. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. , Lieutenant Commanders; and theOrator, Minister of State. Beside these officers, thereare a Grand Chancellor, Grand Secretary and Keeperof the Seals and Archives, Grand Treasurer, Grand En-gineer and Architect, Grand Hospitaller, Grand Masterof Ceremonies, Grand Captain of the Guard, GrandStandard-Bearer, and Grand Sentinel. There are also in the Hall, west of the officers, on theright and left, fourteen members, clothed in red, without aprons, and each having on his breast, suspendedfrom a black ribbon worn as a collar, the jewel of oneof
. The book of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite. , Lieutenant Commanders; and theOrator, Minister of State. Beside these officers, thereare a Grand Chancellor, Grand Secretary and Keeperof the Seals and Archives, Grand Treasurer, Grand En-gineer and Architect, Grand Hospitaller, Grand Masterof Ceremonies, Grand Captain of the Guard, GrandStandard-Bearer, and Grand Sentinel. There are also in the Hall, west of the officers, on theright and left, fourteen members, clothed in red, without aprons, and each having on his breast, suspendedfrom a black ribbon worn as a collar, the jewel of oneof the degrees—viz.: numbering these members fromone to fourteen, they wear respectively the jewels ofthe 30th, 28th, 25th, 21st, 19th, 18th, 16th, 14th, 13th,10th, 8th, 7th, 5th, and 3d degrees. The first five are the Standard-Bearers of the Corpsthat encamp around the pentagon, and the last nine areCommanders of the Corps that encamp around thenonagon; the camp is as shown in the following illus-tration : SUBLIME PKINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET. -ill 9. The names of the first five are as follows 1st. Bezaleel for the Standard 2d. Aholiab 3d. Mah-Shim 4th. Garimont oth. Amariah The names of the others are : 1st. Malachi for the Tent 2d. Zerubbabel 3d. Nehemiali 4th. Joabert , 5th. Pale^r . ...T a ...E a ...N a ...G a ...U . 472 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE. 6 th. Jehoiada. for the Tent ....w 7th. u cc ....0 8th. Joshua .. U (C ....N 9th. Ezra u aTHE CAMP ...I [s a nonagon, enclosing a heptagon, which encloses apentagon, and that an equilateral triangle, and thatagain a circle. On the sides of the nonagon are ninetents with a flag, pennon, and letter to each. Eachtent represents an entire camp, and the several sides ofthe nonagon are thus assigned by the rituals to theMasons of the several degrees from the 1st to the 18th,as follows: Flag and pennon white, sprinkled lightly withcrimson. That tent indicates the camp of the KnightsRose-Croix and Knights of
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