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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1894—SIXTEEN PAGES. The flower of the order of Pythians ts the Uniform Rank. Ten thousand of these handsomely uniformed knights are in the ity and are marching today on Pennsyl- vania avenue. They come to honor the Supreme Lodge and to gain the experience of camp life. The Uniform Rank is a mil- {tary body. It is composed of nearly fifty thousand men, well drilled, who would be at the service of their country if there was need. Their parades are unequaled for general appearance. The people of Wash- ington today have opportunity to see thou- wands of them in line. They can review them again in the columns of The Star, for below will be ford interesting sketches of many of the famous men and organizations in line Maj. Gen, Carnahan. In a country like this, where the right of franchise is general,,it is pretty safe to say that a man will reach somewhere near to the level where he belongs. So it is that in elective offices, no matter how large the body may be which enjoys franchise, the man who reaches the top may be locked upon as x man of more than ordinary worth and capacity. A man who stands at the head of the body known as the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythiag is not the exception that proves the rule, but one of the instances where the rule applies in its completeness. Maj. Gen. Carnahan is today one of the most con- s>"cuous men in the nation’s capital. He ts @lowed from morning till night by a crowd of enthusiastic admirers, and by officers of the order, who make his days as busy as @ays can be. Maj. Gen. James Richards Carnahan }akes as fine a looking commanding officer .\, ome would ask to see. Of erect figure and soldierty bearing, he represents in him- self the manly characteristics and the per- sonal qualities which the order of which he is the head seeks to inculcate in its members. He has been a knight for almost twenty years, and his devotion to the cause ard the work of the order has won for him the esteem and friendship of all his asso- ciates among the men who wear the lily as their emblem. The commanding officer of the Knights of Pythias is a native of Indiana, and still re- sides in that state. He was born in Day- ton, Tippecanoe county, November 18, 1841. In November, 1874, he was initiated in La- fayette Lodge, No. 51, of Indiana, of which lodge he is still a member. He has risen pay in the Grand Lodge of his state. le was first elected representative to the Supreme Lodge in 1881, and attended the sessions of 1882 and 1884. In private life he is an attorney at Indianapolis and en- joys a large and lucrative practice. He is at the head of a happy household, and his Wife and daughter are with him at the Wasi encampment. At the session of 1884, upon the recon- struction of the system for the government of the Uniform Rank, he was made major general of that department of the order, to which position he has been continuously re- appointed. At the session of the Grand Lodge which was held in Toronto in the summer of 1886 the Uniform Rank was more thoroughly indorsed and confirmed in its work for the order by the adoption of an ameadment making the major general com- manding that rank one gf the officers in the Supreme Lodge, thus securing for it at all times special representation on the floor @f the supreme body. Commissary General McKinley. Maj. Gen. C following appointments upon his staff, and each of the oflicers named has been com- missioned: Eawin L. Brand, chief of staff, Ch brigadier general and zo, Til. brigadier general and 1 dier general and 1, Baltimore, Md. igadier general , Chicago, Il. ral and chief . Conn. dier general and sur- Wyo. M. S. Barkw geon general, H. Boy general and I . ¥. mehester, N. H. olonel and chap- rT, Minn. In addition to these there fs a long list ef aids-de-camp, with the rank of colonel. Brig. Gen. Brand, Chict-of-stan, The chief-of-staff to Maj. Gen. Carnahan {s Brig. Gen. Brand of Chicago, who has been a member of the order for twenty- three years. He is a nativ® of New York siate, but has lived in the west for thirty-" two years. He was an original member of the old original Elisworth’s Zouaves, com- Wranded by the young and brave Eliner E. Eilsworth, who was killed In Alexandria at the beginning of the war. He went with them on their memorable trip in 1860, and was captain of the zovaves