful cherubs ; in her 
 right hand she holds the square and compass — Masonic 
 emblems — which teach us to harmonize our conduct by 
 the principles of morality and virtue ; in her left she 
 holds the plumb, which admonishes us to make our 
 passions and prejudices coincide with the line of our 
 duty. The other female figure, which is painted upon 
 the north side of the hall, represents secrecy. The 
 right hand is placed upon the left breast, the lips are 
 closed and compressed with the forefinger of the left 
 hand, teaching the brethren not to divulge to the unin- 
 itiated the secrets of our Order.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 69 
 
 Now why should we select the figure of a woman to 
 represent secrecy ? We answer, because a true woman 
 is the embodiment of beauty and virtue, and caji keep a 
 secret. Then, you may say, why not admit her as a 
 member ? First, the rules of the Order will not admit 
 of it. Freemasonry was originally a society of builders 
 — operative masons — but within the last three centuries 
 it has become more of a social and charitable society, 
 and yet adhering to the fundamental rules of its organ- 
 ization. Secondly, if women were admitted it would 
 give cause for scandal. Scandal-mongers, tattlers and 
 brawlers would gloat over the fact that women were 
 associated with men in a secret society, however unrea- 
 sonable it might appear to us. There is no institution 
 that respects and honors woman more than does Free- 
 masonry. 
 
 " Not she with trait'rous kiss her Master stung, 
 Not she denied Him with unfaithful tongue ; 
 She, when apostles fled, could danger brave, 
 Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave." 
 
 The response by Sir Knight William B. Isaacs, 
 of the Richmond Commandery, to the toast in 
 honor of the several Commanderies, is also worthy 
 of a place in these records, its words of eloquence 
 arousing enthusiasm on all sides during their de- 
 livery. 
 
 "THE COMMANDERIES." 
 
 In response to this toast Sir Knight William B. 
 Isaacs said : 
 
 In a body like this. Eminent Sir, there is generally 
 no necessity for an apology ; but it is no less due to
 
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 you than to myself that it should be known that my 
 mind has for several weeks been full, and for the past 
 several days my mind, my hands, my arms and my 
 heart have been too full for any personal consideration 
 or preparation. The sentiment that has just been drank 
 opens a wide field for comment, and under any and all 
 circumstances should have been entrusted to a mind of 
 more vigor, versatility and comprehension than I claim 
 to possess. De Molay, St. John's, Richmond, St. An- 
 drew, a solid square, cemented by true knightly love, 
 the strongest and purest attributes of the human heart. 
 There is only one solid square under the canopy of 
 heaven of equal strength, solidity, and endurance — 
 that is, " Mother, wife, daughter, sister." This is, 
 Eminent Sir, a remarkable country of ours. Even while 
 looked at through the reflective light of the " Yankee 
 mirror," while the President of the United States does 
 not preside over the same extent of territory, nor rule 
 the destinies of as many people as her Majesty the 
 Queen of England, yet I verily believe he can find 
 within his dominion as great a variety of climate, as 
 great a variety of products, and as heterogeneous mass 
 of people. The trees which are not indigenous to the 
 other, if of any value, are cultivated as an exotic in the 
 other. Why, sir, the banyan tree is indigenous to a 
 portion of her Majesty's dominion, and it has been suc- 
 cessfully cultivated as an exotic in this. In the year 
 of 1858 a small band of pilgrims planted its seed in the 
 soil of the States of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 
 and it at once sprang into active, young and vigorous 
 life. Its boughs were planted in the soil of the Old 
 Dominion in 1859, and, like its parent plant, was vigor- 
 ous from its youth. It is true, alas, too true, that its
 
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 spread for a few years was stayed, but, watered by our 
 knightly tears, its life was preserved. In the year of 
 1875 another band of pilgrims restored its vitalit}', and 
 now, in 1881, its tendrils are dropped in our soil, throw- 
 ing its cooling, genial shade, and spreading its benefi- 
 cent influences over the vast extent of this country, and 
 in its life-giving bowers of love all who are worthy may 
 recline in safet}-, and without fear of the assaults of sec- 
 tion or sectarian, for they can never penetrate or break 
 while protected and defended by the knightly swords 
 of De Molay, St. John's, Richmond and St. Andrew, 
 forming this solid square of fraternal love and affection 
 in which sectionalism or sectarians can never live. • 
 
 THE TOASTS AND RESPONSES. 
 
 The full list of toasts, and the speakers assigned 
 to respond, is as follows : 
 
 1. Our Guests: The Junior Wardens of the South 
 call the Worshipfuls from the East from labor to re- 
 freshment. Welcome, Zerubbabels, all. Responded to 
 by Rev. Sir Knight J. W. Dadmun. 
 
 2. The Grand Encamp7nent of the United States : The 
 circle which touches every point in Masonr)\ Re- 
 sponded to by Sir Knight George H. Burnham, Gene 
 ralissimo of the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts 
 and Rhode Island. 
 
 3. St. John the Almoner: The patron Saint of Ma- 
 sonry. His name is engraven on our hearts. Responded 
 to by Sir S. B. Swan, of Providence. 
 
 4. Freemasonry : Hoary with age. Her ancient land- 
 marks have been faithfully transmitted. May her chari- 
 ties ever be as unbounded as the wants of humanity. 
 Responded to by Judge B. R. Wellford, Jr.
 
 'J2 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 5. Woman : Mother, daughter, sister, wife. Without 
 her, man would be an Odd fellow and not a Mason. 
 Responded to by Rev. Sir J. W. Dadmun, of Boston, 
 and Sir Knight Parker, of Columbia Commandery, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 6. De Molay, Richmond, St. jfohn's, and St. Andrew 
 Commanderies : They form a solid square of fraternal 
 feeling which no sectional or sectarian assailants can 
 ever penetrate or break. Responded to by Sir W. B. 
 Isaacs and Sir George H. Burnham. 
 
 7. Providence: Not nearer to Boston than to Rich- 
 mond. What cheer ! Responded to by Sir L. H. 
 Eddy, of Providence (1859). 
 
 8. The Grand Com7natidery of Virginia: May she 
 long enjoy the reign o' peace and plenty. Responded 
 to by Sir Knights John F. Regnault and F. A. Reed, 
 of Alexandria. 
 
 9. The Lodge St. Andrew: The owners of the house 
 from which went the first Red men who ever under- 
 stood true American liberty. They suited the times to 
 a Tea ! Responded to by Sir Henry G. Jordan, Senior 
 Warden, of Boston. 
 
 10. Bunker Hill arid Yorktowti : The Alpha and 
 Omega of the American Revolution. Responded to by 
 Sir George F. Wright, Captain-General, of Boston, and 
 Judge Joseph Christian. 
 
 11. Washington, Warren, Marshall and Greene: 
 Names to be remembered and honored as long as Ma- 
 sonry and patriotism are cherished by American free- 
 men. (To be drunk standing.) Responded to by Sir 
 H. P. Hemenway, Generalissimo, of Boston. 
 
 12. Massachusetts and Rhode Island: The pioneers 
 of civil and religious liberty in America. Responded 
 to by Rev. Sir W. S. Studlev, of Boston.
 
 I 
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. J ^ 
 
 13. Woman: 
 
 She rules by right all earthly things, 
 Is stronger far than wine or kings ; 
 Truth alone excels her powers — 
 That attribute divine be ours. 
 
 Responded to by Sir Pardon Wilbur, of Providence. 
 
 FROM THE ABSENT ONES. 
 
 The following letters, telegrams and sentiments 
 were read during the evening, by Sir Knight 
 George F. Wright, from absent members : 
 
 iFrom "Richard III."] 
 Richmond. — " Now civil wounds are stopp'd 
 Peace lives again, 
 That she may long live here * 
 God say — Amen." 
 
 Sir Geo. F. Wright, Captain- General De Malay 
 Commandery. 
 
 Exchange Hotel, PJchmond, Virginia. 
 
 Boston, Mass., May 23, 18S1. 
 
 My Dear Sir Knight, — As I promised, I sit me down 
 to write a pleasant word to you, though I am sure there 
 is little need, in your case, while your every moment is 
 now replete with happiness from unalloyed enjoyment, 
 in the company of our true and greatly beloved friends, 
 your royal hosts of Richmond. What you are enjoying 
 I can only think of by that anticipation of pleasure I 
 had and cannot partake of. What I did enjoy in Vir- 
 ginia, and particularly in Richmond, in 1S59, has not 
 faded from nor palled upon my memory. 
 
 I remember the eloquent, whole-souled address of
 
 74 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 welcome from Governor Wise, at Aquia Creek, as we 
 first set foot within the borders of Virginia, with courtly 
 grace, in behalf of his friends of Richmond Knights 
 Templars, tendering the homes and hospitalities of all 
 Virginia to us of De Molay — his own executive man- 
 sion, with wide open doors for our disposal — presenting 
 a career of regal pleasure for us, the recollection of 
 which still thrills and throbs the hearts of every Sir 
 Knight whose happy portion it was to join in that 
 grand ovation of " unbounded hospitality." 
 
 I remember Richmond — our reception at the theatre, 
 the roses showered upon us from its open dome — the 
 great parade in the streets of the city, and the barrels 
 full of aromatic, cooling, comforting liquid, in readiness 
 to quench ouf thirst, on every street, and at each fre- 
 quent halt. I remember the ladies — the beautiful 
 ladies — of that lovely city, distributing boquets of 
 fragrant flowers among our Sir Knights all along the 
 route. I remember the armory of the "Richmond 
 Blues," where ice-cooled nectar of " Cliquot " was 
 quaffed from endless streams, from flowing bowls. 
 I remember one occasion, while on a friendly call 
 with Mayor Mayo, I was declared to be a life member 
 of that brave and gallant company ; if any yet remain — 
 and God grant there may be many — I send them 
 hearty greeting, and still claim membership. I remem- 
 ber Sir Knight Mayor Mayo. Who that knew him can 
 ever forget his courtly grace, his elegant person and 
 manly form ! I delight to remember him, he was " the 
 friend and companion of my youth." How I wish I 
 could call by name every Sir Knight of '59, to recount 
 his deeds of chivalrous courtesy to us. Their loving- 
 kindness will never be forgotten, it is all engraven on
 
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 our hearts. I remember the banquet ; the outpouring 
 of generous sentiment, and the hearty greeting by the 
 unequalled courteous Knights of Richmond. Ever)-- 
 thing done and said may proudly be remembered, and 
 nothing should ever be forgotten of all that five days 
 happy interchange of courtesies in and by old Virginia. 
 
 To recount the whole cannot be told in one short 
 letter ; 'tis a tale of joy for every life greeting of ours, 
 and by this time you are tasting and relishing the sweets 
 of a second term of overflowing hospitality from those 
 Knights of 1859, and their worthy heirs and successors. 
 
 You know all of 1875 ^"^ 'l^^ ^^^ I know all of the 
 great value of your services to me — devoted and un. 
 tiring — so cheerfully given day and night to make the 
 second pilgrimage of the Richmond Knights Templars 
 to Bunker Hill pleasurable and successful. You are 
 now, as Captain-General, associated with your Com- 
 mander and Generalissimo, entrusted with the honor of 
 De Molay, and I know that you will not let our banner 
 trail, nor the stars of our glory grow dim. 
 
 To Eminent Sirs Isaacs, Tanner, Bass, Evans, and 
 to each and every Sir Knight of Richmond and Vir- 
 ginia, I send cordial affectionate greeting. 
 
 Of all that remain of '59 let me to them send one 
 shout of joy — one sweet aspiration for heavenly blessing 
 upon each of them. 
 
 I have a letter from Eminent Sir Lucien L. liass, 
 chairman of the Richmond Reception Committee, inquir- 
 ing as to my being with you, and expressing his desire, 
 and the wish of his command, that I should come with 
 you ; to this I made reply, with much regret, that 1 was 
 obliged to forego the great pleasure of a personal greeting 
 with them on this joyous occasion, and I have from Riglu
 
 '](S SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Eminent Sir W. B. Isaacs a reply, official and personal, 
 in terms of affectionate regard, which affect me deeply 
 and sincerely. Pray thank them generously for me, as 
 you so well know how, and give from me a hearty 
 greeting to every Sir Knight of Richmond, for their 
 great attention in thus caring for me. 
 
 The struggle between duty here, duty to my own 
 Commandery and to such courteous friends in Rich- 
 mond was hard for me to bear; and to have lost the 
 pleasure of the lordly greeting you will have and enjoy 
 in Richmond is to lose something of inestimable value 
 that can never again be found. 
 
 Sir Geo. L. Clark, my son, sends to you and to the 
 Sir Knights of Richmond love and knightly regard. 
 And as I close I say to you and all of ours : 
 " O near ones, dear ones, 
 
 You in whose right hands 
 
 Our honor calmly rests, our faithful 
 
 Hearts all day wide open wait, till 
 
 Back from Richmond's royal bands, 
 
 With every joy complete 
 
 You wend your homeward way. 
 
 With knightly courtesy, 
 
 I am, your friend, 
 
 JOHN M. CLARK. 
 
 Boston, May 23, 1881. 
 Dear Sir Knight and Brother, — Will you pause for a 
 moment amid the pop of champagne corks, the rattle of 
 glasses, the smoke of cigars, and the jollity of the ban- 
 quet, to say a word for one of the home guard, whom 
 cruel circumstances has obliged to remain at home ? 
 You remember the Scottish Knight who undertook to 
 carry the embalmed heart of Robert Bruce to Palestine, 
 but in the midst of a fierce en^asfement hurled the
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. "J-J 
 
 precious relic into the thick of the fight and followed 
 it to his death. I send you my heart, to cast not 
 among enemies but before our friends. Though hard 
 fate has kept me from the fray of good fellowship, 
 my heart is with my noble Fraters of Richmond, St. 
 John's and De Molay. God bless you all ! Would I 
 were with you, that my eyes might rest once more upon 
 the manly figures of our Richmond brothers, my hand 
 grasp theirs, and establish once more that electric com- 
 munication from heart to heart. 1 have followed your 
 pilgrimage with pride and pleasure, as you have pro- 
 gressed through increasing enjoyments, until you have 
 arrived at that haven of our hopes for years, the home 
 of our Virginia Brothers; have anticipated the joyous 
 greeting and cementing anew, upon Southern soil, of 
 those friendships formed upon Bunker Hill, in old 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 I charge you, my dear Sir Knight and Brother, with 
 the almost sacred duty of presenting my dear love to 
 the Templars of Richmond, and especially to those 
 whom it was your pleasure and mine to meet here in 
 Boston. Say to them that the elegant testimonial I 
 received from " Richmond No. 2," couched in such 
 graceful and brotherly language, hangs upon the walls 
 of my home, an object of pride and gratification to me, 
 and all that are near to me, while the "golden cross" 
 will be cherished in my family as an heir-loom and a 
 souvenir of friendship never to be forgotten. 
 
