MASONS AND

MASONRY
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AUTDRinAD DEL CANAL DE PANAMA - CENTRO UE RECUISOS TECIICOS

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DEDICATION OF THE
PANAMA CANAL

Epic of steadfast Will

P2ean ot Work and Strife;
thrill

Ocean and Ocean meet !

Others grew faint and failed,
Languished beneath a ban;
Mountains fell when assailed
By the American! -Wilson
MASONS AND MASONRY
ON THE ·

PANAMA CANAL
1904 - 1914

COMPILED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE MASONIC CLUB OF EMPIRE,
CANAL ZONE, REPUBLIC
OF PANAMA

By WALTER IRVIN BEAM, 32°

AND
JoHN LAYARD CALDWELL
Secretary- Treasurer of the Club
'5<rz;, ~!STORY in the making. Li;ttle does he who performs a heroic

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~ action realize at the time of his exhibition of valor that on the
~~ ~ morrow the world will acclaim his heroism. Little does the
~ ~ inventor of a cunning mechanical device know that the product of
his brain may be destined to revolutionize methods followed for
a century, and less does the maker of history know that the project to which
he is devoting himself is only mentioned among the current events of today, but
may be that which, to the people of tomorrow, will be known as an important
event of history.
Those who have been at work on the construction of the Panama Canal
are as truly history makers as those legendary craftsmen who worked on the
building of the Temple, under the direction of the three Grand Masters. All
except the three Grand Masters (and the villainous fellowcrafts) have been
forgotten, just as those who served under Alexander the Great, William the
Conqueror, Napoleon and Washington have been forgotttn . The memory of
none but those who played the leading parts is commemorated in history.
Different from those who served under the great generals are the
builders of the Panama Canal. Their lot has not been to distinguish themselves

Reaper realize, upon looking back, that it required fortitude to remain and
continue at the task of building the Panama Canal, which at first looked
as much like a forlorn hope to the Americans as it did to the Frenchmen when
they gave it up in despair.
The Panama Canal is now practically ready to be opened to the commerce
of the world, and the construction of the Canal will go down into history
as one of the most important events of the twentieth century. On this great
work, which was made possible by Brother Theodore Roosevelt, as President of
the United States, as has been the case on all works of great magnitude, have
been found the Masons, playing in some cases very prominent parts, and in
other cases parts more obscure. They have been men of sound judgment, who
have quietly and efficiently performed those tasks to which they have devoted
themselves, and are now ready to pass onward to other tasks, which they will
perform in the same modest, unassuming manner.
Lest the work of these Masons be forgotten, this book has been com-
piled for the benefit of the Craft, and to each individual Mason whose privilege
it has been to be associated in the construction of the Panama Canal, this book
is fraternally dedicated.

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 f'i',C~,~ REEMASONRY and BROTHERHOOD are terms recognized at
~~~ once as synonymous throughout the universe, and, where practi-
~ ~ cally applied, result in ~he greatest good to the greatest number.
"Freemasonry has Withstood the shock and force that destroyed
Babylon, with her wonderful 'hanging gardens' and stupendous palaces.
Egypt and her golden age has passed away with her wonderful knowl-
edge · of mechanical arts and sciences. Cultured Greece, with her marble
miracles~ imd Imperial Rome have bowed their heads beneath the dust of
centuries; fallen, never to rise again, but Masonry, without any territorial

SOUTHERN CHAMBERS OF GATUN LOCKS

possessions, without any particular race or power to maintain it, comes forth
from the misty veil of the past, sublimely grand and beautiful."
Happy is the man who can say that he has been "initiated, passed and
raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason." Very few Masons are able
to say why they are called Masons. The name Freemason may be traced to
the ancient Egypto-Coptic words "Phree," meaning "Ligh_t," and "Massen,"
meaning "Sons;" hence the combination of the two words "Phree-Massen," indi-
cates "Sons of Light." Every Master Mason is a seeker after more light; he
has become one of the opposition to tyranny, fanaticism and ignorance, and
if he lives according to the principles of the degrees of the symbolic lodge (the
Blue Lodge), he will show the outer world what it means to have attained to
the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason, in being ever ready to practice the
three great tenets of our Order, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, "which
virtues will never die, but will live forever to the honor of our Illustrious
Fraternity and to the glory of the Great Architect of the Universe."

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Our illustrious brother, L. F. de Clifford, who spent many years and a

large fortune in Masonic research in India, Persia, Syria and the Valley of
the Nile, assures us that, when the two wonderful obelisks, known as "Cleo-
patra's Needles," which were sixty-eight feet tall, each made of one solid piece
of red Cyrene granite, were sent from Alexandria, Egypt--one to America
and one to England-Commander Goringe, who was in charge of the ship-
ment, found, when lowering one of the monoliths, a number of Masonic
emblems, as an apron, a trowel, a trestle board, the two ashlars, etc. These
two magnificent monuments were first erected at Heliopolis in the year 1500,
B. C., by Thothmes III, King of Egypt.
From that age to the era of the building of the Panama Canal, with its
wonderful and everlasting monuments of concrete, is more than thirty-four
hundred year s; and yet, after the lapse of that remarkable period of time, we
find the speculative Freemasons exerting their strong influence for law and
order, engendering a love of morality, virtue and truth and, as the operative
Freemasons of ancient Egypt ·erected wonderful monuments in stone, which
have outlived the centuries, so are the Masons on the Panama Canal immor-
talizing their work in the everlasti g cone: ete of the mammoth locks of the
Panama Canal, which will stand long a ter t e builders have been forgotten.
As Masons we do not claim, by. an · eans, all of the credit for the c-on-
struction of the Panama Canal. N1 r Clg ~ wish to give the impression that
we believe that, were it not for t e Mason , the Panama Canal would not
have been successfully built. We simp y feel a pardonable pride in the fact
that we have been individually, and collectively as a fraternity, prominent
among the builders of the Panama Canal. Suffice it to say, the man who made
the Panama Canal a possibility, Theodore Roosevelt, and the man whom he
placed at the head of the Canal work, to organize and assemble the vast organ-
ization required for the handling of the construction work, John Findley
Wallace, are member s of our illustrious fraternity. From these two brethren,
down through the positions of greater or less importance, we find Masons
who are now and who, during the past ten years, have been associated in this
work, each giving to his individual work the best in himself that he had to
offer, quietly and efficiently applying himself to his own particular grade of
work, be it as an executive in charge of a large department, a civil engineer,
an artisan, a clerk, a physician or any one of the hundreds of positions nec-
essary for the proper accomplishment of the completion of the Panama Canal.
Our members hail from every civilized country of the world, and they
have always been quick to welcome the stranger, aid the suffering, assist and
advise the widow and orphan. They have been law-abiding, and they have
been the mainstay, in fact, the very backbone, of the wonderful organization
of the Panama Canal.

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HE French Canal diggers failed in
their attempt to excavate the
10 ~@G Panama Canal by the use of
~ excavators, "dinky" locomotives
and "pan" ca·rs. The Americans substituted
steam shovels, mogul locomotives and stand-
ard-capacity railroad cars.
The first American employee to remove
a steam shovel dipperful of excavated material
from the Panama Canal was a Mason,
William H. Bates, member of Seymour
Lodge, No. 277, of Port Dalhousie, Ontario,
Canada. After having erected a large
majority of all the steam shovels used in the
W ILLIAM H. BATES construction of the Panama Canal, Brother
Born in Ontario, Canada. MC'mbc!'" of Sey-
mour Lod _ge. · No. 277, F. & A.M. Porl D a l-
housie, Ontario. C a na l Zone Chapter. No. 1.
Bates was appointed Superintendent of Steam
R. A. M .. Las Cascadas. Entered serv ice on
the Is thmus of Panama on November 29, 1904. Shovel Repairs, which title describes the
as t he first Steam Shovel Engineer. and t he
f·i rst Stea m S hovel Engineer to lake a
dippcrfu ll of dirl oul of Lhe cu l during Lhe
nature of the work of which he was in charge.
American occupalion. Left the servic-e as
Superintend ent o f Steam Shovel Repairs. Ad- Wh n the steam shovel work was completed in
dress. 2200 Kauffman Avenue, Va ncouver,
Was hington. leb Cu Brother Bates was in charge of
e nemova: · of the steam shovels, prior to the
admission of the waters of Gatu L erefore, to him belongs the honor of
operating the first steam shove ·11 tlle w ' ·ld-famous Culebra Cut and the
honor of having removed the las shovel excavating in the channel of the
Panama Canal.
We quote the following from the issue of the Panama Journal, of September
11, 1913, which gives the credit of loading the last steam shovel dipperful of
material from the Canal Channel to Albert H. Geddes, member of Sojourners'
Lodge, A. F . & A. M., a Thirty-second Degree Mason of the Grand Consistory
of Louisiana, and a member of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, who was assisted by Brother William I. Hudson, of Sun
Lodge, No. 336, Sun, Louisiana, craneman on the steam shovel operated by
Brother Geddes:

"THE CUT'' SOUTH OF EMPiRE BRIDGE

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 SOME MAKERS OF THE
PANAMA CANAL HISTORY

STEAM SHOVEL ENGINEER ALBERT GEDDES AND

CRANEMAN HUDSON'S NAMES WILL GO
DOWN IN HISTORY

UNLOADED LAST SHOVEL IN CUT

MOST WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION GIVEN THE

TRAIN CREW ALL ALONG THE LINE
TO BALBOA DUMPS

Engineer E. C. Bean and Condue.tor E. A. Don-

nelly hauled the last train load of spoil out of Culebra
Cut at 10.54 a . m. yesterday. The train loaded at
shovels Nos. 204 and 226. The last shovel was put on
the train by Steam Shovel Engineer Albert Geddes. ALBERT HENRY GEDDES
Born in New Y ork City, N ew Yor k . Sojour-
There were a large number of amateur and pro- ners ' Lodge, A . F . & A. M. , Cristoba l. Canol
Zo ne . Aibert P ike L od ge o f P er fec ti o n, N o .
fes s ional photographers who took advantage of the 1. 14° . Pelican C ha p te r o f R ose C ro ix , No .
ll . 18° . Eagle Coun cil o f K a dosh , No.6. :30°.
occasion to snap a picture of this inter esting and Grand Consistory of Louisiana. 32°, New
Orleans. Louisiana. Osman T emple . A. A. 0 .
historic event. Moving-picture operator: we also N. M. S .. S L. Paul , Minnesota. E ntered service
on the Is thmus of Pana ma o n April 1. 1905.
as Steam Shovel F ireman . Presen t occupation.
on th e scene to g et pictures of th<"~e tw Is S team Shovel E ngineer at E mpire, Canal Zo ne .
filling the last train.

\ onstration that has ever been made under; any cir-

cumstances on the Isthmus. Steam shovel and
engine whistles, hand clapping and every conceiv-
able variety of applause · greeted the train as she
steamed on to make the excavation of Culebra Cut
a matter of history, the passing of an epoch in the
history of Panama and the world at large, one that
will perhaps not be equalled for years tp come.
To Mr. Albert' Geddes, instead of Claud R. Ged-
des, as reported in one of the evening papers,
belongs the honor of unloading the last shovelful of
dirt taken out of the Cut. He is a bachelor, and has
given the Canal constant and excellent services, hav-
ing been connected with the work in Culebra Cut for
nearly nine years. He is affiliated with the Blue
Lodge of Masons, the Consistory of New Orleans,
and a member of the Shriners of Osman Temple, of
Minneapolis, having been one of the many candi-
dates taken in during the recent pilgrimage of that WILLIAM I. HUDSON
body. He is also a member of the Knights of Born in Rose Hill, Alaba ma . M ember o f Sun
Lodge, N o . 336, F. & A. M., o f Sun, Louis iana.
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Pythias of Culebra, belongs to the International July 20, 1912. as Stea m Shovel Craneman.
L eft t he service of t he Pana ma C a na l on
Brotherhood of Steam Shovelmen and Dredgemen September 13. 1913 . Brother Hudson had
the ho no r to fi ll the last d ipperful of m ate ria l
and is a member as well of the Six Years' Chagres re moved by steam-shovel from the cha nnel of
t he P a na ma Cana l in Culebra C ut, being the
Club. C ran em a n of S team Shovel N o. 226.

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CULEBRA CUT, AT EMPIRE, CANAL ZONE, TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF STEAM SHOVEL EXCAVATION

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~g:;~"-~ FTER a few brief words touching upon

~ffi~ Masonic History during the stay of the
~ Americans in the Canal Zone during
~ the construction of the Panama Canal,
we will follow with the likenesses and short biographi-
cal sketches of a large number of the fraternity
whom it will always be a source of real pleasure to
remember and an honor to feel that we worked with
them to the same end-the wedding of the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans.

commenced work @n n
the time when this b ~ok g . e to press in 1914, many
have taken part in this most wonderful work, and it
is estimated, using the most reliable statistics avail-
able, that about eighteen hundred Masons have been
employed from time to time on the construction of
the Panama Canal. This large number of Masons
have scattered to the four corners of the earth, and
to get into personal touch with them all would be
a physical impossibility. Therefore the next best
method was empl yed. All available Masons were
communicated with and were advised of the proposed
publication of this Record, and they have voluntarily
supplied the photographs and their records of mem-
bership in the Masonic Bodies.

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 SYMBOLIC MASONRY ON THE
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

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~Q:J~OR a great many years craft
~~ labor has been performed on
~ ~ the Isthmus of Panama. One
of the earliest lodges of which
record exists was called Fidelidad, No. 48,
holding of the Grand Orient of New Granada
(Columbia) in the city of Colon, Department
of Panama. Undoubtedly there were other
Masonic Lodges on the Isthmus long before,
but as Panama was to a great extent domi-
EVERETT C . BENTON, 33°
Gra nd Master of t he Grand Lodge of M assa- nated by the Roman Church at the time, it is
chusetts, who granted Dispensations to So-
journers' Lodge. A. F . & A. M. , of Cristobal,
a nd to Cma l Zone Lodge, U . D .. o f Ancon.
very hard to find any documentary evidence,
Canal Zone. to work under the holding of the
M ost Worshipful G ra nd Lodge o f M assac hu- and the few remaining brethren can give but
selts . Colonel Benton. with D epu t y Gra nd
Master Fl etcher and Grand Secretary Davis.
at th e time of ,~.; r a ntin g of the C har ter to So- lit:tl a t entic information from memory.
journers' L ocl~c. came to the Isthmus o f Pan -
a ma and insta ii NI the of1i ce bearers o f thilt
Lodge.
dge worked Symbolic Masonry in the
p ng age. It was composed of mer-
c~an a d professional men of Colon and
employees f the Panama Railroad. As many
of t e .employees of the Panama Railroad
were Englishmen and Americans who did not
speak Spanish fluently, it was thought advis-
able to erect an English-speaking lodge.
A charter was granted to the petitioners
under the name of "Sojourners' Lodge, No.
874," by the Grand Lodge of Scotland in Feb-
ruary, 1898. This lodge performed its duties
until July, 1912. Twice it had the misfortune
to have its lodge room burned, and in the last
fire, in September, 1905, its charter was
destroyed, which made the suspension of work
HEZEKIAH A. GUDGER, P. G. M .
Born in Marshall, North Carolina . M ember
necessary until a duplicate charter was re-
. o f French Rroad Lodge, No. 297, F. & A. M ..
Marshall , North Carolina . Asheville C ha pter,
N o . 25, Roya l Arch Masons, Synne Com-
ceived in March, 1906. While Sojourners'
ma ndery, Kni gh ts T emplar, both of Ashev ille,
North Carolina. Past Grand Master F. & A. Lodge, No. 874, has had many struggles, for
M. of the Stale of North Ca rolina . Entered
service on the Isthmus o f Panama on February
26, 1905, as Jud ge. Present occupation, C hief
the past few years it has enjoyed ever-increas-
Justice of the Su preme Court of t he Cana l
Zone, located at Ancon, C a na l Zone. Member
of Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order,
ing prosperity, and after the American occu-
Nobles o f the My stic S hri ne. St. P a ul , Minn-
esota. pation of the Canal Zone it began to grow, and

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as time went on more and more Americans

were added to its membership until it became
practically an American lodge.
Once, when the list of members had
shrunk to almost a bare quorum and the meet-
ings were few and far between because of
inability to secure the necessary attendance,
it was an outsider, Graham G. Dedge, who
stirred the almost dormant lodge into renewed
activity. Brother Dedge had been elected to
receive the degrees, and came to the lodge,
meeting night after meeting night for initia-
tion and found that a quorum was always
CLINTON G. C ARTY, P . M .
lacking. He took it upon himself to get the Born in B ucks Coun ty, Pennsylvania. Mem-
ber of Sojourners' Lodge. A. F. & A. M .•
brethren to lodge in .o rder that he might be C ristobal, Canal Zone. Albert P ike Lodge of
Perfection . No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter of
Rose Croix, No . 11 , 18°. Eagle Council,
initiated. This preliminary zeal was lasting K nights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. G ra nd Consis-
tory o f Louisiana. 32°. All Scottish Rite
Bodies being of New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal
with Brother Dedge, and to him, p-erhaps Zone C hapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian
Council, No. 1, R. & S.M .. both of Las Casca-
more than to any other brother, w das, C anal Zone. Orchid Chapter, Order of
the E astern Star, No. 1. Empire, Cana l Zone.
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
indebted for the gradual change of S'ojo January 31, 1905, on Building Construct io n
Work . Resigned from th e Pana ma Rai lroad
Company on September 11. 1913. Past Mas-
Lodge, No. 874, into an American Uo ge. ter of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ..
Cristobal , Canal Zone.
Brother Dedge came to . the Isth~us in t he

\ very early part of the American occupatiOn,

and up to the time of leaving the Isthmus in
1909 he bore the burden of the lodge work on
his shoulders.
Shortly after the initiation of Brother
Dedge came the initiation of Brother Clinton
G. Carty, who proved himself to be one of the
most faithful workers that the lodge has ever
had. Raised in old Sojourners' Lodge, No. 87 4,
Colon, Republic of Panama, his zeal, industry
and enthusiasm brought to him the distin-
guished honor of being elected to the seat in
the East before he had been a Master Mason
a year. (It is possible, under the laws of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, for a Master to be
elected from the floor of the lodge.) While GR AHAM G. DEDGE. P . M.
Member of Sojou rn ers' Lodge. No. 874,
young in Masonry, this choice proved to be a A. F . & A. M ., Scottish Constitu tion. Now
affiliated with Albert P ike Lodge, No. 303,
Wise one. Brother Carty spent much time A. F. & A. M ., W ichita. Kansas. Past Mas-
ter of Sojourners' Lodge.

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 looking after the affairs of the lodge, and dur-
ing his administration ·the lodge was placed
on a firm foundation. The Past Masters of
Sojourners' Lodge, No. 87 4, are: A. P.
Alberga, Edwin Farrington, Canon S. Purcell
Hendrick, I. L. Toledano, Graham G. Dedge,
Clinton G. Carty, Eli D. Sims, and J. J .
Enderton.
In 1911 practically the entire lodge was
composed of Americans. Working, as it did,
according to the ritual of the Grand Lodge of
Scotland, it was found that the differences
between that and the work of the lodges in the
FRANK L. H EALD
Born in T itusville, P ennsylvan ia. Entered
United States placed members demitting to
as a n apprentice in Peace and Concord Lodge,
No. 445, Callao, Peru. Passed and raised in American lodges under certain disadvantages,
Sojourners' Lodge, Cristobal, Ca nal Zone.
Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.
Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M ., both of
and with the consent of the 9"rand Lodge of
L as Cascadas, Canal Zone. Albert Pik e L odge
of Perfection , No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapt er of
Rose C roix, No. 11, 18°. E a.l(le Council,
Scotland, a petition was presented to the
K nights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Con-
sistory of Louisiana, 32°. T he Scot t ish R it e Grana Bodge of Massachusetts for a charter
Bod ies being located in New Orleans, Louisiana .
Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
of t he M ystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. for a new lodge to be ·erected in the Canal Zone
Ju nior Warden. Sojourners' Lod!Ze. Entered
ser vice on t he Isthmus of Pan ama on March
23, 1909. as Machinist. Present occu pat ion,
(American territory). This petition was
Dipper Dredge Engineer, located at Cristo-
hal, Canal Zone. granted, and after working for a time under
dispensation, with Br o. Clinton G. Carty as
Worshipful Master, the Grand Lodge of

I Massachusetts, represented by Most Worship-

ful Everett C. Benton, Grand Master ; Right
Worshipful Thos. W. Davis, R ecording Grand
Secretary, and Right Worshipful Herbert E.
Fletcher, Deputy Grand Master, made
an official trip to the Isthmus, installed
Sojourners' Lodge, Cristobal, Canal Zone,
and presented to the lodge a charter contain-
ing the names of 192 brethren.
In 1910 Sojourners' Lodge decided to
build a home of its own, and a Board of
W ILBUR S . P ERRY Masonic Trustees was elected, officers being
Born in T renton, New Jersey. Member of
Sojourners' Lodg;e, A. F . & A. M. , Cristobal, Wilbur S. Perry, Chairman, and Clinton G.
Canal Zone. C anal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
R. A.M. Isthmian Council, No. 1. R. & S.M.,
both of t he latter being of Las Cascadas, Carty, Secretary-Treasurer. Brother H. P.
Canal Zone. Entered service on t he Isthmus
of Panama on J uly 7, 1905, as Forema n.
Present occupation, Foreman, located at Cris-
Knowles, of New York City, was chosen as the
tobal, Canal Zone. Brother Perry deserves
commendation for h is activity in t he bu ilding
of th e M asonic Temple at Cristobal for th e
architect of the building. On May 30, 1911,
housing of the M asonic Bodies of the Canal
Zone. Sojourners' Lodge, together with visiting

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 brethren, in all about 450 Masons, opened a Masonic Lodge, formed in pro-
cession, and marched through the streets of the City of Colon, Republic of
Panama, and Cristobal, Canal Zone, and proceeded to lay the cornerstone
I in due and ancient form in the exact northeast corner of the Canal Zone.
Work proceeded until the walls were nearly completed, when, for financial
reasons, it became necessary to cease work. Owing to the peculiarities of the
law, and unexpected opposition from certain interests in the Canal Zone, in

MASONIC TEMPLE , CRISTOBAL . CANAL ZONE. ERECTED BY SOJOURNERS ' LODGE

order to complete the building the equity of Sojourners' Lodge was transferred
to the Panama Railroad Company, all outstanding bonds and interest paid off,
the lodge taking an option for the repurchase of the building. This building

\ will be completed about June, 1914, and as soon as it is completed, Sojourners'

Lodge will raise money for the purchase of the building by the sale of bonds.
The Masonic Temple is a three-story, steel frame, reinforced concrete
structure. When completed it will be self supporting. The first floor will be
devoted to stores, the second to offices and the third and mezzanine floors
will be given over to lodge room, banquet room, club rooms and kitchen. A
novel feature will be a cafe and roof garden. The building will be the highest
at the Atlantic end of the Canal. This roof will not only be a delightful place
to spend a tropical evening, enjoying the cool breeze from the Caribbean Sea,
but it will afford an unrestricted view of seven miles of the Canal, as well as a
tropical scene of remarkable beauty. This building will afford a home for the
lodge, and it will also serve as a lasting monument to the Masons who have
had a part in the building of the Panama Canal, and while the greater part

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 of the brethren of Sojourners' Lodge will,
within a year or two at most, have returned
to their homes in the United States and
demitted to lodges near them, they will be able
to look back to their mother lodge with the
knowledge that they have had a part in the
building of a Masonic Monument which will
stand for all time at the entrance of the
Panama Canal.
Lodge work on the Isthmus of Panama
has, as a rule, been rather unsatisfactory.
Several American fraternal orders have placed
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subordinate lodges on the Canal Zone, and but
ELI D. SIMS, W . M .
Born in Mansfield, England. Member and
few of them have survived. The reasons for
Worsh ipful Master of Sojourners ' Lodge,
A. F . & A. M ., of Cristobal, Canal Zone, and
member of the following York Rite Bodies,
this are:
located at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Canal
Zone Chapter, No. l. R. A. M. Isthmian
Council, No. l, R . & S. M . Cana l Zone
1st. The transitory nature of the popu-
Commandery (U. D.) , K ni ghts Templar.
Member of Morocco Temple, Ancient Arabic lation. Men hesitate to ally themselves with
Order, Nobles of t he Mystic Shrine, of J ack · ~=~~
sonville, F lorida. E ntered service on t he
Isthmus of Panama on September 26, 1905,
as Forem an C arpenter. Present occupation,
Foreman of the Mu nicipal D epartment,Balboa,
Canal Zone. H is presen t term of office is his
second as W . Master of Sojourners' Lodge.

wfliGh they can call "home."

makes the handling of a petition even more
impor tant than Freemasons usually consider
it. A large amount of correspondence has
necessarily been carried on with lodges in the
United States and Foreign Jurisdictions, and
even though an applicant is finally accepted,
his degre·es usually require more work than for
which a return in kind is received, because of
the likelihood of his leaving soon after he
receives them.
2d. The lodge member who comes to the
HARR Y OUTEN C OLE
Born in Morganstown, West Virginia. So-
journers' Lodge, A . F . & A. M., C ristobal,
Isthmus rarely feels justified in taking a demit
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. l,
R. A . M. Isthmian Council, No. l , R. & S.M .
Canal Zone (U . D .), Commandery, K . T.,
from his mother lodge to become, temporarily,
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone . Osman Temple,
A. A. 0 . N. M.S., St. Paul, Minnesota . Senior a member of another lodge. Consequently the
Warden of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M.