for seven years efterwards. He was made a knight in Ex- e, No. 3, in Chicago, in 1871. rborn Division, No. 1, . taking them to the city the session of the Su- 100 strong, besides a music, the finest and > world, making a has never been grand commander of the 1iform Rank officer jupreme Lodge, record as a brilliant and his com- of their af- ‘m of office. Generals h always been during their long jen. Brand was ap- yen. Carnahan, an ¢ fills with honor to him- e ord It may be well ry troop, the Chicago only commander this r had.eng his record @s brilliant an@ suc- rnahan has announced the | . Brand ts commander } cessful Pythias, Jadge Advocate Lindsay, Md. Past Supreme Chancellor George W. Lind- say's connection with the order of Knights of Pythias began with Oriental Lodge, N as in the order of Knights of 1S, Baltimore, in 1869. He was elected chancellor commander January, 1870, was admitted to the Grand Lodge of Maryland im the same year, was elected grand chan- cellor of the state in 1873. He was admit- ted to the Supreme Lodge in 1874, and was supreme chancellor in the years 18S80-1KK2. He organized the first Uniformed Drill As- sociation, and has continued with the uni- formed branch to the present time, holding positions upon the major general's staff as quartermaster general, and is judge advo- cate general at the present time. Inspector General W. D. Kennedy. William Demes Kennedy was born in Clonmel, Ireland, July 13, 1844, and came to America in 1861. He first resided in Hamilton and Toronto, Ont., and in July, 1871, moved to Chicago. He became a rsember of Welcome Lodge, No. 1, of Chi- cago, September 26, 1871. The great fire followed in two weeks, and he returned to Tcronto, where, as deputy supreme chan- cellor, he organized Mystic Lodge, No. 1, ard on the following week lodges in Lon- don and Hamilton. He was the first su- preme representative from Ontario, and continued as such until 1874. In 1876 he withdrew from the Grand Lodge of On- tario and placed his membership in Illinois, being now a member of De Molay a . 13, of Chicago. He was early interested in the Uniform Rank, and served a term as ail-de-camp on the staff ef the major genera}, and when the vacancy occurred ‘was made inspector general. Gen. Kennedy is editor and publisher of The Knight Errant, and is owner of one of the most complete Pythian libraries in the world. On the formation of the constitutional cammissim, to which has been committed the preparation of the new constitution and code of statutes of the Supreme Lodge, he was chosen secretary. Surg. Gen. Barkwell. ‘The surgeon general on Maj. Gen. Carna- han’s statf—Gen. M.C. Barkwell—is a promi- nent physician of Cheyenne, Wyo. He was born tn Troy, Perry county, Ind., August 3, 1844. He was initiated in Cheyenne Lodge, No. 2, of Wyoming, June 1M, 1877, and is still a member of that lodge. He first rep- resented the Grand Lodge of Wyoming in 1886, and attended the sessions of 1888 and 1890, at which latter session he was elected supreme inner guard. He also holds a com- mission in the uniform rank as surgeor general on the staff of the major general. Dr. Bowlsby, Advisory Surgeon Gen- eral. Dr. W. H. Bowlsby was made a Knight of Pythias in 1877; passed through the hairs and served three terms as chancel- lor commander, He was instrumental in promoting and shaping the Uniform Rank in its Inciptency, and was a charter member of “Old Brooklyn Division,” No. 3. He was appointed district deputy grand chancellor in 1869, Was elected examiner for the En- dowment Section, No. 100, of which he was a charter member, and still holds the office of medical examiner. He was appointed surgeon general on the staff cf Major Gen. Carnahan in 1884; served his four years and then received his commission for life as senior advisory surgeon general. Still, he was tco enthusiastic a knight to retire from active service, to rest on hts laurels, and has been regularly reappointed on the major general's staff, where he is still serv- irg and {s still an efficient promoter in every good work. Brig. Gen. J. M. Cain, Q. M. G. Brig. Gen. J. M. Cain of San Antonio, = Texas, ls quartermaster general of the Unt- form Rank, Knights of Pythias. He was born in Scott county, Miss., February 22, 1859. Before his connection with the Uni- form Rank he was prominently identified with the Volunteer Guards of Texas and was secretary of the first state encamp- ment, held at Lampasas