 Sir Knights and Brothers gathered together by the 
 "Mother of States," may you march on together in 
 union and love beneath the banner of the Order to 
 earthly prosperity and eternal happiness. 
 
 Your friend and Frater, 
 
 B. F. (HJILI).
 
 ys second pilgrimage to virginia 
 
 Boston, May 20, 188 1. 
 
 Dear Sir and Sir Knight, — By the time you read 
 this the De Molay Commandery must have arrived at 
 the Falls of the James, and be enjoying the glorious 
 spring weather, and the historical associations that sur- 
 round the Capital of " the Old Dominion." The recur- 
 rence of the exchange of hospitalities between the 
 Knights Templars of Richmond and the De Molay 
 Commandery of Boston has always been a source of 
 great gratification to those participating in the genial 
 flow of friendship and good cheer that has marked their 
 advent for over twenty-one years past. I well remem- 
 ber about that time ago, seeing the Richmond Com- 
 mandery march through the streets of Boston in a style 
 of drill and equipment that impressed the public as 
 well as myself with the highest admiration for their 
 knightly bearing. They were a noble specimen of the 
 descendents of the Old Cavaliers. It was directly after 
 their visit, whilst the warmth of admiration was still 
 lingering, that I became a member of the Order, and 
 of De Molay Commander}-. Although, unfortunately, 
 public avocations prevented my going with De Molay 
 Commandery on their visit to their Richmond friends 
 shortly afterwards, the exuberance of enthusiasm which, 
 on their return, they manifested for the genial and fas- 
 cinating welcome they had received, will never pass 
 from my memory. 
 
 When the obstacles growing from political disturb- 
 ances had ceased, how quickly the old love of these 
 two Commanderies embraced the earliest occasion to 
 blaze forth in its full, cheerful and kindly flame. You 
 came to hearts and halls that were full of welcome, 
 sympathy and affection. There was no gap in the old
 
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 Stream of knightly brotherhood ; it flowed with the same 
 constant and deep stream which had marked it in the 
 olden days. So may it always flow. We found the 
 Richmond Knights as of yore ; their heads were hard, 
 their digestion good, their legs strong, in the weary 
 march, and their bearing showed all that chivalry and 
 warm hearts can yield of grace and courtesy. The dig- 
 nity and eloquence of their oratory shed a grace on the 
 festivals they participated in, which none of our Boston 
 Commandery are likely soon to forget. It was a rich 
 treat to us ; I trust its memories are equally pleasant 
 to them. 
 
 Now, my dear Frater, I am again deprived, because 
 of the sessions of our courts, from accompanying the 
 De Molays to Richmond ; from seeing that fair city, 
 grown more beautiful, populous and prosperous than 
 she was when I last saw it in 1844; from seeing her 
 now, when, with her developed railroads, connections 
 and various industries, she bids fair to become one of 
 the great commercial and industrial centres of the 
 North American continent, and to impress her stamp 
 upon its civilization of the future, as her great states- 
 men, philosophers and orators have impressed theirs 
 upon the institutions and constitutions of the holy 
 union whose destinies and mission are not unfolded. 
 
 I pray you, then, for me, to renew to my old friends 
 of the Richmond Commandery the expressions of my 
 kindest regards ; my heart is marching with you, though 
 in body I am absent. I depute you, and from your 
 high rank, and being often tried, I know you are well 
 capable, to drink for me of the "peach and honey," 
 and the " morning mint," in those customary oblations 
 to the grim malaria which, about this time, in the spring,
 
 So SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Richmond doctors recommend. Remember me in all 
 kindness to the Fraters of De Molay, and tell them 
 that occasions like these build for Freemasonry and 
 for Knight Templarism a Temple in the human heart, 
 decorated with the noblest virtues, a monument more 
 striking than lofty pinnacles or fretted domes, a foun- 
 tain of charity, fraternity and hopefulness, perennial 
 and perpetually flowing for the progress and elevation 
 of the human race. 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 CHAS. LEVI WOODBURY. 
 
 Boston, May 19, 1881. 
 Charles B. Lancaster, Past Eminent Commander : 
 
 Dear Sir Knight and Brother, — After leaving you at 
 the station this evening, and seeing you off so gay, my 
 own regret at not going with you was so strong I feel 
 impelled to write a few words, " that not being puesent " 
 I cannot speak; and first let me assure you and our 
 Richmond friends of my unfeigned regret, that nothing 
 but imperative business at home would have prevented 
 my being with you in Richmond. 
 
 As you left to-day such a world of associations came 
 flooding back on my memory, and all so full of delight- 
 ful recollections. I saw, in memory, the reception of 
 our dear Richmond friends in Boston, in 1858, now 
 twenty-three years since, and again I saw that never to 
 be forgotten reception we had, and I led, at Rich- 
 mond in 1859 — dear old Brothers Winslow Lewis, 
 John Flint, Charles Robbins, and last, but not least, 
 our dear old General Tyler, that man of perennial youth 
 — and from Richmond ; good old Dr. Dove, sauited
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 8*1 
 
 and beloved, Mayor Joseph Mayo, McMurdo and all 
 that gallant Richmond host — such a galaxy of knightly 
 forms — they all have passed on ; but, with what pre- 
 cious memories, and how sweetly garnere^ in all hearts. 
 And, now again we are to be received on Virginia's 
 sacred soil, I send you all my heart-felt greetings ; let 
 joy be in every heart, and every face shine with glad- 
 ness ; let knightly hospitality warm every heart ; let 
 every Sir Knight feel we are one in purpose, and a part 
 of a great nation ; let patriotic hearts be stirred to say 
 good things; and may the golden band of knightly love 
 bind all our hearts, to make us true patriots of our now 
 glorified and united republic. 
 
 In knighthood's bonds, 
 
 WILLIAM PARKMAN. 
 
 Subjoined was the following volunteer toast : 
 
 Our Country — may its glorious stars and stripes be 
 gallantly defended by every knightly sword, and all 
 hearts, united as one, by the golden bonds of knightly 
 courtesy and hospitality. 
 
 Boston, Mass., May 25, 18S1. 
 
 Sir Knight Wm. B. Isaacs, Grand Recorder : 
 
 Please present at the banquet the following from the 
 
 Grand Master: "Virginia and Massachusetts and Rhode 
 
 Island; united in Templar Masonry by the laws of mutual 
 
 confidence and a fraternal love, we march forward on 
 
 our mission of benevolence and virtue, with a common 
 
 purpose, a common faith, and an abiding hojie of future 
 
 progress of Templar Masonry throughout the jurisdiction 
 
 of the United States." 
 
 BENJ. DEAN.
 
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 Boston, Mass., May 24, j88i. 
 Eminent Commander F. G. Walbridge, De Malay 
 Commandery K. T. : 
 Congratulations to De Molay and St. John's in your 
 pleasant festivities. Remember us in knightly courtesy 
 and brotherly love to all our Fraters, and especially to 
 Richmond Commandery, 
 
 W. H. KENT, 
 
 Grand Commander, 
 
 Portsmouth, Va., May 26, 1S81. 
 Sir Knight Wm. B. Isaacs, Grand Recorder Knights 
 Templars : 
 Indisposition and business keeps me from being 
 being with you to-night, which I regret. Please say for 
 me, though, to our friends : The first permanent settle- 
 ment of our country was made in "Virginia; the first in 
 the northern portion was made in Massachusetts. The 
 Revolution commenced in Massachusetts, and ended 
 in Virginia. George Washington the first President, 
 John Adams the first Vice-President ; John Adams the 
 second President, Thomas Jefferson the second Vice- 
 President. The first years of our country were made 
 by Virginia and Massachusetts. We will never yield 
 our interest in the monument at Bunker Hill, but will 
 be ever ready to protect Massachusetts' interests in the 
 monument to be erected at Yorktown. 
 J. G. BAIN, 
 
 Past Grand Commafider. 
 
 Boston, May 22, 1881. 
 The Sir Knights of the Richmond Commandery — 
 They will stand upon the record of time as the repre-
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. St, 
 
 sentatives of a principle that, while it gives life and 
 harmony to the nation, it provides for man the beauti- 
 ful means of domestic and social happiness in society. 
 
 A '59 VETERAN. 
 P. S. — Don't you get tuckered out. 
 
 ELISHA G. TUCKER. 
 
 The ladies were by no means neglected while 
 the Sir Knights were thus enjoying the pleasures 
 of the festive board, for the committee having 
 their entertainment in hand provided an elegant 
 supper at Pizzini's, near the theatre, which was 
 most thoroughly enjoyed by their guests. These 
 events concluded the entertainments provided for 
 the Northern guests by their Fraters of Virginia, 
 and a more successful series of pleasant reunions 
 could hardly have been devised. The stay of the 
 Massachusetts and Rhode Island Sir Knights was 
 made a continuous ovation, in which not only the 
 members of the Order participated, but every resi- 
 dent of Richmond as well. Go where they would 
 the Northern men found that the Southerners 
 were ever ready to anticipate their wishes ; atten- 
 tions of every kind were showered upon the visi- 
 tors, who were made to feel that the city had in 
 reality opened its doors for their entertainment 
 and enjoyment. A notable prominence was given 
 all the events of the visit by the Richmond press, 
 and its representatives showed a degree of cntcr- 
 prize and energy in chronicling all the happenings
 
 84 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 of the several entertainments which could hardly 
 be surpassed by their Northern contemporaries. 
 Many kindly courtesies were extended the Herald 
 representative during his stay in the city, for 
 which he desires to thus formally tender thanks. 
 The editorial utterances upon the events of the 
 visit were of great interest, as they reflected a sen- 
 timent highly complimentary to the Richmond 
 people, and proved that the welcome given the 
 visiting Sir Knights was a sincere one.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 
 
 IN BALTIMORE. 
 
 The Monumental City gives a Hearty Greeting 
 TO the Pilgrims. — An Evening Reception and 
 Banquet by Beauseant Commandery. — A Short 
 BUT Enjoyable Visit. 
 
 ON Friday morning the Massachusetts and 
 Rhode Island Sir Knights were formed in line 
 again, and, under escort of their entertainers, took 
 up the march to the railroad station for their re- 
 turn journey. The route through the city was 
 one continuous succession of ovations, the resi- 
 dents turning out in crowds to pay a parting 
 tribute to the visitors. On arrival at the train the 
 usiial courtesies were exchanged between the vis- 
 iting and resident Commanderies, and the train 
 moved away from the station amid grand demon- 
 strations from the assembled multitudes, which 
 included a large number of ladies of the Richmond 
 Sir Knights, whose attentions had added so much 
 to the pleasures of the visit. At Fredericksburg 
 a large party of the Sir Knights and ladies met 
 the train, and exchanged good wishes with the 
 homeward-bound pilgrims during a short stop, and 
 at Washington a stop was made for dinner, and 
 here, also, a large company of Sir Knights ami 
 ladies renewed the pleasant acquaintance of a few
 
 86 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 days before during the brief stay. The train ar- 
 rived at Baltimore at four o'clock, without further 
 incident, and, upon disembarking, the Pilgrims 
 found themselves again captured by the friendly 
 Knights of the monumental city. The visitors 
 were met by Beauseant Commandery, the officers 
 of the Grand Commandery of Maryland, and dele- 
 gations from Maryland, Baltimore, Monumental 
 and Crusade Commanderies. A large number of 
 the Baltimore Sir Knights were assembled upon 
 the platform, and these first gave a welcoming 
 hand to the visiting brothers. The ladies accom- 
 panying the party were escorted to coaches pro- 
 vided for them by the committee, and driven to 
 the Carrollton and Barnum's, where quarters were 
 assigned them. The visitors quickly formed in 
 line upon the platform, and thence proceeded to 
 the Charles -street entrance, where Beauseant 
 Commandery was drawn up to receive them, and 
 where the customary honors were duly accorded. 
 The line of march was then taken up, the escort 
 moving in the following order : 
 
 Platoon of Police. 
 
 Fifth Maiyland Regiment Band. 
 
 Maryland Grand Encampment — Right Eminent 
 Grand Commander C. B. Kleibacker, Eminent Grand 
 Generalissimo Woodward Abrahams, Eminent Grand 
 Prelate Joseph F. Hinds, Eminent Grand Senior War- 
 den C. C. Isaacs, Eminent Grand Junior Warden Wm. 
 F. Cochran, Eminent Grand Treasurer Charles W. 
 Hatter, Eminent Grand Recorder Charles T. Sisco,
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Sj 
 
 Past Grand Commanders Henry W. Marston, Wm. 
 Tell Adreon, Jacob E. Krebs and F. J. S. Gorgas. 
 
 Beauseant Commander}^, N(^ 8 — Thomas J. Shrj-- 
 ock, Eminent Commander; Harrj' A. Barrj', Generalis- 
 simo; George M. Taylor, Captain-General; John B. 
 Oldershaw, Senior Warden ; W. W, Abrahams, Junior 
 Warden ; Past Eminent Commanders J. Kos. Parker 
 and Frederick J. Kugler. 
 
 Maryland Commandery, No. i — Past Eminent Com- 
 manders E. J. Oppelt and Charles G. Edwards. 
 
 Baltimore Commandery, No. 2 — W. E. Oppelt, Em- 
 inent Commander; James S. Gorman, Generalissimo; 
 Thomas McCoubray, Captain - General ; Past Com- 
 manders H. O. Reese, W. H. Clark and J. A. C Kahler. 
 
 Monumental Commandery, No. 3 — Thos. W. Griffin, 
 Eminent Commander; James Young, Generalissimo; 
 James P. Clark, Captain-General ; Past Commanders, 
 J. L. Bump, Charles McDonald, Jr., and Franklin 
 Hopkins. 
 
