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both Notts and Wilis at the Girls , the latter being ver \ worthily represented by its Grand Master , Lord Methnen . Having thus disposed of tlio absentees , let us now diroH our attention to the contributing Provinces , premising , however , that as the subscriptions of each of them an

grouped together in one sura , we are . not in a position to individualise the Lodges in each . Berks and Bucks , with four Stewards , representing as nimiv Lodges , two being-Bucks aud two Berks , gives £ 105 IRs : this is well , considering it o-ave over £ 500 at the Girls' Festival .

Cheshire , with eleven Stewards , contributes over £ 313 , or rather more than twice what it raised for tho Girls . Bro . McKay , with a list of sixty guineas , does duty for Cumberland and Westmoreland , and the same brother acted in a like capacity , with even greater success , at the

Festival of April last . Derbyshire ' s contribution is a modest one—some £ 47—but it gave the Girls in April last over £ 175 . Dorset is down for £ 169 ls , its Stewards being Bro . F . J . Dngdnlo , of Amity , No . 137 , of Poole , and Past Deputy Prov . Grand Master Bro . Gundry , of

Portland Lodgo , No . 1037 . Durham , which also sent up two Stewards , contributed £ 130 10 s , and has , consequently , been represented at . two out of the three Festivals for the present year . Essex , with four Stewards , whose joint lists amount to £ 89 5 s , gave

over £ 237 in April last , while Gloucestershire , which then raised £ 358 , sends £ 234 3 s to the Boys' School . Hants and Isle of Wight , which figured on the last occasion for £ 162 15 s , is down for £ 222 3 s on this , among the five Stewards who helped to raise the amount

being the deservedly popular Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Hickman . Herts , as we have frequently had occasion to say , though comparatively a small Province , almost invariably figures on the subscription list , and this time with such effect that its Deputy Prov . Grand Master ,

Dr . Wilson lies , ancl his companion Steward , Bro . Past Master Cocks , of the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , are entered for a joint subscri ption list of £ 290 . Well done , little Herts ! Kent , with eleven Stewards , is only a few pounds behind its total in April . Then it

gave the Girls £ 571 10 s 6 d ; now it helps the Boys to the extent of £ 563 . But Lord Holmesdale ' s Province is sure to be in the front rank . East Lancashire supported its neighbour of West Lancashire very handsomely , its twenty-two stewards raising among them

a fraction over £ 378 , while the latter , with sixty stewards , among whom were the Chairman of the Festival , the Earl of Lathom , Sir Gilbert Greenall , Bart ., P . G . W . England , and Bro . Alpass , Prov . Grand Secretary , contributed £ 2 , 664 18 s 6 d , a result on which its chief has every

reason to congratulate himself . Nor must we forget to mention that among the East Lancashire Stewards were Bro . Lieut .-Col . Starkie , P . G . M ., George Mellor , D . P . G . M ., Beswicke-Iloyds , and onr worth y friends Bros . T . Entwisle , G . Parker Brockbank , and C . F . Matier . Leicester ancl

Rutland , by the hands of its new Deputy Prov . Grand Master Bro . George Toller jun ., P . G . S . B ., figures for £ 194 5 s , and Lincoln for £ 44 12 s . Middlesex , with its eleven Stewards , has to its credit over £ 400 , which is slightly in excess of its subscriptions in April to the

Girls' School . One Steward representing Monmouthshire has twenty-five guineas to his name , a fourth of what was raised at the Festival immediatel y preceding this , but there is a great deal of activit y among the brethren of this Province , and therefore the sum , though small , is very

welcome . Norfolk , with its Prov . G . Secretary Bro . Barwell for the Province , and Bro . Woodwark , representing tho Philanthropic , No . 107 , of King ' s Lynn , contributed £ 207 13 s , as against rather better than half that amount in April . Northumberland makes amends for its absence

on recent occasions by contributing , by the hands of Bro . Lonsdale M . Cockcroft , over £ 638 , so that , in the order of subscriptions , it takes the second place among the Provinces . After its support of its chief , Prince Leopold , at the last Girls' School Festival , when it raised close on

£ 320 , we are not surprised that Oxford figures this time fot nineteen guineas only . Wc cannot always be pressing people into championing the cause even of Masonic charity , especially when we find them willing to exert themselves . It is the drones , not the working bees , that need the

urgent reminder . Somersetshire and Staffordshire , each with a single Steward , are down for £ 106 arid £ 36 15 s respectively . The former gave over £ 241 in April , and the latter over £ 536 . Suffolk , with three Stewards , figures for a fraction under £ 100 , or somewhat in excess