Springs in 1885. He became a member of Sulphur City Lodge, No. 52, K. of P., in 1884, and was elected sir knight captain of San Antonio Divt- sion, No. 4, at its organization in 1886. He was elected lieutenant colonel in command of battalion in October of same year. Was in command of the Uniform Rank in Texas two years, daring which time the rank grew from four divisions to twenty-seven. He was appointed quartermaster general in May, 1801. Althcugh the encampment in Kansas City in 1892 was his first exper- fence as quartermaster general everything moved off smoothly. The assistant quar- termaster generals of each brigade report to him three days prior to encampment at headquarters in camp and quarters are as- signed so that all confusion is avoided upon arrival in camp. E. G. Sanderson, Chaplain-in-Chictf. Rev. Mr. Sanderson, the chaplain-in-chief of the order, was born in Canada, 1858, He bad a college training at Albert College, Belleville, Ont. He entered the ministry tn 1878, in Bay of Quinte conference, M. E. Church, and removed to Minnesota in 1888. He united with the rank six years ago, and Was at once commissioned chaplain of the second regiment; afterward transferred to the third when it was organized. In July, 1892, he was elected to command of third Minnesota, in which position he attended the Kansas City encampment. He was ap- pointed brigade chaplain May, 1893. Under arpointment of Gen. Carnahan he has at- ranged for a meeting of chaplains at Wash- ington camp. He was commissioned chap- lain-in-chief July 28, 1894. > Brig. Gen. Merguire, Cal. The commanding officer of the California brigade, Brig. Gen. Frank Aubrey Merguire, was born in Portland, Me., September 24, 1855. In April, 1875, he removed to San Cal., and joined Metropolitan Lodge, No. 24, August 26, 1878. He served in all the chairs of his lodge, and was elect- ed chancellor commander, which office he held two terms. In 1880 he went to the Grand Lodge, and served as grand master- at-arms three terms. He severed his con- nection with Metropolitan Lodge and joined Unity Lodge, No. 61, where ke served six years as keeper of records and seal, and one term as chancellor commander. He joined Pythian Division, No. 2 (the first di- vision of the Uniform Rank in California), and at the formation of the Grand Dtvision, in. January, 1884, was elected adjvtant. When the brigade formation was effected,he was appointed assistant adjutant general, served four years and then retired. At the session of the California brigade, April 17, 1891, he was elected brigadier general, which position he now holds. Brig. Gen. Shaler, Conn. Brigadier Gen. E. 0. Shaler, commanding the Connecticut brigade, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, is a man about forty years of age. His military career began in 1876, when he became a member of com- pany H, second regiment of Connecticut. He passed successively through all of the subordinate offices, and was elected captain of the company in 1883, which office he held until 1889, when he removed his residence to Meriden, Conn. About that time he became a member of L. M. Bacon Division, U. R., K. P., and was shortly after elected captain of the division, and served in that capacity until the resignation uf Col. B. D. Putman of the second regiment, U. R., K. P. ,when Gen. Shaler was unanimously elected to the coloaelcy of the second regi- ment. On the 25th of June last Gen. Shaler assume command of the Connecti- cut brigade, having been elected to suc- ceed Brigadier Gen. E. F, Durand, whose term of offic? had expired. Col. Brewer. Conn. Col. Charles Brewer, chief of staff, with the brigadier general of Connecticut, joined the K. of P. in Toronto, Canada, in 1887. The following year he returned to Water- bury, Conn., his former home, and took a withdrawal card from Mystic, No. 1, of Toronto, and joined Comstock, No. 13, of Waterbury. He was soon elected prelate, and advanced to the chair of the C. C., to which office he was elected twice. He had repgesented Comstock, No. 13, twice, was appointed D. D. G. C. by Past Grand Chan- cellor Hull in March, 1891. Having always taken a great Interest in branch of the order, and believing a good diviston could be formed in Waterbury, he was successful in organizing E. F. Durand Division, No. 11, which was instituted with the military 82 charter members, He was elected S. K. Heutenant, and served in that ca- pacity until the Connecticut brigade was formed, whén Brigadier General BE. F. Du- rand appointed him chief of st2f, with the rank of colonel. He-has always taken a great interest In military matters, and or- ganized and perfected the famous degree team of Comstock Lodge, which has no su- perior in New England. 