 Crusade Commandery, No. 5 — S. R. Mason, Eminent 
 Commander; Charles W. Webb, Captain -General ; 
 Past Commanders, George H. Mason, Joseph E. Tyler 
 and Dr. M. W. Donovan. 
 
 In Baltimore, as in Richmond, the welcome ex- 
 tended by the Sir Knights seemed to be fully 
 seconded by the citizens of all classes, for the 
 visitors were cheered and made the object of ova- 
 tions all along the line of march to their hotels. 
 A reception and banquet were tendered the visi- 
 tors in the evening at Masonic Temple. The 
 auditorium, where the reception took place, was 
 tastefully decorated with banners and emblems of
 
 88 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 the Order, and upon the stage was a beautiful dis- 
 play of tropical plants. Over the stage was sus- 
 pended the velvet and gold banner of Beauseant 
 Commandery, and below, a design with the words : 
 "Welcome, Knights of the Temple." The Recep- 
 tion Committee escorted the visitors from the hotels 
 to the Temple, and at nine o'clock the assembly 
 was called to order by Right Eminent Grand Com- 
 mander C. B. Kleibacker, who spoke as follows : 
 " Knights of the Temple, we greet you. What 
 we have anticipated for the past few months we 
 realized this afternoon in receiving, and this even- 
 ing in entertaining you, valiant Soldiers of the 
 Cross from the East. The duty imposed upon 
 me is to introduce you to our Fraters. All I can 
 say is, make yourselves feel and be at home. All 
 of you thoroughly understand the meaning of this 
 term. And if, after our few hours' entertainment, 
 on your way home you will only remember that 
 you met us in Baltimore, we will be more than 
 amply repaid. Boston, we greet and welcome 
 you. Providence is with us, and ever will be. 
 Washington and Richmond entertained you ; Beau- 
 seant will take care of you on your way to Pales- 
 tine. And I have now the pleasure of introducing 
 to you his honor Mayor F. C. Latrobe." The 
 mayor, who was greeted with applause, said : 
 
 MAYOR LATROBE'S ADDRESS. 
 
 Sir Knights, — You have marched a long distance 
 on this your pilgrimage from the North. You have
 
 OF THE KXIGHTS TEMPLARS. 89 
 
 visited the capital of the nation, and paid your respects 
 to the Great Father in Washington. You have pro- 
 ceeded further South, and in the capital of the Old 
 Dominion have been welcomed by the governor of 
 the mother of States. On your homeward journey 
 you have been pleased to halt at Baltimore. I bid 
 you welcome to the Monumental Cit}', and I beg that 
 you will tarry with us awhile, and accept some of our 
 Maryland hospitality. [Applause.] The States of 
 Massachusetts and Rhode Island, from whence you 
 come, are well known for their prosperity, and the 
 people of those States have a well-earned reputation 
 for energ}', good citizenship and patriotism. New Eng- 
 land was the cradle in which Liberty was rocked in 
 this land; and if we in the South had our Yorktown 
 and Cowpens, it was Massachusetts which gave us Con- 
 cord, Lexington and Bunker Hill. As every good 
 Mahometan expects, at one time during his life, to visit 
 the shrine of the great prophet at Mecca, so should all 
 good Americans make a pilgrimage to Boston and stand 
 beneath the shadow of the tall column which marks the 
 place where the first great battle for independence was 
 fought. Nor should the pilgrimage end until after a 
 visit to Annapolis, in Maryland, where, in the Senate 
 Chamber of the old State House, General Washington 
 resigned his commission in the army, and sheathed 
 forever his victorious sword. We are especially glad 
 that, ignoring the practice of the Knights Templar of 
 old, who travelled alone and on horseback, you have 
 brought with you some of the fair daughters of New 
 England. They are doubly welcome to our city, and 
 all that courtesy or chivalry suggest to make the wel- 
 come a cordial one will, I know, be extended by the
 
 90 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Knights Templar of Baltimore. [Applause.] Coming 
 hither as pilgrims, we hope that you will, during the 
 evening, enter our tents and partake of some refresh- 
 ments, after your long and weary march. I regret, 
 however, to inform you that the commissary department 
 of the Baltimore Knighthood is somewhat affected by 
 the season of the year in which you have begun your 
 pilgrimage. Usually, it is the terrapin, the oyster and 
 the canvas-back which furnish our daily rations, but 
 now the two former are replaced by a crustacean known 
 as the hard-shell,* and the latter as the soft-shell crab. 
 Both, I assure you, are very palatable, and indigenous 
 to the waters of the Chesapeake. Nor will these re- 
 freshments consist of bread and meat alone, but after 
 awhile we shall propose that you join with us in pledg- 
 ing the health of those ladies of Boston and Providence, 
 coupling with it those of Baltimore, who are present on 
 this happy occasion, when we bid you. Sir Knights of 
 New England, welcome to Baltimore. 
 
 Sir Knight George H. Burnham, of St. John's 
 Commandery, and Grand Generalissimo of the 
 jurisdiction of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
 responded on behalf of the St. John's and De Molay 
 Commanderies. He spoke of the general greeting 
 which had been extended to them all along the 
 line, and said they never could forget the hand- 
 shaking they had received. Since leaving the 
 dear old scenes of home they had been greeted by 
 knight after knight, and ladies too, all with out- 
 stretched arms and hands. It was quite a task to 
 go through with such a journey, but the burden
 
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 had been lightened by the residents of the country 
 through which they had passed. The speaker 
 then referred to the visit being a return one of 
 twenty-two years ago, and spoke of there being 
 Sir Knights now in the Commandery who had 
 made the first trip. "We," said he, "who did not 
 make the visit, were told of the hospitality of Vir- 
 ginia, and this made us anxious to go. We have 
 reahzed that hospitality." In conclusion. Sir 
 Knight Burnham referred to the fact that he had 
 before visited Baltimore, on the occasion of the 
 triennial conclave, and was much pleased to have 
 an opportunity to renew the pleasant acquaintances 
 made at that time. Mr. Wm. S. Young, President 
 of the Corn and Flour Exchange, was next intro- 
 duced, and made a happy speech. He said he was 
 not a Mason, and therefore should call this an 
 extraordinary occasion. The reason for his not 
 being a Mason might be because he had been 
 brought up in the country, where a Mason was 
 only known as one who built houses for the people. 
 Practically, therefore, he knew nothing of Masonry. 
 "I do know," he remarked, "and I believe, your 
 institution will, at the last great day, receive the 
 Divine greeting of 'well done,' and can well and 
 truly say, 'Now have I finished the work TIkui 
 gavest me to do.' " 
 
 Mr. Young proceeded by telling the visitors 
 that if the Sir Knights of Bcauseant Commandery 
 did not properly care for them, all they had to do 
 was to put themselves under the protection of the
 
 92 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 young men of the Corn and Flour Exchange, who 
 would show them all that was to be seen, even if 
 they did belong to an institution whose members 
 "did all the harm they could, consistent with 
 human depravity, to their neighbors." 
 
 Sir Knight Thomas J. Shryock closed the ad- 
 dresses of the evening by welcoming the visitors 
 in behalf of Beauseant Commandery, saying that 
 although it might be considered superfluous, after 
 the remarks of Mayor Latrobe, he would still be a 
 recreant to Beauseant Commandery if he did not 
 add a word of welcome from the heart. For love 
 of ladies knights of old did desperate deeds of 
 valor, and although we of modern times cannot 
 splinter a lance in their behalf, we can say, at 
 least, that the respect and esteem of knights of 
 old burns as brightly in our hearts ; and while this 
 welcome may not be as brilliant as those previously 
 accorded you, it is no less hearty. Following the 
 addresses the following musical programme was 
 presented and listened to with pleasure, Sir Harry 
 Sanders being the director, and Mr. W. M. D. R. 
 Muller the accompanist: 
 
 Trio — Guai! se te sfiegg ten nioto — from ^Lucretia 
 Borgiaj" ...... Verdi. 
 
 Miss Amy Rogers, Mr. Harvey Passapae and 
 
 Dr. B. M. Hopkinson. 
 
 Solo, Soprano — O Luce Di Buist Amina, Donizetti. 
 
 Miss A.my Rogers. 
 
 Solo, Baritone — The Creole Lover, . Dudley Buck. 
 
 Dr. Hopkinson.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 93 
 
 Solo, Piano — Fantasie, " Tamihauser" . Liszt. 
 
 Mrs. W. M. D. R. Muller. 
 
 Solo, Tenor — Pure is Her Soul,'' Mignon," Thomas. 
 
 Mr. Harvey Passapae. 
 
 A banquet followed in Corinthian Hall, which 
 was decorated with evergreens and plants. There 
 were a number of tables spread, the centre one 
 being in the form of a cross. Plates were laid for 
 seven hundred guests. After the banquet there 
 was a hop, which continued until early in the morn- 
 ing, and the evening's pleasures were heartily en- 
 joyed by all who participated in them, notwith- 
 standing the fatigue incidental to the day's ride 
 and the parade on arriving in the city. A large 
 number of the visiting Sir Knights and their 
 ladies were astir early the next morning, and took 
 a carriage drive in the beautiful suburbs of the 
 city, the line being formed for the march to the 
 station at ten o'clock. Just as the De Molays 
 were leaving their hotel, a magnificent floral fac- 
 simile of the triangular medal issued by Maryland 
 Encampment, No. i, in 1881, making a design 
 nearly three feet long on either side, was sent to 
 the Boston pilgrims by the members of Maryland 
 Encampment, and this was carefully transferred to 
 Boston by the Commandery. The train niDVcd 
 out of the Baltimore depot amid the cheers of the 
 assembled Commanderies, and reached Jersey 
 City on time without further incident, the ride 
 being an intensely fatiguing one, on account i)f the 
 great heat.
 
 94 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 THE NEW YORK RECEPTION. 
 
 Palestine Commandery Offers Shelter to the 
 Pilgrims. — A Lunch at Masonic Hall. — An 
 Enthusiastic Greeting. — The Street Parade. — 
 Off for Boston. 
 
 THE special train conveying the returning Sir 
 Knights and their ladies reached Jersey City 
 at about four o'clock, a little ahead of schedule 
 time, the prompt movement of the party having 
 been continued throughout their Southern tour. 
 On crossing the ferry, under escort of a committee 
 from the Palestine Commandery of New York 
 City, the Sir Knights of the Command were found 
 drawn up in line ready to extend courtesies to the 
 homeward bound pilgrims. In West Street a pro- 
 cession was formed, and until Canal Street was 
 reached the Boston men marched ahead. After 
 that the New York Commandery, preceded by 
 Arbuckle's 9th Regiment Band, took the lead. 
 The line of march was through Canal Street, 
 Broadway, Fourteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, 
 to the Masonic Temple, at Twenty-third Street, 
 where the Boston Commandery was welcomed by 
 John A. Lefferts, Eminent Commander of the 
 Palestine Commandery. The march was a very 
 fatiguing one, and few formalities were indulsred in
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 95 
 
 before the Boston Sir Knights were escorted to 
 the chapel of the temple, where an elegant lunch 
 had been spread. Such hospitality as was here 
 shown is rarely experienced by weary pilgrims, 
 but its attractive features were fully appreciated, 
 and the heartiest sociability was enjoyed by the 
 entertainers and the entertained. After a time an 
 attempt was made at a semi-formal interchange of 
 good wishes, brief speeches being made by Sir 
 Knights George W. Walgrove, Charles J. Bliven, 
 A. Wiennett Peters, Charles A. Atkinson, Edwin 
 Dodd, Peter Forrester, T. Preston and John Scott, 
 of the Grand Commandery ; Thomas B. Rand, R. 
 H. Brockway, Edward S. Eunson and John F. 
 Baldwin, of the Palestine Commandery ; and Emi- 
 nent Commander F. G. Walbridge and the Rev. 
 Sir Knight J. W. Dadmun, of the Boston Com- 
 mandery. These speeches were mainly of an 
 unreportable character, admirable when listened 
 to, but lacking the characteristics to make them 
 interesting in such a record as this. Rev. Sir 
 Knight Dadmun's response for the l^oston Com- 
 mandery was, however, of a nature eminently suit- 
 able to recall the fraternal sentiments which were 
 exchanged by the Sir Knights of the two cities on 
 this occasion. It was as follows : 
 
 REV. SIR KNIGHT DADMUN's SPEIXM. 
 
 Eminent Commander, — ! cannot find languaf;e to 
 express to you, and your Command, the gratitude we 
 feel for this magnificent banquet you have so kindly
 
 96 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 spread before us. We have heard of your fame, not 
 only as wise and accomplished Masons, but as liberal, 
 courteous and gallant Knights Templars. The recep- 
 tion you have given us to-day, on our return from Rich- 
 mond, goes far beyond our most sanguine expectations, 
 and we assure you, as weary pilgrims travelling from 
 afar, that we are in just the right mood to appreciate 
 this outpouring of your unbounded hospitality. 
 
 One of the speakers has just said, "The De Molays 
 have taken Richmond," but I think that Richmond has 
 captured the De Molays ; and it was on this wise : 
 Some three months ago we received from the Richmond 
 Sir Knights a challenge to meet them, on Virginia 
 soil, and decide one of the grandest contests that ever 
 engaged the hands and hearts of valiant Templars. 
 We promptly accepted the challenge ; and, having the 
 choice of weapons, chose the greatest and most beauti- 
 ful armor ever worn in mortal combat, which is Love. 
 We thought we could wield that keen and penetrating 
 lance as effectually as any body of Templars that ever 
 marched out to battle. Armed and equipped as the 
 law directs, we quietly passed through your city, and 
 were undisturbed until we reached Washington. 
 
 The Sir Knights of the Capital, having heard that we 
 were going to invade the South, turned out en masse, 
 headed by the Washington De Molays, mounted, and 
 nearly discomfited us before we reached our destina- 
 tion. We recovered, however, and in good order boldly 
 marched into Old Virginia ; but when we reached 
 Fredericksburg we found the Knights Templars and all 
 the men, women and children drawn up in battle array, 
 the drums beating, cannons booming, and the grand old 
 flag of the Union waving upon ever)^ hill and housetop
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 97 
 
 as far as the eye could see, determined to dispute 
 our progress. For full three hours the strife went on, 
 until we were forced to retreat, or run the risk of having 
 for an epitaph : " Killed (by kindness) at Fredericks- 
 burg." 
 