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of its April subscription to the Girls , while Surrey , with five Stewards , is down for £ 123 ISs . Eighty guineas is tlio amount of tho one Steward ' s list for Sussex , one hundred and twenty-four guineas being its total in April . Warwickshire , four Stewards , gives £ 162 10 s , but what

Worcestershire , which , under its now Grand Master , has been most liberal in its aid to our Institutions , has clone or intends doing was not known on the day of tho Festival . North and East Yorkshire gave upwards of £ 70 to tho Girls' in April , and handsomely supported its chief , the Earl of

Zetland , when ho presided at the Benevolent Festival in February last . Its five Stewards have fifty guineas to their credit , so that the Province cannot have contributed much under £ 1 , 000 to our three Institutions during the present year . West Yorkshire , with its usual liberality , is down

for £ 450—a very substantial sum , though less than what it did for the Girls in April . North Wales and Salop , five Stewards , aro entered for £ 265 17 s ; the Eastern Division of South Wales , per one Steward , £ 126 5 s , and tho Western Division of the same , also with a single

representative , for £ 300 . The first two of these were well represented at the last Girls' Festival , to the extent of £ 104 7 s 6 d , and £ 241 10 s respectively . So that all three are to be congratulated on their labours during the

present year . The Mark degree , by the hands of Bro Frederic Davison , Grand Treas ., and Dep . P . G . M . M Middlesex and Surrey , closes the list with a capital con tribution of £ 91 10 s .

Wo must ask our readers to bear m mind that the figures relating to this year ' s Festival are taken from the list as furnished to us last week ; but between now and tho final meeting of the Board of Stewards it is certain

there will bo sundry alterations and additions . Alread y some of the lists have been increased , and one or two of those outstanding have been returned . However , we shall g ive the final figures when we have had the needful particulars on which to base the return .

Military Lodges.

MILITARY LODGES .

BY BEO . R . F . GOULD .

THE Philadelphia Keystone of June 19 th , quotes Grand Master Burnham of Maine , as saying " there wero ( in tho United States of America ) teu Army Lodges during the Revolutionary epoch . " Some of tleso are cited by this eminent brother , viz .: St . John ' s of New York ; American Union Lodge of Connecticut ; and Washington Army Lodge , No . 10 , Massachusetts . Grand Master Burnhatn has been forestalled in his enumeration of leading

American Army Lodges , by Bro . Hayden , in his well written work" Washington and his Masonic Compeers " —bat many additional names and details are supplied by the former , in the extract to which I havo alluded . I trnst the snbject may be further discussed iu the Keystone , and with the hope that this article may be read in America , I venture to ask some of our brethren " over the water "

to say , amongst the Proceedings of what Grand Lodges , and when , any allusion to Military or Regimental charters of constitution is to be found F I havo read with much interest " The Early History of the G . Lodge of New York "— " The Early Proceedings of the G . Lodge of Pennsylvania" I trust some day to see . These , I believe , contain by far the fullest record of American Military Masonry , but

inasmuch as the proceedings of nearly all the Grand Lodges of the original" United States" were more or less influenced by tho strong Military element infused into them , through the location in North America of so many British Army Lodges , T am very anxious to peruse all " Early Histories " of American Grand Lodges . * Tho Grand Lodgo of New York , in its inception , was a purely

Military body . The Master of tlio leading Army Lodge [ 169 Ancients ] took the chair as Grancl Master , being supported by Nos . 52 [ 37 th Foot ] , 210 , 212 , 213 [ E . A ] , 215 [ Brandenburgh . Regiment ] , likewise Ancient Lodges , aud 132 [ 22 nd Foot ] Scotch , 441 [ 38 th Foot ] Irish , and 3 , Zion [ 57 th Regiment ] , local . A . warrant was granted at the 1 st meeting to the 3 rd Battalion

New Jersey Volunteers , and subsequently charters were issued to the Regiment Do Knyphanseii [ N " o . 5 local ] , and the Loyal American Regiment . Lodges in British Regiments , arriving in New York after tho establishment of the Grand Lodge , dnly sent their representatives to the monthly meetings , No . 478 , Irish , in the 17 th Dragoons , attending in July 1783 , whilst in tho following month , it is recorded

— "that Lodgo No . 90 [ Ancients ] , in H . M . 33 rd Regiment [ revived in 1798 , when Colonel Arthur Wellesley was in command ] , presented thoir warrant , granted the 19 th August 1761 , and acknowledged the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge , upon which they were permitted to take their seats . " The extracts from tho "Early History of the Grand Lodgo of Pennsylvania , " which I have seen in tho singularly able review of