E ntered service on t he Isthmus of P an ama as
Office Engineer, in charge of designing work for gain from affiliates is small; and the lodges on
the Pacific Division. P resent occu pation, Resi-
dent E ngineer of t h e Fifth Division (for merly
Pacific D ivision), in charg-e of construction of the Isthmus must depend upon neophytes for
Pedro M igu el a nd MiraAores Locks, Dams,
S pillway, C anal Excavation , Ancon Quarry,
Municipa l Work , Sanitary Work , etc. new material.

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 Notwithstanding these adverse circumstances, for the past three years
Sojourners' Lodge has had as much work as it could handle, and always a
large number of applications on file. To show the vast amount of work that
is being carried on. we might call attention to the fact that during the year
1913 Sojourners' Lodge held 63 meetings, and at almost every degree meeting
a full class of candidates was handled.
The jurisdiction of the lodge extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, a
distance of approximately 50 miles, and covers 15 different towns and vil-
lages. Its members have to travel long distances by train and boat to get to
lodge, yet from a membership of 240, the average attendance is between 40
and 50, remarkable showing under such adverse circumstances.
The instruction of candidates has been systematized by appointing an
instructor in each town, who holds a class of instruction on the average of
once a week. During the year 1913 the Worshipful Master, Eli D. Sims, has
lived on the Pacific side of the Isthmus, and notwithstanding the fact that he
has had to travel 40 miles to lodge and 40 miles back home, he has sat in the
East at 49 meetings of the lodge.
Now that the Canal work is drawing to a close, the members are rapidly
leaving the Isthmus of Panama, some to return to their homes in the United
States, others to go even to· the furtliermost ends of the earth to engage in
other great works of constructi n. Some will remain, and we look to them to
uphold the principles of Freem som·s. h tl'hs country, where Masonic ideals
are sadly needed.
Our brethren who in the fu ure may pass through the Gateway of the
Western World, may rest assured t at they will find in Sojourners' Lodge,
Cristobal, Canal Zone, a hearty and fraternal welcome for all time to come.

FIRE DEPARTMENT, CRISTOBAL , CANAL ZONE-T H E ATLANTIC ENTRANCE

TO THE P ANAMA CANAL

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 r--·

NEW STATION OF THE PANAMA RAILROAD COMPANY IN THE CITY

OF PANAMA , UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Newer than Sojourners' Lodge, but under the jurisdiction of the same
general grand body (the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts) is Canal Zone
Lodge, which, at the time of this publication, is still under dispensation. While
very young, Canal Zone Lodge, located at Ancon, Canal Zone, has fulfilled
the requirements of a year's dispensa 10 · and is confidently waiting for its
charter, which, upon its arrival, :\V'Iill make Canal Zone Lodge a duly consti-
tuted lodge of Ancient Free and .Aecepted Masons, and will place it in the
same enviable position on the Pacific Coast as the Sojourners' occupies on the
Atlantic Coast.

CULEBRA , THE " SEAT OF GOVERNMENT" OF THE CANAL ZONE

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD

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 THE ANCIENT AND
ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
OF FREEMASONRY ON THE
CANAL ZONE
~ HE establishment of Scottish Rite
Freemasonry on the Canal Zone was
; accomplished through the untiring
~&'"ll work and efforts of William Edgar
lQ)~ Parker, 32°, a member of the Grand
Consistory of Louisiana. There . were a number
of Master Masons on the Canal Zone who were
anxious and willing to have the degrees of the
Scottish Rite conferred upon them, and they were
situated so far from any point where there was a
working body of Scottish Rite Masons, that it was
next to impossible for them to receive the degrees.
William Edgar Parker undertook to make ar-
rangements whereby the work could be conferred
in the territorial limits of the Canal Zone. He WILLIAM EDGAR PARKER
Born in Greensburg, Louisiana . Louisiana
met with much discouraging opposition on the part Lodge, N o . 102, A. F. & A. M . Concorde
Cha p ter, No. 2, R. A.M. Louisia na Council,
of such Scottish Rite Masons as were located on N o. 2, R. & S . M . J a cques de M olay Com·
the Isthmus, who, be · it said to their credit, mandery, N o. 2, K. T. Alber t Pike Lodge o f
P erfection, N o. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter of
honestly believed that, for a number of reasons Rose Cro ix, N o. 11, 18°. E agle Council,
Knigh ts K a dosh , No. 6, 30°. Grand Consis-
the establishment of the Scottish Rite on the tory of Louisia na, 32°. J erusalem T emple,
Isthmus of Panama was not feasible. Of many A. A. 0 . N. M . S. All Bodies being located at
N ew Orleans, L ou isia na. Entered ser vice on
good reasons the soundest were that t he Canal the Isthmus of P a na ma on M arch' 2, 1911, as
Conductor . Presen t occupation, Yardmaster,
Zone was not under the jurisdiction of the United at Coroza l, Ca n al Zone. Due to his un t iring
effor ts, the G ra nd Consistory of Louisiana
States, either of the Southern or Northern Juris- came to the C an a l Zone, a nd con ferred t he
diction, and that there was no suitable place in Scot t ish Rite degrees on more t ha n ninety
M aster Masons, on August 1 to 4, 1913.
the Canal Zone for the conferring of the degrees.
These questions were referred to the Sovereign
Grand Inspector General, Hon. Charles F. Buck,
33°, one of the most brilliant Masons of the present time, who placed the matter
before Major James D. Richardson, 33°, the · Grand Commander of the Scottish
Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. On April 4, 1913, the
following notice was sent out from the Supreme Council of the 33° :

THE SUPREME COUNCIL, 33d DEGREE, OF THE A & A. SCOTTISH RITE OF

FREEMASONRY, SOUTHERN JURISDICTION, U. S. A.

OFFICE OF THE GRAND COMMANDER

433 THIRD STREET, N. W. , WASHINGTON, D. C.
April 4, 1913
To the Bodies and the Brethren of the Obedience of Our St~p?" em e Council:
By ·virtue of the power and authority vested in me as Sovereign Grand
Commander, I do hereby order that the territory known as the Panama Canal
Zone be attached to the Jurisdiction of Hon. Charles F. Buck, 33°, S. G. I. G.
in Louisiana. Inspector General Buck will at once assume jurisdiction over
said territory for all uses and purposes of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry.
And may our Father who is in heaven have you always in His holy keep-
ing.
JAMES D. RICHARDSON,
Attest: Grand Commander.
JOHN H. COWLES, 33°,
Sec1·etary-General.

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 ~HE Panama Canal Zone was "unoc- •
~-- cupied territory," and was peopled
~ by and under the jurisdiction of
~ citizens of the United States, and
the foregoing order, issued by the Supreme
Council of the 33d degree, effectually and for-
ever settled the question as to the jurisdiction
over the Canal Zone, as far as Scottish Rite
Freemasonry is concerned.
A further obstacle was the fact that
Americans living in the Panama Canal Zone
were not considered as ·bona-fide residents.
Certain Masonic Bodies of the United States
H E NRY W. ROBINSO N, K. C. C. H . claim that they are only temporarily residing
B orn in New Orleans, Louisiana. M ember of
Linwood Lodge. No. 167. A . F. & A. M .
Al bert P ike Lodge of Perfection, N o . 1, 14°. on the Zone during the construction of the
Pelican C hapter o f R ose Croix. No. 11, 18°.
E 01gle Coun cil, Kn igh ts Kadosh , N o. 6. 30°.
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. Orleans-
Panama Canal, and for all matters Masonic
D elta C h apter, N o. l, R. A. M . Lo uisiana
Council, No.2, R. & S. M . J erusalem T em ple,
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of t he M ystic
Shrine . All M ason ic Bodies being located in
New Orleans, Louisiana. K night Com-
mand er of t he Court of Ho nor of t he Ancien t
and Accepted Scottish Ri te. M em ber of the
worki ng team of the Grand C onsis tory of
Louisiana, conferring degrees from the -!th to
32d, Ancon, C a na l Zone. August 1-4, 1913.
Commander at E agle Council at Kadosh, N o.
6. Present occupatio n, Lawyer, H ennen
B uilding, New Orleans, Louisiana..

obtained waivers from the several jurisdic-

tions under whom it was considered the applicants properly belonged, thus
effectually settling this question.
During the period required for the adjusting of these questions and the
surmounting of the obstacles, William Edgar Parker was besieged by ques-
tions and letters from the applicants for the higher degrees, whose minds
were_harassed by the conflicting ideas of such Scottish Rite Masons as were on
the Canal Zone. On account of the ·unsettled conditions a number withdrew
their applications. Brother Parker is not an office man, and his days were
fully occupied by his duties as a transportation official, and his nights, until
the small hours of the morning, were fully occupied by his attention to
the work of keeping the brethren informed of the status of their applications
and in encouraging those whose faith in the coming of the Scottish Rite had
begun to waver and grow weak. Brother Parker finally received written
authority from Gus D. Levy, 33 °, Hon. Grand Master of the Kadosh of the
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, authorizing him and S. H . Marcuse, 32 °, to rep-
resent the Grand Master of the Kadosh and make full and final arrangements

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for the conferring of the degrees of the
Scottish Rite, from the 4th to the 32d,
inclusive, upon such candidates as should be
elected to receive them. William Edgar
Parker then had applications f r om seventy-six
Master Masons, which news he cabled to the
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, and requested
them to sail from New Orleans in time to
arrive at Colon, Republic of Panama, on July
31, 1913.
The working team of the Grand Consis-
tory of Louisiana arrived on the date set, and
on the opening night there were on hand CHARLES N. AD AMS , K . C . C. H.
Born in Moundsville, West Virginia. Member
of Oliver L odge, N o . 84, F. & A. M ., Alexan-
dria. Louisiana. Albert P ike Lodge of Per-
fect ion, No. 1, 14°. Pelican C hapter of Rose
Croix, No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, K n ights
Kadosh. No. 6, 30°. G ra nd Consistory of
Louisiana, 32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies being
of New Orleans, L a. Keystone C hapter. N o.
44,R.A.M . Su mmit Council, No.12, R .&S.M.
Trin ity Commandery, No.8, K. T . T he York
Ri te Bodies being of Alexand ria, La . J erusalem
Temple, A. A. 0~ N. M.S., New Orleans. L a.
Member of Grand Consistory of Lou isiana
working team which con ferred degrees from the
4th to the 32d at Ancon, C anal Zone, August
1-4, 1913. K n igh tCom manderof t heCourtof
H onor of the Ancient& Accepted Scottish Ri te.
Hall, converted to serve the p rp se
time being, of a Scottish Rite Temple.
Gus D. Levy, 33°, Hon., after inspecting
the Ancon Lodge Hall and seeing how inade-
quate in size and appointments it was f or con-
ferring the degrees, in his capacity of Deputy
Sovereign Grand Inspector General, in charge
of the working team of the Grand Consistory
of Louisiana, with several other 33d degree
Masons, called upon the President of the Re-
public of Panama for the purpose of securing
the use of the National Theatre in Panama
City for the conferring of the degrees, which
was refused, without any reasons being
WILLI AM L AMBER T, 33°
advanced for such action. This is the .first Born in Birkenhead, E ngland. Mem ber of
Peace and Concord Lodge, No. 445. F. & A.M.,
a nd the following Bodies o f Callao. Peru : F il-
time on record where the head of any republi- an tra Peruana Lodge of Per fection, D-514,
14°. Filantra Peruana Chapter of Rose
can form of government has received a similar Croix, D-515, 18°, a nd of the following
Bodies of Lima. Peru: Alia nza Y Union Coun-
cil, K nights Kadosh. D-516, 30°. Abnegacion
request and has not promptly and gladly Y F irmeza,D-541. Consistory, 32°. 33d degree
Confcrado del Peru . D-542. Me mber of P eace
Universal C hapter, No. 192, R. A. M ., of
offered all that lay within the power of the Callao, Peru . Member of Osman Temple,
A. A. 0. N. M. S .. St. Paul. M inn. Present
government or the officials of the government occupation, Su pt. E ngineer of the P acific Steam
Navigation Co., at Balboa, Canal Zone.

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 to offer. This uncalled-for lack of official
courtesy, in direct violation of all the prin-
ciples of republican government, shows up
vividly in contrast with the very warm cour-
tesy and welcome accorded to the members of
Osman Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, by the officials
of the government of the United States,
when Colonel George Washington Goeth~l s;
the Chairman and Chief Engineer of the
Panama Canal and Governor of the Canal
Zone, personally greeted the Shriners of St.
Paul, Minnesota, and gave them "the keys to
BEN J ENKI NS the locks of the Panama Canal," on August
Born in Valley Falls, Kansas. Member of
Onaga Lodge, No. 188, F. & A. M ., of Onaga 28, 1913, and made them welcome and offered
Kansas. T he following Scottish Rite Bodies'
located at Topeka, Kansas. Oriental LodJ(e of
Perfection. No.3, 14°. Unity Chapter of Rose
to do anything within reason to make them
Croix, No. 1. 18°. Godfrey de St. Omar
Council, K nigh ts Kadosh, No. 2. 30°. Topeka
Consistory, No. 1, 32°. Canal Zone Chapter,
feel that their arrival on the Isthmus of
No. l , R. A. M . Isthmian Council No. 1.
R. & S. M .. both of Las Cascadas, Ca nal Panama was a happy event, and that we were
Zone. Abdalla h T emple, Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of t he M ystic Shrine, L eavenworth,
Kansas. H onorary member of Osman Temple, proud to have so distinguished a body among
St. P a ul, M innesota . President of the Con-
sistory Club of the Canal Zone. E n tered ser-
v ice on the Isthmus of Panama on J u ly 17,
us. In the face of the obstacle placed in their
1905, as Clerk . Presen t occupation, Chief
C lerk of the Atlan tic Division , located at path by the President of Panama, it was nec-
Gatun, Canal Zone.
essary for the degree team of the ·Grand Con-
sistory of Louisiana to perform their work
in the cramped Ancon Lodge Hall. They
worked extremely hard and diligently, in a
manner which called for the praise and un-
bounded approval of those who witnessed the
conferring of the degrees. After the confer-
ring of the thirty-second degree, the Grand
Consistory of Louisiana presented t o William
Edgar Parker a silver service, suitably
engraved, as a token of their appreciation of
the efforts of Brother Parker in the interests
of Scottish Rite Freemasonry on the Panama
Canal Zone.
CLYDE E. WHITE
Born in Hornellsville, New York . M ember of
There is no Lodge, Chapter, Council or
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal,
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. Consistory of the Scottish Rite on the Canal
M ., of L as Cascadas, Canal Zone. Albert
P ike Lodge of Per fection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican
Chapter o f Rose C roix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle
Zone at the present time. When affairs have
Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand
Consistory o f Lou isiana, 32°, New Orleans,
L ouisia na . Osman Tem ple. A. A. 0. N . M.S.,
settled to a point where the occupants of the
S t. P aul, M innesota. Vice-P resident of t he
Consistory Club of t he Canal Zone. Canal Zone feel that they have reason to believe

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that their residence on the Isthmus of Panama is more permanent, it is
altogether likely that authority will be requested from the governing bodies
to establish a Lodge of Perfection, a Chapter of Rose Croix, a Council of the
Knights Kadosh and a Consistory of Masters of the Royal Secret and to confer
all the degrees of the Scottish Rite.
There is on the Canal Zone a club, known as the Consistory Club of the
Canal Zone, of which Ben Jenkins, 32 °, is President; Clyde E. White, 32 °, is
Vice-President, and Walter Irvin Beam, 32 °, is Secretary and Treasurer.
This club has no fixed place of meeting, as its members are scattered over the
entire Isthmus, and it meets upon the call of the President at a time and place
designated from time to time. This club has in charge the interests of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Canal Zone.

THE LAST STE AM SHOVEL AT WORK IN THE PANAMA CANAL,

NORTH OF EMPIRE, CANAL ZONE

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 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MASONRY
ON THE CANAL ZONE

1.
~ OST Eminent Sir William Brom-
:'i ~~11 well Melish, who, as Grand Master
...~,..~. 1).
~
of the Grand Encampment of
Knights Templar of the United
States of America, by virtue of the power
vested m him, granted a dispensation
authorizing the Canal Zone Commandery to
open and hold a Commandery of Knights
Templar, and Appendant Council of the Illus-
. trious Order of the Red Cross, and Priory of
M . E SIR Knights of Malta, subordinate to the Grand
WILLIAM BROMWELL MELISH, 33°
Grand Cross T emplar . Grand Master of t he Encampment of the United States, has very
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of
the United States of America, 1910 to 1913 . courteously supplied the Chairman of the
By his authority a nci by virtue of the dispen·
sation granted by him, Canal Zone Comman- Committee which had charge of the compiling
dery was empowered to work, at Las Casca-
das, Canal Zone. Member of the following
bodies : L a Fayette Lodge, No. 81. Ohio
Consistory. Trinity Commandery and Syrian
Temple, all of Cincinnati, Ohio. H e is the
representative of t he Great Priory of England
and Wales; Grand Cross Templar of t he Great
Priory of Engla nd (the only one in the United
States); Past Grand Master, F . & A. M., of
Ohio; Past Grand Comma nder, Gra nd Com-
entnusiastic and hard-working
mandery of Ohio; Hon.M ember of the Supreme
Council, 33°, Northern M asonic Jurisdiction,
Templar on the Isthmus of Panama.
U . S. A.; Provincial Grand Lodge, Royal
Order of Scotland, U. S. A., and Past lm·
The following is quoted verbatim from
perial Potentate of t he Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America.
the information furnished by Past Grand
Master of Knights Templar Wm. B. Melish:
"On or about March 8, 1912, I received an: application for a dispensatioN to
form arid open a Commandery in the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, to be
known as Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.), of Knights Templar. This appli-
cation was signed by twenty-four Knights Templar, hailing from twelve
different states and twenty different Commanderies. The demits of these
fraters accompanied the petition, and a draft for $100-the usual dispensa-
tion fee-accompanied the papers, and this fee I promptly forwarded to the
Grand Recorder. The petitioners presented· the names of Sir Francis W.
Walraven for the position of Commander, Sir Frank Cotton as Generalissimo,
and Sir Benjamin F. Metcalf as Captain-General, and asked for their appoint-
ment as such by the Grand Master should he grant the dispensation. Accom-
panying the petition was the following letter:

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 •

LAS CASCADAS, CANAL ZONE, February 6, 1912

To THE MOST EMINENT GRAND MASTER AND OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMP-
MENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Greeting:
Herewith is a petition signed by twenty-four Knights Templar in good
standing in their respective Masonic Bodies, as the certificates which accom-
pany this petition for a dispensation w~ll attest.
We earnestly believe that the existing conditions now prevailing on the
Canal Zone will warrant the establishment of a Commaridery at this place, as
there now are organized here both a Royal Arch Chapter and a Council of
Royal and Select Masters, ~ach working under dispensation of their respective
General Grand Bodies of the United States, each having a large membership,
and the organization of a Commandery is looked forward to with interest by
many.
After the completion of the Canal, there will be a force retained of 3,500
Americans, and we believe that we will be as fortunately situated to maintain
the new Body as the several other Commanderies that are in remote parts of
the world and seem to be doing well. ·
We have for a meeting place the upper floor of a church and lodge building
erected by the Isthmian Canal Commission.

THF. HISTORIC "FLAT " ARCH IN THE CITY OF PANAMA. THIS RUINED CHURCH WAS
RECENTLY RAZED TO MAKE ROOM FOR A MODERN BUILDING

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 "I made a thorough investigation of all
the conditions connected with Freemasonry in
the Canal Zone. One of my advisers was Sir
Knight C. H. R. Howe, Assistant Division En-
gineer of the B. & 0. R. R., now of Chillicothe,
Ohio, but for years a resident of the Canal
Zone. Sir Howe instituted Isthmian Council,
R. & S. M., and served as T. I. M., also serving
for two years on the Isthmian Masonic Ad-
visory Board. He is also an honorary member
of Canal Zone Chapter, R. A. M., and is one of
the petitioners for the new Commandery.
Sir Howe furnished me with the following
_ __j
information:
F R ANK COTTON
Member of Welsh Lodge, No. 232, F. & A. M ..
Welsh, Lousiana. Welsh C hap ter, No. 50, R.
"In reply to your letter .o f the 11th inst., I
A.M., Welsh, L ouisiana. Canal Zone Council,
R. & S. M . No. 1, Welsh Commandery, No. beg to state that the 'Blue Lodge' on the Isth-
10, K . T., Welsh, Lou isia na. J erusalem
Temple, Nobles of t he M ystic Shrine. New
Orleans, Louisiana. Generalissimo, Canal
mus of Panama is not located at Las Casca-
Zone Comma ndery (U. D .). Entered service
on the Isthmus of P a na ma on October 18, 1904,
as R odma n. Resigned position of Assistant
das, but at Colon, Republic of Panama. This
Engin eer 3d · District, Pacific Division, a nd
left the Isthmus on August 30, 1912. P resen t Lodge; Sojourners' No. 87 4 (Now Sojourners'
position, Presiden t and General M a nager
of th e Terrell Land a nd D evelopment Com-
pany, at T errell, F lorida. Lodge'"' under the holding of the M. W. Grand
Lodge f Malssachusetts-[Compilers' note])
was originally chartered in 1898 by the Grand
Lodge of Scotland; they lost this charter in a fire, and a new one was granted
them in 1904. They have a membership of about two hundred at present, and
are erecting a new concrete Temple costing about $60,000. This Lodge is in
direct fraternal communication, by special dispensation of their Grand Lodge,
with every Grand jurisdiction in the U. S. The membership of Sojourners'
Lodge is composed of Americans and Europeans; there are no negroes in either
Lodge or Chapter above mentioned, or in Canal Zone Chapter.
~ "Would also add that the Master Masons on the Isthmus are not all mem-
bers of Sojourners' Lodge; there are many who hold membership in the
States.
"Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1 ( U. D.), is located at Las Cascadas, but I
presume that they will move into the new Temple at Colon, when it is com-
plete.
"They began work on July 24, 1910, under dispensation from the Gen-
eral Grand Chapter of the U. S., with seventeen members. They had taken
in over one hundred new members on July 24, 1911, and at this date I have
no doubt there are over one hundred and fifty. All of their candidates are
required to stand examination in the three preliminary Capitular Degrees
before they can be exalted.

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 "As to future prospects of Masonry on
the Isthmus. There are at present between
five and six thousand Americans engaged in
constructing the Canal, and quoting Colonel
Goethals, Chairman of the Canal Commission,
I will state that it will require between four
and five thousand men to operate the Canal
after it is open. The permanent operatives
to whom-I refer will not be laborers, but high-
class artisans, professional men, etc., in the
power houses, machine shops, and at the naval
reservation and dry docks, as well as in the
various administrative offices.
"I would state that it will not be neces- FRANCIS WELLS WALRAVEN
Comma nder o f Ca nal Zone Commandery.
sary for the petitioning Sir Knights of the Knigh ts T empla r. Born in Chico, California.
M ember ofKing D avid'sLodge, No. 209,ofSan
Canal Zone to secure a private hall in which Luis Obispo, California, and o f the following
Scottish Rite Bodies, located a t N ew Orleans,
Louisia na. Albert Pike Lodge o f P erfection.
to meet, as the government has erected lodge No.1, 14° . PelicanChapterofRose Croix, No.
11, 18°. E agle Council, Knigh ts K adosh, No.
6, 30°. Gra nd Col)sistory of Louisiana, 32°.
halls in each of the larger towns on the Zone M ember of Sa n Luis Chapter, No. 62, R. A. M .,
of Sa n Luis Obispo, California, and of the fol-
for the use of the fraternal organizations. lowing two Bodies located a t Las Cascadas,
Canal Zone : Canal Zone Cha pter, No. 1,
R. A. M. Isthmian Council No. 1, R. & S . M .
There is no charge for the use of these halls. M ember of Bek t ash Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order, N obles of the Mystic Shrine, Concord,
New Hampshire. Honorary member of
The one at Las Cascadas is admirably suited Osma n T emple, St. Paul, Minnesota. En-
tered service on the Isthmus o f Panama on
September 10, 1906, as Locomotive Engineer.
for Commandery work; it is located on the top Present occupation, the same, located at
Cristobal, Ca nal Zone.
of a hill. The first floor is used for religious
services on Sundays; it can be adapted readily
to work in the Red Cross Degree. The second floor is the regular lodge hall.
"The distance from Panama to Colon is forty-seven miles. Las Cascadas
is situated approximately half way between Panama and Colon.
"The Panama Railroad, owned by the government, runs special trains reg-
ularly on -Saturday nights for the benefit of fraternal societies and other
events. In fact, the government does everything in reason to accommodate
and foster social features in order to help preserve contentment in the minds
of the employees, who are not overburdened with the forms of amusement
available on the Zone."
In answer to my letters I received information from Brother Henry W.
Mordhurst, General Grand Recorder, General Grand Council, R. & S. M., that
Isthmian Council (U. D.) started in February, 1911, with eleven members and
that in a year it had grown to number seventy-four Royal and Select
Masters.
Companion and Sir J. B. Fields, Acting Secretary of Canal Zone Chapter,
R. A.M., informed me under date of April 6, 1912, that Canal Zone Chapter,

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 organized in 1910 with
seventeen members, had
grown to one hundred and
eighty in two years' time.
Companion Christopher
G. Fox, General Grand
Secretary of the General
Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons (since de-
ceased), made a favorable
report concerning the
Canal Zone Chapter and
its very successful work.