 These skiiTnishes made things lively for our gallant 
 little band, but when we reached the Capital of the 
 Old Dominion, and saw the plumed cavaliers, supported 
 by the artillery and infantr}', and fifty thousand citi- 
 zens, w^e felt about as small as did that little Spartan 
 band who so heroically defended the pass of Thermo- 
 pylae. For four days, amid the waving of banners, the 
 booming of cannon, and the illumination of fireworks, 
 the glorious strife went on. We first made one grand 
 attack all along the lines — zhand to hand conoid, give 
 and take — and I am sorry to say that, on our part, 
 there was more taken than given. After a two days 
 struggle we retired to our quarters and held a council 
 of war. We determined the next day to mass our 
 forces, and make one grand attack on their centre. 
 Early the next morning (it was Decoration Day in Rich- 
 mond), having procured two beautiful wreaths of fiowers, 
 we surprised the whole city, even our Fraters of St. 
 John's Commander}^, by moving out in solid columns 
 to Capitol Square, and there depositing one of the 
 wreaths at the foot of the famous English statue of that 
 Christian and hero, Stonewall Jackson; the other fioral 
 tribute was laid at the base of Crawford's grand statue 
 of the immortal Washington and his great revoliilionary 
 compeers. The effect was irresistable ; the centre gave 
 way ; strong hearts melted ; old veterans wept like chil- 
 dren, and were not ashamed of their tears. 
 
 They soon recovered, however, from this startling
 
 98 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 surprise, reformed their broken ranks, and made one 
 desperate onset, turning our right and left, and com- 
 pletely surrounding us. They then proposed, as terms 
 of peace, an alliance, offensive and defensive, to which 
 we gladly assented; and we all, then and there, formed 
 a solid square, bound by the^ golden chains of Love and 
 Knightly Chivalry, which tieither sectionalism fior 
 sectarianism can ever penetrate or destroy. 
 
 In a word, Sir Knights, our pilgrimage has been one 
 grand series of ovations. At Richmond, our objective 
 point, his Excellency, the Governor, welcomed us in 
 one of the grandest Union speeches that ever fell from 
 mortal lips. His Honor, the Mayor, followed him with 
 an eloquent address, "keeping step to the music of the 
 Union." Then Sir A. R. Courtney, in behalf of the 
 Templars of Richmond, welcomed us in a ringing 
 speech, full of knightly courtesy and good cheer; and 
 the women, as they looked down upon us from the 
 gorgeously decorated galleries of the theatre — where 
 we were assembled — with their sparkling eyes, glowing 
 cheeks and smiling faces, seemed like angels from 
 heav'en on missions of love and good-will to all. 
 
 On our return, we received a most cordial and 
 knightly greeting from our Praters of the Monumental 
 City ; and this morning, as we were about to leave 
 Baltimore, the old Maryland Commandery, No. i, gave 
 us a genuine surprise, by presenting the De Molays 
 with an elaborate floral tribute of exquisite beauty and 
 workmanship. And last, but not least, you have over- 
 whelmed us with this princely reception. Again, in 
 behalf of the officers and members of the De Molay 
 Commandery I sincerely and heartily thank you."
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 99 
 
 Immediately after the close of the sumptuous 
 banquet given by Palestine Commandery, the fol- 
 lowing telegrams passed between Richmond and 
 New York : 
 
 New York, May 28, 1881. 
 Sir William B. Isaacs : 
 
 From your Fraters of the second colony of Virginia. 
 All's well. You have conquered us by the divine at- 
 tribute of love. We are your willing subjects. Sec- 
 tionalism was forever buried when our boys placed a 
 wreath on the statue of the Christian and hero, Stone- 
 wall Jackson. 
 
 J. W. DAUMUN. 
 
 De Molay Commandery. 
 
 The following reply was immediately flashed 
 over the wires : 
 
 Richmond, May 28, 1881. 
 
 Rev. J. W. Dadmun, St. Nicholas Hotel, New York: 
 
 The Fraters of the first colony send their loving re- 
 membrances to its conquered children. All's well. 
 The act of crowning made the square solid. Neither 
 sectionalism nor sectarianism can ever penetrate tlie 
 household or break the ties that bind us. Love to all 
 
 hands. 
 
 WILLIAM B. 1SAAC:S. 
 
 After this interchange of courtesies the line of 
 march was reformed, and the Boston Sir Knights 
 escorted to the St. Nicholas ll(jtcl, where quarters 
 had been assigned them for the night and the fol- 
 lowing day. Upon the arrival of the train at Jer-
 
 lOO SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 sey City a special committee had received the 
 ladies of the visiting Sir Knights, and they were 
 escorted to carriages, and driven immediately to 
 the hotel, where they were entertained at lunch 
 by the ladies of the Sir Knights of the Palestine 
 Commandery. After dining the Boston Sir Knights 
 were the guests of individual members of the 
 Palestine Commandery, and the same courtesies 
 were extended during the morning of the Sunday 
 following. At about four o'clock on Sunday after- 
 noon a large delegation from the Palestine Com- 
 mandery met the Boston Sir Knights at the St. 
 Nicholas, and without music of any kind, in com- 
 pliance with the city ordinances, took the return- 
 ing pilgrims under escort to the Fall River boat, 
 where friendly parting greetings were exchanged, 
 and the Boston Sir Knights turned their ways to 
 the Hub, passing a pleasant night on the Sound, 
 breakfasting on board the boat, and then, by special 
 train for Boston, arriving home at about nine 
 o'clock, and landing at the Old Colony Depot in 
 a flood of sunshine, which made the city look even 
 more attractive than usual to the wandering pil- 
 grims.
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 10! 
 
 THE HOME RECEPTION. 
 
 The Boston Commandery Extends a Cordial 
 Greeting. — A Street Parade and Banquet. — 
 The Welcome Speeches and Congratulations. — 
 The De Molays Dismissed. 
 
 ON the arrival of the train the Sir Knights of 
 the De Molay Encampment found the Bos- 
 ton Commandery of ten companies drawn up to 
 receive them, and upon forming in line the usual 
 courtesies \vere exchanged. The roster of the 
 Boston Commandery on this occasion was as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Sir J. Francis Lotts, Eminent Commander. 
 
 " John L. Stevenson, Generalissimo. 
 
 " Edwin Wright, Captain- Gefiera I. 
 
 " Rev. John P. Bland, Prelate. 
 
 " Eugene H. Richards, Senior Warden, in Com- 
 mand of the Lines. 
 
 " James M. Gleason, Junior Warden. 
 
 " William Sawyer, Acting Treasurer. 
 
 " Zeph. H. Thomas, Recorder. 
 
 " Edward Storer, Acting Standard Bearer. 
 
 " Joshua F. Sampson, Sword Bearer. 
 
 " William A. Bunton, Warder. 
 
 " George W. Bunton, T/iird Guard. 
 
 " Eugene A. Holton, Second Guard.
 
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 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Sir Edward Coggins, First Guard. 
 
 " Charles F. Atwood, First Assistant Guard. 
 
 " William L. Lathrop, Seco?id Assistant Guam. 
 
 " Charles H. Baldwin, Third Assistant Guard. 
 
 " John B. Rhodes, Musical Director. 
 
 " Alex. K. Bryer, Armorer. 
 
 " Benjamin F. Nourse, Sentinel. 
 
 CAPTAINS OF COMPANIES. 
 
 First Company, 
 
 Second 
 
 
 Third 
 
 
 Fourth 
 
 
 Fifth 
 
 
 Sixth 
 
 
 Seventh 
 
 
 Eighth 
 
 
 Ninth 
 
 
 Tenth 
 
 
 On the staff of Em 
 
 Sir George E. Hall. 
 
 " Wm. H. Burroughs. 
 
 " John H. North. 
 
 " Edgar F. Hunt. 
 
 " John S. Damrell, 
 
 " Henry N. Sawyer. 
 
 " George G. Stratton. 
 
 " Chas. O. Burrill. 
 
 " Wm. H. Pattee. 
 
 " Thomas F. Temple. 
 
 inent Commander Lotts were 
 Eminent Sirs Samuel Mason, Jr., and John H. 
 Upham, Past Commanders of Boston Commandery, 
 and the following-named Eminent Sir Knights, 
 members of the Massachusetts Union of Knights 
 Templars Commanders, of which Eminent Com- 
 mander Lotts is President, namely : Eminent Sir 
 S. A. Bolster, Past Commander of Joseph Warren 
 Commandery ; Eminent Sir C. C. Bixby, Eminent 
 Commander of Bay State Commandery ; Eminent 
 Sirs Baalis Sanford and Edward Parker, Jr., Past
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 103 
 
 Commanders of Bay State Commandery ; Eminent 
 Sir George W. Kingman, Eminent Commander of 
 St. Omer Commandery ; Eminent Sir Loring L. 
 Fuller, Past Commander of Hugh De Pay en 
 Commandery ; Eminent Sir Henry S. Bunton, 
 Eminent Commander of Cyprus Commandery ; 
 and Eminent Sir E. H. Doolittle, Past Commander 
 of William Parkman Commandery. Sir Charles 
 E. Pierce, Senior Warden of St. Omer Command- 
 ery, was also upon the staff by invitation. The 
 parade of the two Commands was through Dover 
 and Washington Streets, Chester Square, Colum- 
 bus Avenue and Berkeley Street to Odd Fellows' 
 Hall, where an elegant banquet had been spread 
 for the returned pilgrims. After seats had been 
 taken, Eminent Commander Lotts called for order, 
 and Prelate J. P. Bland asked a blessing. After 
 a brief welcome from the Commander, the good 
 things provided by Caterer Tufts were duly dis- 
 cussed, and then order was again restored by Em- 
 inent Commander Lotts, who gave as a toast to 
 the guests of the occasion, " The De Molay Com- 
 mandery — may the good fellowship e.xisting now 
 between its members and those of the Boston 
 Commandery exist till time shall be no more." 
 The Commander then called upon Sir Knight 
 William H. Kent, Grand Commander of the Ku- 
 campment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
 who spoke as follows :
 
 I04 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 GRAND COMMANDER KENT'S SPEECH. 
 
 Most Eminent Grand Commander, as I am here in 
 the capacity of a welcomer rather than one who is to 
 be welcomed, it gives me much pleasure to see you on 
 such a joyous occasion as this. I wish I could find 
 words adequate to express the feelings with which I 
 and the Boston Commandery greet you here to-day, 
 on your return from a pilgrimage, every step of which 
 has seemed to be an ovation, during which I am 
 glad to know that there has no casualty occurred, 
 and from which you have all returned well and happy. 
 [Applause.] 
 
 There will be those, at any rate, who have read 
 accounts in the papers the last ten days, which have 
 sneeringly asked why we dignify occasions of this char- 
 acter, and what there is, after all, so grand in Masonry. 
 They say that we get together, and go through some 
 secret performance and they do not know what, and 
 that appears to be all that there is. Well, God bless 
 them, they are not to blame for being ignorant on such 
 a subject as Masonry. We only pray that they may 
 yet receive further light, or have more charity till they 
 do. But, in answer to some of these cavillers, I ask 
 you what is the result of your pilgrimage ? What have 
 you brought back ? Have you brought back a larger 
 knowledge of men and things ? Has humanity been 
 broadened ; your sensibilities quickened ? Have you 
 a higher respect for this grand old organization of ours ? 
 Do you come back with a determination to live more 
 conscientiously its precepts. Aye ; have you done any- 
 thing to soften local differences, and allay political 
 prejudices ? Why, I hear the affirmative answer going 
 up with a shout that makes the welkin ring! [Ap-
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 10$ 
 
 plause.] And has not your pilgrimage been a success 
 in the best sense of the word ? [Applause.] If any- 
 thing is typified by this memorial day on which we meet 
 — a day set apart to honor those who died in defence of 
 the union of these States — if any principle is illustrated 
 by your expedition and pilgrimage, it is the principle on 
 which hangs all the law and the prophets ; the princi- 
 ples of peace, love and good-will. The essential prin- 
 ciple of Masonry has been the principle of Christianity. 
 We want more of it; we want better to live it, and 
 illustrate it. It is the thing that we have brought home 
 with us. All we have from other great sources shall 
 fail. Prophecy shall fail, tongues shall cease, know- 
 ledge shall vanish away; but Christian and Masonic 
 love, charity and good-will, these shall all endure for- 
 ever and forever. [Enthusiastic applause.] The things 
 we glory in, the thing we feel reason to delight in, is 
 love. The heavy burden under which we have been 
 will one day from our weary shoulders move, and one 
 thing alone shall remain : that thing is love. All beauty 
 fades ; the lustre of human eyes grows dim ; the glories 
 of nature pass away ; and we hear only one voice, as 
 one hears the sad farewell of a friend. There is only 
 one sweet thing, and that is love. And when memory 
 alone remains to us, and there is no refuge on a 
 mother's knee for us who have grown old and sad with 
 care and pain, brotherless and sisterless, on our way 
 to that dark house from whence we shall not return, 
 there is only one thing that hath no end ; tlK-re is 
 nothing but love. [Applause.] God bless us all, and 
 make us wiser and purer and better ior lliis tiling. 
 [Great applause.]
 