7 Brig. Gen. Barkley, Ils. Gen. James H. Barkley, “commanding the Illinois brigade, was born at Lexingtun, Ky., in 1844, but in his early childhood his parents removed to Illinois. At the age of seventeen years pe enlisted in the one hundred and fourteenth Illinois in- fantry, under Col. J. W. Judy, serving three years, and was discharged, at the close of the war, with a record for bravery, soldierly qualification and strict attention to duty unsurpassed by any volunteer sol- dier of the war. Upon his return to Spring- field, IIL, he engaged at once in business. In the early history of the Illinois state troops Gen. Barkley’s name is found as a private and now he is the senior brigadier general and commands the second brigade. in the Uniform Rank Gen. Barkley bas ex: emplified the same principles carried ovt by him jn the flinois National Guard and bas advanced step by step, giving his at- tention to every detail and receiving no honors unearned or unmerited. He joined the rank in March, I8S4, as captain of Lin- coln Division, No. » of Springfield, at its organization, serving in the capacity until April, Is when he was clected colonel of the second Illinois regiment. Holding this position until 1887, at the request of Lin- coln Division, he resigned and again as- sumed command of the division as its cap- tain. In June, 1889, he was a second time elected colpnel of the Mlinois brigade. After the resignation of Brigadier Gen- eral Edwin L. Brand he commanded the brigade as a colonel until July, 1890, being then elected brigadier general of the Illinois brigade by unanimous vote. The Supreme Lodge by special legislation gave him the rank of brigacier gencral from November 26, 1880. Luring his ad- ministration the brigade has made won- derful strides in membership and discipline and all that distinguishes a military organi- zation, and the number of divisions has in- creased from 49 to 70, not including 12 or = which have been organized and muster- out. Col, Foster, C. of S., I. Col. D. J. Foster, chief of staff of the Minois brigade, U. R., K. of P., is a native of Illinois, born at Princeton, in that state, November 2, 1859. He has been an active member of the Knights of Pythias for over ten years; was elected captain of Division No. 8, of Illinois, for five sticcessive terms, and twice elected us colonel of Illinois regiments, both uf which he was compelled to decline for business reason: was ap- pointed chief of staff when Gen. Barkley assumed command of Illinois brigade, and is now serving his second commission. Col. Foster has been actively engaged. in mili- tary service in his state for over seventeen years. Enlisting as a private aj seventeen he has advanced through the line to the com- mand of the sixth regiment, Illinois infan- try. Col. C, G, Averill,'A. A. G., 1. Col. Charles G. Averill, A. A. G., on the staff of the brigadier general of Mlinois, was born in Boston December 14, 1845, and went to Springfield, Ilinots, in March, 1865. He joined the order in 1871, taking the knight’s rank in December of that year. He has occupied every chalr in the lodge but one. On the 13th of March, 1884, he Joined the Uniform Rank, Lincoln Divi No. instituted on that date, Capt. J. H. Barkley, now bri of IMlinois, was the first commanding offic He passed through the various des of rank from sir knight to first lieutenant, and then, upon the election of Capt. Bark: ley to the colonel of the second regiment, he accepted the position of adjutant, serv- ing until his r entered the r: sion. Upon his e ion to the colone! of the regiment a second time, Mr. Averill again accepted position of adjutant, and in November, as appointed by him to the position ant adjutant general of the Ill in which position he has served evey since. He also holds the same position on the staff of Brigadier General Barkley in the second brigade, Illinois National Guard. Col. C. A. Parish, Second 111. Col. C. A. Parish, in command of the sec- ond Illinois regiment, enlisted in company B, fifth infantry, Illinois National Guard, July 14, 1876. He was commissioned first lieutenant 1884, and still holds commission in