I also consulted with R. J
E. Sir R. F. Scoffern, Past
Grand Commander of In-
dian Territory, who is a
resident of Gatun in the
RUINS OF OLD PANAMA, DESTROYED BY MORGAN
THE BUCCANEER

Canal Zone and who prof-

fered his assistance and
experience in getting the
new Commandery started.
·Finding all reports of
the prosperity and activ-
ity of Lodge, Council and
Chapter were alike, and
that the York Rite would
be greatly benefited by
the establishing of a
Commandery of Knights
Templar in the Canal
Zone, I granted the prayer
of the petitioners on the
11th day of April,· 1912,
and issued the following
SPRAYING OIL IN DITCHES FOR THE EXTERMINATION
dispensation, to wit: OF MOSQUITOES

:n
 GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
To All Whom It May ConceTn, GTeeting:
WHEREAS, A petition of sundry Knights
Templar in the City of Las Cascadas, praying that
a dispensation may be granted them to open and
hold a COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, and
Appendant Council of the Illustrious Order of the
Red Cross, and Priory of Knights of Malta, sub-
ordinate to the GRAND ENCAMPMENT of the
United States, at the City of Las Cascadas, in the
.Canal Zone, aforesaid, has been presented to me
for consideration. AND WHEREAS, It appears to
me that the prayer of the petitioners ought to be
granted;
NOW, KNOW YE, That I, WILLIAM BROMWELL
MELISH, Grand Master of Knights Templar of
the United States, by virtue of the power in me
vested, do grant this, my WEBB L . GIBBS
Born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. M ember o f
H a rbor Lodge, No. 731, F. & A. M ., of Ch1cago,
Illinois . Va n Rensselaer Lodge o f P erfect10n,
DISPENSATION 14° Chicago Council, Princes o f Jerusalem,
16°: Gourgas Cha pter o f R ose Croix, 18°.
to Charles H. R. Howe, Frank Cotton, John B. Orien tal Consistorv, 32°. The Scot t ish R1te
B odies being of Chkago, Illinois. Sinai Chap-
Fields, Frank T . Hamlin, Gerald D. Bliss, Webb ter, No. 185; R. A. M .. Chicago, Illinois. Isth-
mia n Council. No.1. R. & S.M. , Las C ascadas,
L. Gibbs, Frank H. Anderson, Ben ·amm et- Canal Zone. Indivisible F riends Commandery,
No. 13, Knights T emplar, Sherman . T exas.
calf, Francis W. Walraven, Geo:vge Edgar Duck- M edina h T emple, A. A. 0 . N . M. S., Ch1cago.
worth, Carl C. Akins, William . Bo ·e, Victor Illinois. Entered service on the Isthmus of
P a na ma on September 4, 1910, as R epresenta -
W. · McCollum, William E. Par,ker, ;w; ·n i~m . tive o f the T exas Compa ny . L eft t he Isthmus
of Panama, N ovember 26. L 12, and now occu-
Shourds, Baxter R. Grier, Harr F P ag , ]i~ra k pies the same posi tion wi t h the T exas Com-
pany, in Chicago, Illinois, h1s address bemg
H. Wang, William C. Jay, Frea W. Robinson , 771 7 Coles Avenue.
Daniel E. Wrrght, Charles A. Pendr:-y:, Ernes' W.
Heverly, Mace H. Gillian, the petitioners afore-
said, and to their lawful Associates and Successors; and empower them to
open and hold a COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, Council of the Illustri-
ous Order of the Red Cross, and Priory of Knights of Malta, at the place
aforesaid, to be called and distinguished by the name of CANAL ZONE CoM-
MANDERY (U. D.), and to confer the respective Orders thereof upon such
person, or persons, possessing the requisite qualifications, as they may think
proper.
AND I Do BY THESE PRESENTS, Appoint
Sir Francis W. Walraven, as Eminent Commander;
Sir Frank Cotton, as Generalissimo ;
Sir Benjamin F. Metcalf, as Captain-General;
with continuance to them of the said powers and privileges, until the twenty-
fifth day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirteen, and
no longer; at which time they are hereby enjoined to make a return of this
dispensation, with all of their official doings under the same. PROVIDED, NEV-
ERTHELESS, That the said Officers and Members of the said Commandery pay
due respect to our GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and to the
Constitution, Rules and Edicts thereof, and in no way remove the ancient land-
marks of our Order; otherwise this dispensation, and all things therein con-
tained, to be void and of no effect.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, this elev-
enth day of April in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twelve, and
A. 0. 794.
WILLIAM B. MELISH,
Gmncl M aste?".

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 PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF PORTO BELLO Q U ARRIES

FIRST TEST OF THE EMERGENCY DAM AT GATUN

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 Early in May, 1912, E. Sir F. W. Walraven, the Commander of Canal Zone
Commandery, called together the petitioners for the Commandery and the so-
journing Templars, and in accordance with the authority vested in him by
virtue of the dispensation, formed and opened the Commandery. Thirty Sir
Knights were present. A corps of officers was selected anrl the selection sub··
sequently approved and appointed by me and duly installed. Forty-seven
petitions were received and referred to committees at the first meeting, said
committees to examine and report to the Commandery at the next stated
meeting and in accordance with Templar law.

On July 26, 1912, E. Sir Walraven reported:

"We have had the pleasure of dubbing and creating six Sir Knights al-
ready, and will work a class of eight in the Red Cross Degree next Thursday
evening, which will give us sufficient material, together with those already
through the Red Cross, to be Knighted in the month of August, numbering
fifteen additional to those already Knighted, and I do not think this is a bad
showing, and while we are not trying to run a Masonic Mill, we have the work
before us; we are anxious to get it done. ermit me to further state that
every officer knows his work, a d to · e it highly pleasing to confer the ·
Orders with the assistance I ha e an
The annual reports of Canal fo on e, andery show that on July 1,
1912, the membership of the bod was thi y-two Sir Knights, twenty-four
of which were the signers of the petition for a dispensation, and eight were
newly created Knights Templar, who had received all three of the Orders of
Christian Masonic Knighthood. I cannot make a more complete or satisfactory
report of the work of the year ending July 1, 1913- . seventy-five Knights
created-than to print in full the report made to me by E. Sir F. W. Walraven,
u;nder date of June 13, 1913, as follows:

LAS CASCADAS, CANAL ZONE, PANAMA, June 13, 1913

WM. B. MELISH, ESQ.,

Grand Master of Grand Encampm 9nt of Knights Templar, U. S. A.
Most E xcellent Si1· and Dear Frater :
Herewith is a review of the work and what has been accomplished by Canal
Zone Commandery since it was instituted, May 18, 1912.
Up to May 31st of this year, we have dubbed and created seventy-five Sir
_ Knights, who were also received Knights of Malta; while our work has been
somewhat heavy during the life of the d 'spensation which was granted us, we
do not wish to convey the impression that we have conducted a 'Masonic Mill
simply for the gratification of those who wished to become Knights Templar for
the prestige which they might obtain by so doing; all of the applications for the

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 Orders which were received by this Commandery and acted upon were care-
fully scrutinized and subjected to a rigid investigation.
We have conformed to the rules as prescribed by the ritual in conducting
the ceremonies of the Order, and with the assistance and loyal support of the
Officers of my Command, together with that of Past Grand Commander, Right
Eminent Robert F. Scoffern, I believe it is safe for me to say that Canal Zone
Commandery (U. D.) will rank with the average good Commandery of the U.S.
While it has been a duty, it has been a pleasure, as well, to preside over
this Body and to confer the Orders, and nothing has arisen to mar our success.
Most of the Sir Knights who signed for the dispensation wish their mem-
. bership to revert to the Commandery from which they hail, there being but
four who will sign for a Charter, together with one who wishes to affiliate by
demit, which will give us a Charter membership of eighty.
Our treasury is in a healthy condition, there being approximately $3,000
to our credit in the local bank, and we expect in the near future, with the assist-
ance of the other Masonic Bodies now under Charter, to erect a building suit-
able to our needs, of concrete construction and for Masonic purposes only.
We have appeared in public on several occasions, such as to conduct the
funeral services of Sir Knight Paynter prior to sending his remains to the
United States; we also attended religious services on Christmas Day and Easter.
This, I think, covers all the work during the period that we have been a
Commandery Under Dispensation.
With best wishes for your fut ure . lfare and prosperity, I am

WALRAVEN,
Comma; le1'" Ganal Zone Commander-y (U. D.)

The above account from the hand of the Grand Master gives, in detail,
the history of the forming of the Canal Zone Commandery. As this history of
Masons and Masonry on the Panama Canal goes to press, the dispensation
granted Canal Zone Commandery is being replaced by a Charter from the
GranQ. Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States, and, under the
name of Canal Zone Commandery No.1, the Templar Masons of the Isthmus of
Panama will continue to work in the City of Aneon, Canal Zone, their new
habitat.
The Grand Master has given all due credit to Sir Walraven, a very enthu-
siastic and energetic Mason, which every Knight Templar on the Isthmus of
Panama will acknowledge as just. He, with his Fraters, have worked hard
and well. The Knights Templar of the Canal Zone are the flower of Masonry,
and be it said to their everlasting credit that they live as closely to the beauti-
ful principles of the Order as human frailty will permit. They are doing a
noble work and are a credit to their Illustrious Grand Master, who feels that
the trust which he has placed in them has been fully justified.

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 THE SHRINE ON THE ISTHMUS
OF PANAMA

HE Panama Shriners' Club, though

young in years, is one of the
best-known organizations on the
Isthmus of Panama, and has
played a most important part in the Masonic
history of the Canal Zone. While it is not
recorded that there were any Shriners in
Mr. Balboa's first tourist party to the Isthmus,
some four hundred years ago, it is safe to say
that representatives of the Ancient Arabic
WILLIAM WILSON IRWI N
Imperia l Poten tate Ancient Arabic Order, Order accompanied the earliest canal digging,
N obles of t he M ystic Shrine for Nor t h Amer-
ica. Born in Danv ille, Kentucky . Member o f
t he following Bodies, all of which a re located
continent-dividing forces from the United
at Wheeling, W est Virginia. Nelson Lodge,
No. 30, A. F . & A. M . M cDaniel Lodge of States, which have made two continents where
Perfec tion, N o. 1, 14°. Charity Chapter of
Rose C roix, No. 1, 18°. Albert P ike Council,
Knights K a dosh , N o. 1, 30°. W est Virginia o l ne existed before.
Consistory, N o. I , 32°. W heeling Union
Cha p ter, N o. 1, R. A. M . W heeling Com-
ma ndery N o . 1, Knigh ts T emplar. Osiris · T . e first formal gathering of the clans
T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, N obles of
the M ystic Shrine. Past Poten ta te of Osiris
T emple a nd P ast Commander of W heeling
anq et at the Tivoli Hotel, at Aneon, ·
Commandery, N o. 1, K. T. Elected C aptain
of the Gu ard of the Imperial Council a t At- o e, ·,n March, 1911. Seventy Nobles,
la ntic City, July 13, 1904. Elected Imperial 1
Potenta t e a t D a llas, T exas, M ay 13, 1913.
Imperia l P otentate Irwin granted a uthority e resenting forty-seven Shrine Temples,
for Osma n T emple o f St. P a ul to hold their
ceremonial in Miraflores .Locks of the Panama
Cana l on September 1, 1913.
gatliere for the affair, which was one of the
most successful dinners ever held on the
Isthmus of Panama. The success of the affair
was so marked that it was deemed advisable to form a permanent organiza-
tion of Shriners of the Canal Zone. It was at this banquet that the project of
holding a Ceremonial Session on the Isthmus of Panama was first discussed.
The. history of the Panama Shriners' Club is more or less a preliminary
account of events leading to the Isthmian Ceremonial on September 1, 1913.
Soon after the banquet, in May, 1911, a meeting of the Nobles was called
at Gatun, Canal Zone, and resulted in the organization of the Panama
Shriners' Club, with Noble Francis W. Walraven, -of Bektash Temple, Presi-
dent; Noble Gerald D. Bliss, of Ismalia Temple, Vice-President, and Noble
Frank H. Wang, of Oriental Temple, Secretary-Treasurer. The meeting was
most enthusiastic, and the officers . were instructed to exert every effort
towards the holding of a Ceremonial of the Order on the Isthmus. The matter
was immediately taken up with a number of the larger Temples in the States,
and several of them expressed the opinion that such a Ceremonial would
doubtless prove to be the largest single event in the history of the Order, and

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 expressed their willingness to make the long
pilgrimage if a dispensation could be secured.
Islam Temple, of San Francisco, because of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, which will be
held in their city in 1915 to celebrate the suc-
cessful completion of the Canal, was peculiarly
interested, and immediately opened negotia-
. tions with the Imperial Council to the end that
R dispensation be granted. After considerable
correspondence the application was denied-
the jurisdictional aspect of the case not ap-
pearing clear to the Imperial Potentate.
After this first reverse the matter was
held in abeyance by the local Nobles, and, a
G ERALD D. BLISS
year having rolled around, preparations were President, P a na ma Shriners' C lub, 1913-!914 ·
M ember of all the Masonic Bodies a nd of Ismalia
T em ple, A. A.O.N .M .S., of B uffalo, N ew York.
made for the second annual gathering, which Also assisted , as one of Petitioners for Dis-
pensations, in forming C anal Zone Lodge,
A. F. & A. M ., Ca nal Zone Cha p ter, Ca na l
was held at the Washington Hotel, at Colon, Zone Council and C anal Zone Comma ndery .
At p resen t Senior Warden Canal Zone Lodge.
Republic of Panama. Both Noble nd t e· Thrice Illustrious M aster Canal Zone Council.
Senior Warden C a nal Zone Commandery .
Presiden t P a na ma Sh riners Club. (Re-
ladies, as well as a number of visiting les, elected una nimously P residen t S hriners' Club
at a nnual meeting December 7, 1913.)
who happened to be in the city at eflt·
attended. This was the bann r ev · t
Isthmian Shrinedom up to that tim
quite generally conceded to have been the most
successful banquet ever held in the Republic
of Panama: At this banquet the matter of a
Ceremonial Session was again urged. Soon
after, the jurisdictional question having been
satis~actorily adjusted, the case was again
laid before the Imperial Potentate, but not
caring to reverse the ruling of his predecessor,
he declined the application, and his action was
later approved at the Imperial Council, meet-
ing at Los Angeles.
Though the project seemed to be doomed
to failure, the local Nobles were so sure of the
-ultimate success of the undertaking and were
so impressed with the importance of the pro-
posed Ceremonial that failure only spurred
them to greater activity, and at once plans J . H ARRY LEWIS
were laid to again present the case. The Illustrious Pot en tate of Osman Tem ple, A. A.
0. N . M . S., of St. P a ul, Minnesota, for 1913.

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 Canal at that time was rapidly nearing completion, and the consent of Colonel
George W. Goethals, the Chief Engineer, was asked for the use of one of the
lock chambers of the Canal for the Ceremonial. This was granted, and our
case then taken by Noble Gerald D. Bliss and Noble Frank H. Wang to the
Imperial Council Meeting, at Dallas, Texas. The sentiment of the repre-
sentatives
.
to that. meeting
. seemed to be overwhelmingly in favor of granting
the dispensation, and about three weeks after the close of the meeting the
years of effort by the local Nobles were crowned with success when Imperial
- Potentate William W. Irwin signed the coveted dispensation for a Cere-
monial, on Labor Day, September 1, 1913. Osman Temple, of St. Paul,

NOBLES OF THE SHRINE IN THE BOTTOM OF MIRAFLORES LOCKS,

AFTER THE CEREMONAL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1913

Minnesota, of which J. Harry Lewis was the Illustrious Potentate, cap-

tured the much desired dispensation, and at once proceeded with the elab-
orate preparations for what proved to be the most unique and successful
Ceremonial in the history of the Order.
For a little club of only seventy-five members to attempt to entertain
such a large number as composed the party making the Canal Zone pilgrimage
was no small undertaking, as all who are familiar with the very limited enter-
tainment facilities of the Isthmus will realize, and called for some genius on
the part of those in charge of the arrangements. That every member of
the party enjoyed every moment of his stay was indicated by the many con-
gratulations received from the pilgrims.

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 The Ceremonial was held at t he bottom
of the gigantic lock near. the Pacific end of the
Canal. This great lock chamber is 1,000 feet
in length, 110 feet wide and 77 feet in depth,
and admirably suited for the working of the
degree. Owing to the impossibility of properly
lighting the lock at night and to the great heat
in the middle of the day, it was decided to be
- advisable to hold the Ceremonial at 7 a. m.
So far as we are able to learn, this Ceremonial
had the added distinction of being the first
Shrine Ceremonial to be held before breakfast
and also 25 feet below the level of the sea.
The work was conferred in full f orm and there FRAN K H . WANG
Born in Fort Edward, N ew York. M em ber
were no accidents to mar the success of the of Sandy Hill Lodge, No. 372, of Hudson
F alls, New York, an d o f t he following Scottish
Rite Bodies o f New Orleans, L ouisiana:
big event. Imperial Potentate Irwin presided, Al bert Pike Lodge of Perfection. N o. 1, 14°.
P elican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11 , 18°.
assisted by other members of the Imperial Eagle Council, K nights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
Grand Consistory of Lou isia na, 32°. M em ber
of Sandy H ill Chapter, N o. 189, R. A. M .
Council. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S.M. Calvary
Commandery, No. 69, K n igh ts Tem pla r.
T he Chapter a nd Comman dery being of
Hudson Falls, New York a nd the Council o f
L as C ascadas, Canal Zone. M ember of Orien-
tal Temple, Ancien t Arabic Order. Nobles of
t he M ystic Shrine, of Troy, New York .
Honorary member of Osma n T emple, Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of t he M ystic Shrine, of
great lock which forms a most important p rt St. Paul, Minnesota, Secretary-Treasurer of
the Pana ma Shriners' Club 1913. Employed
of the greatest engineering achievemerr oP all since J anuary 10, 1910 in t he Office of the
Division E ngineer of the Atlantic Div ision,
Gatun, Ca nal Zone.
ages. One has only to realize that many of the
Nobles and novices spent several of the best
years of their lives to rear the massive structure within the walls of which the
Ceremonial was held to appreciate the great interest which has been mani-
fested in the event for the past three years. With the consent of the Govern-
ment of the United States, a beautiful bronze tablet, twenty by thirty inches,
suitably inscrib~d, has been imbedded in the solid masonry of the lock wall, to
forever mark the place where memorable Shrine history was made on Septem-
ber 1, 1913.
The membership of the Panama Shriners' Club now numbers two hun-
dred, and though the primary object for its organization has been most suc-
cessfully consummated, its field of usefulness is by no means exhausted, and
_ its continued success in the Masonic field on the Isthmus is assured. The
officers of the Club for 1914 are: Noble Gerald D. Bliss, of Ismalia Temple,
President, Cristobal, C. Z. ; Noble Frank T. Hamlin, of Omar Temple, Vice-
President, Corozal, C. Z., and Noble Lewis E. Willson, of Osman Temple,
Secretary-Treasurer, of Empire, C.Z.

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 Too much credit for continued activity and well directed efforts cannot
be given to Noble Gerald D. Bliss, Noble Francis W. Walraven, Noble Frank
H. Wang, Noble Quincy A. Hall and Noble Frank T. Hamlin, to whose
persistent efforts the culminating event of Canal Zone Shrine history-
Osman's Ceremonial-is actually due. Others have given their labor, but they
all admit that much credit should be given to the above named.
Were time and space not so limited, the trip of the Nobles of Osman
Temple, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Panama, their entertainment while on
· the Isthmus, the balls, fetes, banquets, parades and other entertainments in
their honor, could be dwelt upon at length; suffice it to say that the Nobles who
crossed the hot sands on September first, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen, are
all perfectly satisfied that the sands are as hot in the bottom of Miraflores Lock
. as they are at the feet of the Sphinx or any place on the Desert of Sahara,. and
many a Noble bears the callous places on his hands that he acquired while hold-
ing onto the rope in the abyss of the Mi1·aflores Lock. The Miraflores Lock is
now filled with water, possibly for all future time. Osman Temple has held its
Ceremonial on the Lock floor. No opportunity will ever again be offered for a
similar Ceremonial. No other Templ anEl ·O other novices will ever obtain the
same distinction as was conferrefi by ~ sma Temple) under Illustrious Poten-
tate J. Harry Lewis, by authori y o la Potentate William W. Irwin,
upon the large class of sons of he e e; , w o were safely taught the most
approved methods of crossing the ot sands rm that memorable day of Septem-
ber first, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.

IMPERIAL POTENTATE IRWIN LAYING THE BRONZE TABLET IN THE CENTER WALL OF
MIRAFLORES LOCK. ON SEPTEMBER 1. 1913. COMMEMORATING OSMAN
TEMPLE'S PILGRIMAGE TO THE PAN;'-MA CANAL ZONE

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CJJ

A SLIDE MOVEMENT OVERNIGHT IN CULEBRA CUT, WRECKING A DIRT TRAIN AND DEMOLISHING STEAM SHOVELS

.
 THE MASONIC CLUB
OF EMPIRE
f~ ~HE Masonic Club, of Empire, is an
~ organization of Master Masons,
~ formed at an earlier date than
~ almost any other Masonic organi-
zation on the Isthmus of Panama. Owing to
the temporary character of the ·American
population on the Isthmus of Panama, it was
not at first deemed advisable to grant dispen-
sations to work under the holding of any of
the grand bodies of the United States in any
of the temporary towns of the Canal Zone.
JOHN I. MAJOR
Several years later the Grand Lodge of
Born in H endrysburg, Ohio. M ember o f
Kirkwood Lodge, No. 446, H end rysburg, Ohio. Massachusetts granted dispensations to
Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection, No. 1, 14°.
P elica n Cha pter of Rose Croix, No. 11. 18°.
Eagle Council, Knights K adosh, No. 6, 30°.
Sojourners' Lodge, at Cristobal, Canal Zone,
G ra nd Consistory of Louisia na, 32°. All four
Bodies being loca ted in N ew Orleans, Louisia na .
Barnesville Chapter, No. 69, R. A. M. , located
and later to Canal Zone Lodge, at Ancon,
a t Barnesville, Ohio. Isthmia n Council. No.
1, R. & S. M . a nd Canal Zone Commandery Oana Zo e.
(U. D .), Knights T emplar, both being loca ted
a t Las Cascadas. Ca nal Zone. Osma n T emple,
A. A. 0. N . M.S., S t. P a ul , Minnesot a. Pres-
iden t , M asonic Club of Empire. Entered service
on the Isthmus o f Pa nama on M a y 4, 1906,
as Steam Shovel Craneman. Present occupa-
tion , Steam Shovel Engineer; located at
Empire, Canal Zone. From
grown
until has a membership of two hun-
dred. The Masonic Club, of Empire, has made
it a duty and also a pleasure to welcome to its
meetings all Masons in good standing resid-
ing or visiting in Empire, Canal Zone. It has
regularly held musical entertainments for the
benefit of its members, has conferred humor-
ous side degrees and has been interested in
visiting the sick and assisting the distressed.
The object of the Masonic Club, of Empire, '.

and its activities are identical with other

American Masonic Clubs on the Isthmus of
Panama, such as the Gatun Masonic Club, the
HARTLEY ROWE
Born in Goodla nd, Indiana. M ember of Gorgona Masonic Club, the Pedro Miguel
_Goodla nd L odge, No. 445, F. & A. M ., o f
Goodland , Indiana , and of t he following Bodies
loca ted at L as Cascadas, Canal Zone. Ca nal Masonic Club and the Pacific Masonic Club.
Zone Chapter, No. l. R. A. M . Isthmia n
Council, N o. l , R. & S. M. Canal Zone
Commandery (U. D .), Knigh ts T emplar.
In an open meeting of the Masonic Club, of
M ember of Osma n T emple, A.A.O.N.M.S., St.
Paul, Minnesot a . Entered service on the Isth-
mus of P a na ma on N ovember 1, 1904 , as R od -
Empire, the question of having a suitable
ma n. Presentoccupation,ElectricalSuperinten-
den t wi t h headqua rters at Empire, Ca nal Zone. memorial to commemorate the fact that mem-

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 hers of the Masonic fraternity played an Im-
portant part in the building of the Panama
Canal was discussed. The RECORD OF MASONS
AND MASONRY ON THE PANAMA CANAL is the
result. A committee of two, consisting of
Walter Irvin Beam, 32°, and John Layard
Caldwell, were appointed to collect data,
photographs, etc., to prepare a suitable text
and to evolve a method of financing the pub-
lication. It was at first very difficult to con-
vince the majority of the craft on the Isthmus
of the absence of ulterior motives on the part
of the committee, and to overeome a natural
WALTER IRVI N BEAM opposition to anything that savored of Mason-
Born in Johnstown, Pa. Member of Sojourners
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Ca nal Zone Chapter, No. l , R. A. M., of Las
ic "advertising," the other Masonic Clubs
Cascodas,Canal Zone. M ember of t he following
bodies of theA. a nd A. S. R., with headqua rt ers
at New Orleans, L a . Albert P ike Lodge of Per-
were invited to assist in the preparation of the
fection, No. 1, 14°. P elican Cha pter of Rose
Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Kn ights RECORD, and, after convincing the individual
Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Gra nd Consistory of La. ,
32°. M ember of Osman T emp le. A.A.O.N .M.S. ,
St. Paul, Minn . Secretary-Treasurer of t he me :bers that only the highest motives were
Consistory Club of the Canal Zone, and Chai r-
man of the Committee which compiled this
Record, under the auspices o f th e M asonic
actuating fi publication of the RECORD, the
Club of E mpire. Entered service on the Isth-
mus of Pana ma, October 16, 1905, as Rodman ; Olub G hartered Masonic Bodies re-
resigned October 30, 1913; having been Chief
Clerk of t he Central Division, Department o f
Construction and Engineering, for several po e e invitation to join in the pub-
years. Present occupation, Auditor, Mack
Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, P a. i!ation he RECORD. Pres:ldent John I.