 I06 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA 
 
 Following this address, the reorganized Temple 
 Quartet — Messrs. George J. Parker, George W. 
 Want, H. A. Cooke and A. C, Ryder — sang a 
 selection, and then Eminent Commander F. G. 
 Walbridge, of the De Molays, was introduced, and, 
 after being greeted with three rousing cheers from 
 the members of the Boston Command, briefly 
 returned his thanks for the courtesies extended to 
 the De Molays on their return home, saying that, 
 though they were weary pilgrims travelling from 
 afar, and over a route that had been but a series 
 of ovations from the start, such a knightly greet- 
 ing as that given by the Boston Command was 
 sufficient to make all memories of fatigue vanish, 
 and give renewed strength and vigor, by reason of 
 the kindly feeling it exhibited between the two 
 encampments. In closing he introduced Rev. Sir 
 Knight Dadmun, prelate of the pilgrimage, who 
 made one of his happiest efforts on this occasion. 
 In returning thanks for the knightly greeting given 
 this Commandery, the speaker said that though 
 for the past ten days the De Molays had been 
 welcomed and toasted on all occasions, none of 
 these ovations had touched his heart as had that 
 of the morning from the Boston Commandery, the 
 mother of the De Molay. Calling for three cheers 
 for the Boston Commandery, they were given with 
 a will by the De Molays. Continuing, the speaker 
 said : " You may judge that we have taken Rich- 
 mond, but I assure you it is not so, for Richmond 
 has captured us. Her challenge of three months
 
 OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. lOJ 
 
 ago was duly accepted, and the choice of time and 
 place being given us, we chose May 19 and the 
 city of Richmond, the weapon to be love. A fair 
 day's fight was engaged in, and the conflict began. 
 We felt, on a Thursday morning, when, without 
 parade or ostentation, we decorated the monument 
 of the Christian and hero, Stonewall Jackson — 
 we felt that the battle was ours. Not so, however, 
 for with redoubled exertions they renewed the 
 contest and we were captured, but allowed to re- 
 turn home on parole, with orders to return again 
 as soon as possible. So you see. Sir Knights, we 
 are but prisoners of war, whipped out and out by 
 the weapon of love." The speaker then recalled 
 the events of the "pilgrimage," and the experi- 
 ences ot the pilgrims in the various cities, making 
 a special reference to the fact that, in all the ova- 
 tions, the women had been foremost, to him a 
 conclusive evidence that the hearts of the brothers 
 and fathers were in the words of welcome extended 
 to the De Molays. Referring to the reception in 
 New York, the speaker said: "The Sir Knights 
 of Palestine Commandery are the liveliest set of 
 men I ever met, and can get up more steam in five 
 minutes than any engine in the universe." Here 
 a "sky rocket" was given, a "fizz — boom — a — h" 
 affair peculiar to the New York Commandery. In 
 closing, the speaker said : " We had no idea of the 
 welcome we should receive at the South, but we 
 have had one of the most enjoyable times any set 
 of boys ever had, and I feel as young as any of
 
 I08 SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO VIRGINIA, ETC. 
 
 them." The quartet then sang again, and subse- 
 quently short but apt speeches were made by 
 Generalissimo John L. Stevenson, Sir Knight 
 Henry C. Barnabee, Sir Knight S. K. Rich, of the 
 Palestine Commandery of New York, who an- 
 nounced that he had telegraphed his Commander 
 that he had seen the De Molays safely home. Past 
 Eminent Commander Wyzeman Marshall, of the 
 Boston Commandery, Captain-General George F. 
 Wright, of the De Molays, and Captain-General 
 Edwin Wright, of the Boston Commandery, After 
 the interchange of friendly greetings, the line of 
 march was again formed, and the column pro- 
 ceeded to the soldiers' monument on the Common, 
 where a halt was made, and Eminent Commander 
 Walbridge, of the De Molay Commandery, placed 
 the elegant floral offering of the Maryland Com- 
 mandery of Baltimore upon the base of the statue, 
 making this use of the tribute, in accordance with 
 the general desire of the De Molay Commandery. 
 The march was then resumed to Masonic Temple, 
 where the line was dismissed, and the second pil- 
 grimage to Richmond ended.
 
 APPENDIX.
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 ROSTER — RICHMOND COMMANDERY, No. 2, K. T. 
 (May 23, 1S81.) 
 
 Eminent Sir Wm. T. Allen, Commander. 
 Sir I. S. Tower, Generalissimo, elected Eminent Com- 
 mander June 17. 
 
 " J. Thompson Brown, Captain-General, elected 
 Generalissimo June 17. 
 
 '* J. F. Mayer, Prelate, elected Captain-General 
 June 17. 
 
 " M. W. Yarrington, Senior Warden, elected Pre- 
 late June 17. 
 
 " Jas. H. Capers, Junior Warden, elected Senior 
 Warden June 17. 
 
 " R. E. Macomber, Treasurer, re-elected Treasurer 
 June 17. 
 
 " C. F. Danforth, Recorder. 
 
 " Geo. a. Ainslie, Standard Bearer, re-appointed 
 Standard Bearer June 17. 
 
 " A. R. Courtney, Sword Bearer, elected Junior 
 Warden June 17. 
 
 " B. F. Howard, Warder, appointed Sword Bearer 
 June 17. 
 
 ,, ^ „ ™ ( aijpointcd Warder 
 
 " J. E. Tyler, ^ j„„^ ,7. 
 
 " Chas. a. West, ' Guards, { appointed (iuard " 
 " W. Ellis Jones, ) 
 
 " D. B. Collins, Captain of Guard, re -appointed 
 Captain of Guard June 17.
 
 112 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 PAST COMMANDERS. 
 
 Eminent Sir L. L. Bass. 
 
 " " John F. Regnault. 
 
 " A. S. Lee. 
 " " Jas. a. Scott. 
 
 honorary members. 
 
 De Molay Commander)'', 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 St. John's Commandery, 
 Providence, R. I. 
 
 Eminent Commander, 
 Generalissimo, 
 Captain-General, 
 Eminent Commander, 
 Generalissimo, 
 Captain-General, 
 Sir E. R. Cheney, De Molay Commandery, Boston. 
 " F. L. Gilman, Coeur de Leon Commandery, 
 
 Boston. 
 " John Scott, Morton Commandery, New York. 
 " Wm. Allen, Richmond Commandery, Rich- 
 mond, Va. 
 " Jas. Evans, Richmond Commandery, Richmond, 
 Va. 
 
 sir knights. 
 
 Sir John Adam. 
 " A. A. Allen. 
 " Jas. W. Archer. 
 " Aug. Arsell, Jr. 
 " H. A. Atkinson. 
 " A. S. Bacon. 
 " D. G. Baker. 
 " Isbon Benedict. 
 " C. P. Bigger. 
 " W. W. Baldwin. 
 
 Sir I. D. Briggs. 
 
 " Geo. H. Bright. 
 
 " Francis J. Boggs. 
 
 " Alex. M. Brownell. 
 
 " Frank Barrows. 
 
 " Ro. Caruthers. 
 
 " J. A. Chambliss. 
 
 " Maurice Clagett. 
 
 " Geo. L. Clarke. 
 
 " R. N. Crooks.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 113 
 
 Sir Thos. M. Cullino:s\vorth. SirWm. Krouse. 
 
 Wm. Cullingsworth. 
 Judson Cunningham. 
 Wm. Davis. 
 P. S. Derbyshire. 
 J. S. Dodson. 
 R. H. Duesberry. Ap- 
 pointed Second Guard 
 June 17. 
 
 C. C. T. Duncker. 
 John E. Edwards. 
 Wm. Ellison. 
 Maurice Evans. 
 S. M. G. Fisher. Elected 
 Recorder June 17. 
 S. G. Flournoy. 
 John Frey. 
 
 W. J. Gentr}'. Appointed 
 Third Guard June 17. 
 John W. Gill. 
 B. W. Gillis. 
 W. H. Glasscock. 
 Thos. H. Gunn. 
 Jos. Hall. 
 M. P. Handy. 
 Chas. H. Harvey. 
 
 B. C. Hartsoak. 
 Geo. A. Hundley. 
 Wm. B. Isaacs, Jr. 
 S. B. Jacobs. 
 
 C. C. Johnson. 
 W. T. King. 
 Shirlev King. 
 
 " R. T. Lacy. 
 
 " N. M. Lee. 
 
 " Wm. P. Lee. 
 
 " Chas. Lundin. 
 
 " John McFarland. 
 
 " A. C. Maynard. 
 
 " R. Maynard. 
 
 " John J. Montague. 
 
 " Alex. McRae. 
 
 " Henry T. Miller. 
 
 " John T. Moore. 
 
 " John E. Morris. 
 
 " Wm. A. Moss. 
 
 " Wm. Murray. 
 
 " John A. Netherland. 
 
 " Jones A. Otey. 
 
 " R. M. J. Faynter. 
 
 " H. L. Pelouze. 
 
 " Wetherill Peterson. 
 
 " John Perry. 
 
 " H. F. Phillips. 
 
 " Wm. C. Price. 
 
 " C. W. Purcell. 
 
 " Ro. E. Richardson. 
 
 " Wm. F. Richardson. 
 
 " Jas. E. Riddick. 
 
 " W. A. Robinson. 
 
 '< John T. Rogers. 
 
 " Henry W. Kountree. 
 
 «' Frank M. Sherry. 
 
 " K. H. Simpson. 
 
 " John T. Sizer.
 
 114 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Sir I. T. Smith. 
 
 " Ellis C. Stacy. 
 
 " J. M. Stevens. 
 
 " S. B. Sutherland. 
 
 '* John I. Stevenson. 
 
 " Allen Talbatt. 
 
 " Chas. H. Talbatt. 
 
 " E. B. Taylor. 
 
 " H. Selden Taylor. 
 
 " Geo. C. Vanderslice. 
 
 " A. J. Vaughan. 
 
 " Henry Wall. 
 
 Sir Isaac N. Walker. 
 
 " G. A. Wallace. 
 
 " A. W. Weddell. 
 
 " O. F. Weisiger. 
 
 " W. H. Weisiger. 
 
 " A. B. Wells. 
 
 " W. T. West. 
 
 " Wm. E. Wiatt. 
 
 " J. R. Williams. 
 
 " John W. Wright. 
 
 " Wm. A. Wyatt. 
 
 ROSTER OF COMMANDERY OF ST. ANDREW, No. 13, 
 OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 
 
 (May, 1S81.) 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Eminent Sir Thomas Jefferson Evans, Commander. 
 Sir Jos. Virginius Bidgood, Generalissimo. 
 
 " John Jefferson Wright, Captai?i- General. 
 Rev. Sir Wm. C. Schaeffer, Prelate. 
 Sir Elbert Cellers Walthall, Senior Warden. 
 
 " George Washington Poe, junior Warden. 
 
 " George Boardman Steel, Treasurer. 
 Right Eminent Sir Wm. Bryan Isaacs, Recorder. 
 Sir Wm. Overton English, Standard Bearer.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 1 
 
 Sir Howard Swineford, Sword Bearer. 
 " Wm. M. Netherland, Warder. 
 " Dennis B. Collins, Captain Guard. 
 
 PAST COMMANDERS. 
 
 Right Eminent Wm. Bryan Isaacs, Past Grand Com- 
 mander. 
 Eminent Wm. Elam Tanner. 
 
 members. 
 
 A. G. Babcock. 
 C. W. P. Brock. 
 John P. Bargamin. 
 Henry Bochmer. 
 A. B. Bigelow. 
 Henry Bodeker. 
 R. W. Bidgood. 
 L. D. Crenshaw, Jr. 
 James D. Crump. 
 Luther D. Camp. 
 
 E. A. Chalkley. 
 Samuel D. Davies. 
 Frank D. Dunlop. 
 Rev. Geo. W. Dame, Jr. 
 
 F. C. Ebell. 
 A. L. Fugua. 
 A. W. Garber. 
 Joseph F. Gibson. 
 R. H. M. Harrison. 
 John R. Johnson. 
 John E. Laughton, J r. 
 
 Henry W. Murray. 
 Oscar M. Marshall. 
 Warner Moore. 
 C. W. Macfarlane, 
 N. C. Newton. 
 E. T. Parham. 
 James D. Patton. 
 J. W. Penick. 
 George W. Robinson. 
 Wm. D. Rice. 
 R. B. Swead. 
 Frank D. Steger. 
 George P. Stacy. 
 Jo. Lane Stern. 
 W. Hamilton Sands. 
 Edgar D. Taylor. 
 James T. Vaughan. 
 Cliarles E. Worlhain. 
 Samuel B. Witt. 
 G. Waddy Wilde.
 
 Il6 APPENDIX. 
 
 ROSTER OF ST. JOHN'S COMMANDERY, No. i. 
 
 Sir Geo. H. Rhodes, Eminent Com^nander. 
 
 " Jas. C. Lester, Generalissimo. 
 
 " G. L. Shepley, Captahi- General. 
 Eminent Sir A. H. Cushman, Prelate. 
 Sir Pardon Wilbur, Senior Warden. 
 
 " Jno. Heathcote, Junior Warden. 
 
 " Jno, G. Massie, Treasurer. 
 
 " Wm. H. Perry, Recorder. 
 
 " C. M. Sheldon, Sword Bearer. 
 
 " W. C. Hammond, Standard Bearer. 
 
 " D. B. Davis, Warder. 
 
 guards. 
 
 Jno. M. Buffinton, W. H. Sherman. 
 
 W. A. Wheaton. 
 
 PAST EMINENT COMMANDERS. 
 
 Eminent Sir Newton D. Arnold. 
 " W. E. Husband. 
 
 " Geo. H. Burnham. 
 
 " Stillman White. 
 
 sir knights. 
 
 Sir T. F. Arnold. Sir A. Coville. 
 
 " G. M. Ardoene. " H. A. Claflin. 
 
 " A. L. Bliss. " R. Chadwick. 
 
 " J. E. Brown. " A. B. Gardiner. 
 
 " J. H. Belcher. " C. E. Harris. 
 
 " G. F. Battey. " J. G. Hastings. 
 
 " W. R. Bodfish. " R. H. Hall. 
 
 " C. E. Bourne. " B. F. Kingsbury.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 1 1 
 
 Sir C. Law. 
 
 " C. Lawton. 
 
 " C. Monsell. 
 
 " O. M. Mitchell. 
 
 " M. Ogden. 
 
 " J. G. Pearce. 
 
 " W. F. Dillaby. 
 
 " D. N. Davis. 
 
 " P. S. Dobson. 
 
 " H. B. Dexter. 
 
 " C. H. Dunham. 
 
 " L. H. Eddy. 
 
 « T. D. Elsbree. 
 
 " J. R. Fales. 
 
 " G. M. Freeborn. 
 
 Sir G. Fuller. 
 " C. Gorton. 
 " T. M. Rounds. 
 " F. J. Rice. 
 ■' S. D. Spink. 
 " S. B. Swan. 
 " A. Thompson. 
 " L. H. Tillinghast. 
 " J. F. Utton. 
 " J. A. Whaley. 
 " W. L. Walker. 
 " P. T. Washburn. 
 " Ira Winsor. 
 " W. R. Walker. 
 
 LADIES. 
 
 Mrs. Jno. Heathcote. 
 