company B. During 1885 and in 18s¢ the company participated in numerous com- petitive drills, being victorious in many in- stances, in 1886 winning the highest honors as the best drilled company in this state, together with the amount of the prize, He was one of the charter members y ion, No. 37, U. R. K. of P., crganized September 5, 1888. He was elect- ed and commissioned captain of the divi- sion February, 1892, and promoted to major second Illinois regiment May 3, 189. He was promoted to colonel commanding sec- ond Illinois regiment November 1, 1893, Under his management the second Illinois regiment is now in a most flourishing and prosperous condition. He has made an ef- fort to bring to Washington the full strength of his command. The ond regiment was organized October 22, 1884. With its present brigade general, James H. Barkley, as colonel com- the regiment participated in the S of the Supreme Lodge and U. R., K. of P., meetings at Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Kansas City. The present strength of the regiment is 350 officers and sir knights. The regiment has recently been organized under the new law, and has three active majors, with their staff, which add very materially to the success of the regiment. The field and siaff are as follows: C. A. Parish, colonel commanding; E. R. Wright, captain and adjutant; Meutenant colonel, Joseph Lawrence, Litchfield; surgeon, Maj. J. H. Dickerson, Taylorville; assistant sur- geon, Capt. T. W. Williams, - Litchfield; chaplair, Capt. W. W. Weeden, Taylorville; qvartermaster, Capt. C. W. Feaster, Spring- field; commissary, Capt. Joe MeGrory, Charleston; major, first battalion, A. H. Hayes, Litchfield; S. H. Stansifer, leuten- ant and adjutant; major, second battalion, C. C. Stoddard, Decatur; G. A. Ahrans, lieu- tenant and adjutant; major, third battalion, Cc. E. Rudy, Matton; F. M. Sinsabaugh, leutenant and adjutant. Col, Patterson, Third Regt., M1. Col. -A. Sherman Patterson, commanding the third Illinois regiment, Is a native of Haverstraw, N. Y., but has lived in Joliet since he was seven years of age. He is now thirty-six. He joined the order in 1SS1 and {s now representative of Paul Revere Lodge, No. 371. Was a charter member of Washington Guards Division, . AG, was Its captain three years, at’ the Mii- waukee encampment was élected major of third regiment and July, 1893, was elect- Jed colonel. ‘The regiment ‘is composed as follows: First _ battalion, Washinston Guards, Joliet, No. Lemont, No. 57, Lemont; Mon Amit, No, 66, Watseca; Chas. H. Cobb, No. talion, Ottawa, o. 28, Ottawa; No. 71, Seneca; "Mazon, No. Pontiac. Third battalion, tiac, No. 7: Peoria, No. 22, Peoria; Achilles, No. G1, Fairbury; Pekin, No. 6, Pekin. The offi- cers of the regiment are as follows: Colonel commanding, A, Sherman Patterson, Joliet; Heutenant colonel, J. Edward Bangs, Vair- major and surgeon, Frank Hans Braceville; captain, and adjutant, Hi W. Johnson, Ottawa; captain and quarter- master, John L. Piergve, Ottawa; captain and commissa: Max Goldberg, Joliet. tant first battalion, Lemont; Maj. Wm Jeffrey, commanding second battalion, tawa; ‘Lieut. Wm. D. Duncan, adjutant second battalion, Ottawa. Maj.’ Albert D. Campbell, commanding third battalion, Pe- cria; Lieut. Daniel McNally, adjutant third battalion, Peoria. Col. Bartlett, Fitth Regt., M1.. ‘The fifth TMinois regiment was organized June 11, 1889, with six divisions, a Heuten- ant colonel’s command. Tht divisions form- ing the regiment were Lochiel, No. 11, El- gin; Rockford, No. 31, Ri ford; Mendota, No, 44, Mendota; Sterling, No. 45, Sterling; Freeport, No. 47, Freeport; Rock Island, No. 48, Rock Island. At the eiection of officers, held July 30, 1889, John W. Bartlett, Rock- ford division, No. 31, was elected lieutenant colonel; Frank Lohr, Freeport division, No. 47, major; Arthur F, Comings, Rockford di- vision, . 