Major, 2°, of the Masonic Club of Empire,
is responsible to a degree for giving the ques-
tion, when it was first placed before him, his
unbounded support and for commending it in
the most enthusiastic manner.
In order that the book should be published
with the approval of the highest Masonic
authorities and not be contrary to Masonic
jurisprudence, the matter was laid before the
heads of the various Grand Bodies of the
United States. Grand Master William B.
Melish, of the Grand Encampment of the
Knights Templar of the United States;
J. LAYARD CALDWELL William W. Irwin, Imperial Potentate of the
Born in Cincinnati, 0. M ember of McMill an
Lodge, No. 141, F . & A.M. Cincinnati. 0. Cin-
cinnati Chapter No.1, R. A.M., C incinnati, 0.
Shrine for North America, and Colonel
Isthmia n Council, No. 1, Las Cascadas, Canal
Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Pan-
ama as Clerk a nd Stenographer, July 7, 1911.
William S. Benton, Grand Master of the
Isthmian address, Empire, Canal Zone. States
address,410W. 8th Ave. , Cincinnati, 0. Mem- Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, all responded
ber, Committee to publish " The Record of
Masons a nd Masonry on the Panama Canal.· ·
Secretary-T reasurer, Masonic Club of Empire.
favorably, and generously sent their photo-

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graphs to be placed in the RECORD. This
covered satisfactorily the governing bodies
of the Blue Lodge, the York Rite and the
Shrine, under the jurisdiction of each of which
Masonic work has been performed on the
Isthmus of Panama. The heads of the
Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite
were communicated with, and letter after
letter written to secure the approval or the
disapproval of that body. No replies were
received to any of the letters, however, as
Gus D. Levy, 33 a, Grand Master of the
Kadosh of the Grand Consistory, of Louisiana,
under whose jurisdiction the Canal Zone
WALTER W. WARWICK
comes, in conversation with Walter I. Beam, Born in Lucasville, Ohio. M ember of La
Fayette Lodge, No. 81, A. F. & A. M .. Cin·
member of the committee, during the Grand cinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati Chapter, No. 2,
R. A.M. Cincinnati Commandery, No.3. K .T.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Entered service on the
Master's visit to the Canal Zone, in August, Isthmus of Panama on May 30, 1908. as
Examiner of Accounts and Auditor of the
Canal Zone Government. Present occupa-
1913, signified his approval, verba J tion, Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury
of the United States. at Washington. D. C.
conceded that sufficient Maso 1c Past President, Masonic Club of Empire.

Word was sent to every Mason who had

ever been on the Isthmus of Panama, whose
whereabouts were known, of the proposed
publication, inviting each to send his photo-
graph, Masonic and Isthmian Records and to
subscribe to the fund for the publication. As-
surance was given that all photographs and
records of Masons who had worked on the
Panama Canal, or who had engaged in
Masonic work on the Isthmus of Panama,
would be gladly received and entered in the
RECORD, whether or not the Mason subscribed
toward the expense of publication. EDWIN HUTTER FENSTERMACHER
The committee in charge have not aimed Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Hopewell
Lodge, No. 596, F. & A.M .. New York City.
Canal Zone Chapter, R. A. M., Las Cascartas,
to produce a literary masterpiece. They are Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
of Panama on April 1, 1912, as Telegraph
Operator, Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone, and
not strong in rhetoric, nor in prettily formed Agent for the Panama Railroad. Present
occupation, Assistant Chief Dispatcher, lo-
cated at Central Division headquarters, Em·
phrases. They have not eulogized the work of pire, Canal Zone.

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SECTION DREDGES ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CUCARACHA SLIDE FROM THE CANAL

the individual to the detriment of other indi-
viduals. They have attempted to place before
the reader nothing but a historical account
of the work of our Illustrious Fraternity on
the Isthmus of Panama, from 1904 to 1914,
which is for the benefit of those of us who
have a right to appear in the RECORD, prima-
rily, and for the benefit of any others to whom
such a record may prove of interest.
I

They have not dealt with the physical

features of the Panama Canal. There are
a thousand records which will show that the
Panama Canal is fifty miles long, with a chan-
nel forty-five feet deep, and with twelve lock WALTER G. ROSS
Born in Brooklyn, New York . Member of
chambers; that it cost three hundred and sev- Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. &. A. M., Cristobal,
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfec-
tion, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose
enty-five million dollars to build; that there Croix, No. ll , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights
Kadosh, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana.
All the above Scottish Rite Bodies are located
were employed as many as forty-five thousand in NPw Orleans, Louisiana. Member of
Canal Zone Chapter No. 1, R. A. M ., Las Cas-
men at a time;_that thfiliie were s en !?en as cadas, Canal Zone. Kismet Temple, A. A. 0.
N. M. S., of Brooklyn, New York. Entered
service on the Isthmus of Panama in May,
Goethals, Stevens, Wallace, the efficie nd 1909, as Asststant District Quartermaster, and
now employed as District Quartermaster at
Empire, Canal Zone.
sadly-lame~ted Gaillard, Sibert, !Hoa e ,:XRbus-

presence of the Great Architect of the Uni-

verse to receive that reward which he won in
so distinguished a manner.
These facts of potent interest and thou-
sands of others of equal interest have not
found a place in this RECORD for obvious
reasons.
The committee has tried to confine itself
to facts of Masonic interest only. They have
worked hard and faithfully in the hope that
the finished product ·may reflect credit upon
the craft. If it falls short of the expectations
HARRY STOCKTON FARISH
of the subscribers, they ask leniency, as it is Born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Mem-
ber of Atlantic Lodge. No. 2, F . & A. M ..
their first attempt. They have offered you the of Norfolk, Virginia. Entered service ori the
Isthmus of Panama on September 1, 1905, as
Property Clerk in the office of the Local
best their small amount of experience in this Auditor, Panama City. Present occupation,
Surveying Officer of t he Isthmian Canal Com-
mission and of th e Panama Railroad Com-
particular line of work permits them to give. pany, with headquartersatCulebraCanalZone.

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 The photographs and records of those who have registered with the
Masonic Club of Empire follow. The appearance of any man in this Record
merely indicates that he has r~gistered with the Club as a Mason. The Bodies .
of which he is shown as a member appear as he sent them in.
The committee are indebted for assistance in preparing the RECORD to
Brothers Clinton G. Carty, Stanley R. Ford and Frank H. Wang.

DETACHMENT OF CANAL ZONE POLICE OF THE EMPIRE DISTRICT. BROTHER A. W. KENNEDY

(CENTER OF FRONT ROW), LIEUTENANT IN COMMAND O,F DETACHMENT

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The following are the photographs and auto-
biographies of those who have registered
with the committee charged with
the compiling of the Record of
Masons and Masonry on
the Panama Canal.

, .
 _..

CARL C . AKINS CHARLES JAMES ANDERSON

Born in Baldwin, P ennsy lvania . M ember of Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Member
Washington Lodge, No. 164, F . & A. M ., of of Joppa Lodge, No. 201. F. & A. M., Brook-
Washington, Pennsylvania, and member of lvn, New York. Canal Zone Chapter. No. 1,
t he following Bodies of the Ancient and R. A. M ., Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered
Accepted Scottish Ri te, with headquarters at service on the Isthmus of Panama on Septem-
Pittsburgh, Pennsy lvania : Gourgas Lodge of ber 25. 1907, as Master of U. S. Tu)!, "Porto
Perfection, 14°. Pittsburgh Council, Princes Bello." Was afterwards Superintendent of
of Jerusalem, 16°. Pennsylvania Chapter of Construction . Engineering and D redging at
Rose Croix, 18°. P ennsylvania Consistory, Nombre de D ios, Republic of Panama, and
32°. M ember of the following Bodies of the Supervisor of Water Transportation. Present
York Rite, with headquarters at Washington, occupation, Navigating Member of Board of
Pennsylvania: Washington Cha pter, No. 150, Local Inspectors. and Master of U.S. Sea-going
R. A. M . Washington Council No. 1, R. & Suction Dredge, "Caribbean," in the Atlan tic
S. M. J acques de Molay Commandery, entrance of the Panama Canal.
No. 3, Knights T emplar. Osman T emple,
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
on the Isthmus of Panama on February 3, 1908,
as Clerk, Panama Railroad Company. Present
occupation, the same, located at Balboa,
Canal Zone. Was one of the signers of petitions
for forming the Blue Lodge, Cha pter, Council
and Commandery on the Canal Zone.

JOHN HENRY ARNOLD ED . FORREST ALLAN

Born in Evansville. Indiana . M ember of Born in Glasgow, Scotland. M ember of St.
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M .. of Cristobal, George Lodge, No. 333. A. F. & A. M., Glas-
Ca nal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus gow. Scotland. Entered serv ice on t he Isthmus
of Panama on July 13. 1909, as Machinist. of Panama in March, 1913, as a Machinist.
Present occupation, Machinist, M echanical Present occupation, Machinist, located at Par-
Division, Empire, Canal Zone. aiso, Canal Zone.

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 FRANK HALEY ANDERSON
BENJAMAIN ALMERON ARMSTRONG
Born in Dubu(]ue, Iowa. Member of Excelsior
Lodge, No. 97, Freeport, Illinois. Freeport Born in Westerly, Rhode Island. Member of
Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M., of Freeport, Illi- Nestell Lodge, No. 37, of Providence, Rhode
nois. Isthmian Council , No. L R. & S. M. , of Island. Providence Royal Arch Chapter,
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Freeport Com- No.1, Providence Council, No. 1. R. & S . M .,
mandery, No. 7, Knights Templar, of Free- both af Providence. Rhode Island . M ember
port, Illinois. Tebala Temple, Ancient Arabic of Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.) , Canal
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Rockford, Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Illinois. Entered service on the Ist hmus of Panama on June 24, 1910. as Stenographer,
Panama on September 24, 1907. as Railroad a nd is at present Secretary of the Young Men's
Conductor. Present occupation. the same. Christian Association, located at Culebra,
located at Ancon, Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

HENRY ANDERSON ALBERT E. ALEXANDER

Born in Holstein, Germany. M ember of Born in Ponca-Dixon County, Nebraska.
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M., of Cristobal, Member of Canal Zone Lod!,!e, F. & A. M .,
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus (U. D.), Ancon, Canal Zone. Entered service
of Panama in June, 1885, as Mill Foreman of on the Isthmus of Panama on July 27, 1907,
the Panama Railroad Company. Present as General Clerk. Now employed as Steam
occupation, Car Repairer, located at Cristobal, Shovel Craneman. Address, Ancon, Canal
Canal Zone. Zone.

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 JOHN E. ALBRECHT FREDERICK VINCENT BACHLER
Born in Baden, Germany. Sojourners' Lodge. Born in Chicago, Jllinois. Canal Zone Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Canal Zone. Canal (U. D.) , A. F . & A.M .. Ancon, Canal Zone.
Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M . Isthmian Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection. No. 1, 14°.
Council. No. 1. R. & S. M.. Las Cascadas, P elican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°.
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfec- Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
tion, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°, New
Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Temple, A. A. 0 .
Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of N. M.S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
Louisiana, 32°, New Orleans, Louisiana. on the Isthmus of Panama on October 20, 1906,
Entered serVice on the Isthmus of Panama on as Postal Clerk . Present occupation, Postal
April 23, 1906, as Foreman. Present occupa- Clerk, Empire, Canal Zone.
tion, General Foreman of Construction, at
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone.

CHARLES H . ANDERSON WILLIAM GEORGE ABENDROTH

- Born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. M em- Born in Norwalk, Connecticut. Member of
ber of Crookston Lodge, No. 141, F. & A. M., Harmony Lodge, No. 20, F. & A. M. , New
Crookston, Minnesota. Entered service on the Britain, Connecticut. Canal Zone Chapter,
Isthmus of Panama on June 13, 1907, as Cost No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1,
Accounta nt. Resigned from the service after R. & S. M ., both of Las Cascadas, Canal
having been promoted to Assistant Chief Ac- Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of
countant. At present engaged in Railroad Panama on October 8, 1908, as Nurse. Present
Office Work, and located at 440 Gonig Stree~ occupation, Nurse and Acting Druggist, lo-
Portland, Oregon. cated at Empire, Ca_nal Zone.

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 JOSEPH ANDREAS ALLEXAN FRED WILBERT BROWN
Born in Chicago, Illinois. M ember of So- Born in Andrews. Indiana. Member of
journers' Lodge, A. F. & A . M. , and of the Sojourners' Lodge. F . & A.M .. Cristobal, Canal
following York Rite Bodies of Las Cascadas, Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection ,
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, No. 1. 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix,
R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights of
Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.) , Knights Kadosh, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
Templar. Entered service on the Isthmus of 32°, all of New Orleans. Osman Temple,
Panama on April 15, 1909, as Locomotive En- A. A. 0. N . M . S. , St. Paul, Minnesota.
gineer, and his present occupation is the same, Employed as Machinist on Isthmus of Panama,
located at Ancon, Canal Zone. December 5, 1910. Now employed as Machin-
is t. Address, Bas Obispo, Canal Zone.

'

- KENDALL MORTON ASHLEY

Born in Chicago, Illinois. Member of EUGENE HIRAM ASH
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M .. Cristobal, Born in Lisbon, N ew Hampshire, Member of
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. l, R. Sojourners' Lodge; A. F. & A. M., Cristobal,
A . M ., Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. and Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of
S. M .. Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered Panama on January 31, 1905, as a Clerk. Pres-
service on the Isthmus of Panama on April ent occupation, Treasurer of the Panama
27, 1909, as Time-keeper. Present occupation, Canal Zone, located at Empire, Canal Zone.
Steam Shovel Craneman, located at Cristobal, Secretary of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M .,
Canal Zone. Cristobal, Canal Zone.

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 ERNEST W. BALDWIN CHARLES C. BALL
Born in St. Louis, Michigan. M ember of St. Born in Birmingham, Alabama. M ember of
Louis Lodge, No. 188, F. & A. M ., of St. Avondale Lodge, No. 476. F. & A. M., of
Louis, Michigan. Entered service on the Birmingham, Alabama. Entered service on
Isthmus of Panama on June 17, 1911, as the Isth mus of Panama on February 8. 1912,
Rodman, Miraflores Locks. Present occupa- as Machinist. Present occupation. Night
tion, Civil Engineer, located at Corozal, Foreman of Tool Room, Mechanical Division,
Canal Zone. Empire, .Canal Zone.

LEWIS BEALS BATES, M.D.

JAMES EMORY BARNEY
Born in East Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Member of Orphans' Hope L o.dge, F. & A.M. Born in Otsego, N ew York. M ember of
- Pentalpha Chapter, R. A. M . South Shore Wapahasa Lodge, No. 14, F. & A. M .. Waba-
Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 31. All sha, Minnesota. Relief Chapter, No. 35, R. A.
Bodies being located in East Weymouth, Mas- M., Wabasha, Minnesota. Canal Zone
sachusetts. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Council, No. 1. Ancon. Canal Zone. Canal
Order, Nobles of t he Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Zone Commandery, U. D. , Ancon, Canal Zone.
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of Osman T emple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., St. P a ul,
Panama on May 16, 1908, as Physician. Minnesota. E ntered service on t he Isthmus
Present occupation, Physician, 1 located at of Panama as Conductor. Now employed
Ancon Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone. as Conductor. Address, Las Cascadas, Canal
Zone.

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EMIR CLEVELAND BARTLETT EDWARD H. BEARSDLEY

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Member of Born in H amilton, Ohio. Member of Wash-
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal , ington Lodge, No. 17, F. & A. M ., Hamilton,
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus Ohio. Hamilton Chapter, No. 21 , R. A. M.,
of Panama on November 26, 1907, as Steam Hamilton, Ohio. Entered service on the Isth-
Shovel Fireman. Present occupation, Steam mus of Panama on April 5, 1913, as Drafts-
Shovel Engineer, located at Empire, Canal man, Mechanical Division. Now employed
Zone . as Draftsman. Address, Empire, Canal_Zone.

..

ALFRED W. BECHLEM
ROBERT BURNS
Born in Plymouth, Wisconsin . Member of
Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland . Sojourners' Lodge, F. & A. M., Cristobal,
Member of Burns St. Mary Blue Lodge, No. Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
505, of Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland. En- of Panama, December 16, 1910, as Armature
tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on Winder. Now employed as Draftsman.
May 6,1913, as Wireman, Mechanical Division. States address, Plymouth, Wisconsin. Isth-
Present occupation, Pump Operator, Balboa, mian address, Culebra, Canal_Zone.
Canal Zone.

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 CHARLES ARTHUR BLACK HUGH SHELDON BENTLEY
Born in Fort Scott , Kansas. M ember of D e Born in Bay City , Michigan. M ember of
Soto Lodge, No. 299. Memphis , Tennessee. Minneapolis Lodge, No. 19, F. & A. M ., of
and of the following Bodies, located at Las Minneapolis, Minnesota, and of the following
Cascadas. Canal Zone. Canal Zone. Chapter Bodies located at Las Cascadas, Ca nal Zone.
No . 1. R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Ist h-
R. & S.M. Canal Zone Commandery (U . D.), mian Council, No. 1. R. & S. M . Canal
Knights T empla r. M ember of Osman T emple, Zone Commandery (U. D.), Knights Templar.
Ancient Arabic Order. Nobles of the Mystic Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
Shrine, St . Paul. Minnesota. Entered service of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota.
on the Isthmus of Pana ma on October 3, 1908, Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
as Chief Engineer, Suction Dredges. Pres- October 14, 1909, as Machinist . Pr~s~ nt occu-
ent occupation, Superintendent of Dredging, pation , Machinist, located at Paraiso, Canal
located at Gatun, Canal Zone. Zone.

AUGUST BACH GIOVANN! BELLO

Born in Bitchwiller, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. Born in Armento. Italy. M ember of So-
M ember of Petrolia Lodge, No. 363, F . &A.M., journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal.
Oil City, P ennsylvania. Entered service on the Canal Zone. Enter~d service on the Isthmus
Isthmus of Panama on July 9, 1913, as Machm- of Panama on May 10, 1910, as Boilermaker.
ist. Present occupation, Machinist, Mechan- Present occupation, Locomotive Hostler, at
ical Division, located at Empire, Canal Zone. Gatun, Canal Zone.

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 "

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THE FIRST FILLING OF A MAMMOTH LOCK AT GATUN. NOTE THE WATER ENTERING THROUGH THE FLOOR CULVERTS
 POINCIANO G . BERMUDEZ
Born in Spain , a naturalized citizen of the
United States . Member of Sojourners' Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Canal Zone. Canal
Zone Chapter, No.1, R. A. M . Isthmian Coun- ELHANON ZOOK
cil, No. 1, R. & S.M. Canal Zone Command- Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
cry (U. D .), Knights Templar, all three Member of Western Star Lodge, No.2, F. A. &
Bodies being located at Las Cascadas, Canal A. M ., Nebraska City, Nebraska. Keystone
Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M ., Nebraska City,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne- Nebraska. Mt. Olivet Commandery, No.
sota. Entered service on the Isthmus of 21, Knights Templar, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Panama on January 18, 1907, as Steward of Sesostris Temple, Ancient Arabic Order,
the old Paraiso Hotel. Present occupation, Nobles oftheMysticShrine, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Chief Steward, Subsistence Department, Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Cristobal, Canal Zone. March 14, 1905, as Superintendent of Tracks,
Panama Canal. Last occupation, Superin-
tendent of Construction of the Panama
Railroad Company, located at Colon, Re-
public of Panama. Died in Philadelphia, Pa.,
January 5, 1914.

FRANK E. BERRY JAMES BLAISDELL

Born in Boston, Massachusetts. Memher of Born in Parker, Pennsylvania. Member of
Harmony Lodge. No.9, F. &A. M., Pawtucket, Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cristo-
Rhode Island . Entered service on the Isthmus bal, Canal Zone. Entered service on the
of Panama on May 11, 1912, testing steel and Isthmus of Panama on February 25, 1907, as
concrete for the Bureau of Standards, Wash- Locomotive Engineer, and was employed as
ington, District of Columbia. Present occupa- such at the time he left the service of the
tion the same, located with the Bureau of Isthmian Canal Commission by resignation
Sta~dards at Washington, District of Columbia . on August 1, 1913. Located at Bradford,
Pennsylvania.

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 ALFRED GEORGE BEDELL LEROY E . BURDGE
Born in Buffalo, New York. Member of So- Born in Covington, Kentucky. Member of
journers' Lodge, A. F . & A. M ., of Cristobal, Crittendon Lodge, No. 694, F. & A. M. , of
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, Crittendon, Kentucky. Canal Zone Chapter,
R. A.M. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S .M .• No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R.
and Canal Zone Commandery, No. 1., all & S. M., both of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone.
of b s Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
service on the Isthmus of Panama on November November 26, 1906, as Clerk . Present
15, 1907, as Rate Clerk of the Panama Rail- occupation, Clerk, office of the Chief Quarter-
road Company. Present occupation, Collec- master, Culebra, €anal Zone.
tor, Transportation Department, Panama
Railroad Company,located at Cristobal, Canal
Zone.

FREDERICK M. BAKER CLYDE BRADY. M.D.

Born in Lindley, N ew York. M ember of Born in Clay, Ohio. Member of Greenup
Union Lodge, No. 95, Elmira, New York. Lodge, No. 89, F. & A. M .. Greenup, Ken-
Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M., Las tucky. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Cascadas, Ca nal Zone. Entered service on the Panama on March 24, 1906, as Physician.
Isthmus of Panama on January 19, 1907, as Now District Physician, at Empire, Canal
Trainman, Transportation Department. Pres- Zone. States address, 2116 West Broadway,
ent occupation, Locomotive Engineer, at Louisville. K entucky.
Gatun, Canal Zone.

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 JOHN BURKE CHESTER McCLELLAN BULLARD
Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania. Member of Born in Connersville, Indiana. Member of
th~ following Masonic Bodies, all of them Indianapolis Lodge, No. 669, F . & A. M., of
bemg located at Princeton, Indiana. Past Indianapolis, Indiana. Indianapolis Chapter,
Master of Prince Lodge, No. 131. Golden No. 5, R. A. M ., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Fleece Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M ., Canal
Adoniram Grand Lodge of P erfection 14°. Zone Commandery (U. D.), Knights Templar,
Saraiah Council, Princes of Jerusalem: 16°. both of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Osman
Indmnapohs Chapter of Rose Croix, 18°. Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
lnd1ana Consistory, 32~. Princeton <:;:hapter, Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered
No. 75, R. A. M. Pnnceton Counc1l, R. & service on the Isthmus of Panama on April
S. M. Princeton Commandery, Knights 20, 1907, as Clerk, Department of Labor,
Teml'lar. Member of India Temple, Ancient Quarters and Subsistence. Present occupation,
Arab1c Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Assistant Chief Clerk of the Commissary
of Oklahoma C1ty, Oklahoma. Honorary Department, Panama Railroad Company,
Member of Osman Temple, St. Paul Minne- located at Cristobal, Canal Zone.
sota. John Burke is anrl for years has been
Manager of all of the Panama Railroad
8~~~~~~es, with headquarters at Cristobal,

HENRY H. BUSHNELL CHARLES KEENEY CADMAN

Born in Peoria. Illinois. Member of Sheridan Born in Detroit, Michigan. Member of
Lodge, No. 8, F. A. & M., Sheridan, Wyoming. Contra Costa Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M ..
Sheridan Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M., Sheridan, of Martinez. California. Entered service on
Wyoming. Canal Zone Commandery, Ancon, the Isthmus of Panama on April 18, 1908,
Canal Zone. Osman T emple, A. A. 0. N. as Civil Engineer. Was General Foreman of
M. S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Ent-ered service Construction at Bas Obispo, Canal Zone, for
on the Isthmus of Panama, July, 1905, as Con- twenty months and resigned. Present
ductor, now employed as Conductor. Address, occupation, Civil Engineer, located at 1422
Ancon, Canal Zone. F Street, San Diego, California.

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 ROLAND CHATHAM CONNOR, M.D. WILL B. CASEY
Born in Madisonville, T exas. M ember of Born in Peabody, Massachusett". Member of
Fisher Lodge, No .703. Roby Texas. Madi- Stuckrath Lodge, No. 430, N. S. Pittsburgh.
sonville Chapter, No. 242, R. A. M. Madi- Pennsylvania. Canal Zone Chapter, No.1. R.A.
sonville, Council No. 177, R. & S.M. , both of M., Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Albert Pike
Madisonville, T exas. Albert Pike Lodge of Lodge o f P erfection, No. 1, 11°. P elican
P erfection, No.1, 14°. P elican Chapter of Rose Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle
Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Council, Knights Kadosh, No.6, 30°. Grand
K adosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. The Scottish
Louisiana, 32°. The last four bodies being Rite bodies being located at N ew Orleans,
located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Member Louisiana. Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic
of Osma n T emple Ancient Arabic Order, Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. St. Paul,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Min- Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus
nesota .• 1 Entered service on the Isthmus of of Panama on May 20. 1908, as Foreman.
Panama)'on April 27, 1907, as Physician. Present occupation, General Foreman of
Present !·occupation, District Physician, at Construction, located.:atJ.Balboa, Canal Zone.
