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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar
Briefly the campaigns in which General Rundle has taken part , other than the one already mentioned , are the Zulu War of ' 79 ; Egyptian War , ' 82 ; Nile Expedition , ' 8 4-5 ; with the Soudan Frontier Field Force , 1885-7 and ' 8 9 ; with the Dongola Expeditionary Force ' 9 6 ; and the Khartoum
Expedition of ' 9 8 . Our distinguished brother was made Adjutant-General of the Egyptian Army and decorated for his services in Egypt and the Soudan . Indeed , it was in Egypt and the Soudan that General Rundle may be said to have won his spurs , promoted as he was to the rank of
Major-General while engaged there . It is a fact , not unworthy of remark , that in the same year of his promotion to the rank of Major-General , he should have filled the chair of Senior Warden in the Grecia Lodge , No . 1105 , and in the following year that of Worshipful Master in the Bulwer Lodge of Cairo , Xo . 1068 .
The rank of Past Grand Warden of England , to which we have already referred , was conferred on the distinguished subject of this brief sketch on the occasion of his taking up the command , which has just terminate : 1 , of the Eighth Division . It was a Masonic honour which he deserved , no less on account of his attainments in the Craft , than by reason
of the high and honourable position he occupies in the British Army . ©¦ «_>¦ « s »
At the risk of being thought platitudinous we would conclude by saying that so long as men highly placed in life justify so well the honours conferred on them as R . W . Bro . Major-General Leslie Rundle has done , the voice of democracy will continue to be rightly attuned to the present condition of society .
< s » «• ©¦ We have received the following communication from the writer of the note in our issue of July last in reference to the Masonic Boer prisoners at St . Helena , which we are very pleased to insert . It is dated from Deadwood Camp , St . Helena : — "A paragraph in my communication which
appears in your July issue has been causing some feeling of annoyance to the family and friends of Mr . J . J . Raaff . The writer inadvertently , and without the slightest intention of suggesting anything unworthy in the actions of Mr . Raaff , said that he was a ' refugee ' at Port Elizabeth . The facts
are that Mr . Raaff was in Port Elizabeth on parole , sent there after the occupation of Johannesburg by Lord Roberts , and has since been transported to Bermuda as a prisoner of war . The writer will feel obliged by you publishing this correction , as the article has been , and still is , a matter of interest to the
Fraternity here as also to others , such as Mr . Raaff's sous . The term had evidently , then , not acquired the same significance that it now possesses . "
<» <¦> ¦<¦ } - A Natal correspondent calls attention to a subject which he considers is having a very detrimental effect on the Order , especially in the Colonies . There are a number of men who were doubtless at one time Masons in good standing in the Old Country , but who have long ceased to be subscribing
members , who manage to ingratiate themselves into local lodges without even producing either their Grand Lodge certificate , their clearance certificate , or any credentials whatever . In some cases a clearance certificate from a lodge , which they may have left n-iny years ago , is tendered ,
but its value is discounted by the fact that in more than one inslance they have been found U > have been excluded from lodges they had subsequently joined . This , our correspondent rightly considers , is calculated to do much harm , and especially so to those who think that the life of a Mason should be on the lines of his obligation .
- ! :, ¦ . « . <" , ¦ Much mischief may be worked by such men , who , presuming on their self-constituted re-habitation , offer themselves as joining members in other lodges , and in some cases go so far as to append their names lo petitions for new lodges and chapters , but the responsibility for this
state of things rests wholly with the lodge which permits the requirements of the Constitutions to be set aside and ignored . It is somewhat difficult for the authorities at Grand Lodge to exercise at such a distance ( hat check and control which the home lodges are subject to , although eventually the culprits may be detected . It is therefore the more
incumbent on every individual member of a lodge to see that the brethren are not led away by specious statements , but that in every case the documents required by the rules of the Order are forthcoming when a visiting or joining brother is . introduced at their meetings .
Bro . James Willing , whose installation as the first Master of the lodge bearing his name took place appropriately 011 the thirtieth anniversary of his initiation into Masonry has an excellent record of strenuous Masonic work . Initiated in the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , on the nth of March , 1872 , he has continuously from that time
"devoted both time and means to the furtherance of the principles of the Order . There is scarcely a movement in connection with Freemasonry in the Metropolis during the last quarter of a century in which Bro . Willing has not taken an active part , not only in all the usual routine work
of the numerous lodges of which he is a member , but in the management of the Charitable Institutions , as well as in the more prosaic but useful work of boards and committees . His first office was that of Secretary of his mother lodge the Domatic , in which lodge he was W . M . in 1877 . In
1874 he took part in founding the Metropolitan Lodge No . 1507 , of winch he was the first Master . He was also a founder and the first Master of the Royal Savoy Lodge in 1878 ; and the Cricklewood Lodge , No . 2361 , in 18 90 , 111 which lodge he filled the chair for two successive years .
The Strand Lodge , No . 1987 , also mainly owed its existence to him , and he was elected W . M . in 188 3 and the foIlowin « - year . In 1892 the St . Martin ' s Lodge was established , with Bro . Willing as the first Junior Warden , his election to the chair taking place in 18 95 .
