Installation Meeting Of The Emblematic Lodge, No. 1321.

Installation Meeting of the Emblematic Lodge , No . 1321 .

THE installation of Worshipful Master of the above lodge took place at the Criterion , Piccadilly Circus , on Monday , January 5 th . The Worshipful Master elect , Bro . W . O . Welsford , P . M . 1321 , 210 5 , was installed by the retiring Master , Bro . W . H . Perkinsin a manner which

, ¦ called forth the appreciation of the brethren . The Worshipful Master appointed his officers as folloyvs : —Bros . F . E . Walter , S . W . ; W . T . Turley , J . W . ; W . B . Fendick , P . M ., P . G . S . B ., Treasurer ( elected for the seventeenth year ); T . A . Mitchell , Secretary ; G . J . Taylor , P . M ., S . D . ; R . W . Deacon ,

J . D . ; C . Garrett , I . G . ; T . Whitford , P . M ., D . of C . ; L . Lucock , A . D . C . ; J . Jefferson , Organist ; E . Fetch and W . Cowley , Steyvards ; and W . Englefield , P . M ., Tyler .

BRO . WILL O . yVELSFOKD— { , 1 'hulo KUIe Portrait Cv . ) The Worshipful Master stated he had not appointed anyone to an office who had not undertaken to thoroughly

learn his duties and to attend regularly some lodge of instruction , even if they could not that connected with the lodge . It would be well for the work of other lodges if the same could be said , yvhich , unfortunately , in many cases is impossible . Previous to the ceremony of installation Bro . Perkins

passed three brethren to the Degree of F . C ., and Bro . Welsford initiated four , giving an earnest of what may be expected during his year of office . The brethren then adjourned to a banquet . The Worshipful Master proposed the usual toasts , and , as the hour yvas late and a good entertainment programme had been prepared , requested that all speeches should be short

and to the point . In proposing "The M . W . Grand Master , " he referred to His Royal Highness ' s visit to India , to yvhich land of romance and splendour he had gone to receive the expression of loyalty to the King-Emperor . In reply for " The Grand Officers , " Bro . J . M . McLeod , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , made

one of his characteristic appeals on behalf of the Charities , and recommended the brethren to join the Benevolent Association in connection with the lodge of instruction , which had already done such grand work for the cause of the Masonic Charities under the guidance of the energetic

Secretary , Bro . R . J . Godson . The Craft had extended very considerably during the past feyv years , and its responsibilities had increased in proportion . Confidence in the work they were doing was shoyvn by the money they had spent , and he believed wisely , on the neyv Schools at Bushey .

The I . P . M ., in proposing " The Health of the Worshipful Master , " said it seldom fell to the lot of a retiring Master , in proposing the health of his successor , to propose that of the brother yvho had taught him his work in Masonry . They all knew what an enthusiast the Worshipful Master was , and

hoyv thoroughly his heart was in his yvork , possessing at the same time the happy faculty of being able to impart it to others . The toast was most enthusiastically received .

The Worshipful Master , in reply , said he thoroughly appreciated the honour of being installed for the second time as Master of that lodge after a lapse of seven years . It would be his endeavour to raise the standard of the work of the lodge and make it second to none , and he hoped at the end of his year the brethren yvould be able

to say he had fulfilled all he had promised . In presenting the I . P . M . with a Past Master ' s jewel , he commended him for his pluck in overcoming his natural nervousness , which he , in reply , confessed yvas entirely owing to the help he had received in the lodge of instruction .

The Tyler ' s toast brought a happy evening to a close . Bro . Will O . Welsford , whose photograph yve give , yvas initiated in the Albert Edward Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1429 , by his father , Bro . W . Welsford , P . P . G . Deacon Monmouthshire , in 188 3 ; joined the Emblematic Lodge , No . 1321 , in 1887 , of which he held the office of Secretary

for several years , and yvas installed Master in 18 95 ; he yvas for some years Secretary of the Emblematic Lodge of Instruction , and since 18 94 has been one of its Preceptors , where he has made a host of friends , who highly appreciate his tuition . Exalted in the Emblematic Royal Arch Chapter

in 1891 , he held the office of Scribe E . for some time , and was installed M . E . Z . in 18 97 ; he joined the Bedford Chapter , No . 157 , in 18 9 8 , and has since held the office of Scribe E . ; was founder of St . Ann ' s Chapter , No . 593 , and of Tamesis Lodge , No . 2926 ; is an honorary member of the

Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge , No . 2362 , and of St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 2455 . Bro . Welsford is a Life Governor of the three Masonic Charities ; Past Master and Secretary of the Mallet and Chisel Mark Lodge , No . 5 ; and is a worker in several of the independent Degrees of Freemasonry .

London Rifle Brigade Lodge, No. 1962.

London Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 1962 .

THE installation meeting of the above lodge took place on Friday , January 16 th , at Anderton ' s Hotel , a good assembly of brethren and visitors witnessing the ceremony , yvhich was very admirably rendered by Bro . Herbert Bishop , P . M ., yvho instalLd into the chair of King Solomon Bro . Robert Stanley Chandler , P . M ., the other

officers for the year being as folloyvs : —Bros . C . W . Potter , S . W . ; J . H . Crickmay , J . W . ; C . F . Er . es , P . M ., Treasurer ; A . Haig Brown , P . M ., Secretary ; H . E . Warcup , S . D . ; W . J . Taylor , J . D . ; C . E . Taylor , I . G . ; H . H . Ntiding , P . M ., D . C . ; C . H . K . Gonville , A . D . C . ; A / * Wright and J . C . Blyton , Steyvards .