Cristobal, Canal Zone.

FIELDING MILTON CHELF ANNIE L. CALVIT

Born in Russelville, Kentucky. Sojourner::;' Born in Calington, England . Arrived on the
Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal, Canal Zone. Isthmus of Panama on May 2, 1907. Member
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama of Orchid Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
on October 26, 1906, as Conductor. Present No. 1, Empire, Canal Zone. First Worthy
occupation, Yardmaster, Culebra Cut. Matron of Orchid Chapter, No . 1. .

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 JOHN H. CAPWELL HERMANN ALBERT CASPER
Born in Brocton. New York. Member of Born in Coburg, Germany. La Fayette Lodge,
Cattaraugus Lod~e. No. 239, F. & A. M ., No. 265, A. F. & A. M ., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Salamanca. New York . Salamanca Chapter, Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°.
No. 266, R. A. M .. Salamanca, New York . Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11 , 18°.
Jamestown Lodge of Perfection, 14°. James- Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
town Council, Princes of Jerusalem, 16°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°, New Or-
Buffalo Consistory, 32°. All Scottish Rite leans. Louisiana . Osman Temple, A. A. 0.
bodies being located at Buffalo, New York. N. M. S .. St. Paul, Minnesota . Entered ser-
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on vice on the Isthmus of Panama on August 5,
March 27, 1907, as Conductor. Present occu- 1912, as Erector. Present occupation, Erector,
pation, Yardmaster, living at Pedro Miguel, located at Ancon, Canal Zone.
Canal Zone.

'

OTIS T. CAMPBELL STEPHEN E. CAL VIT

Born in Frankfort, Maine. Member of St. Born in Galveston County, Texas. Member of
Marks' Lodge, No. 44, F. & A. M., Derry, Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A.M., of Cristobal,
New Hampshire. Canal Zone Chapter, No. Canal Zone. Member of Orchid Chapter,
1, R. A. M., Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. No. 1, Order of the E astern Star, Empire,
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama in Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
March, 1905, as Dock Foreman, La Boca (now of Panama on December 1, 1906, as B lack-
Balboa), Canal Zone. Present occupation, smith. Present occupation, Toolsmith, lo-
District Sanitary Inspector, Bas Obispo. cated at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 JOHN GERONOLD CLAYBOURN LEWIS E. CLARKE
Born in Albert L ea, Mi nnesota . M ember of Born in Newton, Mississippi. M ember of
Western Star Lodge, No. 26. Albert Lea, Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Cristobal,
Minnesota . Winona Lodge of P erfection, No. Canal Zone. Aibert Pike Lodge of P erfection,
7, 14°, Winona, Minnesota. Canal Zone No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of R ose Croix,
Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
N o. 1, R . & S. M. Ca nal Zone Commandery, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
U . D ., Knights T empla r, all of L as Cascadas, 32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being located
Canal Zone. Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic i~New Orleans, Louisiana. Entered service
Order, Nobles of the M ystic Shrine, St. Paul, on t he Isthmus of Panama in March, 1908,
Minnesota . Entered service on the Isthmus as Track Foreman, Pana ma Railroad Com-
of Panama on August 24, 1910, as Rodman pany . Present occupation, Track Foreman
on Engineer Corps. Present occupation, C ivil on the Panama Canal, located at Pedro
Engineer, located at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Miguel, Ca nal Zone.

GEORG E H. CASSELL FRANK W . CONNER

Born in Portsmouth, Engla nd. M ember o f Born in Cumberland, Indiana . Member o f
Commonwealth L odge, No. 409, Brooklyn. Capital City Lodge, No. 392. o f India napolis,
New York. Demitted from Orient Cha pter. Indiana. Entered service on the Isthmus of
No. 138, R. A. M .. Brooklyn N ew York. Panama on April 26, 1906, as Clerk in the De-
Entered service on the Isthmus of Pana ma partmen t o f M eteorology and River Hydra u-
on J a nuary 21, 1908, as M achinist. Presen t lics. Present occupation, Clerk in the officP
occupation, Shop Foreman, located at P a raiso, of t he Examiner of Accounts, Empire, Canal
Canal Zone. Zone.

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 FRANK C. CLARK P. V. CROWELL
Born in Ogden, Utah. Member of Mt. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont. Member of
Herman Lodge, No. 263, F. & A. M ., of Cedar Columbian Lodge, No. 36, A. F. & A. M.,
Rapids, Iowa. Entered service on the Isthmus Brattleboro,Vermont. FortDummerChapter,
of Panama in June, 1909, as Assistant En- No. 12, R. A. M ., Brattleboro, Vermont.
gineer. Present occupation, Assistant Super- Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
intendent of Erection of Lock Gates and July 28, 1913, as Clerk. Present occupation,
Machinery, with headquarters at Culebra, Clerk, Central Division H eadquarters, Em-
Canal Zone. pire, Canal Zone.

ORRIN MADISON CLARK THOMAS H. CROOKS

Born in Washington, Kansas. Member of Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Port Byron
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A.M., of Cristobal, Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M., Port Byron,
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus New York. Entered service on the Isthmus of
of Panama on October 24, 1905, as Zone Panama on October 24, 1911, as Steam Shovel
Policeman. Present occupation, Conductor, Crar.eman. Resigned in August 1913, as Steam
located at Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. Shovel Engineer, at present located at Clyde,
New York.

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GATUN LOCKS , WEST CHAMBER FILLED WITH WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME. EAST CHAMBER EMPTY
 FRANK RICHARD GURNEY, M.D . LESLIE B. COLGIN
Born in Chicago, Illinois . Member of Born in Richmond, Virginia. Member of Nor-
Wright's Grove Lodge, No. 779, Chicago, folk Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M ., Norfolk,
Illinois. Canal Zone Chapter, No. l, R. A.M .. Virginia. Norfolk United, No. 1, R. A. M.,
Las Cascad as, Canal Zone. D r. Curney is Norfolk , Virginia . Grice Commandery, No.
the First Principal Sojourner of Canal Zone. 16, K. T .. Norfolk, Virginia. Osman Temple,
Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Entered service ~ncient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
on t he Isthmus of Panama on September. 5, ~hrme. Enteted service on the Isthmus
1905, as Physician. Resigned as Physician, o f Pana ma on May 30, 1911, as Marine
Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone, and is located En¢neer. Present occupation, Chief Engineer
in Chicago, IlL U. S. T ug, "Miraflore.•." '

ARTHUR W EST CONCKLIN OSCAR F. CAMPBELL

Born in W ashington, District of Columbia. Born in Kalmar, Sweden. Member of
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M., Cristobal, Atlanta Lodge, No. 59, F. & A. M., Atlanta
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus Georgia. Entered service on t he Isthmus of
of Panama on Janua ry 28, 1911, as C lerk. Panama in December, 1909, as Machinist.
Present occupation, Storekeeper, Cristobal Present occupation, Machinist, Mechanical
Shops Store. Div ision, Empire, Canal Zone.

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 I
GEORGE BARR CARSON CHARLES COE
Born in Vernon, Indiana. M ember of Jackson Born in Middleport. Ohio. Member of Syra-
Lodge, No. 146, F. & A.M., Seymour, Indiana. cuse Lodge. No. 309, of Syracuse, Kansas.
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection, 14°. Present occupation, Bandmaster, United
Saraiah Council, Princes of Jerusalem, 16°. States Army, located with the lOth Infantry
India napolis Chapter of Rose Croix . 18°. at Camp E. S. Otis, Canal Zone.
Indiana Consistory, S. P. R. S .. 32°. All
Scottish Rite Bodies being located in Indian-
apolis, Indiana. Canal 'Zone Chapter, No . 1,
R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No.1, R. & S.M ..
both of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Murat
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine. Indianapolis. Indiana. Entered
service on the Isthmus of Panama on December
3, 1906, as a Clerk. Present occupation,
Chief Clerk of the Department of Municipal
Engineering, located at Gatun, Canal Zone.

WILLIAM W. COLLIER, Jr. CARL WILLIAM CONNELL

Born, Uvalde, Texas. Member of Sojour- Born in Birmingham, Alabama. Bilbro
ners' Lodge, F. & A. M ., Cristobal, Canal Lodge, No . 716, A. F. & A. M., Powderly,
Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Pan- Alabama. Entered service on the Isthmus of
ama on October 25, 1910, as Steam Engineer. Panama nn May 2, 1913, as Electrician. Pre-
Now employed as Steam Engineer. Address sent occupation, Electrician, located at Coro-
Empire, Canal Zone. zal, Canal Zone.

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 ./

Rev. HARRY COMPTON OSCAR COOK

Born Tiffin, Ohio. M ember of Hiram Lodge. Born in Sparta, T enness<:!'. Member of De
No. 18, F. & A. M ., Delaware, Ohio. Gabriel Quincy Lodge, No. 279, De Quincy, Louisiana.
Lodge of Perfection, 14°, Dayton, Ohio. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M . Isth-
Dayton Chapter of Rose Croix, 18°. Valley mian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal
of Dayton Consistory, 32°, all of Dayton, Zone (U. D.) Commandery, K. T., Las
Ohio. Delaware Chapter No. 54, R. A. M., Cascadas, Canal Zone. Jerusalem T emple
Delaware, Ohio. Osman Temple; A. A. 0. A. A. 0. N. M. S., New Orleans, Louisiana.
N. M. S ., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
service on the Isthmus of Panama May 21,
1911, as Chaplain. Now Honorary Chaplain. January 12. 1910. as Locomotive Engineer.
Address, Ancon, Canal Zone. Present occupation, Locomotive Engineer at
Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone.

GEORGE F. COOK CHARLES G. CALVIT

Born in Somerville, Massachusetts. Member Born in Houston, Texas. Member of So-
of Meridian Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M., of journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .• oC Cristobal";
Pittsfield, Maine. Entered service on the Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
Isthmus of Panama on May 15, 1912, as Clerk. of P a nama on November 23, 1906, as a Boiler-
Present occupation, Clerk,. office of the Chair- maker. Present occupation, Flue Welder,
man and Chief Engineer, Culebra, Canal Mechanical Division, living at Bas Obispo,
Zone. · Canal Zone.

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 FRANK LOUIS CORNISH EDWARD HENRY DAVIDSON
Born in Oswego, New York . M ember of Born in Monroe, Connecticut. Member of
Saint John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F . & A. M. , Tyrian Lodge, No. 134, of Elizabeth, New Jer-
Portsmouth. New Hampshire. Albert Pike sey. Jersey City Lodge of Perfection, 14°.
Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. P elican Jersey C ity Council, Princes of Jerusalem, H>:-
Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11. 18°. Eagle J ersey City Chapter of Rose Crmx, 18 .
Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Jersey City Consistory. 32°, . All Scottish Rite
Grand Consistory of Louisana, 32°, New Bodies being of Jersey City, N ew Jersey .
Orleans, Louisiana . Osman Temple, A. A. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
0. N. M. S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Mmnesota.
service on the Isthmus of Panama in M arch, Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama m
1905, as Foreman Pipe-fitter. Present occu- M a rch 1908, as Locomotive Engineer. Present
pation, Locomotive Engineer, located at occupa'tion, Locomotive Engineer. located at
Gatun, Canal Zone. Corozal, Canal Zone.

EDWARD B. CONNOR GILBERT V. C. DOBSON

Born, Fenton, Michigan . Member of Owosso Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Member
Lodge. No. 81. Owosso, Michigan. Canal of Twilight Lodge, No. 114, F. & A.M., Colum-
Zone Chapter, No . l, R. A. M., Las Cascadas, bia, Missouri. Columbia Chapter, No. 17,
Ca nal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus R. A.M., Columbia, Missouri. Entered service
of Panama, March 12, 1906, as Machinist. on the Isthmus of P anama on July 19, 1910.
Now employed as General Foreman, Me_c hani- as Civil Engineer. Present occupation, Civil
cal Division. Address, Pedro Miguel, Ca nal Engineer, located at Gatun, Canal Zone.
Zone.

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 THOMAS G. DAVIS
Born in Ennis, T exas. M ember of Anahvac BENJAMIN C. DAVIES
Lodge, No.141, F. & A. M., M exico City, D . F. · Born in New Castle, Jamaica. Entered,
Alpha, No. 1, Lodge of P erfection, 14°. Por· passed a nd raised in 1902- 1903 in Sojourners'
xinir, Chapter of Rose Croix, No.4, 18°. Porftrio Lodge, No. 874, then working under the
Diaz Council. No. 1, Knight of Kadosh, 30°. jurisdiction of t he G rand Lodge of Scotland.
Profirio Diaz, No. 1, Consistory, 32°, all of of which he was secretary for two terms and
Mexico City, D . F. Entered service on the honorary organist. Entered service on the
Isthmus of Panama on March 6, 191 3, as Isthmus of Panama on March 2, 1902, a
Railroad Conductor. Still in service as Clerk in the Commissary Department of the
Conductor. Address, Empire, Canal Zone. Panama Railroad Company. Present occupa-
tion, Clerk in the office of the Local Treasurer
of the Panama Railroad Company at Cristobal,
Canal Zone.

RICHARD MEREDITH DAVIES

JACINTO DIAZ
Born in St. Louis, Missouri. M ember of
Sojourners' Lodge, No. 874, A. F . & A. M., Born in Nava, Asturias, Spain . M ember of
Colon, Republic of P anama. En tered service Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A.M., of Cristobal.
on the Isthmus of Panama on May 16, 1906, Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
as an Accountant. Present occupation, Ac- of Panama in 1909, as Track Foreman, and
countant. Address, Empire, Canal Zone. present occupation is Foreman of Derrick
Barge, Toro Point, Canal Zone.

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 JACOB PRESTON DOVELL PAUL HARRY DOWELL
Born in Shenandoah, Virginia. Sojourners' Born in West Hartlepool, England. Member
Lodge, A. F . & A. M., Cristobal, Canal Zone. of Sojourners' L odge, A. F.&. A. M., of Cristo-
Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection, No. 1, 14°. bal, Canal Zone, and of the following York
Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Rite bodies located at Las Cascadas, Canal
Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Zone: Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M .
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°, New Or- Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S . M . Canal
leans, Louisiana. Osman Temple, Ancient Zone Commandery, (U. D .,) Knights Templar.
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Member of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic
St. Paul, Minnesota . Entered service on the Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul,
Isthmus of Panama on November 13, 1905, Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus
as Machinist. Present occupation, Foreman of Panama on April 4, 1906, as Boilermaker.
of Brown Hoist Coal Handling Plant, Cristo- Present occupation, Boilermaker, living at
bal, Canal Zone. Empire, Canal Zone, Panama.

CHARLES J. DIBOWSKI GRACE M. DOWELL

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Member of c 6 1onel Born in West Hartlepool, England. Member
Clay Lodge, No. 159, A. F. & A.M., Covington, of Orchid Chapter, Order of th e Eastern Star,
Ky. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama No. 1, of Empire, Canal Zone. Arrived on the
on july 18. 1906, as Time-keeper. Present I sthmus of Panama on J anuary 26, 1908. Liv-
occupation, Accountant, Empire, Canal Zone. ing at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 EDWIN COVER DUNKLE JOHN CHRISTOPHER DEVOURS
Born in Delphi, Indiana. Member of the Born in Jefferson, Georgia. Piedmont Lodge,
following Bodies located at South Bend, No. 447, F. & A. M. Hermes Lodge of Per-
Indiana: St. Joseph Lodge, No. 45, South Bend fection , No. 4, 14°. White Eagle Chapter of
Chapter No. 29, Royal Arch Masons and South Rose Croix, No.1 , l 8°. Binah Council, Knights
Bend Council, R. & S. M., No. 82. Member Kadosh, No. 2, 30°. Atlanta Consistory, No.
of the following bodies with headquarters at 2, 32°. The Blue Lodge and Scottish Rite
Washington, District of Columbia: Mithras Bodies being located at Atlanta, G eorgia .
Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Evangelist Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M . Isth-
Chapter of Rose Croix, No.1 , 18°. Robert de mian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M . Canal Zone
Bruce Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 1, 30°. Commandery (U. D.), Knights Templar.
Albert Pike Consistorv, No. 1. 32°. Member The York Rite Bodies all being located at
of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Yaarab T emple,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne- Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
sota. Entered service on the Isthmus of Shrine. Atlanta, Georgia. Entered service on
Panama on June 11, 1913, as Cost Acconntant, the Isthmus of Panama on June 13, 1908, as a
Mechanical Division . Present occupatiOn, Machinist. Present occupation, Round House
Clerk, office of the Examiner of Accounts, Foreman for t he Panama Railroad Company,
Empire, Canal Zone. in the City of Panama.

WARREN D. DRYSDALE JOHN J . DONOVAN

rn in Co'l~ Cork, Ireland. M ember of

~
Born in New Annan, Nova Scotia. Member
of Elk Lodl(e, F. & A .. M. , Ridgway, Penn- t . Moria , p. 2, F. & A. M ., Salt Lake
sylvania. Entered serv1ce on the Isthmus of :lfY· Utah~ tered service on the Isthmus
Panama, on March 4, 1907, as Locomot1ve
Engineer. Resigned from the serv1ce of the
gr Panaro~ QJI , October 3, 1912, as T1me
~nspector . Present occupat10n, T1me In-
Panama Canal and 1s at present ra1smg &1>"ctor, Corozal, Canal Zone.
poultry at Dover, Delaware.

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 G. ALEXANDER DRYDEN HARRY JACOB DRIVER
Born in Oa kla nd , Iowa. Member of So- Born in Warrensburg, Missouri. M ember
journers' Lodge, A . F. & A. M ., Cristobal, of Sojourners' Lodge. A. F . & A. M., Cristobal ,
Ca nal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection,
No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of R ose C roi x, No. 1, 14°. P elica n Chapter of Rose Croix,
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana . No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
32°. The Scottish Ri te Bodies being located 32°. All four Bodies being located at New
at N ew Orleans, Louisiana. Osman T emple, Orleans, Louisiana . Osman Temple, Ancient
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Myst ic Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Shrine. St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the
on the Isthmus of P a nama on June 10. 1908, as Isthmus of Panama on May 30, 1908, as a
Clerk and Stenographer. Presen t occupation, l\1achinist. Present occupation, Machinist,
Property Clerk, Quartermaster's Department, located at 703 West Elm Street, Lima, Ohio.
located at Empire, Canal Zone.

THOMAS HAPPELL DICKSON WALTER C. DUGAN

Born in J ersey City, New J ersey. Member of Born in Eyota, Minnesot a. Member of
P entalphaLodge,No. 744,F.&A. M., NewYork Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M., and of t he
City, New York. Albert Pike Lodge of Per- following two Bodies located at Las Cascadas,
fection, No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter of Rose Canal Zone : Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
Croix, No. 11, 18°. E agle Council, Knights of R. A. M . Isthmian Council of Royal and Se-
Kadosh, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisia na, lect M asters. Entered service on the Isthmus
32°, all of New -Orleans. Osman T emple, A. A. of Panama on February 16, 1910 as a Clerk
0. N. M . S., St. P aul, Minnesota. Entered in the Commissary Department of the Panama
service on t he Isthmus of P a nama on July 13, Railroad Company. Present occupation, Pay
1908, as Carpenter. Now employed as Fore- Roll Auditor, office of the Examiner of
man Carpenter. Address, Corozal, Canal Zo']f'- Accounts, Empire, Canal Zone.

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 L. HENRY DEVORE CALVIN C. DAVIS
Born in New Albany, Indiana. M ember of Born in Pylesv ille, Maryland. Member of
DePauw Lodge, No. 338, F. & A. M., N ew Adherence Lodge, No. 88, Baltimore, Mary-
Albany, Indiana. Albert Pike Lodge of Per- land. Entered service on the Isthmus of
fection, No. l, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Panama on May 2, 1909, as Clerk, Postal
Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council Knights of Service, Civil Administration . Present
Kadosh, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, occupation, Chief, Contract Labor Division,
32°, New Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Temple. Office of Examiner of Accounts. Isthmian
A. A. 0 . N . M.S. , St. Paul, Minnesota. Canal address, Empire, Canal Zone. States address,
Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A.M., Las Cascadas. 2109 66th Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Isth mian Council, No. 1. Las Cascadas. En·
tered service on the Isthmus of Panama as
Clerk, December 2, 1910. Now employetl as
Clerk. Address, Culebra, Canal Zone.

FRANK DORSON
Born in New Oregon, New York. Member of
• CHESTER WARREN DECKER
Born in Johnsonburg, P ennsylvania. Member
Cattaraugus Lodge; No. 239, of Salamanca, of Elk Lodge, No. 379, Ridgway, Pennsylvania.
New York. Canal Zone Chapter, No.1, R.A. M . Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M. Canal
Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone Council, No. l, R. & S. M. Canal Zone
Zone Commandery, (U. D .,) Knights Templar. Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, all of
The York Rite Bodies being of Las Cascadas, Uts Cascadas, Canal Zone. Osman Temple
Canal Zone. Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus on the Isthmus of Panama on April 6, 1907,
of Panama on November 12, 1906, as Railroad as Locomotive Hostler. Present occupation,
Conductor. Present occupation, Conductor, Locomotive Engineer, working out of Las
located at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Cascadas, Canal Zone.

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 SEA-GOING SUCTION DREDGE. U. S . " CARIBBEAN." BROTHER ' CHARLES J. ANDERSON,
MASTER , AND BROTHER JOHN WEISHOFER , FIRST OFFICER

MOST POWERFUL LADDER DREDGE ON THE PANAMA CANAL, U.S. " COROZAL."
BROTHER A. H. NEWDICK , MASTER

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 JOHN SAMUEL EDMISTON GEORGE S. EDWARDS
Born in Columbus, Indiana. Member of Born in Macon, Georgia. Member of So-
Paducah Lodge No.127, of Paducah, K entucky, journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cristobal,
and of the following Bodies of the Ancient Canal Zone, and of the following York Rite
and Accepted Scottish Rite, of N ew Orleans, Bodies, located at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone:
Louisiana. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isth-
No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, mian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, Commandery (U. D.), Knights Templar.
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Member of Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic
32°. Member of Osman Temple, Ancient Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul,
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Minnesota. Formerly Secretary of Sojour-
St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the ners' Lodge. Entered service on the Isthmus
Isthmus of Panama on F ebruary 28, 1913, as of Panama on April 22, 1907, as Clerk, and is
Conductor, and is at present employed in the employed in the same capacity in the Com-
same capacity with the Panama Railroad missary-Subsistence D epartment at Cristobal,
Company, at Balboa, Canal Zone. Canal Zone .

ORLANDO W. EGGLESTON
Born in New Milford, Connecticut. Member ERNST A. ERBE
of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 266, F. & A.M .• Born in Altoona, Kansas. Member of
of Poughkeepsie, New York. Entered service Constellat ion Lodge, No . 95, Fredonia,
on the Isthmus of Panama in October, 1907, Kansas. Entered service on the Isthmus of
as Track Foreman, Gatun Locks. Present oc- Panama on June 1. 1912, as Stenographer.
cupation, General Foreman on the Construc- Present occu pation, Stenographer-Timekeeper,
tion of the East Breakwater, Coco Solo Point, Department of Sanitation, located at Ancon
Cristobal, Canal Zone. · Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone.

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 _____ ,
IRA LEE ELLIOTT OLAF EKEDAHL
Born in de Mossville, Kentucky. Member of Born in Sweden. M ember of Progressive
Wilmington Lodge, No. 362, A. F . & A. M ., Lodge, No. 354, F. & A. M., Brooklyn, New
de Mossville, Kentucky. McClure Chapter, York. Entered service on the Isthmus of
No. 48, R. A.M ., Walton, Kentucky . Canal Panama on May 6, 1906, as Foreman. Present
Zone Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone occupation, Custodian of Rio Grande Reser~
Commandery (U. D .), K. T., Las Cascadas, voir, living at Culebra, Canal Zone.
Canal Zone. Osman T emple, A. A. 0 . N .
M. S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
on the Isthmus of Panama on April 4, 1911,
as Locomotive Hostler. Present occupation,
Locomotive Engineer, at Corozol, Canal Zone.

MRS. IRA LEE ELLIOTT DAVID J . EVANS

Born in Guionsville, Indiana. M ember of Born in Gainesville, Texas. Sojourners' Lodge
Gertrude Chapter, No. 19, Order of the A. F. & A.M., Cristobal, Canal Zone. Entered
Eastern Star, of Newport Kentucky . Arrived service on the Isthmus of Panama on Novem-
on the Isthmus of Panama on june 30, 1906. ber 12, 1910, as Machinist. Present occupa-
tion, Machinist, M echa nical Division, located
at Bas Obispo, Canal Zone.

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 J . ROY FALKNER LUKE HAYES FARMER
Born in Wyoming, New York. Member of Born in Elizabethtown, K entucky. Member
Rochester Lodge, No. 660, F. & A. M ., Roches- of Paramuthia Lodge, No. 25, F . & A. M ., of
ter, New York. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1 Athens, Ohio, and of the following: York Rite
R. A. M . Canal Zone Council, No. 1, R. & bodies, located at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone:
S. M. Canal Zone Commandery, No. 1. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isth-
Knights Templar. All three bodies being lo- mian Council, No.1, R. &S.M. and Canal Zone
cated at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Member Commandery, (U. D.) Knights Templar.
of Damascus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Member of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Rochester, Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Entered
New York. Entered service on the Isthmus service on the Isthmus of Panama on July 4,
of Panama . on November 1, 1907, as a 1906, as Telegraph Operator. Present occu-
Machinist. Present occupation, Foreman, pation, Train Dispatcher, located at Empire,
Second Division of the Office of the Chairman Canal Zone.
and Chief Engineer, Balboa Terminal Work.