 " Chas. Monsell. 
 Miss Mattie Gorton. 
 Mrs. A. Waterman. 
 Miss F. Waterman. 
 Mrs. N. D. Arnold. 
 
 '• J. C. Lester. 
 
 " A. L. Bliss. 
 Miss Ella Bliss. 
 
 " Anna Copeland. 
 Mrs. J. E. Brown. 
 
 " W. L. ^^'alker. 
 
 " S. D. Spink. 
 Mrs. T. F. Arnold. 
 
 Mrs. C. Law. 
 
 " P. Wilbur. 
 
 " S. White. 
 Miss A. White. 
 Mrs. C. J. Pullen. 
 
 " S. B. Swan. 
 
 " C. H. Dunham. 
 
 " A. Thompson. 
 
 " W. H. Sherman. 
 
 " J. G. Hastings. 
 
 " A. ( oville. 
 
 " F. J. Rice. 
 
 " O.M.Mitchell.
 
 Il8 APPENDIX. 
 
 Fraternal Greetings to Columbia Commandery, 
 No. 2, from De Molay Commandery of Boston. 
 
 ^n QDIIcTnoiriaiTi. 
 
 Sir James Abram Garfield, late President of 
 the United States, was shot and mortally wounded 
 by an assassin in the city of Washington, July 2, 
 1 88 1, and, after suffering intensely for nearly eighty 
 days, with that cheerful Christian fortitude which 
 added the crowning lustre to his great and beau- 
 tifully rounded character, departed this life, 
 September 19, aged forty-nine years and ten 
 months, and was buried at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 September 26, 1881. 
 
 Princes and rulers in all parts of the world 
 delighted to honor him, during his great sufferings, 
 with telegrams of heart-felt sympathy, and fervent 
 prayers for his recovery; and when he died the 
 civilized world was draped in mourning. It is 
 generally conceded that no chief magistrate, of 
 this or any other nation, ever died so universally 
 esteemed and beloved as was our brother and Sir 
 Knight, whose life and death we now commemo- 
 rate by dedicating these pages to his memory. 
 
 We, as a Commandery of Knights Templars, 
 have special reasons for recording our high appre- 
 ciation of his knightly courtesy, which was ex-
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 119 
 
 tended to us when we were passing through the 
 Capital on a pilgrimage to Richmond, only six 
 weeks before he was assassinated. On arriving at 
 Washington, May 20, in company with St. John's 
 Commandery of Providence, we were royally re- 
 ceived by the Knights Templars of the city, in- 
 cluding Columbia Commandery, No. 2, of which 
 President Garfield was a member, and by his kind- 
 ness the five Commanderies in line were admitted 
 within the grounds in front of the White House, 
 and were reviewed by him. The next day he 
 personally received and cordially greeted us within 
 the Executive Mansion. His noble, manly form, 
 as he stood before us on that occasion, and the 
 hearty shake of his generous hand, are reminis- 
 cences which can never be effaced. 
 
 We recommend the adoption of the following 
 resolutions : 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby express our profouiul sor- 
 row that our dear brother, Sir James Abram (jurfield, 
 should be cut down by the^ hand of a political fanatic 
 in a time of peace, and so soon after he had obtained 
 the loftiest position in the gift of his country. And yet 
 we rejoice that he has not lived in vain. His cahn 
 resoluteness, his undaunted perseverance, his native 
 dignity, his consistent demeanor, his unsullied integrity, 
 his faith in God and his hope in immortality will remain 
 a rich legacy for his family, our Fraternity, and the 
 nation he honored and loved so well. 
 
 Resolved, That we tender the venerable mother, the 
 devoted wife and the bereaved children our ilccp and 
 9
 
 I20 APPENDIX. 
 
 tender sympathy ; and we devoutly pray that the same 
 noble, Christian fortitude, which was manifested by 
 Mrs. Garfield during the trials and sufferings of her 
 beloved husband, and which has made her name illus- 
 trious in all the world, may continue to support her in 
 the multiplied cares and sorrows which must press 
 heavily upon her. 
 
 Resolved, That we send mournful, and yet cordial 
 greetings to our Fraters of Columbia Commandery, 
 No. 2, and sincerely condole with them the irreparable 
 loss of the renowned Hero, Statesman and Freemason, 
 Sir James Abram Garfield, President of the United 
 States. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 Boston, October 19, 1SS2. 
 
 COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL 
 
 TO 
 
 RICHMOND COMMANDERY, No. 2, K. T., 
 
 of richmond, va., 
 From De Molay Commandery, K. T.,of Boston, Mass. 
 
 Whereas, In response to a very cordial invita- 
 tion extended to them by Richmond Commandery, 
 No. 2, and the Commandery of St. Andrew, No. 13, 
 both of Richmond, Virginia, the De Molay Com- 
 mandery of Boston visited the city of Richmond, 
 May 23, 1 88 1, and vv^ere entertained with that
 
 APPENDIX. 121 
 
 knightly hospitality for which their Praters of 
 Virginia are justly celebrated, therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby tender the Sir Knights of 
 Richmond our sincere and hearty thanks for the princely 
 manner in which they received us, and the unbounded 
 hospitality so magnanimously extended to us and our 
 ladies, during the four days we sojourned in that beau- 
 tiful city; and that our former high estimate of Southern 
 hospitality, created by the most intimate fraternal rela- 
 tions between Knights Templars of Richmond and 
 Boston, extending over a period of twenty-three years, 
 has been more than realized ; and the new members of 
 our Commandery, who accompanied us on this second 
 pilgrimage, substantially declare, " The half was never 
 told." 
 
 Resolved, That the elegant and costly Knights Tem- 
 plars' sword, presented to De Molay Commandery by 
 our Richmond Sir Knights, surpasses anything of the 
 kind we have ever had the pleasure of receiving ; and 
 that words are inadequate to express the gratitude we 
 feel for this golden pledge of knightly courtesy and 
 brotherly affection. Its keen, bright and beautiful blade 
 will remind us of the valor, heroism and knightly chiv- 
 alry of the donors ; and we hereby pledge our sacred 
 honor, as Knights Templars, that while we shall pre- 
 serve it with jealous, loving care, it shall consume with 
 rust rather than be drawn in the cause of injustice ami 
 oppression. 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby express our heari-fcit giaii- 
 tude to his Excellency, Governor F. VV. M. Holliday, 
 his Honor, Mayor W. C. Carringlon, and Sir A. K. 
 Courtney, for their noble, fraternal and patriotic ad-
 
 122 APPENDIX. 
 
 dresses of welcome at the Grand Reception, May 24th ; 
 and to all the citizens — especially the ladies — for the 
 genial, loving and magnanimous peals of welcome with 
 which we were received and greeted everywhere, amid 
 elaborate and gorgeous decorations, and the distribu- 
 tion of wreaths, crowns and bouquets of beautiful 
 flowers ; for the opportunities afforded us of visiting 
 their happy homes and jolaces of historic interest, not 
 only in the city but along the banks of the majestic 
 James, one of the noblest rivers in America, also the 
 factories and places of commercial interest; and for 
 the many and various souvenirs given us as tokens of 
 woman's love and man's noble generosity. 
 
 Resolved, That hereafter the twenty-sixth of May, the 
 day on which the Grand Banquet was given, be 
 observed by De Molay Commandery as an anniversary, 
 in commemoration of our late pilgrimage to Richmond. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery, 
 
 COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL 
 
 TO THE 
 
 COMMANDERY OF ST. ANDREW, No. 13, K. T., 
 
 of richmond, va., 
 From De Molay Commandery, K. T., of Boston, Mass. 
 
 Whereas, In response to a very cordial invita- 
 tion extended to them by the Commandery of St. 
 Andrew, No. 13, and Richmond Commandery, 
 No. 2, both of Richmond, Virginia, the De Molay
 
 APPENDIX. 123 
 
 Commandery of Boston visited the City of Rich- 
 mond, May 23, 188 1, and were entertained with 
 that knightly hospitality for which their Praters 
 of Virginia are justly celebrated, therefore. 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby tender the Sir Knights of 
 Richmond our sincere and hearty thanks for the princely 
 manner in which they received us, and the unbounded 
 hospitality so magnanimously extended to us and our 
 ladies, during the four days we sojourned in that beau- 
 tiful city ; and that our former high estimate of South- 
 ern hospitality, created by the most intimate fraternal 
 relations between Knights Templars of Richmond and 
 Boston, extending over a period of twenty-three years, 
 has been more than realized ; and the new members 
 of our Commandery, who accompanied us on this 
 second pilgrimage, substantially declare, "The half 
 was never told." 
 
 Resolved, That the elegant and costly Knights Tem- 
 plars' sword, presented to De Molay Commandery by 
 our Richmond Sir Knights, surpasses anything of the 
 kind we have ever had the pleasure of receiving ; and 
 that words are inadequate to express the gratitude we 
 feel for this golden pledge of knightly courtesy and 
 brotherly affection. Its keen, bright and beautiful 
 blade will remind us of the valor, heroism and knightly 
 chivalry of the donors ; and we hereby pledge our sacred 
 honor, as Knights Templars, that while we shall pre- 
 serve it with jealous, loving care, it shall consume with 
 rust rather than be drawn in the cause of injustice and 
 oppression. 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby express our heart felt gr-Hi- 
 tude to his Excellency, Governor F. W. M. Ilolliday,
 
 124 APPENDIX. 
 
 his Honor, Mayor W. C. Carrington, and Sir A. R. 
 Courtney, for their noble, fraternal and patriotic ad- 
 dresses of welcome at the Grand Reception, May 
 24, and to all the citizens — especially the ladies — 
 for the genial, loving and magnanimous peals of wel- 
 come with which we were received and greeted every- 
 where, amid elaborate and gorgeous decorations, and 
 the distribution of wreaths, crowns and bouquets of 
 beautiful fiowers ; for the opportunities afforded us of 
 visiting their happy homes and places of historic inter- 
 est, not only in the city but along the banks of the 
 majestic James, one of the noblest rivers in America, 
 also the factories and places of commercial interest; 
 and for the many and various souvenirs given us as 
 tokens of woman's love and man's noble generosity. 
 
 Resolved, That hereafter the twenty-sixth of May, the 
 day on which the Grand Banquet was given, be 
 observed by De Molay Commandery as an anniversary, 
 in commemoration of our late pilgrimage to Richmond. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 De Molay Commandery of Knights Templars of 
 Boston, Mass., in conclave assembled, sendeth 
 knightly greeting to their Frate?'s of Fredericks- 
 burg Commandery No. I. 
 
 We greet you from grateful hearts, and minds 
 crowded with pleasant recollections of the cour-
 
 APPENDIX. 125 
 
 tesies extended to us and our ladies, by the Sir 
 Knights and citizens of your city, upon the occa- 
 sion of our brief visit on the twenty-third of May, 
 1 88 1, Our recent pilgrimage to Richmond was a 
 continued ovation from the time we arrived in 
 Washington until we returned home, and while it 
 would be as impossible as it is unnecessary to state 
 where we were most cordially received and royally 
 entertained, we can truly say that during the few 
 hours we were permitted to be your guests, and 
 partake of your unbounded hospitality, impressions 
 were made upon the mind and heart of each one 
 who participated that time can never efface. It 
 was, indeed, a bright and sunny spot in life, to 
 which our minds will revert with ever-increasing 
 delight. We remember with peculiar pleasure 
 that this was our first stop in the Old Dominion, 
 which was so intimately associated with our own 
 beloved Commonwealth in those early historic 
 events that gave to each immortal renown. Wc 
 shall always recall with delight the knightly bear- 
 ing of your Commandery as you received and 
 escorted us through your principal streets, so beau- 
 tifully and tastefully decorated, and thronged with 
 people who manifested such friendly interest that 
 we felt we were among friends and brothers. Our 
 hearts burned within us as we listened to the 
 eloquent address of Judge Goolrick, assuring us of 
 a cordial welcome to your hearts and homes. Wc 
 remember his soul-stirring sentiments of i)at riot- 
 ism and Masonic truth, that made us realize, as
 
 126 APPENDIX. 
 
 perhaps never before, that although we are citizens 
 of different States, we are one people, joint-heirs 
 of a glorious past, and marching together " in the 
 foremost files of time," animated by the same lofty 
 purposes and hopes for our common country. As 
 we stood in sight of the grave of the mother who 
 gave birth to him who was "first in the hearts of 
 his countrymen," and realized that we were sur- 
 rounded by the scenes that inspired and delighted 
 his boyhood, and that here he commenced his 
 Masonic career, we felt that, like the templars of 
 ancient times, we had made a pilgrimage to a 
 sacred spot ; that we were upon holy ground. 
 
 We shall never forget the rare social pleasure 
 we enjoyed at the residence of Eminent Com- 
 mander R. S. Chew, and the elegant, refreshing 
 and bountiful entertainment we then received ; 
 nor the delightful manner in which it was served 
 by the fair maidens and charming matrons of 
 Fredericksburg, who, by their grace and loveliness, 
 contributed so much to our happiness. 
 
 Dear Sir Knights of Fredericksburg, for all these 
 kind attentions we thank you sincerely and hear- 
 tily, and, through you, all who contributed to the 
 pleasures of that occasion, and we trust the friend- 
 ships there so firmly established may be still 
 further cemented, and last " till time with us shall 
 be no more." 
 
 With all our hearts we add our mother tongue's 
 best benison — God bless you, one and all.
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 127 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL 
 
 TO 
 
 DE MOLAY MOUNTED COMMANDERY. 
 
 No. 4, K. T., 
 
 or WASHINGXON, D. C. 
 
 From De Molay Commandery, K. T., Boston, .NL^ss. 
 
 Whereas, In response to a fraternal invitation 
 extended to them by De Molay Mounted Com- 
 mandery, No. 4, the De Molay Commandery of 
 Boston visited the city of Washington on the 
 twentieth and twenty-first of May, 1881, and were 
 most hospitably entertained, therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby tender the oflTicers and 
 members of De Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4, 
 of Washington, our hearty thanks, for their princely 
 reception and generous hospitality; and that our warm 
 attachment to the Knights Templars of the Capital, 
 created by the most intimate fraternal relations in years 
 gone by, has been greatly strengthened by the knightly 
 courtesy and generosity manifested toward us and our 
 ladies during our visit to that city. 
 