31, major and surgeon, and upon the lieutenant colonel being commissioned, he appointed Frank St. L. Carter, Rockford division, No. 31, adjutant, and Peter T. An- derson of the same divisicn quartermaster. May 13, 1891, the regiment was increased to a colonel’s command by the assignment of Savanna division, No. 18, vanna, and Al- dine, No. 56, Chicago, which necessitated a new election, at which Lieut. Col. Bartlett was elected colonel and A. F. Kelsey, Loch- iel division, No. 11, lieutenant colonel. ‘The regiment was Increased from time to time by new divisions, and is at present compos- ed of twelve divisions, located as follows Princeton, No. 8, Princeton; Lochie 11, Elgin; Rockford, No. 31, Rockford dota, No. 44, Mendot: Sterling, N Sterling; Freepo: . Freeport; No. 18 Aurora, No. 34, alb, No. 77, DeKalb. ree- battalions, major, as follo First battalion, Maj. Geo. Failing, Men- dota, commanding; Lieut. W. O. Morris, Mendota, battalion adjutant. Second bat- talion, Maj. Nceah W. Jordan, Savanna, commanding; Lieut. Louls Hughes, Free- port, battalion adjutant. Third battalion, Maj. D, J. Monahan, Chicago, commanding; Lieut. E. J. Smyth, Chicago, battalion ad- jutant. _ Regimental headquarters are at Rockford. The regiment has in its ranks"the flower of the young men of northern INinois, and its field, staff and line officers are all com- petent men. The regiment has its own band composed of sir knights of Mendota. divis- jon, No. 44, and nimbers twenty- it pleces; has one of the finest stand of colors in the U. R. K. P., and is, altogether, in a prosperous and harmonious condition, The success of the regiment is largely due to the untiring efforts of the commander, Gol. ¥. W. Bartlett, ably assisted by his ad- jutant, Capt. Frank St. L. Carter, an officer of large experience and ability. The colonel has always received the warm support and It is divided into each commanded by a 6, Kenkakee. Second bat- | confidence of every ment presented him with an elegant “jewel of honor.” In addition to the Uniform Rank service of Col. Bartlett, he has served in the third regiment, Ilinois National Guard, 4s follows: Private, company B, July 22, 1876; corporal, December 5, 1877; sergeant, May 16, 1878; first Keutenant and quarter- master, July 2, 1880; captain and adjutant, September 25, 1882; major, June 10, 1884; Meutenant colonel, January 13, 1887; resign- , December 11, 1890. He also. had com- mand of the select knights of the A. O. U. W. of the world, with the rank of lieuten- ant general, serving in that office for three years. The roster of the field and staff offi- cers serving with the regiment is Col. J. W. Bartlett, Rockford; Lieut. Col. J. H. Blanch- ard, Mendota; adjutant, Capt. Frauk St. L. Carter, Rockford; quartermaster. Capt. P. T. Anderson,‘ Rockford; commissary, Capt. Percy G. Lincoln, Aurora; surgeon, Maj. A. F. Comings, Rockford; assistant surgeon, Capt. J. F. Bell, Elgin. The regiment has attended every encamp- ment since its existence, and ‘comes to Washington in strong numbers, having its own special train of sleepers. Brig. Gen. Roxs, Ind. The commanding officer of the Indiana brigade is Brig. Gen. Jas. R. Ross, a popu- lar and efficient oficer, who makes his headquarters Indianapolis. He was | born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, August 16, 1841, became a member of the order about fourteen years ago and of the U. R. about two years later. He was elected brigadier general June, 1884, and again in ‘8k, and re-elected June, 1834. He has attended every meeting of the S. L. since 1884, in command of his brigade. He enlisted in the eleventh regiment, Indiana volunteers, April, 1861; re-enlisted in August, same year; veteranized with his regiment March, 1834; was commissioned first lMeutenant August, 1861; captain October, 1853; major and aid-de-camp April, 1864, and breveted lieutenant colonel August, 1865, and was soon after mustered out of the service. He has been almost constantly in the mifl- itary service since 1877, and is at this time colonel of the second regiment infantry, Indiana Legion. , The members of Gen. Ross’ staff are as fofows: Benj. C. Wright, colonel and as- sistant adjutant general R. Buckle, col- one! and chief of staff; C. 8. Denny, colo- nel and assistant judge advocate general: J. M. Storey, colonel and assistant inspec- tor general; J. N. Runyon, colonel and as- sistant quartermaster general; E. L. Siver, | colonel and assistant commissary general; | Frank Bowers, colonel and assistant raus- tering officer; Geo. W. Powell, colonti and assistant engmeer; J. M. Wampler, colonel and assistant surgeon general; Rev. W. H. Sands, major and chaplain; A. M. Preston, major and aid-de-camp; P. E. Willis, major and aid. Pp; Leo Potlitzer, major and aid-de-camp; Isaac Lyon, major and aid- de-camp; H. A. Mathews, major and aid- de-comp; E. H. Cates, major and aid-de- camp; Wm. A. Nitzer, major and aid-de- camp; T. S. Blish, major and aid-de-camp; Thos. F. Moody, major snd