WILLIAM L. FEY
JACOB F. FUHRMAN Born in Sava nnah, G eor.o1a. Member of
Born in Okalona. Mississippi. Cedar Bend Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M ., of Cristobal.
Lodge, No. 583. A. F. & A.M ., Gadsden, Ala- Canal Zone. Entered set vice on the Isthmus
bama. Entered service on the Isthmus of of Panama on November Li, 1906, as Wireman.
Panama on July 13,1905, as Carpenter. Pres- Presentoccupation, General Foreman in charge
ent occupation, Carpenter at Empire, Canal of Electrical Construction, located at Empire,
Zone. Canal Zone.

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 ERNEST VAN LIEU FINCH STANLEY R. FORD
Born in Berwick, Pennsylvania. M ember of Born in Abilene. Kansas. Member of Sojour-
Ancon Lodge (U . D.), Ancon, Canal Zone. ners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., of Cristobal , Canal
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Zone . Entered service on the Isthmus Qf Pan-
in june, 1907. Resigned the position of ama on August 2R, 1909, as Clerk, and is still
Chief File Clerk of the Central Division on employed in the same capacity, in the Com-
October 25. 1913. At present located in New · missary-Subs istence Department at Cristobal ,
York City. Whitestone Apartments, 609 Canal Zone.
West !27th Street.

ALFRED G . FARMER. M.D.

Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, MAX S. FOX
K entucky. Member of Shibboleth Lodge, No. Born in Youngstown, Ohio. Member of Com-
750, F. & A. M .. Louisville, Kentucky. En- posite Lodge, No. 819, F.& A.M .. of New York
tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on City. Entered service on the Isthmus o f
August 26. 1905. as Physician. Present Panama in 1910 as Clerk, and is still em-
occupation , District Physician at Gatun, ploved in the same capacity. Locared at
Ca na l Zone. Balboa. C ana l Zone.

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 NATHAN W. FRISBIE WILLIAM FLEMING
Born in Hilliard, Ohio. Member of Millersville Born in Glasgow, Scotland. Member of
Lodge, No. 125, Millersville, Indiana . Indian- Phoenix Lodge, No. 130, F. & A. M. , of
apolis Chapter. No. 5, R. A. M., Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Entered service
Indiana. McCordsville Council, No. 52, R. on the Isthmus of Panama on December 14,
& S. M. , McCordsville, Indiana. Entered 1907, as Machine Blacksmith, with t he
service on the Isthmus of Panama on October Panama Railroad Company, and present
4, 1911 , in the Military Service, U . S. Army. occupation is Blacksmith with the Isthmian
Present occupation, Drum Major of the Tenth Canal Commission, located at Cristobal ,
Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, Canal Zone.
located at Camp E. S. Otis, Canal Zone.

CHARLES FARQUHARSON FRASER DAVID L. FUHRMAN

Born in Liverpool, England. Naturalized citi- . Born in Okalona, Mississippi. Member of
zen of the United States. Member of Sprague Cedar Bend Lodge, No. 583, A. F. & A.M.,
Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. 1\1., Sprague, Wash- Gadsden, Alabama . Entered service on the
ington. Everett Chapter, No. 24, R. A. M. Isthmus of Panama on December 7, 1909, as a
Everett, Washington. Entered service on the Carpenter. Present occupation, General Fore-
Isthmus of Panama in 1906, as Steam Shovel man at Paraiso, Canal Zone.
Engineer. Present occupation, Steam Shovel
Engineer, located at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 SAMUEL FRIED EDWARD GARCON
Born in Manajaw, Austria. M ember of Oliver Born in Valenciennes, France. Member of
Lodge, No. 84, F. & A. M., of Alexandria, Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal,
Louisiana. K eystone Chapter, No. 44, R. A. Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection,
M . Summit Council, No. 12, R. & S.M., both No. 1. '14°. P elica n Chapter of Rose Croix,
of Alexandria, Louisiana. Albert Pike Lodge No. 11, \ 8° . Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
of Perfection, No. 1. 14°. P elican Chapter of No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. E agle Council, 32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being of New
Knights Kadosh, No. 6. 30°. G ra nd Consis- Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone Chapter, No.
tory of Louisiana, 32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies 1, R. A. M ., L as Cascadas, Ca nal Zone. Isth-
being of New Orleans, Louisiana. Jerusalem mian Council, No. 1, R . & S. M . Osman
T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, New Orleans, Louisiana . M ystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered
M ember of working team of the Grand Con- service on the Isthmus of P anama on August
sistory of Louisiana which conferred degrees 12, 1905, as a Nurse. Present occupation,
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite at Ancon, Nurse, Department of Sanita tion, located at
Canal Zone, August 1 to 4, 1913 . Miraflores, Canal Zone.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH THOMAS SCOTT GOEBEL

Born in Dallas. Texas. M ember o f Marshall Born in Holston, Virginia . M ember of
Lodge, No. 22, Marshall, T exas. Entered · Col. Clay Lodge, No. 159, Covington, K en-
service on the Isthmus of Panama, November tucky . Entered service on the Isthmus of
21. 1911, as Boilermaker, and now employed P ana ma in September, 1907, in the Commis-
as Boilermaker. Canal Zone address, Empire. sary D epartment. Present occupation, Com-
States address, Glen Rose, T exas. missary Storekeeper at Cristobal, Canal Zone.

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 ROBERT McDUFFIE GAMBLE GEORGE W . GARRETT
Born nea r Goodwater, Alabama. Member Born in Milton, Florida. Member of Zona
of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., Cristobal, Lodge, No. 337, F.&A.M., ofZona, Louisiana.
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, Bogalusa Chapter, No. 61. R. A. M ., of Boga-
No. 1, 11°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, lusa, Louisiana. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfec-
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh , tion, No. l , 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose
No. 6, 30°. Gnmd Consistory of Louisiana, Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council. Knights
32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies being located Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of
at New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone Louisiana, 32°. Jerusalem Temple , Ancient
Chapter, No. l, R. A. M., Las Cascadas, Canal Aral>ic Order. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Zone. Osman T emple. Ancient Arabic Order, the Scottish Rite Bodies and the Shrine being
Nobles of t he Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne- located in New Orleans. Member of working
sota. Entered service on the Isthmuo of Pan- team of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana
ama on July 27, 1907, as a Time-keeper. which conferred degrees of the Ancient and
Present occupation, D istrict Quartermaster, Accepted Scottish Rite at Ancon, Canal
Gatun, Canal Zone. Zone, August 1 to 4, 1913.

FRED LINCOLN GORHAM BURT E GASKILL

Born in Havelock, Kings County, New Bruns- Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania . Member
wick. Member of Belmont Lodge, A. F. & of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M .. of Cristo-
A. M. , Belmont, Massachusetts. Waltham bal, Canal Zone. Entered service on the
Chapter, R. A. M., Waltham, Massachusetts. Isthmus of Panama on July 18, 1907, as Loco-
Entered service on the IHhmus of Panama on motive Hostler, and is at present employed
J une 15, 1906, as Postmaster. Present occu- as Locomotive Engineer, at Pedro Miguel,
pation, Postmaster at Empire, Canal Zone. Canal Zon e.

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 EXCAVATING MAC HINERY, ERECTED BY THE FRENCH CANAL DIGGERS ,
OVERGROWN BY THE JUNGLE

BLAST DEMOLISHING DIKE AT MIRAFLORES, ALLOWING THE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
TO ENTER THE C ANAL AS FAR AS MIRAFLORES LOCKS

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 COLLINS P. GIBSON JULIUS GOSDINSKI
Born in Grafton, Vermont. Member of Born- in Bromberg, Prussia. Mother Lodge,
Tracy Lodge, No. 810, F . & A. M. , of Chicago, Virtud y Union, No. 3, Lima, Peru. Member
Illinois. Calumet Chapter, No. 203, R. A. M .. of Saint John's, No. 357, Greytown. Nicaragua,
of Blue Island, Illinois . Englewood Com- and "Founding member" of the Grand Lodge
mandery, No. 59, Knights Templar. Medinah of Peru and the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica.
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Past Master of Union Fraternal Lodge No. 3,
Mystic Shrine. both. of Chicago, Illinois. of Port Limon, Costa Rica. Entered service
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on on the Isthmus of Panama in April. 1908, as
August 25, 1905, as Supervisor of Tracks of the Ticket Agent, Panama Railroad Company,
Culehra Division. Resigned the po,ition of and present occupation is Delivery Clerk,
Assistant Superintendent of Construction, Panama Railroad Company, Colon.
Central Division, on Spetember 11, 1910. At
present located at Terrell, Florida.

MACE HOPKINS GILLIAM

Born in Prospect, Virginia. Farmville Lodge, FRED T. GREENER
No. 41 , F. & A. M. , Farmville, Virginia. Born in Norwich, Connecticut. M ember of
Salamanca Chapter, No. 262, R. A. M., Sala- Eastern Star Lodge, No. 44, Willimantic,
manca, New York. Salamanca Commandery, Connecticut. Entered service on the Isthmus
No. 62, K. T., Salamanca, New York. of Panama on October 5, 1910, as Clerk, office
Ismalia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M.S., Buffalo, of the Examiner of Accounts. Present occu-
New York. Entered service on the Isthmus pation, Pay Roll Auditor, office of the Examiner
of Panama, August 27, 1906, as Conductor. of Accounts, Empire, Canal Zone.
Present occupation, Yardmaster at Pedro
Miguel, Canal Zone.

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 WILLIAM F. GRAHAM LOUIS MATHALOGHK GRASLEY
Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Member of Born, Mt. Valley, Iowa. Member of Sojour·
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , at Cristobal. ners' Lodge, F . & A. M ., Cristobal, Canal
Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No.
R. A.M. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S.M. No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix.
Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.), Knights No. 11. 18°. Eagle Council, No. 6, Knights
T emplar, all York Rite Bodies being located of Kadosh. 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisi-
at Las Cascadas. Canal Zone. Osman Temple, ana, 32°., all of New Orleans. Osman Temple,
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic A. A. 0. N. M. S., St. Paul, Minnesota.
Shrine. Entered service on the- Isthmus of Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama,
Panama on October 30, 1906, as Conductor. February 13, 1908, as Fireman, Divi•ion of
Present occupation, Conductor, located at Fire Protection, now employed as Motor
Ancon, Canal Zone. Engineer. Address, Culebra, Canal Zone.

CHARLES J. GRANDAHL HARRY K . GINGERY

Born m Detrott, Mtchtgan. Member of Born in Deshler, Ohio. Member of Hartsgrove
Kilwmmng Lodge, No. 297, F. & A. M . of Lodge, No. 397. A. F. & A. M., of Hartsgrove,
Detroit, Michigan. Canal Zone Chapter, Ohio. Entered service on the Isthmus of
No. 1, R. A.M., of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Panama on November 20, 1912, as]Electrician.
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on Was engaged in armatu re winding at the time
February 10, 1910, as Adding Machine Re- ·of his resignation from the First Division,
pairman . Present occupation,AddingMachine Office of the Chief Engineer, at Gatun, Canal
Repairman, located at Culebra, Canal Zone. Zone. Present address, Lima, Ohio.

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 CHARLIE T. GRIER EDGAR LUTHER GROWER
Born in Lafayette, Louisiana. Member of Born in Battle Creek , Michigan. Member of
Rayne Lodge. No. 3 13, F. & A. M., of R ayne, Sojourners' Lodge, F . & A. M.. Cristobal,
Louisiana. E ntered service on the Is thmus of Ca nal Zone. Entered service on t he Isthmus
Panama on October 7, 1907, as Engineer Ice of Pa nama. April 2. 1907. as Car penter. Now
Plant, Cristoba l. Canal Zone. Present occu- employed as Foreman of Construction. Ad ·
pation. E ngi neer. Power P lant, Gatun, Canal dmss, Gatun, Canal Zone.
Zone.

CHARLES LEWIS GRIER CARL J . HANSEN

Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Cur- Born in Aa rhus, Denmark. M ember of
inthian Lod!':e, No. 20. A. F. & A. M ., Wil Ancient City Lodge, No. 452. F. & A. M.,
mington, D elaware. Entered serv1ce on thf' Albany, New York . En tered service on the
Isthmus of Panama on April 27, 190R, as Steam Isthmus of Panama on Augus t 30, 191 2. as
Shovel Engineer. Present occupation, Stea m Sheet M etal Worker. Present occupation ,
Shovel Engineer, at Empire, Canal Zone. the same, located at Galun, Canal Zone.

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 H ARRY ADELBERT HAYWOOD CHARLES PRICE HARRISON
Born in Madison, Ohio. Member of Rock Born in Chicago, Illinois. Member of Sojour-
Creek Lodge, No. 277, F. & A. M .. Rock ners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M .. of Cristobal, Canal
Creek, Ohio. Crand River Chapter. No. 104, Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.,
R. !\.. M. , Rock Creek, Ohio. Columbian of Las Cascadas. Canal Zone . Orchid Chapter,
Commander;.-. No. 52. Knights T emplar, No. l , Order of the Eastern Star, Empire, Canal
Ashtabula, Ohio. Entered service on the Isth- Zone. Entered gervice on the Isthmus of
mus of Panama on March 3 1, 1905. P resent Panama on September 21, 1908, as Machinist.
occupation, C hief Time-keeper. Central Divis- Present occupation, Mach in ist, loca ted at
ion , Department of Construction and Engin- Ancon , Canal Zone.
eeri ng, located at Empire, Canal Zon<' .

OLAF P. HANSEN CHARLES HERBERT HART

Born in Denmark. M ember of Ancient City Born in Sherman. New York. Member of
Lodge. No. 4 52. F. &A.M .. Albany , New York . Canal Zone Lodge, Ancon. Canal Zone.
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama in Entered service on the Isth mus of Panama in
June, 1910. as Steam Fitter. Present occupa· Octnber. 1910. as Carpenter. Present occu-
tion . Steam Fitter, located at Gatun, Canal pation, Foreman Carpenter. Address, Ancon ,
Zone. Canal Zone.

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 WALTER M. HELTEMES WILLIAM J. HESLOP
Born in Aurora. Missouri. Member of Born in San Francisco, California. Member
Hoisington Lodge, No. 331, F. & A. M .. of of Guayas Lodge, No. 10, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Hoisington, Kansas, and of the following Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M . Isth-
Scottish Rite Bodies, located at Wichita, mian Council, No. 1, R. & S . M. Canal Zone
Kansas. Elmo Lodge of Perfection, No.9, 14° . Commandery (U . D.), Knights Templar, all
Wichita Chapter of Rose Croix, No 5. 18°. York Rite bodies being located at L as Cascadas,
Wichita Council, Knights Kadosh. No. 5, 30°. Canal Zone. Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic
Wichita Consistory, No. 2, 32°. Member of Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul.
Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne- Panama on February 12, 1908, as Railway
sota. Entered service on t he Isthmus of Pan- Conductor. Present occupation, Railway
ama on November 20, 1909, as Boilermaker. Conductor, located at Bas Obispo, Canal
Present occupation, Boilermaker Foreman of Zone.
the Mechanical Div ision, located at Empire,
Canal Zone.

PERCY H. M. HENDERSON ALBERT HERRICK

Born, Shetland Islands. Scotland. Member Born in Champion, New York. Member of
of Sojourners' Lodge, F . & A. M., Cristobal, Walworth Lodge, No. 254, F . & A. M., of
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus Walworth, New York . Entered serviceon the
of Panama, as Locomotive Engineer. January Isthmus of Panama on October 25, 1907, as Car
17, 1906. Now employed as En~:ineer. Ad- Inspector. Presrnt occupation, Car Inspector,
dress, Box 143, Cristobal, Canal Zone. located at Balboa, C a nal Zone, Panama.

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 FRED CHARLES HILLS WILLIAM PORTER HENSHAW
Born in West Almond, N e w York . M ember of Born in Somerset, Virginia. Member of
Mattoon Lodge No. 260, of Mattoon, Illinois. Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No.22, Alex-
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on anrlria, Virginia. Entered service on the
July 24, 1908, as a Machinist. Present occu- Isthmus of Panama on October 16, 1905, as
pation , Foreman of Air Brake and Locomo- C lerk and Receiving Teller, Disbursini( Office
tive Erecting Department, Isthmian Canal of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Present
Commission and Panama Railroad Company, occupation, Chief Bookkeeper of the Disburs-
located at Empire, Canal Zone. ing Office, Empire, Canal Zone.

HARRY W. HARTMAN JAMES JOSEPH HENRY

Born in "Tilliamsport, Pennsylvania. Born in Jersey City, N ew Jersey. Sojourners'
Member of Sojourners' Lodi(e, A. F. & A. M., Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal, .Canal Zone.
of Cristobal, Canal Zone. Entered service on Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
the Isthmus of Panama on April 8, 1909, as September 29, 1909, as Marine Engineer.
Car Carpenter. Present occupation, Planing Present occupation, Marine Engineer and
Mill Foreman, Mechanical Division, Empire, Dredge Master, located at Ancon, Canal
Canal Zone. Zone.

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 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HESS FLOYD SYLVESTER HIRSCH
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Member of Born in Castil e, New York . Member of
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , Cristobal, Oakland Lodge, No. 379, of Castile, N ew
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge, of Perfection York. Wyoming Chapter, No. 18 1, R. A.M.,
No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, of '\\'arsaw, New York. Isthmian Council,
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council. Knights Kadosh. No. 1, Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Batavia
No. 6, 30° Grand Consistory of Louisiana. Commandery. No. 34, Knights Templar, Bata-
32°. All of New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal via, New York . Osman Temple, Ancient Ara-
Zone Chapter, No . 1. R. A. M. Isthmian bic Order. Nobleso [ t he Mystic Shrine, St. Paul,
Council, No. 1. R. & S. M. , Las Cascadas, Minnesota . Entered serv ice on the Isthmus
Canal Zone. Osman Temple. A . A. 0. N. of Panama on November 18. 1907, as Telegraph
M. S. , St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service Operator, Panama Railroad Company. Is
on the Isthmus of Panama on April 29, 1910. at. present , and for t he last three years has
as Telegraph Operator, Panama Railroad been Train Dispatcher, located at Colon,
Company. Present occupation. B lock Dis- Republic of Panama.
patcher, Panama Railroad Company, at
13as Obispo, Canal Zone.

CHARLES RALPH HILTY HENRY B. HITE

Born in Chicago, Illi.nois. Member of Temple Born in Mt. Jackson, Virginia. M ember of
Lodge, No . 636, F . & A. M. , of Birmingham, Sumter Lodge, No. 62. Sanford, Florida . En-
Alabama. Entered service on the Isthmus o[ tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Panama on February 10, 1911, as Machinist. October 14, 1909, as Machinist, or Locomotive
Present occupation, Night Foreman o[ the Ma- Hostler. PrP.sent occupation, Locomotive
chine Shops, located at Empire, Canal Zone. Engineer, at Newport News, Virginia.

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A CHANNEL THROUGH CUCARACHA SLIDE

GOVERNMENT QUARTERS FOR THE NEGRO LABORERS IN THE CANAL ZONE

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 FRANK HOLMES ROBERT S. HOUSTON
Born in Spondon, Derbyshire, England. Mem- Born in Boone County, K entucky. M ember
ber of Benjamin B. French Lodge. No. 15, F. of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristo-
& A. M., Washington, District of Columbia. bal, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Per-
Mou nt Vernon Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M . fection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights
Templar. Almas Temple, Ancient Arabic Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the last Louisiana, 32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies be-
three Bod ies being located at Washington, ing located at New Orleans, Louisiana. Osman
District of Columbia. Entered service on the T emple. Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
Isthmus of Panama on July 31, 1913, as Mystic Shrine. Entered service on the Isth-
Resident Engineer. Present occupation, mus of Panama on November 16. 1906, as a
Resident Engineer, located at Culebra, Canal Builder. Present occupation, Custodian of
Zone. Agua C lara Reservoir, Gatun,. Canal Zone.

ALBERT M. HORLJ::' WM. R . HOBBY

Born in Boston, Massachusetts. Member of Born in Iowa Ctty, Iowa. Member of So-
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. of Cristo- journers' Lodge, A. F . & A. M. Canal Zone
bal, Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter No. Chapter. No. l. R. A. M. Isthmian Council,
1, R. A. l\1., of L as Cascadas, Canal Zone. No . l. R. & S. M., both of Las Cascadas,
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Ca nal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of
on May 19, 1908, as Wireman . Present occu- Panama on A~ril 12. 1907, as Rodman. Pres-
pation the same, located at Cristobal, Canal ent occupation, Civil Engineer. located at Em-
Zone. pire, Canal Zone.

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 CHARLES AMOS HOWARD CARL PETER HOFFMAN
Born in Ottawa, Kansas. M ember of So- Born in D ansville, New York. Member of
journers' Lodge, A. F . & A. M ., Cristobal, Phoenix Lodge, No . 115, Da nsville, New York,
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfec- a nd of t he following Scottish Rite Bodies,
tion, No. I, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose located at New Orleans, Louisiana. Albert
Croix, No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, Kmghts Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 1·1°. P elican
K adosh, No. 6, 30°. G rand Consistory . of Chapter o f Rose Croix. No. 11 , 18°. E agle
Louisia na 32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies bemg Council. Knights K adosh , No. 6, 30°. Grand
located jr{ N ew Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. · Memher at
T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the D a nsville Chapter, No. 91, R. A. M., Dans-
Mystic Shrine, St. P at•l, Minnesota. Ente red ville, New York . from t here being demitted
service on the Isthmus of Pana ma on June to Canal Zone Chapter No. 1, Ancon, Canal
16, 1909, as Machinist. Present occupation, Zone. Also president , P acific Mason Club
Erecting Foreman, Mechanical Dtvtston, at Ancon. Canal Zone, and Secretary-Treasurer,
Empire, Canal Zone. Isthmia n M asonic Advisory Board. Osman
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
M ystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota . Entered
service on t he Isthmus of Panama on July
3, 1907, as Time-keeper. Present occupation,
Clerk, Anson , Canal Zone.

CHARLES C. HUBER
A. A. HUNTER
Born, Middleport, Ohio. Member of Middle-
port Lodge. No. 363, F. & A. M ., Middleport, Born in Lincoln, Nebraska. M ember of East
Ohio. Entered service on the Isthmus of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, F. & A. M. , of Lin-
Panama on September 27, 1909, as Machinist, coln, Nebraska. Entered service on the Isth-
a nd now employed as M achinist. Ca nal Zone mus of Panama on July 23, 1906. as Postal
address, Empire. States address, care of Clerk. Present occupation , Postmaster,
Middleport Lodge. No. 363, Middleport, Ohio. Balboa, Canal Zone.

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 A. HUNTER PETER HYNES
Member of the followinr: Masonic Bodies, a ll Born in Scotland. Holds de mi t from Tyrian
of them being located at Brooklyn, New Lodge, No. 134 , F. & A. l\1 ., of E lizabeth,
York: Covenant Lodge, No. 758, F. & New J ersey. Ent ered serv ice on t he Isthmus
A. M. Evening Star Chapter, No. 225, R. A. o f Panama on July 14, 1913, as a Caulker.
M. Brooklyn Council. No. 4, R. & S. M. Present occupation. Caulker. located at Par-
Damascus Commandery. No. 58, Knights aiso. Canal Zone. Panama.
Templar. M emher of Kismet T emple,
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of th e Mystic
Shrine, o f Brooklyn. New York. Employed
in the Commissary-Subsistence D epartment,
at Cristobal, Canal Zone.

AD. HOEHNE RICHAR D CLEIVE HOAGLAND

Born in Cincinna ti, Ohio. Member of McMil- Born in Grand Rapids, M ichiga n . M ember
lan Lodge, No. 141, F. & A. M., Cincinnati, of Sojourners' Lodge, F. & A. M. , Cristobal,
Ohio. Entered service on t he Isthmus of Canal Zone. Entered servi ce on the Isthmus
Panama on September 9. 1910. as Time-keeper. of Panama on November 23, 1906, as Painter.
Present occupation. Materia! Foreman, located Now employed as Lineman. Address, Paraiso,
at Cristoha l, Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

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 CHARI.ES D. HUMMER ROBERT W . HUTCHINGS
Born in N ew Brunswick, N ew J ersey . M ember Born in Abington, Virginia. Fraternal
o f Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A. M ., o f Cris- Lodge, No. 384, A. F. & A. M . Birmingha m
tobal. C a nal Zone, and of the following Scot- Lodge of P erfection, No. 2, 14°. Birmingha m
t ish Ri te Bodies, wit h headquar ters a t New Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 2, 18°, Birmingham,
Orleans, Louisia na : Albert Pike Lod ge o f Alaba ma. Sam Thompson Cha pter, R. A. M.,
Perfection, No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter o f Birmingha m Ala bama. D e M olay Com-
Rose Croix, N o. 11. 18°. E agle Council, mandery, K. T ., Columbus, Mississippi.
Knights Kadosh, No.6, 30°. Grand Consistor y Zamora T emple, A. A. 0. N . M. S., Birming-
of Louisiana, 32°. Entered service on the ham, Ala ba ma . Entered service on the Isth-
Isthmus o f P a na ma on September 4, 1904, as mus o f P a na ma on June 6, 1908, as T rack Fore-
Forema n. Present occupat ion, Wrecking man . Present occupation , Construction
Foreman, located at Empire, Ca nal Zone. Foreman a t Balboa, C anal Zone.