 Resolved, That their presentation of an elegant piio- 
 tograph of the Capitol is hereby gratefully acknow-
 
 128 APPENDIX. 
 
 ledged, and that it be placed in our armory as a me- 
 mento of the unbounded liberality and kindness of the 
 De Molays of Washington. 
 
 Resolved, That we hereby express our profound grati- 
 tude to the President of the United States, Sir James 
 A. Garfield, for his knightly courtesy, in reviewing the 
 Knights Templars during their parade ; and also for 
 personally receiving and greeting us and our ladies 
 within the Executive Mansion ; and that we tender our 
 sincere thanks to the officers of the Government De- 
 partments for the great pleasure they afforded us by 
 escorting us through many of the public buildings. 
 
 Finally, our De Molay Fraters of Washington, 
 ever mindful of what is appropriate as well as 
 generous, concluded the festivities by giving us a 
 delightful sail down the Potomac River to Mount 
 Vernon, where rest, in honor and glory, the re- 
 mains of the renowned hero, statesman and Free- 
 mason, George Washington. As our feet pressed 
 the soil of the home of the "Father of his Coun- 
 try," we could but reflect upon his spotless char- 
 acter, and resolve to imitate his many virtues as 
 the highest tribute we could pay to the memory 
 of this distinguished and eminent patron of Free- 
 masonry. For all these social and intellectual 
 feasts, we say to our noble brothers, God bless 
 you ! 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery.
 
 appendix. 129 
 
 De Molay Commaxdery of Knights Templars, 
 
 Boston, September 28, 1881. 
 
 To the Most Eminent Commander, Officers and Sir 
 Knights of Beauseant Coimnandery of Knights 
 Templars, No. 8, Baltimore, Md. — Greeting : 
 
 Whereas, The committee appointed by De 
 Molay Commandery, to prepare and forward to 
 Beauseant Commandery of Baltimore, Md., an ex- 
 pression of their appreciation of the knightly cour- 
 tesies and attentions shown to them during their 
 recent sojourn in your beautiful city, in May last, 
 take great pleasure in submitting the following : 
 
 Resolved, That De ^Molay Commander)' most re- 
 spectfully tenders to the noble-hearted Fratcrs of the 
 celebrated Beauseant Commander)', and also to all 
 other participating Commanderies, their sincere thanks 
 and grateful appreciation for the unbounded hospitality 
 extended to them upon their reception within the walls 
 of your beautiful monumental city. 
 
 Resolved, That we shall look back with pride to the 
 magnificent escort with which you honored us, and the 
 remembrance of the march through your beautiful streets, 
 headed by such an elegant body of Knights Templars, 
 will ever remain one of the brightest scenes of our pil- 
 grimage. The brilliant reception in the evening, whore 
 eloquent words of welcome, by your esteemed Com- 
 mander and honored Mayor, sent a thrill of joy throiif;h 
 our hearts that time will never efface ; where bcnutiful 
 ladies, inspiring music and delicate viands, all in per-
 
 130 APPENDIX. 
 
 feet harmony, told the same story, that we were indeed 
 among friends and true " Soldiers of the Cross." 
 
 Resolved, That by your attention to us you have but 
 maintained that part of the symbolic meaning of your 
 name " Beauseant " — " Fair and pleasant to Chris- 
 tians " — and that we await an early opportunity of re- 
 ciprocating your knightly hospitality and attention. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 De Molay Commandery of Knights Templars, 
 
 Boston, September 28, 1881. 
 
 To the Eminent Commander, Officers and Sir 
 KnigJits of Palestine Commandery of Knights 
 Templars, No. 18, New York, — Greeting : 
 
 De Molay Commandery of Knights Templars 
 desiring to acknowledge through their Committee, 
 in a formal manner, their appreciation of your un- 
 limited and generous entertainment, during their 
 brief sojourn in the great Metropolis of America, 
 beg leave to submit the following 
 
 preamble and resolutions. 
 
 Whereas, On the afternoon of May 28, 1881, a 
 body of Knights Templars arrived on the confines 
 of your beautiful dominion, weary and worn with
 
 APPENDIX. 131 
 
 well-doing; they were returning to their humble 
 homes, in the far East, after a long and arduous 
 pilgrimage to the Mecca of their affection, the fair 
 Virginia, where, like Knights of old, they had jour- 
 neyed to offer their orisons and renew their vows. 
 
 " Weary pilgrims " as they were, they were 
 taken in charge by a detachment of your guards, 
 and conducted across the river, and delivered up 
 as prisoners to your command. Fain would they 
 have rebelled, but when they beheld the spotless 
 raiment of their captors they said among them- 
 selves, this must indeed be a band of angels sent 
 to conduct us to the gates of Palestine. One and 
 and all proclaimed : " Lead on, in such company 
 we will follow even unto the gates of death." 
 
 The line of march was immediately taken up, and 
 we were conducted through streets and avenues 
 teeming with the busy cares of daily life. Little 
 did we heed them, but with renewed vigor, under 
 the influence of the most inspiring music, we 
 pressed onward under the leadership of our caj)- 
 tors, until finally we arrived at the outer gate of 
 the Temple. Up, up they led us, through long 
 and narrow defiles, until at last we arrived within 
 their Asylum, when the rattle of musketry, the 
 boom of artillery, and the sh — of sky-rockets, toUl 
 us plainer than words that we were not their 
 prisoners, but honored guests. 
 
 In less time than it takes to record the fact, the 
 cares and fatigues of our pilgrimage were forgotten 
 in the jovial good fellowship of our new-found
 
 132 APPENDIX. 
 
 Fraters, the Knights of Palestine, who were un- 
 remitting in their attention to our personal wants 
 and comfort. The deHcate compliment paid to our 
 ladies in the reception by the ladies of Palestine 
 Commandery, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and so 
 ably carried out by its popular proprietor, consti- 
 tuted one of the brightest little episodes of our 
 entire pilgrimage. 
 
 Untiring in their devotion to our welfare while 
 in New York, they were not satisfied with well- 
 doing, and sent with us, as a guard of honor, Sir 
 Knights Rich and Whitman, to see that we reached 
 safely our homes. Immediately upon our arrival 
 these Sir Knights delivered us up to Boston Com- 
 mandery, and telegraphed their Eminent Com- 
 mander that they had delivered their guests to 
 Boston Commandery, and that they had faithfully 
 discharged their duty. Such devotion we had not 
 dreamed of, and we are under deep and lasting 
 obligations to them. 
 
 We came as strangers, but we departed feeling 
 that we had left behind a band of true, noble- 
 hearted Knights and Brothers, and the recollec- 
 tions of the social hours that we enjoyed with them 
 will remain forever one of the brightest pages in 
 our lives as Knights Templar. 
 
 Resolved, That the sincere thanks of De Molay Com- 
 mandery be extended to our Fraters of Palestine Com- 
 mandery, for the elegant and hospitable manner in 
 which they honored us as their guests while passing 
 through their city.
 
 APPENDIX. 133 
 
 Resolved^ That a petition from De Molay Comman- 
 dery be forwarded to Palestine Commander}-, No. 18, 
 of New York, craving permission to use their copy- 
 righted " Sky-Rocket," upon our paying a suitable 
 royalty. 
 
 Resolved, That the Knights of De Molay Comman- 
 dery look forward with a great deal of pleasure to the 
 time when it may be their privilege to welcome the 
 Knights of Palestine within their Asylum, and return, 
 in the bonds of Knighthood, the elegant reception with 
 which they honored us. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 To the Eminent Covunander, Officers and Sit 
 Knights of Boston Commandery, Knights Tem- 
 plars, — Greeting : 
 
 De Molay Commandery Knights Templars, Bos- 
 ton, duly appreciating the Knightly courtesy of 
 Boston Commandery, K. T., extended to them on 
 the occasion of their return from their pilgrimage 
 to Richmond, Virginia, May 30, 1881, appointed 
 on June 22, 1881, a Committee to prepare a suit- 
 able testimonial in recognition of the same, when 
 the said Committee submitted the following pre- 
 amble and resolutions, and they were unaniuKnisly 
 adopted.
 
 134 APPENDIX. 
 
 Whereas, Boston Commandery, in continuation 
 of the friendly relations which have so long existed 
 between them and De Molay Commandery, has 
 again shown in a highly creditable manner the 
 knightly courtesy which shows them to be true 
 Soldiers of the Cross, therefore. 
 
 Resolved, That the heart-felt thanks of De Molay 
 Commandery be and are hereby extended to the 
 Fraters of Boston Commandery, for the very cordial 
 reception given by them to our "Weary Pilgrims travel- 
 ling from afar." 
 
 Resolved, That we shall ever cherish with grateful 
 hearts, the kind words and noble sentiments so feel- 
 ingly and eloquently expressed at the generous banquet 
 provided for us on that occasion. 
 
 Resolved, That by this expression of fraternal regard, 
 Boston Commandery has bound us to them with new 
 chains, and it shall ever be our desire to reciprocate 
 their kind greeting so magnanimously extended. 
 
 Signed by the members of the Council and 
 Committee, and attested by the Recorder under 
 the seal of the Commandery. 
 
 SOUVENIRS FOR SOUTHERN KNIGHTS. 
 
 Since the return of the De Molay Commandery 
 of Knights Templars from its Richmond pilgrim- 
 age, its members have been anxious to send their 
 Fraters of the Southern cities then visited, some
 
 APPENDIX. 135 
 
 souvenir which should keep constantly in the 
 minds of their hosts at Washington, Fredericks- 
 burg and Richmond the memory of the pleasant 
 events of their stay with them in May last. Such 
 souvenirs have been at last made ready, and last 
 evening, through the courtesy of Capt. Lovering, of 
 the Adams express, they were forwarded by special 
 messenger to their destination. The souvenirs 
 consist of elegant swords, designed for the use of 
 the Eminent Commander of the Richmond, No. 2. 
 and St. Andrew's, No. 13, Commands of Richmond, 
 the Fredericksburg Command of Fredericksburg, 
 and the mounted De Molay Command of Wash 
 ington, to be worn during the term of office, and 
 then to be presented to successive incumbents in 
 perpetuity. The swords were made by the Ames 
 Company, and are pronounced to be the finest 
 specimens ever made in this country. The handles 
 of the weapons are of ivory, with a mounted Tem- 
 plar beautifully etched in colors on one side, and 
 the Maltese cross of the Order on the other, the 
 top of the hilt consisting of a helmcted head. The 
 cross hilt has the triangle of the Order in enamel 
 at either end, with twelve jewels in each, and the 
 guard is ornamented with a bas-relief of a Templar 
 stretched before his tent gazing upon the cross in 
 the sky. The diamond-pointed blade is etched in 
 gold and silver with the name of the Commandery 
 on one side, and the scene of the temple and camp 
 on the other. The scabbard is of gold, ornamcnleti 
 with bas-reliefs of the cross and crown upon the
 
 136 APPENDIX. 
 
 upper escutcheon, and of the pilgrim on his way 
 on the lower escutcheon, the engraved monogram 
 of each Command occupying the space between 
 the two. A De Molay belt of black velvet and 
 gold lace ornaments, mounted with three belt 
 slides and gold barrel chains, accompanied each 
 sword, and each of these elegant souvenirs was 
 packed in a black walnut case, with blue satin 
 linings and pads. Letters were forwarded to the 
 several Commanderies tendering the souvenirs, 
 which were received on Washington's Birthday, 
 the event intended to be commemorated by the 
 presentations. 
 
 The committee appointed by De Molay Com- 
 mandery to procure the swords and present them 
 to their Southern Fraters, consisted of Eminent 
 Sir J. W. Dadmun, Sir William B. Fisher and Sir 
 F. J. Davis. The following presentation letters, 
 duly attested by the Committee, accompanied the 
 swords : 
 
 Boston, February 22, 1882. 
 
 To the Eminent Comma?idcr, Officer's and Members 
 of Richmond Commandery, No. 2, Richmond, Va.: 
 
 Dear Brothers and Sir Knights, — Although 
 some nine months have passed since the De Molays 
 made their second pilgrimage to Richmond, rest 
 assured that no length of time can diminish in the 
 least degree the bond of union existing between 
 them and their noble Fraters of Virginia. And
 
 APPENDIX. 137 
 
 as an enduring testimony of our gratitude to you 
 for your unbounded knightly hospitality, and as a 
 token of our constant love and good fellowship, we 
 now forward to you a Commander's sword, and a 
 De Molay belt, hoping that each presiding Com- 
 mander will wear them within your Asylum in 
 memory of the De Molays of Boston. We beg 
 you to accept them ; not so much for their intrinsic 
 value as for the knightly friendship and affection 
 of the donors. 
 
 To us all, as Knights Templars, the sword has 
 a moral significance that makes it beautifully ap- 
 propriate, for in our hands as Knights Templars 
 it becomes endowed with three excellent qualities : 
 " Its hilt by faith, its blade by hope, and its point 
 by mercy;" three glorious attributes, which, when 
 possessed by the human heart, make the perfect 
 man. Faith in God, hope in immortality antl 
 charity to all mankind is the practical faith on 
 which Templar Masonry is founded. May the 
 happy union formed between the Sir Knights of 
 Richmond and Boston in 1858 be perpetuated 
 until faith shall be lost in sight, and hope shall 
 end in full fruition. 
 
 In the name of De Molay Commandcry of Bos- 
 ton this sword and belt arc hereby presented to 
 Richmond Commandery, No. 2, of Richmond, Vir- 
 ginia, on this anniversary of the birthday of the 
 renowned Freemason and Father of his Country- 
 Virginia's lioblcst sire — George Wa.siiington.
 
 138 APPENDIX. 
 
 Boston, February 22, 1882. 
 To the Eminent Commander, Officers and Members 
 of the Commandery of St. Andrciv, No. I J, Rich- 
 mond, Virginia: 
 
 Dear Brothers and Sir Knights, — It seems but 
 a day since the De Molays of Boston were with 
 the valiant Templars of Richmond. All the events 
 of the splendid ovation given to the visiting Sir 
 Knights are full of thrilling interest, and memory 
 recalls them with a vividness which is almost 
 transporting. Our expectations were more than 
 realized, and the second pilgrimage of De Molay 
 Commandery to the " Old Dominion," last May, 
 was made, by the generous, knightly hospitality of 
 the Richmond Sir Knights, one of the greatest 
 events of its history. 
 
 " Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! 
 Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled; 
 You may break, you may ruin the vase, if you will, 
 But the scent of the roses will hang round it still." 
 
 As one of the four Commanderies which formed 
 the solid square on that occasion, St. Andrew 
 should also receive the honors and awards of val- 
 iant Templars. Therefore, as a testimony of our 
 gratitude for your knightly hospitality, and as a 
 token of our constant love and good fellowship, 
 we now forward to you a Commander's sword and 
 a De Molay belt, hoping that each presiding 
 Commander will wear them within the Asylum, in
 
 APPENDIX, 
 
 139 
 
 memory of the De Molays of Boston. We beg 
 you to accept them ; not so much for their intrinsic 
 value as for the knightly friendship and affection 
 of the donors. 
 
 In the name of De Molay Commandery of Bos- 
 ton this sword and belt are hereby presented to 
 the Commandery of St. Andrew, No. 13, of Rich- 
 mond, Virginia, on this anniversary of the birth- 
 day of the renowned Freemason and Father of his 
 Country — Virginia's noblest sire — George Wash- 
 
 INGTOX. 
 
 Boston, Februaiy 22, 1882. 
 
 To the Eminejit Coiiunandc}-, Officers and Miuihcrs 
 of Fredericksburg Co7?iinanderj, No. I, Freder- 
 icksburg, Virginia : 
 
 Dear Brothers and Sir Knights, — On the twenty- 
 third of May last, the De Molay Commandery of 
 Boston, in company with St. John's Commandery 
 of Providence, entered the "Old Dominion," on a 
 pilgrimage to Richmond. Having previou.sly ac- 
 cepted a very kind and cordial invitation from you 
 to visit Fredericksburg on the way, we were greatly 
 surprised to find, on arriving there, that not only 
 the Knights Templars but the citizens had turned 
 out en masse to give us a grand reception and a 
 hearty welcome. The booming of cannon, the 
 waving of banners, the floral decorations and ap- 
 propriate mottoes, the sumptuous bauc|uct in the 
 beautiful grove surrounding the lovely home of
 
 140 APPENDIX. 
 
 Eminent Commander Chew, and, above all, the 
 hearty greetings of the Templars, the citizens and 
 the ladies, made the "pilgrims " feel that their lines 
 had indeed fallen unto them in pleasant places. 
 
 And what could be more appropriate than for a 
 society of Masons, in making a pilgrimage to the 
 Capital of Old Virginia, to visit the place where 
 George Washington first received Masonic light, 
 and where sleeps his sainted mother beneath the 
 sacred soil of the " First Colony of Virginia .-' " 
 We assure you that the few hours we spent in 
 your city, so full of historic interest, and with a 
 people so abounding in their hospitality, will be in 
 our history like " apples of gold in pictures of 
 silver," and fond memory will often recall them 
 with transporting joy and gladness. 
 
 As a slight testimony of our high appreciation 
 of the ovation given us on that occasion, and as a 
 token of our love and knightly fellowship, we now 
 forward to you a Commander's sword and a De 
 Molay belt, to be worn by each presiding Com- 
 mander within the Asylum, in memory of the De 
 Molays of Boston. We hope you will accept them 
 as a souvenir of the knightly friendship and affec- 
 tion of the donors. True friendship can never be 
 bought with gold, but 
 
 " The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, 
 Grapple them by the soul with hooks of steel." 
 
 In the name of De Molay Commandery of Bos- 
 ton, this sword and belt are hereby presented to
 
 APPENDIX, 
 
 141 
 
 Fredericksburg Commandery, No. i, of Freder- 
 icksburg, Virginia, on this anniversary of the birth- 
 day of the renowned Freemason and " Father of 
 his Country" — Virginia's noblest sire — George 
 Washington. 
 
 Boston, February 22, 1S82. 
 
 To the Eminent Commander, Officers and Members 
 of De Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4, of 
 Washington, D. C: 
 
 Dear Brothers and Sir Knights, — The members 
 of De Molay Commandery of Boston, who made a 
 second pilgrimage to Richmond last May, will 
 never forget the cordial greetings with which they 
 were received by the Sir Knights of Washington, 
 and especially the princely ovation given them by 
 De Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4. 
 
 The grand reception given us as we entered the 
 Capital, the march through the beautiful streets, 
 the review and reception given by our late and 
 beloved President, Sir James A. Garfielo, the 
 social levee, the carriage ride, the .sail on the 
 majestic Potomac, and the visit to Mount Vernon, 
 in a word, all the incidents of our two days so- 
 journ with theDe Molays of Washington, afforded 
 the "pilgrims" unspeakable pleasure, and will 
 ever be to them "the consolation to memory dear." 
 
 "There are moments of life that we never forget, 
 
 Which brighten and brighten as time steals away; 
 They give a new charm to the happiest lot, 
 
 And they shine on the gloom of the loneliest day."
 
 142 APf'ENDIX. 
 
 As an enduring testimony of our gratitude for 
 your unbounded, knightly hospitality, and as a 
 memento of our constant love and good fellow- 
 ship, we now forward to you a Commander's sword 
 and a De Molay belt, hoping that each presiding 
 Commander will wear them within the Asylum, in 
 memory of the De Molays of Boston. We beg 
 you to accept them as a pledge of the knightly 
 courtesy and friendship of the donors. 
 
 In behalf of De Molay Commandery of Boston, 
 and on this anniversary of the birthday of the 
 renowned Freemason and Father of his Country, 
 George Washington, this sword and belt are 
 hereby presented to the De Molay Mounted Com- 
 mandery, No. 4, of Washington, D. C. 
 
 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
 
 Richmond, June 6, 1882. 
 
 Eminent Sir J. W. Dadmux, Sir Wm. B. Fisher, 
 and Sir F. J. Davis, Covunittee, Boston, Mass.: 
 
 Dear Sir Knights, — At the regular assembly of 
 their Commandery held on Tuesday night last, the 
 twenty-eighth ultimo, the undersigned were ap- 
 pointed a committee to return the acknowledgments 
 and thanks of Richmond Commandery, No. 2, to 
 you and the Sir Knights of De Molay Commandery, 
 for your courteous and kind letter, and the beau-
 
 APPENDIX. 143 
 
 tiful and elegant present sent them. This evi- 
 dence was not needed, Sir Knights, to assure us 
 that we were not forgotten by our beloved Praters 
 of De Molay ; but it is duly appreciated by us, 
 and we will keep and cherish it, as a token of the 
 high regard and affectionate esteem existing be- 
 tween De Molay and Richmond, No. 2, and which 
 we prize beyond measure. No meeting of the 
 members of Richmond Commandery is ever held 
 that some incident of our pilgrimage to Boston, or 
 your pilgrimage to Richmond, and some pleasur- 
 able experience connected therewith, is not re- 
 lated, and the story of our loves never groivs old. 
 
 The sword and belt shall be worn, dear friends, 
 as you desire, and our assemblies will have addi- 
 tional interest and pleasure from the presence of 
 this constant reminder of the affectionate remem- 
 brance of the De Molays, and henceforth each newly 
 created Templar in Richmond Commandery, No. 
 2, shall receive from its blade the inspiration of 
 the knightly deeds and chivalric courtesy and 
 bearing of the donors. In the name of, and for 
 Richmond Commandery, No. 2, we thank you for 
 the elegant and valuable present, but more than, 
 and above, all, for the touching sentiments of your 
 letter, which have gone to our hearts. 
 
 Truly and fraternally yours, 
 
 LUCIEN L. BASS, \ 
 
 WM. T. ALLICN, > Committee. 
 
 J. THOMPSON liROWN, )
 
 144 APPENDIX. 
 
 Richmond, Va., February 25, 1882. 
 Sirs J. W. Dadmun, Wm. B. Fisher, and F. J. 
 Davis, Committee : 
 
 It has been said, dear Sir Knights, that "there 
 are three friendships which are beneficial : Friend- 
 ship with the upright, friendship with the sincere 
 and friendship with the man of observation." 
 Such are the elements of the friendship which has 
 bound the Templars of Massachusetts and Vir- 
 ginia for more than a generation. It was in the 
 spring of 1881 that that friendship culminated — 
 between De Molay and St. Andrew — in the ele- 
 ments of that mutual love which is an "emblem 
 of eternity, confounding all idea of time, effacing 
 all memory of a beginning and banishing all fear 
 of an ending." 
 
 Last night, at a regular assembly of the Com- 
 mandery of St. Andrew, there was presented to it, 
 on behalf of De Molay Commandery, a " Com- 
 mander's sword and a De Molay belt," as a testi- 
 mony of their "constant love and friendship." We, 
 of the present generation, require no outward, 
 visible sign to remind its of the ties which bind 
 us, but, we receive and accept, with grateful emo- 
 tions, this beautiful tribute of affection, to hand 
 down to our successors, that they who were not 
 participants in the joys of 1875 and 1881 may 
 have before them, and in their constant service, 
 a memorial of our associations and ties ; and as 
 each is constituted, dubbed and created a Knight
 
 APPENDIX. 145 
 
 Templar, may this testimonial, under whose appli- 
 cation he is made a member of our household, 
 carry with it a knowledge and appreciation of the 
 ties of affectionate Brotherhood which now bind 
 De Molay and St. Andrew, and thus transmit 
 them from generation to generation, throughout 
 all time. 
 
 On behalf of " the Commandery of St. Andrew, 
 No. 13," we are, 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 WM. E. TANNER, \ 
 
 WM. B. ISAACS, I Covimittcc. 
 
 J. V. BIDGOOD, ) 
 
 Fredericksburg, Va., March 3, 1882. 
 To the Eminent Covivtandcr, Officers and Members 
 of De Molay Commandery, Boston, Mass.: 
 
 Sir Knights, — Words fail us to express the 
 pleasurable feelings and grateful emotions awak- 
 ened by the "token of your love and knightly fel- 
 lowship — a Commander's sword and a Dc Molay 
 belt," with its accompanying words of " brotherly 
 love," which we have recently received. It needed 
 not this handsome gift to assure us of your appre- 
 ciation of the slight act of hospitality it pleased us 
 to tender you, for the expression of your gratifica- 
 tion while with us more than repaid us for the 
 little we did for your refreshment "while travel- 
 ling from afar;" and now, since you have reilcr-
 
 146 APPENDIX. 
 
 ated your gratification in such an expressive man- 
 ner, we have been made to realize, " It is more 
 blessed to give than to receive." 
 
 However, we beg to assure you. Sir Knights 
 and Fraters, that above the intrinsic worth of your 
 gift is its extrinsic value. The feelings which 
 prompted the gift, the friendship it exhibits, the 
 desire on your part to bind us to yourselves in 
 lasting bonds of brotherhood, all unite to make us 
 realize a gift is invaluable, whatever it may be, 
 when it is the outward expression of the heart's 
 noblest impulses. 
 
 We are reminded by this token very vividly of 
 the characteristic of your people, to turn the tables 
 and make your creditors debtors. Boston has ever 
 been noted for the culture and refinement of her 
 citizens, and therefore to win their favor is an 
 honor to be desired ; and we have the evidence 
 now before our eyes that some of its representa- 
 tives, in the persons of the members of your Com- 
 mandery, with a splendid generosity, have honored 
 their old city, and maintained its world-wide repu- 
 tation, by making us the object on which they 
 have lavished unstinted praise and beautiful testi- 
 monials. 
 
 We accept with more than pleasure what you 
 have presented, and will ever esteem it an honor 
 to grace with this sword and belt our Eminent 
 Commanders, when they preside over our Com- 
 mandery, or lead it forth to join in doing honor to 
 the Order when receiving pilgrims travelling from
 
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 M7 
 
 afar. It is our heart's desire that in all the future 
 we, the members of Fredericksburg Commandery, 
 Knights Templars, girded and armed by you, may 
 stand for the name and the families and the fire- 
 sides of the wives and daughters of the members 
 of De Molay Commandery of Boston, regardinn- 
 them with yourselves as members of the same 
 household of faith — one with us in a common 
 brotherhood. " Let brotherly love continue." 
 
 With knightly courtesy and regard we remain, 
 your Fraters, 
 
 Eminent Sir R. S. CHEW, •\ 
 
 Sir J. W. ADAMS, [ Cowwitice. 
 Sir R. J. McBRIDE, 3 
 
 From the Minutes. 
 
 Attest : Wm. H. Russell, Recorder. 
 
 Washington, D. C, April lo, 1882. 
 
 To the Officers and Members of De Mo/aj Com- 
 mandery of Knights Templars, Boston, Mass.: 
 
 Sir Knights, — We have the honor to forward 
 herewith a slight acknowledgment of the magni- 
 ficent gift presented by you to this Commandery, 
 which we hope you will accept, not for its intrinsic 
 value, which is but a mite as compared with your 
 munificence, but that you may have something in 
 your Asylum to recall to your memory, from time 
 to time, the social pleasures mutually enjoyed by 
 us during your sojourn in this city. Trusting
 
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 that the bond of union so auspiciously begun may 
 be cemented by time into a blissful future, and 
 that you, like ourselves, will cherish those pleasant 
 hours which to us appeared of too short duration, 
 we have the honor to be, courteously and frater- 
 nally, your obedient servants, 
 
 E. F. LAWSON, ^ 
 
 Eminent Commander, 
 
 CHAS. L. PATTEN, 
 
 ^ ,. . > Committee. 
 
 Lreneralissimo, 
 
 J. H. JOCHUM, 
 
 Capiat Ji-General. 
 
 A beautiful souvenir was received with the 
 above letter, elegantly framed and engrossed, con- 
 taining the following sentiment, under the seal of 
 the Commandery : 
 
 D E MO LAY 
 MOUNTED COMMANDERY, 
 
 K.-Ho. 4.— T. 
 WA S H I NGTON, D. C. 
 
 TO 
 
 DE MOLAY COMMANDERY, 
 
 BOSTON, MASS., 
 
 IN TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION OF THE PRINCELY 
 GIFT OF A MAGNIFICENT 
 
 EMIPIWT COMMANI^Eli'^ ^WOKIlI AMB BELT, 
 
 PRESENTED FEBRUARY 22, 1882. 
 
 " HeEC ohm inemi'iisse juvabit."
 
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