MHO . . I . VMKS WILUNU . -- ( I'ltotn lititi- L ' orlrait Cn . )
In Royal Arch Masonry and in the Mark Degree Bro Willing has luken pnrt in founding many chapters and lodges , as well as occupying the chairs respectively of First Principal and Worshipful Master . He has been a member
of the Board of General Purposes for several years , as well as of the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and finds himself much at home as the genial President of the " Old Masonians . "
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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar
Briefly the campaigns in which General Rundle has taken part , other than the one already mentioned , are the Zulu War of ' 79 ; Egyptian War , ' 82 ; Nile Expedition , ' 8 4-5 ; with the Soudan Frontier Field Force , 1885-7 and ' 8 9 ; with the Dongola Expeditionary Force ' 9 6 ; and the Khartoum
Expedition of ' 9 8 . Our distinguished brother was made Adjutant-General of the Egyptian Army and decorated for his services in Egypt and the Soudan . Indeed , it was in Egypt and the Soudan that General Rundle may be said to have won his spurs , promoted as he was to the rank of
Major-General while engaged there . It is a fact , not unworthy of remark , that in the same year of his promotion to the rank of Major-General , he should have filled the chair of Senior Warden in the Grecia Lodge , No . 1105 , and in the following year that of Worshipful Master in the Bulwer Lodge of Cairo , Xo . 1068 .
The rank of Past Grand Warden of England , to which we have already referred , was conferred on the distinguished subject of this brief sketch on the occasion of his taking up the command , which has just terminate : 1 , of the Eighth Division . It was a Masonic honour which he deserved , no less on account of his attainments in the Craft , than by reason
of the high and honourable position he occupies in the British Army . ©¦ «_>¦ « s »
At the risk of being thought platitudinous we would conclude by saying that so long as men highly placed in life justify so well the honours conferred on them as R . W . Bro . Major-General Leslie Rundle has done , the voice of democracy will continue to be rightly attuned to the present condition of society .
< s » «• ©¦ We have received the following communication from the writer of the note in our issue of July last in reference to the Masonic Boer prisoners at St . Helena , which we are very pleased to insert . It is dated from Deadwood Camp , St . Helena : — "A paragraph in my communication which
appears in your July issue has been causing some feeling of annoyance to the family and friends of Mr . J . J . Raaff . The writer inadvertently , and without the slightest intention of suggesting anything unworthy in the actions of Mr . Raaff , said that he was a ' refugee ' at Port Elizabeth . The facts
are that Mr . Raaff was in Port Elizabeth on parole , sent there after the occupation of Johannesburg by Lord Roberts , and has since been transported to Bermuda as a prisoner of war . The writer will feel obliged by you publishing this correction , as the article has been , and still is , a matter of interest to the
Fraternity here as also to others , such as Mr . Raaff's sous . The term had evidently , then , not acquired the same significance that it now possesses . "
<» <¦> ¦<¦ } - A Natal correspondent calls attention to a subject which he considers is having a very detrimental effect on the Order , especially in the Colonies . There are a number of men who were doubtless at one time Masons in good standing in the Old Country , but who have long ceased to be subscribing
members , who manage to ingratiate themselves into local lodges without even producing either their Grand Lodge certificate , their clearance certificate , or any credentials whatever . In some cases a clearance certificate from a lodge , which they may have left n-iny years ago , is tendered ,
but its value is discounted by the fact that in more than one inslance they have been found U > have been excluded from lodges they had subsequently joined . This , our correspondent rightly considers , is calculated to do much harm , and especially so to those who think that the life of a Mason should be on the lines of his obligation .
- ! :, ¦ . « . <" , ¦ Much mischief may be worked by such men , who , presuming on their self-constituted re-habitation , offer themselves as joining members in other lodges , and in some cases go so far as to append their names lo petitions for new lodges and chapters , but the responsibility for this
state of things rests wholly with the lodge which permits the requirements of the Constitutions to be set aside and ignored . It is somewhat difficult for the authorities at Grand Lodge to exercise at such a distance ( hat check and control which the home lodges are subject to , although eventually the culprits may be detected . It is therefore the more
incumbent on every individual member of a lodge to see that the brethren are not led away by specious statements , but that in every case the documents required by the rules of the Order are forthcoming when a visiting or joining brother is . introduced at their meetings .
Bro . James Willing , whose installation as the first Master of the lodge bearing his name took place appropriately 011 the thirtieth anniversary of his initiation into Masonry has an excellent record of strenuous Masonic work . Initiated in the Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , on the nth of March , 1872 , he has continuously from that time
"devoted both time and means to the furtherance of the principles of the Order . There is scarcely a movement in connection with Freemasonry in the Metropolis during the last quarter of a century in which Bro . Willing has not taken an active part , not only in all the usual routine work
of the numerous lodges of which he is a member , but in the management of the Charitable Institutions , as well as in the more prosaic but useful work of boards and committees . His first office was that of Secretary of his mother lodge the Domatic , in which lodge he was W . M . in 1877 . In
1874 he took part in founding the Metropolitan Lodge No . 1507 , of winch he was the first Master . He was also a founder and the first Master of the Royal Savoy Lodge in 1878 ; and the Cricklewood Lodge , No . 2361 , in 18 90 , 111 which lodge he filled the chair for two successive years .
The Strand Lodge , No . 1987 , also mainly owed its existence to him , and he was elected W . M . in 188 3 and the foIlowin « - year . In 1892 the St . Martin ' s Lodge was established , with Bro . Willing as the first Junior Warden , his election to the chair taking place in 18 95 .
MHO . . I . VMKS WILUNU . -- ( I'ltotn lititi- L ' orlrait Cn . )
In Royal Arch Masonry and in the Mark Degree Bro Willing has luken pnrt in founding many chapters and lodges , as well as occupying the chairs respectively of First Principal and Worshipful Master . He has been a member
of the Board of General Purposes for several years , as well as of the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and finds himself much at home as the genial President of the " Old Masonians . "