JOHN W. HOUCHIN WILLIAM ELLSWORTH HUFF

Born in Chicago, Illinois. M ember of Cen- Born in Cleves, Ohio. M ember of McMilla n
tennial Lodge, No. 541, F. & A.M ., Bra7.il, Ind. Lodge, No. 141, A. F . & A. M ., Cincinna ti,
Entered the serv ice of Isthmia n Ca nal Com- Ohio. Entered serv ice on t he Isthmus of P a n-
mission, August27.1906, as Conductor. States a ma on Sep tember 3, 1909, as Steam Shovel
addres.q, 906 E. 64th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Engineer. Present occupa tion, Steam Shovel
Zone address, Balboa, Ca nal Zone. En!(ineer, located a t Empire, Canal Zone.

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 SAMUEL B. IVEY HOWARD H . JACKSON
Born in Pensacola, Florida. Member of Born in Clyde, Ohio. Member of Monticello
Pensacola Lodge. No. 42, F. & A. M., of Lodge, No. 244, F . & A.M. , Clyde, Ohio. En-
Pensacola, Florida. Entered service on the tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Isthmus of Panama on October 10, 1911, as August 17, 1906, as Assistant Postmaster.
Coppersmith. and was employed as such at Present occupation, Assistant Treasurer of
the time of leaving the service of the Panama the Canal Zone Government, located at Em-
Canal. pire, Canal Zone.

EPHRAIM F.RANCIS JACKSON WILLIAM B. JORDAN

Born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Mem- Born in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Member of
ber of Cedar Lodge, No. 396, F . & A. ·M., Sojourners' Lodge, A . F. & A. M., Cristobal,
Wiarton, Ontario. Amabel Chapter, No. 131, Canal Zone . Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection.
R. A. M., Wiarton. Ontario. I sthmian No. 1, 14° . P elican Chapter of Rose Croix,
Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone Com- No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council. Knights Kadosh,
mandery (U. D.), Knights Templar, both No. 6, 30° . Grand Consistory of Louisiana.
of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Osman Temple, 32°. All of the latter Bodies being located in
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic N ew Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Temple-,
Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
on the I sthmus of Panama on October 10,1908, Shrine, St. Paul. Minnesota. Entered service
as Locomotive Engineer. Pre.~ent occupa- on the Isthmus of Panama on March 27, 1907.
tion , Locomotive Engineer, located at Pedro as Conductor. Present occupation. Conductor.
Miguel. Canal Zone. working out of Pedro MiguC'l, Canal Zone.

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 HENRY CLARK JULIEN JOHN ETHBERT JENKINS
13om in Versailles, Ohio. Member of So- Born in Valley F alls, Kansas. Member o f
journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., of Cristobal , Lafayette Lodge, No. 16, F. & A.M .. Manhat-
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection, tan, Kansas. Ca nal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter o f Rose Croix, R. A. M. Isthmia n Council, No. 1, R. & S.M. ,
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh , both of Las Cascad as, Canal Zone. Oriental
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana , Commandery, No. 48, Knigh ts Templar, Man-
32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being of N ew hattan, Kansas. Osman T emple, Ancient
Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Temple, Ancient · Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the
St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on th e Isthmus of Panama in July, 1911. as Relay
Isthmus of Panama on May 31, 1906, as Operator, Gatun Dam. Present occupation.
Pattern Maker. Present occupation, Pattern Wireman, First Division, office of t he Chief
Maker, located at Corozal, Canal Zone. Engineer, located at Gatun, Ca nal Zone.

LUDWIG JUNKER
Born in Stratford, Ontario, Ca nada. Member HUGO W. JACOBSEN
of Sheffield Lodge, No 503, F. & A. M ., of Born in Copenhagen, D enmark. Memher of
Sheffield, Alabama. Entered service on the Cleveland Lodge, No. 211, F . & A. M., of
Isthmus of Panama in J a nuary, 1910, as Chicago, Illinois. Entered service on the Isth-
Boilermaker. Present occupation, Foreman mus of Panama on D ecember 3, 1912. as Elec-
Boilermaker, M echanical Division , loca ted trician. Present occupation, Electrician, loca-
a t Empire, Canal Zone. ted at Corozal, Canal Zone.

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 RICHARD EDWARD JAMES THOS. McHENRY JORDAN
Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Ionic Lodge, Born in Lynchburg, Virginia. M ember of So-
No. 312, A. F. & A. M ., D ecatur, Illinois. journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cristobal.
Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isth- Canal Zone. Entered serv ice on t he Isthmus
mian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal of Pan a ma on November 27, 1907, as a
Zone Commandery, No. 1, Las Cascadas, Machinist. Present occupation, Tool-room
Canal Zone. Osman Temple, A. A. 0 . N. Forema n, loca ted at Cristobal, Canal Zone.
M . S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
on th e Isthmus of Panama in December, 1906,
as Trainman. Present occupation, Railroad
Conductor, at Balboa, Canal Zone.

CHESTER R. JONES ALFRED GUION JENNINGS

Born in Cobalt, Connecticut. Member of Born in Culpepper County. Virginia. Member
Anchor Lodge, No. 112, East Hampton, Con- of F airfax Lodl(e, No. 43, Culpepper, Virginia,
necticut. Entered service on the Isthmus of F . & A. M. Entered serv ice on the Isthmus
Panama on November 14, 1912, as Wireman . of Panama in 1912, as Locomotive Engineer.
Present occupation, Wireman, located at Present occupation, Locomotive Engineer,
Gatun, Canal Zone. located at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 JOHN H . KANE JOHN IGNACEiKOPERSKI
Born in Ralston, Pennsylvania. Member of Born in Warsaw, Poland. Member of the
Pittsburg Lodge, No. 187, Pittsburg, Kansas. following Masonic Bodies, all being located
Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, No. 10, 14°. at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand River
Victory Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 7, 18°. Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. Columbia Chapter,
John H . Brown Council Knights Kadsoh, No. No. 132, R. A. M. Moriah Grand Lodge of
7, 30°. Caswell Consistory, No. 5, 32°. The P erfection , 14°. Cyrus Council, Princes of
Scottish Rite Bodies being of Kansas C ity, J erusalem, 16°. Robinson Chapter, of Rose
Kansas. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Croix, 18°. De Witt Clin ton Consistory, 32°.
Order, Nobles of t he Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Saladin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order,
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Present occu-
of Panama on May 31, 1906, as Locomotive pation, Tool-maker. Residence, Culrbra,
Engineer. Present occupation, Locomotive Canal Zone.
Engineer, at Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone.

ARTHUR W . KENNEDY WILLIAM GEORGE KERCHNER

Born. Rock Creek, Alabama. M ember of Born in L enhartsville, Pennsylvania . Sojour-
Canal Zone Lodge (U. D .), of Ancon, Canal ners Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal, Canal
Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus o f
Panama, June 25. 1906, as 1st Class Policeman. Panama on November 5. 1910. as Machinist.
Present occupation, Lieutenant of Zone Police, Present occupation, Machinist, located at Em-
located at Empire, Canal Zone. pire, Canal Zone.

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 JOHN B. KERSHAW JAMES ZENO KNAPP
Born in Richmond , Virginia. M ember of Born in Marilla. E rie County, New York.
Hope Lodge. No. 20, F. & A. 1\1 ., Washino;ton, Member of Woodlawn Lodge,No.525, Birming-
District of Columbia. Entered service on the ham, Alabama. Entered service on the Isth-
Isthmus of Panama on March 24, 1910, as mus of Panama on April 2, 1913, as Boiler-
Machinist. Present occupation, Erection of maker. Present occupation, Boilermaker,
Machinery for the operation of Lock Gates, located at Empire, Canal Zone.
Gatun , Canal Zone.

BENJAMIN BULLEN KING FREDERICK LOUIS KREICKER , M.D.

Born in Buffalo, New York. Member of Born in Troy, New York. Member of Apollo
Erie Lodo:e. No. 161. F. & fl.. M., Buffalo, New Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., Troy, New
York. Entered service on the Isthmus of York. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Panama. April 14, 1909, as Boilermaker. Panama on June 2, 1905, as Stenographer,
Left the service as Assistant Boilermaker Department of Construction and Engineering.
Foreman. Canal Zone add ress, Empire, Resigned fro m the service of the Panama
Canal Zone. States address. 105 Smith Street, Canal on September 2, 1906. Present occu-
Buffalo, New York. pation Physician, Averill Park. New York.

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 ERNEST E. LEE WILBUR S. LAWRENCE
Born in Brooklyn, Iowa. Member of Reed Born in Ravinia, Lake County, Illinois.
Lodge, No. 316, F . & A. M., of Evansville, M ember of Maywood Lodge. No. 869, F. &
Indiana . Entered service on the Isthmus of A.M., Maywood. Illinois. Maywood Chapter.
Panama on December 2, 1907, as Assistant R. A.M., No:234, Maywood, Illinois. Entered
Engineer, Department of Construction and service on the Isthmus of Panama, August
Engineering, Division of Locks and Dams. 19. 1905, as Stenographer, now Cost Clerk.
Present occupation, Superintendent of Erec- Address, Box. 47, Culebra, Canal Zone.
tion, Department of Construction and En-
gineering, First Division, Office of the Chief
Engineer, located at Culebra, Canal Zone.

VERO V. LUZATERS RUFUS WHARTON LANDON

Born in New Holland, Ohio. Member of Born in Niles, Michigan. Member of Quincy
Solomon Lodge, No. 20, F. & A.M., Jackson- Lodge, No. 230. A. F . & A. M., Elwood,
ville, Florida. Entered service on the Isthmus Indiana. Bridgeport Chapter, R. A. M. , No.
of Panama on September 26, 1910 as a Loco- 140, Bridgeport, Ohio. Entered service on the
motive Engineer. Present occupation, Loco- Isthmus of Panama on August 23, 1909. as
motive Engineer; located at Las Cascadas, Clerk. Present occupation, Clerk, Culebra,
Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

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 ARTHUR PETER LUCCHESI THOMAS EUGENE LEARD LIPSEY
Born in Lucca, Italy. M ember of Sojourners Born in Chester, South Carolina . M ember of
Lodge, A. F . & A. M .. Cristobai, Canal Zone. Pythagoras Lodge, No. 249, F . & A. M .,
Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Southport, North Carolina. Concord Chap-
Pelican Chapter o f Rose Croix, No, 11, 18°. tPr, No. 1. R. A. M., Wilmington, North Caro-
Eagle Council , Knights K adosh, No. 6, 30°. lina. Isthmia n Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. ,
Grand Consigtory of Louisia na, 32°. The Las Cascadas, C anal Zone. P lantagenet Com-
Scottish Rite Bodies being located at New mandery, Knights T emplar, Wilmington,
Orleans, Louisiana. Osman T emple, Ancient North Carolina . Entered service on t he
Arabic Order, Nobles of t he Mystic Shrine, Isthmus of P a nama on September 24, 1907,
St. Paul. Minnewta. Entered service on t he as Assistant Engineer in charge of M asonry
· Isthmus of P a na ma on F ebruary 5. 1905, as design of P anama Canal Locks. Resigned
Time-keeper. Present occupation, M ason July 1, 1913. Present occupa tion, Civil En-
Foreman, located at Ancon, Canal Zone. gineer, 220 West 59th Street, New York C ity.

ANNA M. LUCCHESI E. GUYLER MAGRUDER

Born in N ew York City, N ew York. Arrived Born in Sealey, T exas. M ember of Juli an
on the Isthmus o f Panama on October 1, 19 10. Field Lodge, No . 908, F . & A. M. , F t.
M ember of Orchid Chapter, No. 1. Order of the Worth, T exas. Entered service on t he Isth-
Eastern Star, Empire, Canal Zone. mus of Panama August 16, 1913, as Machinist.
Now employed as Machinist. Address, Empire.
Ca nal Zone .

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 CARL WILLIAM MARKHAM
ANDERSON MANTOOTH
Born in Newport, Tennessee. St. John the Born in Potterbrook, P ennsylva nia. Member
Baptist Lodge, No. 12, San Juan, Porto Rico, of Westfield Lodge, No. 477, A. F. & A. M.,
A. F. & A. M. Entered service on the Isthmus Westfield. P ennsy lvania. M ember of Canal
of Panama on April 1. 1906. as Corral Fore- Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Las Cascadas,
man, Department of Material and Supplies. Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
Present occupation, Corral Foreman, Quarter- of Panama on October 11. 1910, as Switch-
master's Department, Empire, Canal Zone. board Operator, at Gatun Power Plant. Pres-
ent occupation, Station Recorder and Opera-
tor, Power Plant, at Gatun, Canal Zone.

STANLEY D. MORGAN LEWIS ALBERT MASON

' Born in Venice, Ohio. Cabul Lodge, No. 116, Born in Bay C ity, Michigan. Member of
A. F. & A. M., Green Cove Springs, Florida . Bay City Lodge, No. 129, Bay City. Michigan.
Orient Lodge of Perfection, No. 4, 14°. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M., Las
jacksonville Chapter of Rose Croix, No.2, 18°. Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered service on
McLean Council, Knights Kodosh, No. 2. 30°. the Isthmus of Panama on October 8. 1908.
Florida Consistory, No. 2, 32°. jacksonville, as Structural Draftsman. Present occupation.
Florida . Entered service on t he Isthmus of Assistant D esigning Engineer, in charg:e of
Panama on November 26. 1905, as Superin- Lock Entrance Caissons, located at the
tendent of Painting. Present occupation, Union Iron 'Vorks Company, San Francisco.
Master Painter, located at Orange Park, California, in the interests of the Isthmian
Florida. Canal Commission.

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 EARLE C. MITCHELL EDWAR D WALDO MITCHEL
Born . in Fargo, North Dakota. Member of Born in Auburn, N ew York. M ember of
Sojourners' Lodp;e, A. F. & A.M ., of Cristobal. Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Cristoba l,
Canal Zone. Albert Pike L odge of Perfection, Canal Zone a nd of t he following Scottish Rite
No. 1. 14°. P elican Chapter of Rose Croix, Bodies of New Orleans, Louisiana: Albert
No. 11, 18°. E agle Council, Knigh ts Kadosh, Pike Lodge o f P erfection, No. 1, 14°. Pelica n
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana. Chapter of Rose Croix, No . 11. 18°. Eagle
32°. The Scottish Rile Bodies being of N ew Counci l, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, :mo. Grand
Orleans, Louisiana. M ember of Osman T em- Con•istory of Louisiana. 32°. Member of
ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
Shrine, St Paul, Minnesota. Entered service of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul , Minnesota.
on the Isthmus of Panama in M ay, 1905, as Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama
Locomotive Engineer. Present occupation, on July 1, 1905, as Inspector, Department of
Locomotive Engineer, P anama Railroad , Sanitation and is at present employed m the
Cristobal , Ca nal!Zone. same capacity , located at P edro Miguel, Canal
Zone.

FRED 0. METZGAR ADRIAN N. METZELAAR

Born in Lock H aven, Pennsylvania. JVlembcr Born in H elder. Holland. Member of Bremer-
of Fraternidad Lodge, No. 1, A. F . & A. M., ton Lodge, No. 117, Bremerton, Washington.
Santiago de Cuba. Entered serv ice on the Entered service on the l fthn1us of Panama on
Isthmus of Pana ma on M a y 8, 1905. as June 2, 1913. as Marine Engineer. Present
Locomotive Engineer. Present occupation, occupation, Marine Engineer, U . S . '' Corozal,"
Locomotive Engineer at Empire, Canal Zone . Paraiso, Canal Zone.

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 MARVIN M. MARSH BENJ. F. MUDGETT
Born in Greenwich, Ohio . Member of So· Born in Newburg, Maine. Member of Nod-
journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. of Cristobal, away Lodge, No. 140, C larinda, Iowa. Canal
Canal Zone, a nd of the following Bodies, lo· Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian
cated at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Canal Council, No . .l, R. & S. M., Las Cascadas,
Zone Chapter. No. I. R. A. M. Isthmia n Canal Zone. It is interestin~: from a h istorical
Council. No. 1, R. & S. M. Entered service point of view to know that Benj. F . M udgett,
on the Isthmus of Panama on February 20. Charles A. Jones, and Frank Dorson were
1908, as Foreman . Was working as a Civil the first three companions of the Royal Arch
Engineer for the Isthmian Canal Commission to be exalted to that degree in Central America.
at the time of his resignation lo accept the Entered service on the Isthrrius of Panama on
position of Assistant En~:ineer o f the North- February 11, 1907, as Locomotive Engineer.
ern Railway Company of Costa Rica, located Present occupation . Transfer Engineer, lo-
at Siquerres. cated at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone.

CHARLES LATHEN MORRIS

ALEXANDER MONTEITH Born in Morristown, Tennessee. Member of
Born in Govan, Scotland. Member of St. Sojourners' Lodge, F. & A. M., Cristobal,
Columbia Lodce. No. 729, A. F. & A. M. , Canal Zon~. Entered service on the Isthmus
Govan. Scollana. Entered service on the Isth- of Panama on June 13, 1907, as Steam
mus of Pana ma in May, 1905, as Boilermaker. Shovel Craneman. Now employed as Loco-
Present occupation, Boilermaker. located at motive Engineer. Address. Ancon , Canal
Paraiso, Canal Zone. Zone.

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 ROBERT E. MURPHY LYONS MUSSINA
Born in Marathon, Ohio. M ember of Lynch· Born in Cowan, Union County, Pennsylvania .
burl'( Lodge, No. 178. A. F. & A. M ., Lynch- Member of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ,
burg. Ohio. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, of Cristobal, Canal Zone. Life M emher,
No. I, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, Gatun Masonic Club, and Member of Har-
No. II , 1R 0 • Eagle Council. Knights Kadosh, vard University Masonic Club. Entered ser-
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana. vice on the Isthmus of PanamaonApri1 3. 1909.
32°, New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone as Foreman of Boring, ALlan tic Division. At
Chapter, No. l, R. A. M. Isthm1an Counc1l, the time of leav ing the service of the P~nama
No. I, R. & S.M., Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Canal was Station Recorder, Gatun Power
M ember of Osman Temple, A. A. 0. N. M . S., Station. Present occupation. Graduate
St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the Student, Harvard University. Residence,
Isthmus of Panama on August 14, 1905. as Cowan. Pennsylvania.
Stenographer. Present occupation. Injury
and Claim Clerk, office of the Chief Engineer,
Culebra.

ROBERT E. P. MOY:RR DALLAS MORRIS

Born in Danville, Pennsylvania. M ember of Born in Marysville, Iowa. Sojourners' Lodge,
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Cristobal, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
of Panama on May 15, 1911. as Machinist. january 8, 1908. as Car Inspector. Present
Present occupation, Machinist, located at occupation, Locomotive Engineer, located at
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone.

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 FAY H. McCAIN ROSS B . McELROY
Born in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Member of Born in Dover. Tennessee. Member of Cassia
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Cristobal, Lodge, N o . 272, F . & A: M., Morgan town,
Canal Zone . Entered service on the Isthmus K entucky. Entered serv1ce of United Fruit
of Panama on November 19, 1910 as Steam Company, April 1, 1911, as Ticket Clerk.
Engineer. Present occupation, Steam En- Employed as Agency Accountant, United
gineer, loca ted at Empire, Canal Zone. Fruit Company. States address, 1703
Ridny Avenue, Nashville, T ennessee. Canal
Zone Address, Cristobal, Canal Zone.

NEIL MacLEAN
Born in G lasgow, Scotland. M e mber of
JOSEPH A. McDONALD Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. .Cristobal ,
Born in Manchester, England. Member of Canal Zone . Member of the following Scottish
Washington Lodge, No. 21 , F. & A. M. , N ew Rite Bodies all located at New Orleans, Louis-
York, N ew York . Entered service on Isthmus iana. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection, No. 1.
of Panama. March 15. 1909, as Boilermaker. ]4° . Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. ll.
Now employed as G eneral Foreman, Boiler 18°. Eagl e Council, Knights Kadosh. No. 6.
and Ship R epairs. Address, Paraiso, Canal 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana. 32°.
Zone. Present location Empire, Canal Zone.

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SLIDE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WATER WAS ADMITTED TO CULEBRA CUT

CONCRETE MIXING PLANT AT GATUN

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 WILLIAM D. McHENRY HUGH McPHERSON
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Presi· Born in Glasgow, Scotland . Member of
dent of Gatun Masonic C lu b, Gatun Canal Neptune Kilwinning Lodge, No. 442, A. F. &
Zone. Member of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, and
A. M., of Cristobal, Canal Zone imd of the of the following Scottish Rite Bodies of New
following York Rite Bodies of Las Casc2das, Orleans, Louisiana: Albert Pike Lodge of Per-
Ca nal Zone: Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. fection , No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose
R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No. l, R. & S.M. Croix, No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights
Canal Zone Commandery, Knights Templar Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of
(U. D.) M ember of Osman Temple, Ancient Louisiana, 32°. Osman Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
St. Paul, Minnesota. General Foreman, St. Paul, Minnesota. Present occupation,
Gatun Spillway and Dam. Carpenter Foreman, at Gatun, Canal Zone.
Entered the service in 1907.

JOHN H. McLEAN JAMES RAY NELSON

Born in Paris. T exas. Member of Checotah Born in Moline, Illinois. Member of Doric
Lodge, No. 86, of Checotah, Oklahoma. Lodge. No. 319, A. F. & A. M .. Moline, Illi-
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on nois. Rock Island Chapter, R . A. M., No. 18,
F ebruary 28, 1905, as Clerk in the Auditor's Rock Island, Illinois. Entered service on the
office. Present occupation, Disbursing Officer Isthmus of Panama on January 28, 1913, as
of the Isthmian Canal Commission, wi t h Draftsman. Present occupation, Draftsman
headquarters at Empire, Canal Zone. at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 CHARLES HARRY NEAL W. H. NEEDHAM
Born in Lynn County, Missouri. Member of Born in Leeds, England. Member of Naval
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Lodge. No. 24, F. & A . M ., of Warrington,
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, Flonda, and of the following Scottish Rite
No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, Bodies of Pensacola, Florida. Omar Lodge of
No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, Perfection, No. 8, 14°. Tarshatha Chapter of
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Rose Croix, No. 4, 18°. Escambia Council,
32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies being located in Knights Kadosh, No. 3, 30°. Pensacola
New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone Consistory, No.3, 32° . Member of Mt. Horel
Chapter, No. 1, R A. M., Las Cascadas, Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Coeur de Leon
Canal Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Commandery, No . 1, Knights Templar, hoth
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, of Pensacola, Florida. Abba Tern pie
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus A. A. 0 . N. M. S, Mobile, Alabama. Entered
of Panama on February 10, 1909, as Machinist. £ervice on the Isthmus of Panama in June.
Resigned position of General Foreman. located 1906, as a Machinist. Present occupation,
at Empire. Canal Zone, at present in Auto- Foreman, located at Balboa, Canal Zone.
mobile business in Lima, Ohio.

FRANKLIN 0. NEECE AXEL C . NELSON

Born in Whitehall, Illinois. Member of Born in Vinstof, Sweden. Member of Home
Nonpareil Lodge, No. 372, F. & A. M. East Lodge, No. 370, A. F . & A. M .. Des Moines,
Lynne, Missouri. Entered service on the Iowa. Antioch Chapter, No. 110. R. A. M .,
Isthmus of Panama on June 29, 1907. as Track Des Moines, Iowa. Entered service on the
Foreman. Present occupation, Track Fore- Isthmus of Panama in November, 1907, as
man. located at Corozal, Canal Zone. Pile Driver Foreman . Present occupation,
Foreman, Fortification Work, Cristobal,
Canal Zone.

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 ALTON HERMAN NEWDICK ANDREW NELSON NAYLOR
Born in Hudson , Massachusetts. Member Born in HalloCk Township, Illinois. Member
of Cornerstone Lodge, Duxbury, Massachu- of Geo. Washington Lodge, No. 222, F. & A.M.
setts. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection. No. Chillicothe, Illinois. Canal Zone Chapter, No.
1. 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, 1. R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No. 1, R.&S.M .
No. 11 , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.), Knights
No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, Templar. The York Rite Bodies b"ing located
32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being located at Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered service
in New Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama on May 6, 1907,
Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian Council, as Locomotive Engineer. Present occupation
No. 1. R. & S. M. Canal Zone Commandery Locomotive Engineer, located at Las Cascadas,
(U. D.), Knights Templar. The York Rite Canal Zone.
Bodies being located in Las Cascadas, Canal
Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne-
sota. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Panama in November, 1906, on Construction
and Engineering Work Present occupation,
Master of U. S. Dredge, " Corozal," located
in the Pacific Entrance of the Panama Canal.

MERTON MILES OGDEN

REV. A. A. NELLIS Born in L eonta, N ew York . Member of
Member of Auburn Lodge, No. 431, F. & A.M. Franklin Lodge, No. 562, F. & A. M .. Franklin,
Auburn, New York. Entered service on the N ew York. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Isthmus of Panama on january 17, 1910, as Panama on October 15, 1912, as Civil Engineer.
Chaplain. Now lecturer in Ohio. Address, Present occupation, Civil Engineer, located
157 South T errace Street, Columbus. Ohio . et Culebra. Ca nal Zone.

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 CHARLES PETERSON
RAYMOND EDWIN OLMSTEAD
Born in Hegeish, Illinois. M ember of Sojour-
Born, Belmont, New York. Member of ners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., of Cristobal, Ca nal
Belmont Lodge, No. 474, F. & A.M., Belmont, Zone. Entered service on t he Isthmus of
New York. Entered service on the Isthmus Panama on September 29, 1910, as Blacksmi t h.
of P a nama as Erector, August 15, 1912. N ow Present occu pation , Blacksmith, located at
employed as Erector. Address, Corozal, Gatun, Canal Zone.
