The New Grand Officers.

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OK CEREMONIES . Bro . Alexander Ritchie , who this year occupies the position of Chief Commoner in the Corporation of London was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge , No . 173 , in 188 7 . He

is also a member of the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 , the Scots' Lodge , No . 2319 , of which lie is Treasurer , the Lambeth Borough Council Lodge , No . 2941 , as well as a Founder of the William Shurnier Lodge , No . 2374 , the United Wards' Lodge , No . 2987 , and the Guildhall Lodge ,

ISUO . AI . I' . XAXDKIi ]<] ' ] ' ( . Ill IC . No . 311 . 6 . He is a-Past Alaster of the United Wards' Lodge . In the Royal Arch he was exalted in the Phoenix Chapter , No . 173 , and served as First Principal two years in succession ,

A-iz ., in 1901 and 1902 . Bro . Ritchie has served ten Stewardships—four for the Benevolent Institution , two for the Girls ' School , and four for the Boys' School . He is also President of the Charity Fund of the Scots' Lodge .

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ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OE CEREMONIES . Bro . Henry J . Homer was initiated in the City of Westminster Lodge , No . 1563 , in 18 91 , and subsequently joined the Eccentric Lodge , No . 24 88 , and the . Jubilee

Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 , and in the two former has filled the Alaster ' s chair . In Royal Arch Alasonry he was exalted in the Eccentric Chapter in 1903 . Bro . Homer is a munificent supporter of the Charities , having served no less than twenty-three Stewardships and constituted himself a Patron of each of the three Institutions .

GRAND SWORD BEARER . COL . W . J . Bosworth's initiation took place in the Royal Commemoration Lodge , No . 1585 , 111 1886 , and he afterwards joined as a founder the Wandle Lodge , No . 26 99 , of which

he became Alaster in 18 99 , the Aldershot Army and Navy Lodge , No . 1971 , the Jubilee Afasters Lodge , No . 2712 , the Twelve Brothers , No . 7 S 5 , and the Alalmesbury Lodge , No . 3156 , of which he was a founder and first Treasurer . He was

lino . coi .. w . . T . uoswoiiTii . also for some time a member of the Empress Lodge , No . 2581 . As a preceptor of Lodges of Instruction and in other ways Bro . Bosworth has rendered valuable services to the

lodges he has been associated with . In the Royal Arch he was exalted in St . Ambrose Chapter , N'o . 18 91 , in 18 97 , becoming First Principal in 1904 . He is also a member of the Connaught Chapter , No . 1971 , and is a Past Provincial Grand Registrar of Hants and the Isle of Wight .

DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Brigade-Surgeon W . H . Bull , V . D ., F . R . C . P ., has been a member of the Order for 30 years , having been initiated in the Watling Street Lodge , No . 16 39 , Stoney

Stratford . He was appointed Prov . J . G . W . of Bucks , in 188 3 , and w ; ts one of the founders of the Taplow Lodge , No . 3111 , in 1905 . In Royal Arch Alasonry he was exalted in the St . George Chapter , No . 840 , in 1881 , of which he became Z . in 188 7 , and in 1888 he was appointed to the office of Prov . G . Registrar .