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Colonial.
view it as an additional emblem of vigilance , to keep us mindful of our duties as soldiers of the Temple . " At the conclusion of this address , Er . Gordon presented the E . C . with tbe statutes for the future guidance of the members of this Order , the steel dies of the order of merit , and , Avith several yards of the Beauseant ribbon , to be by him retained and kept , as the head or gold cross of the Order for the time being .
Several petitions from Companions for installation were read and received . At the conclusion of this interesting assembly the Knights adjourned to a banquet spread in the ante-room of the Templars ' Hall , where an hour was passed most agreeably . The folloAving is the roll of the Ofiicers of the Hugh de Payens EncampmentKingstonCanadafor the present year : — Capt .
, , , AV . J . B . McLeod Moore , Staff , Bytown , E . G . ; Dr . R . Dowse , Kingston , Prelate ; J . A . Henderson , and the Hon . J . A . Macdonald , Kingston , Captains commanding columns ; AV . J . GoodeA'e , Kingston , Registrar ; Lieut .-Col . A . Gordon , Royal Engineers , Kingston , Treas . ; T . D . Harington , Quebec , Almoner ; Lieut .-Col . AV . P . Moore , 54 th Regt . KingstonExpert ; The Hon . J . J . BuryBeauseant
, , , , Kingston , and Sir A . N . McNab , Knt ., $ < Hamilton , Standard Bearers ; Capt . AV . Mariott , 54 th Regt ., Kingston , Captain of the Lines ; S . B . Harman , Toronto , and S . S . Finden , Belleville , Heralds ; H . Gibson , Kingston , Equerry . Regular assemblies , on the second Monday in January , April , July , October , and second Friday in May .
Capt . Moore , E . C . of tbe Hugh de Payens Encampment , has been appointed by the M . E . and S . G . C . Col . ' K . K . Tynte , Prov . G . C . of Kt . Templars for the Province of Canada . It is Avith much pleasure that we record this intelligence , inasmuch as the newly-appointed Prov . G . C . is an earnest and active member of the Order . We understand that the Gen . G . Encampment of the United States have determined not to grant warrants for Encampments to be held in Canada . The appointment , therefore , of Capt . Moore is most opportune .
GEAND ENCAMPMENT JUBISDICTION IST CANADA . [ Extracted from the American Masonic Union . } In the April number ofthe Union , page 316 et seq ., we took occasion to speak of the jurisdiction of the Grand Conclave of England and Wales , and of the General Grand Encampment of the IX S . as respectively extending to the Canadian Provinces ; our conclusions were , that unless the Constitution of the former body asserted exclusive jurisdiction over the British Provinces , as well as her Isles ,
there was no legal obstacle to the Gen . G . Encampment granting a warrant to establish an Encampment in either of those colonies . Our intelligent correspondent , to whom we referred in the former article as entertaining a different opinion , replies to us as follows : " True it may be that the Gen . G . Encampment ofthe U . S . may , by their own statutes , confer on themselves au authority to be exercised in any State or Territory wherein there is not a Grand Encampment regularly established ; yet , as the Grand Encampment is for the United States only , that . State or Territory can only mean States or Territories acknowledging the VOL . II . . 2 T
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Colonial.
view it as an additional emblem of vigilance , to keep us mindful of our duties as soldiers of the Temple . " At the conclusion of this address , Er . Gordon presented the E . C . with tbe statutes for the future guidance of the members of this Order , the steel dies of the order of merit , and , Avith several yards of the Beauseant ribbon , to be by him retained and kept , as the head or gold cross of the Order for the time being .
Several petitions from Companions for installation were read and received . At the conclusion of this interesting assembly the Knights adjourned to a banquet spread in the ante-room of the Templars ' Hall , where an hour was passed most agreeably . The folloAving is the roll of the Ofiicers of the Hugh de Payens EncampmentKingstonCanadafor the present year : — Capt .
, , , AV . J . B . McLeod Moore , Staff , Bytown , E . G . ; Dr . R . Dowse , Kingston , Prelate ; J . A . Henderson , and the Hon . J . A . Macdonald , Kingston , Captains commanding columns ; AV . J . GoodeA'e , Kingston , Registrar ; Lieut .-Col . A . Gordon , Royal Engineers , Kingston , Treas . ; T . D . Harington , Quebec , Almoner ; Lieut .-Col . AV . P . Moore , 54 th Regt . KingstonExpert ; The Hon . J . J . BuryBeauseant
, , , , Kingston , and Sir A . N . McNab , Knt ., $ < Hamilton , Standard Bearers ; Capt . AV . Mariott , 54 th Regt ., Kingston , Captain of the Lines ; S . B . Harman , Toronto , and S . S . Finden , Belleville , Heralds ; H . Gibson , Kingston , Equerry . Regular assemblies , on the second Monday in January , April , July , October , and second Friday in May .
Capt . Moore , E . C . of tbe Hugh de Payens Encampment , has been appointed by the M . E . and S . G . C . Col . ' K . K . Tynte , Prov . G . C . of Kt . Templars for the Province of Canada . It is Avith much pleasure that we record this intelligence , inasmuch as the newly-appointed Prov . G . C . is an earnest and active member of the Order . We understand that the Gen . G . Encampment of the United States have determined not to grant warrants for Encampments to be held in Canada . The appointment , therefore , of Capt . Moore is most opportune .
GEAND ENCAMPMENT JUBISDICTION IST CANADA . [ Extracted from the American Masonic Union . } In the April number ofthe Union , page 316 et seq ., we took occasion to speak of the jurisdiction of the Grand Conclave of England and Wales , and of the General Grand Encampment of the IX S . as respectively extending to the Canadian Provinces ; our conclusions were , that unless the Constitution of the former body asserted exclusive jurisdiction over the British Provinces , as well as her Isles ,
there was no legal obstacle to the Gen . G . Encampment granting a warrant to establish an Encampment in either of those colonies . Our intelligent correspondent , to whom we referred in the former article as entertaining a different opinion , replies to us as follows : " True it may be that the Gen . G . Encampment ofthe U . S . may , by their own statutes , confer on themselves au authority to be exercised in any State or Territory wherein there is not a Grand Encampment regularly established ; yet , as the Grand Encampment is for the United States only , that . State or Territory can only mean States or Territories acknowledging the VOL . II . . 2 T