aid-de-camp; W. W. Barnett, major and aid-de-camp; W. H. W. Peltier, major and aid-de-camp. Col. Heiskell, First Regt., 1 The first regiment of Indiana, of which Col. Wm. L. Heiskell is the commanding cfficer, was organized on the 24 day of Oc- tober, 1882. The officers composing the regiment from 1882 to 1884 are not of rec- Under his command the first regiment was recrganized, with I. E. Kirk of Kokomo Divi , No. #20. H. Gregory of Terre Haute Division, ant colonel; A. Div 0. D. Vanosdol of Madison as lieuten- jon, No. 10, as major; Geo. F. Beasley yette Division, | adjutant; Jas. Nichols of Terre F vision, N: a8 quartermaster, an: McCune of Kokomo Division, chaplain, On May 28, 1585, tas jowin, divisions were assigned io the First Regi- ment: Lafayette Division, No, 1; Indian- ision, No, 2; Terre Haute Divis- Svansville Division, No. 4; New isicn, No. &; Kokomo Division, Jeffersonville Division, No. 9 Division, No. 10; Carnahan Division, No. 17, and Many Division, No. 18, giving the First Regiment ten divisions, with a total membership of 392 sir knights. April 25, 1802, the regiment held a meeting to consider the Kansas City encampment, and on June 9 it heid its annual meeting and elected Capt. W. L. Heiskell of Indian- apolis Division, No. 2, colonel, vice Col. B. A. Richardson, term expired. At Kansas City the regiment entered the competitive drill, winning the first prize of $500 and the sword for the best regimental commander. The regiment aiso took part in street pa- rades, making a very creditable showing. The regiment at_the last report has a membership of 457 sir knights of nine di- visions, having served for more than nine years as a field officer in the first and fourth regiments. He has been identified with Uniform Rank for a number of years, has been an active worker for the vancement of Pythianism in the subordi- nate and Grand Lodge of Indiana. Capt. MeLeland, A. A. G. A first-rate citizen and a good soldier is Capt. Chas. R. McLeland of Madison, Ind., who is the adjutant of the fourth regiment. He fs @ member of Madison Division, No. 10, 0% Madison, the same division to which Col. Vanosdol also belongs. His commis- sion bears date of June 24, 1891, and dur- ing these three years he has been of im- mense assistance to his chief in the affairs of the regiment. ee Lieat. Col. Griffith, Seventh Regt. Ing. The Seventh regiment, brigade, was organized April 27, 1890, with five divisions, as follows: Terre Haute division, commander, a Hufford; Centennial Divi- T. F. Cahill; Division, No. 62, . instituted October 4, 1668, present , Wm. Starr; a mander, Dan Fasic, Present officers cf the regyment are: Lieutenant colonel, T. J. Grifith, Trcre Haute, Ind.; major, D. L. Anderson, Greencastle, Ind.; adjutant, R. P. Davis, Terre Haute, Ind.; quartermaster, H. B. Regan, Brazil, Ind.; surgeon, Jacob Coble, Spencer, Ind.; chaplain, Rev. R. Ves*, Martinsville, Ind. The seventh regiment has never failed to be creditably represent- ed at every meeting since its birth. Terre Haute Division, No. %, has won more prizes than probebly any other division ncw in existence. Lient. Col. Graves, Ninth Regt., Ind. Charles E. Graves, lieutenant colonel, commanding the ninth Indiana regiment, was born in Sunderland, Mass, in 1836 -In 1864 he loceted in Indiana. He became identified with the order in 1881, and is P. C. of his kdge. Became a sir knight in 1SS2. Appointed adjutant of the second reg~ iment, Indiana brigade, in 1884. Attended Supreme Lodge meeting at Toronto in ISs6, also at Cincinnati in 1888 as adjutant. Was elected lieutenant colonel second regiment in 1888. Attended Supreme Lodge meeting at Milwaukee in 18% with his regiment. By the union of four divisions from the second regiment, April 20, 1802, the ninth regiment was organized, he assuming com~- mand, and in August, same year, was elect ed leutenant colonel, commanding ninth regiment. Attended Supreme Lodge at Kan- sas City same year with 150 swords. Col, Graves is a most popular and efficient offi- cen, ever alert to tae best interest of the order; he now has six divisions in the ninth regiment, and attends the Supreme Lodge meeting at Washington with 200 swords under his command. The other officers are w. . «Peltier, adjutant; A. F. Bly, major; W. W. Barnett, surgeon. Brig. Gen, Loper, town. John C. Loper, brigadier general of the Towa Uniform Rank, was born tn Ohio in 1851, but removed to Des Moines while quite