Canal Zone.

LANDO OLIVER HARRY F. PAGE

Born in Great Springs, Illinois. Member of Born in Wethersfield, New York. M ember
F ort Thomas Lodge, No. 808, of Fort Thomas, of Triluminar Lodge, No. 543 . of Pike, New
K entucky, and of the following Scottish Rite York. Ionic Cha p ter. No. 210, R. A. M.
Bodies of N ew Orleans, L ouisiana : Alber t Cyrene Commandery, No. 39. both of Roches-
Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1. 14°. Pelican ter, New York. M embernfDa mascusTemple,
Chapter of R ose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of t he Myst ic
Council , Knigh ts Kadosh. No.6, 30°. Grand Shrine, Rochester, N ew York . Entered ser-
Consistory of Louisia na, 32°. Entered service vice on the Isthmus of Panama on August 27,
on the Isthmus of P a nama on November 9, 1906, as L ocomoti ve Engineer, from which
1909, as a Police Officer. Presen t Occupation position he resigned on October 21, 1913. Is
the same, located at Gatun, Canal Zone. at present located in Gainesville, New York.

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 WALTER IVY PENDER CHARLES A. PERLEE
Born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Born in Norwich, New York. Member of
Member of ·Greenville Lodge. No. 284, A. F . Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal,
& A. M .. Greenville, North Carolina. Canal Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection ,
Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isthmian No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix,
Council, No. l, R. & S.M. Canal Zone Com- No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
mandery (U. D .), Knights T emplar. All York No.6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°.
Rite Bodies being located at Las Cascadas, All Bodies being located at New Orleans,
Canal Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Louisiana. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A.
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul. M . Isthmian Council. No. l, R. & S. M.,
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Osman T emple,
of Panama on Au~st 19. 1905, as First Class A. A. 0. N. M. S., St. Paul, Minnesota.
Machinist. Present occupation, Deputy In- Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama
spector, Board of Local Inspectors, Steam on August 27, 1906, as Trainman . Present
Boat Inspection Service, located at Ancon. occupation, Conductor, Las Cascadas, Canal
Canal Zone. Zone.

WALTER B. PIERCE, M.D.

Born in Monticello, Mississippi. Member of JOHN FRANKLIN PHILLIPS
Pecan Grove Lodge, No. 222, F. & A. M .. Born in Audenried, Pennsylvania. Member of
Lake Providence, Louisiana . Entered service Sojourners· Lodge, A. F . & A.M .. of Cristobal ,
on the Isthmus of Panama in july. 1909, as Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
Physician. Present occupation. Physician, of Panama on March 11, 1907, as Machinist.
Eye and Ear Clinic, Ancon Hospital, Ancon, Present occupation, Foreman, Mechanical
Canal Zone. Division, located at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 A. H. PERRY W. EDWIN PARKER
Born in Coushatta, Louisiana . Member of Born in Rochester, New York. Member of
Hiram Lodge, No. 70, F. & A. M. Albert Valley Lodge, No. 109, of Rochester, New
Pike Lodge of P erfection, No. I. 14°. Pelican York . Hamilton Chapter, No. 62, R. A. M .,
Chapter of Rose Croix, No. II. ! 8°. E agle Rochester, N ew York. Isthmian Council,
Council , Knights Kadosh. No. 6. 30°. Grand No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone Commandery
Con, is tory of Louisiana, 32°. All Masonic (U. D .), Knights T emplar, of Las Cascadas,
Bodies being of New Orleans. Louisiana. Canal Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama in Orcier, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. St. Paul,
June, 1905. as Druggist-Chemist. At present Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of
employed in the Department of Posts. Cus- Pana ma on November 6, 1906. in building con-
toms and Re,·enues, located at CristobaJ, struction work. Present occupation, Rail-
Canal Zone. road Conductor, located at Ancon, Canal Zone.

JOHN HAYWOOD POOLE LESLIE A. PIPER

Born in Colquitt , Georgia. M ember of So- Born in Punxataw ney, P ennsylvania. M ember
journers' Lodg:e, F. & A. M. , Cristobal, Canal of Steubenville Lodge, No. 45, A. F. & A. 1\1.,
Zone. Canal Zone Chapter No. l , R .A.M. Las Steubenville, Ohio. Union Chapter, No. 15,
Cascadas, Cana l Zone. Entered service on the R. A. M., Steubenv ille. Ohio. Entered service
Isthmus of Pana ma on September 3, 1909, as on 1 the Isthmus of Panama on May 2, 1912,
First Class Policeman. Now employed as as Erector of Lock Gates. Present occu-
Sergeant of Police. Address, Cristobal, Canal pa tion, Erector o f Lock Gates at Corozal,
Zone. Canal_Zone.

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 ISAAC RHINEHART POTTS
CHARLES EATON PHILLIPS, M.D.
Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Member
Born in Millington, Illinois. Member of of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M ., Cristobal,
Unity Lodge, No. 48, St. Charles, Illinois. Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1.
Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. R. A. M., Isthmian Council, No. l.R. & S.M ..
Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge
Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. All Scot- Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council,
tish Rite Bodies being located in New Orleans, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Con-
Louisiana. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic sistory of Louisiana, 32°, New Orleans, Louis-
Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, iana . Member of Osman Temple, Ancien t
Minnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St.
of Panama in February, 1906, as Interne, Med- Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the
ical Department. Present occupation, Chief Isthmus of Panama on July 12, 1905, as Plum-
of the Surgical Clinic, Colon Hospital, Colon, ber. Present occupation, Plumber, located
Republic of Panama . at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Treasurer of So-
journers' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal ,
Canal Zone.

JOSEPH MADISON PLUMMER GEORGE THOMAS PULLIG

Born in Dumas, Mississippi. Holds demit Born in B ryceland, Louisiana. Member of
from Lake Lodge, No. 586, F. & A. M ., of Bryceland Lodge, No. 350, F. & A. M., Bryce-
Felsenthal, Arkansas. Entered service on land, Louisiana. Entered service on the Isth-
the Isthmus of Panama on June 17, 1911, as mus of Panama on January 1, 1913, with
Construction Foreman. Present occupation, the Panama Railroad Company. Present
Construction Foreman, Panama Railroad occupation, Foreman, Second Division, office
Company, located at Paraiso, Canal Zone. of the Chief Engineer, Balboa, Canal Zone.

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 THE THREE FLIGHTS OF LOCKS AT GATUN

BIRD'S- EYE VIEW OF THE PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS

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 ROY A. PURDUE REV . CHARLES 0 . PURDY
Born in Hazelrigge. Indiana. Member of
Millersville Lodge, No. 126. F. & A.M ., Mil- Born in Holmesville, Ohio. M ember of
lersville, Indiana. Indianapolis Chapter, No. Woodland Lodge, No. 304, F. & A.M., Wood-
5. R. A . M .. Indianapolis, Indiana . McCords- land, Michigan. Canal Zone Chapter, No.
ville Council, No. 52, R. & S.M., McCordsville, 1. R. A.M. Isthmian Council, No. 1. R. & S.M.
Indiana. Entered service on the Isthmus of Canal Zone Commandery ( U. D. ), Knights
Panama on October 4, 1911, in the Military Templar. The York Rite Bodies of Las Cas-
Service. Present occupation. First Sergeant, cadas, Canal Zone. Osman Temple, Ancient
Company D. Tenth Regiment of Infantry, ArabiC Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
United States Army, located at Camp E. S. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Otis, Canal Zone. December 10, 1910, as Chaplain. Present
occupation, Chaplain, located at Gatun, Canal
Zone.

JAMES SAMUEL PULLIG EMIL JULIUS RALL

Born in Arcadia. Louisiana. Member of Born, Verden, Hanover, Germany. Member
R. M . Crowson Lodge, No. 281 , F. & A . M., of Solomon's Lodge, No. L F . & A . M.,
Caston, Louisiana. Arcadia Chapter, No. 46, Savannah, Georgia. Charter Member of
R. A. M ., Arcadia, Louisiana. Entered ser- Canal Zone Lodge, U. D .. F. & A. M .. Ancon,
vice on the Isthmus of Panama, June 10, 1911, Canal Zone. Entered service of Isthmian
as Track Foreman . Now employed as Fore- Canal Commission, December 2, 1905, as
man, Maintenance of Track, Panama Rail- Clerk, Sanitary Department, now employed as
road Company . Address, Bas Obispo, Canal Chief Property Clerk, Sanitary Department,
Zone. Address, Ancon, Canal Zone.

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 D. F. REEDER. M .D. KARL RICHARD REIMANN
Born in Ben ton, Kentucky. Member of Born in Germany. M ember of Saint J ohn's
Benton Lodge, No. 701, Benton , K entu cky, Lodge, No. 153, New Orleans. Louisia na . Al-
and of the following Scottish Rite1 Bodies. lo- bert Pike Lodge o f P erfection, No. 1. 14°.
cated in New Orleans. Louisiana: Albert Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11. 18°.
P ike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1. 14°. P elican E agle Council, Kni .~hts Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11. 18°. E agle Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°, New
Council , Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Orleans, Louisiana. Osman T emple, Ancient
Consistory of Louisia na, 32°. Member o f Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, St. Paul , Minnesota . Entered service on the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minne- Isthmus of Panama on May 15, 1908, as
sota . Entered serv ice on the Isthmus or Machinist. Present occupation, Machinist
P ani\ma on April R, 1906, as Physician . Pres- at Empire, Canal Zone.
ent occupation, Chie f of Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat Clinic, Ancon, Hospital Staff, Ancon,
Ca na l Zone.

THOMAS RICHARDSON ANDREW LEE RAIFORD

Born in Nottingham. Engla nd. · Member of Born in Victoria, Mississippi. M ember of
N assau Lodge. No. 536. F. & A.M., of Brooklyn, Canal Zone Lodge (U.lD .), F. & A.M., Ancon.
N ew York. Zetland Chapter, No. 141, R . A. Canal Zon"e . E:n~t.e:r.e~d se rvice on the
M. , of New York City. Entered service on t he Isthmus of Panama on March 17, 1907, as
Isthmus of Panama on August 21, 191 2, as Time-keeper. Present occupation, Clerk in
Erector, a nd is still employed in t he same the;office of the Examiner of Accounts, at
capacity, located at Gatun, Canal Zone. Empire, Canal Zone.

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 I. J. RANSBOTTOM, M.D.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer County, Ohio. WILLIAM M. RIDPATH
Member of Celina Lodge. No. 241, F. & A.M. Born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Member
Celina Chapter, No. 120, R. A. M ., both bodies of Friendship Lodge, No. 400, F. & A. M.,
being of Celina, Ohio. Ivanhoe Comman- Abington Chapter, No. 245, R. A. M., both
dery, No. 54, Knif(hts Templar, of Van Wert., Bodies bein~ located in Jenkintown, Penn-
Ohio. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, sylvania. Entered service on the Isthmus
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of St. Paul, Min- of Panama on May 2, 1907, as Marine Engineer
nesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of and Machinist, Atlantic Division. Present
Panama on April 13, 1907, as Physician, and occupation, Chief Engineer, U. S. Dredge,
present occupation is District Physician, at "Mole," in the Pacific Entrance of the Panama
Porto Bello, Republi« of Panama. Canal, Balboa, Canal Zone.

PETER LUTHER ROBERTS RENNIE ROY ROBINSON

Born in New Iberia, Louisiana . Member of Born in Topeka, Kansas. Member of Canal
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Zone Lodge (U. D.), A. F. & A. M., of Ancon,
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
of Panama on May 15, 1909, as Machinist. of Panama on June 15, 1905, and is still em-
Present occupation, Machinist, located at Cris- ployed, as Material Foreman of the Mechan-
tobal, Canal Zone. ical Division, located at Empire, Canal Zone,
Panama.

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 HARRY E . RUCKRRT LAURENT ROQUEBERT
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Member of Avon Born in Toulouse, France. Raised to the degree
Lodge, No. 542, F. & A. M., Cincinnati, Ohio. of Master in Fraternidad Universal Lodge,
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on No. 43, in Colon, in 1904, which lodge was
August 16, 1906, as Cost Accountant, Cuiebra under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
Division. After having attained the position Venezuela. Entered service on the Isthmus
of Chief Accountant of the Atlantic Division, of Panama in 1884, as Dredge Master under
Construction and Engineering, he resigned, the French Canal Company. Served in
and is now Secretary and Treasurer of the various capacities with that company, as
T errell Land and Development Company. Foreman of Dredging, Dredging Contractor,
at Terrell, Florida. Harbor Master, Superintendent of Floating
Equipment and Superintendent of Dredging,
at La Boca. Present occupation, General Fore-
man of Dredging at Balboa, Canal Zone.

GLEN W. ROSE JOHN ROSS

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana . M ember of Born in Maryport, England, naturalized as a
Magnolia Lod .~e. No. 120, F . & A. M .. Biloxi, citizen of the United States in 1896. Member
Mississippi. Biloxi Chapter, No. 116, R. A.M .. of Pioneer Lodge, No. 20, A. F . & A. M., New
Biloxi, Mississippi. Entered service on the York City, New York. Entered service on the
Isthmus of Panama on November 9, 1912. as Isthmus of Panama on April 15, 1909, as
Clerk, Pacific Division, Corozal, Canal Zone. Marine Engineer. Present occupation, Chief
Present occupation, Cost Accountant, Culebra, Engineer, U. S. Dredge " Marmot," Pacific
Canal Zone. entrance of the Panama Canal.

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 ARTHUR B . ROUND MARTIN V. RUGGLES
Born in Middletown, Connecticut. Member Born in New York City, New York. Member
of Harmony Lodge, No. 52, F. & A. M. , Phila- of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A . M ., of Cris-
delphia, PC'nnsylvania. Entered service on the tobal, Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter,
Isthmus of Panama on October 14, 1909, em- No. 1. R. A. M., of Las Cascadas. Canal Zone.
ployed in erecting sand-handling plant. at Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Balboa, Canal Zone. Present occupation. July 18, 1909, as a Wireman. Present occu-
Erectmg Mach1mst at M1raflores Locks, in t he pation, Electric Substation Operator, located
service of the First Division of the offices of the at Corozal, Canal Zone.
Chairman:and Chief Engineer.

EDWARD WARNER RUDD WILLIAM RUSSELL

Born in New York City, New York. Mem- Born in Springfield, Ohio. Member of Jack-
ber of Sojourners Lodge, A. F. & A. M., son Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M .. Centerville.
'Cristobal, Canal Zone. Entered service on the Iowa. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Isthmus of Panama on July 3, 1910, as Coach Panama on June 16, 1909, as Machinist. Pres-
Painter. Present occupation. Foreman ent occupation. Machinist. located at Gatun,
Painter, located at Empire, Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

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 HENRY ROMEYN SALMON ANDREW B. STRUTHERS
Born in Lowville, New York. Member of Born in Jersey' City, New j ersey . Member
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Cristobal, of Amity Lodge, No. 103, F. & A. M .. Jersey
Canal Zone, and of the following York Rite C1ty, New Jersey. Mount Vernon Chapter,
Bodies: Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A.M. No.8, R. A.. M. Hugh DePayens Command-
Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M., both of cry. No. 1, K. T., J ersey City, New Jersey.
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. A Knight of the Salaam Temple, A. A. 0 . N . M . S., Newark,
the Red Cross of Damascus Commandery, No. New J ersey. Entered service on the Isthmus
2, Knights T emplar, of jacksonville, Florida. of P anama, December 3, 1908. as Machinist.
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama in Employed as Engineer Floating Pile Driver
1909, as Time Inspector, and at the time he when he left service. Now Condurtor.
left t he service was Concrete Foreman. At Address, 175, Myrtle Avenue, J ersey City,
present located at 434 South First Street, New Jersey.
San Jose, California, being the senior member
of the firm handling Kelly-Springfield Tires,
known as Salmon and Stuckert.

JAMES WESLEY RYALL GEORGE A. SCHUTT

Born in Barney, Georgia . Member of L a Born in New York City, New York . Member
R.·. Loge Ia Parfaite Union, F. & A. M., New of Huguenot Lodp:e, No. 46, A. F. & A. M., of
Orleans. Louisiana. Orleans Delta Chapter, New Rochelle, New York. Entered service
No. 1. R A. M., New Orleans, Louisiana. En- on the Isthmus of Panama on October 15,
tered serv ice on the Isthmus of Panama on 1912, as Electrical Wireman. Present occu-
June 13, 1913. as Assistant Foreman . Present pation, Electrical Wireman, located at Gatun,
occupation, Assistant Foreman. Canal Zone.

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 VERNON EVANS SAUVAN CHARLES ROBERT SCHILDENER
Born in Amesbury, Ma£sachusetts. Mem- Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Member of
ber of Sojourners' Lod!,';e, A. F. & A. M., of Cornado Lodge, No. 8, F. & A. M., Clifton,
Cristobal, Canal Zone. Occupation, Elec- Arizona. Entered service on the Isthmus of
trician, United States Navy. located at the Panama on November 13, 1912, as Erector.
Naval Radio Station, Cristobal, Canal Zone. Now employed as Erector. Address, Gatun,
Canal Zone.

WILLIAM SANDERSON SAMUEL SLOAN

Born in Sunderland, England. Member of Born in Renfrew, Scotland. Member of
Tyne Lodge, No. 991, A. F. & A. M ., Grand Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . & A.M., of Cristobal,
Lodge of England, Wallsend on Tyne, England. Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S.M.
February 27, 1913, as Foreman Carpenter, both of Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered
installing Greenhart Timber for the McClintic service on the Isthmus of Panama on ] anuary
Marshall Company, in Miraflores Lock Gates. 8, 1909, as Ship Fitter, Cristobal Dry Dock.
Present occupation, the same, with residence Present occupation, Inspector of Lock Gates,
at Corozal, Canal Zone. Gatun, Canal Zone.

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 READY FOR NAVIGATION, EXCEPT "TRIMMING UP" THE SLOPE LINES

BLASTING GAMBOA DIKE, JOINING GATUN LAKE WITH THE CULEBRA CUT

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 HARRY PRACE SHEPARD GROVER C. SHERRARD, M.D.
Born in Lincoln, Illinois. M ember of Sojour- Born in Republic City, Kansas. Member of
ners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Canal Lebanon Lodge, No. 221 , Scandia, Kansas.
Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, No. 10, 14°.
Panama as Steam Shovel Engineer, on june Victory Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 7, 18°.
17, 1907. R esigned, jul y 23, 1913 . Present both of Kansas City. Kansas. Entered service
occupation, Contractor. Address, Fort Dear- on the Isthmus of Panama on June 20, 1910,
born Building, Chicago, Illinois, in care of as Physician. Present occupation, Physician,
T. ]. Dolan. located at Corozal, Canal Zone.

WALTON F. R. SENSENBACH VERNON SHOUP

Born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Member of Member of York L odge, No. 563, F. & A.M.,
Sunbury Lodge, No. 22, Sunbury, P ennsylva- of Columbus. Ohio. Entered service on the
nia. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Isthmus of Panama on June 20, 190R, as Loco-
on December 6, 1911 , as Blacksmith . Present motive Hostler. Present occupation, Locomo-
occupation, Blacksmith, Mechanical Division, tive Engineer, located at Pedro Miguel,
Empire, Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

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 I

JAMES BECK SHROPSHIRE

J IRA MOORE SHOWERS
Born in L eesburg, Kentucky . M ember o f Born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Member
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M .. Cristobal. of Clearfield Lodge, No. 3!4, A. F. & A. M.,
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus C learfieid, Pennsylvania. Canal Zone Chapter,
of Panama on August 17, 1909, in charge of No. 1, R. A . M ., Las C ascadas, Ca nal Zone.
work pertaining to Canal Zone Sanitation. Secretary, Pedro Miguel M asonic Club. En-
At present filling t he same duties at Culebra, tered service on the 1st hmus of Panama in
Canal Zone. F ebruary, 1905, as Locomotive Engineer.
Present occupation, Locomoti ve Engineer, at
Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone.

ISRAEL H . SIMONS
ALVIN SIEGFRIED Born in Kingston, Jamaica. M ember of
Born in Webster City, Iowa. M ember of Sojourners' L odge, A. F . & A.M., of Cristobal,
Sojourners· Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , C ristobal. Canal Zone. Entered service on t he Isthmus
Canal Zone. Entererl serv ice on the Isthmus of P anama on April 20. 1904, as Machinist.
of Panama on October 27. 1913. as Clerk. Present occupation, M achinist, located at
Present occupation. Clerk. Interstate 224 West 11 6th Street , New York City, New
Commerce Commission . York.

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WALL ACE E. SMITH

CHARLES ALBERT SIMS Born in Mobile, Alabama. Member of
Born in Jacksonville, Florida. Member of Bowen Lodge, No. 240, F. & A. M. , Whistler,
Sojourners' Lodge, F. & A . M ., Cristobal, Alabama. Entered service on the Isthmus
Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on November 24, 1911, as Copper-
of Panama on September 8, 1908, as Machinist, smith. Present occupation, Coppersmith,
now employed as Machinist. Address, Empire, Mechanical Division, located at Empire,
Canal Zone. Canal Zone.

CARL A. SCHLAGER BERT M. SNAPP

Born in Hanley, P ennsylvania. M ember of Born in Louisville, Tennessee. M ember of
Union Lodge, No. 291 , F & A. M. , Scranton, Sojourners' Lod~e. A . F. & A. M ., Cristobal,
P ennsylvania. Canal Zone Chapter (U. D.), Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered service R. A. M ., Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. En-
on the Isthmus of Panama Junuary 1, 1912, tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
as Clerk for the Panama Railroad Company. November 22, 1907, as Machinist. Present oc-
Now employed as Cashier, Panama Railroad cupation, Machinist, located at Empire, Canal
Company. Address, Ancon, Canal Zone. Zone.

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 CAPT. JAMES GORDON STEESE
WALTER JAMES SPALDING
Born in Mt. Holly Springs. Pennsylvania.
Born in Franklin County, Missouri. Member Member of Cumberland Star Lodge, No. 197,
of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Entered service on the
Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfec- Isthmus of Panama on May 22, 1908, as
tion, No. l. 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Transitman, Office of Chairman and Chief
Crmx, No. 11, 18°. Eal(le Council, Knights Engineer, until August 23, 1909. Entered
Kadosh, No. ~· 30 0 . Grand Consistory of service again on November 18, 1910, as
Lomstana, 32 , New Orleans, Louisiana. Assistant Engineer, First Division, Office of
Member of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Chairman and Chief Engineer, until January
Order, Nobles of the Mystic ShrinC> St. Paul, 25, 1912. Present occupation, Captain, Corps
Mmnesota. Entered service on the Isthmus Engineers, U. S. Army. Location, West
of Panama on October 31. 1905, as Draftsman. Point, New York.
Present occupation , Assistant Engineer. De-
partment of ~unicipal Engineering, in charge
of construction of Panama Water Works.

J. GARFIELD SPENCER WILBOR D. STANTON

Born in Ivory ton. Connecticut. Member of Born in Cohocton, New York. Member of
Mt. Olive Lodge, No. 52, F. & A.M., of Essex, Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & A.M ., Cohocton,
Connecticut. and of Burning Bush Chapter, New York. Entered service on the Isthmus of
No. _29, R. A. M .. of the same city. Entered Panama on April 24, 1905, as Rodman. Now
serv1ce on the Isthmus of Panama on in employ of Isthmian Canal Commission as
April 28, 1908, as Nurse. Present occupation Assistant Engineer. Canal Zone address. Em-
Foreman, at Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. ' pire. States address, Cohocton, New York.

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 FREDERIC VON HUGO STEPHENS ZACHARY TAYLOR STAGG, Jr.
Born in Greensboro, North Carolina . M ember Born in New York Ci ty. M ember of Sojour-
of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , of Cristo- ners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal. Canal
bal, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No.
Perfection. No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter of l, 14°. P elican Chapter of Rose Croix, No.
Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council , ll , 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Con- No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
sistory of Louisia na, 32°. The Scottish Rite 32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies being located in
Bodies being located at N ew Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans. Louisiana. Canal Zone Chap-
Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M. Isth- ter, No. l , R. A. M . Isthmian Council. No.
mian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. Canal Zone 1 R. & S. M. , both of Las Cascadas, Canal
Commandery (U. D.), Knights T emplar. The Zone. Osman T emple. Ancient Arabic Order.
York Rite Bodies being located at Las Cas- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Entered service
cadas, Canal Zone. M ember of Osman on the Isthmus of Panama on August 28, 1909,
T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the as Channeler Runner. Present occupation,
Mystic Shrine. Entered service on the Isth- General Foreman in cha rge of Drilling a nd
mus of Pana ma on November 25, 1905, as B lasting, located at Corozal, Canal Zone.
Clerk. Present occupation, Clerk, office of the
Chief Quartermaster, Culebra, Canal Zone.

NORMAN CHOATE STOREY

JESSE HOLMAN STEVENSON Born in San Diego, C ali fornia. M ember of
Born in Franklin County, Georgia . Member Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Cristobal,
of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristo- Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
bal, Canal Zone. Entered service on the of Panama on April 4, 1907, as Foreman at
Isthmus of Panama on September 6, 1905, Cristobal Dry Dock . Was General Foreman
as a Cleric Present occupation , Chief File ::>f F ield Repairs at t he time of leaving the
Clerk of the Atlantic Division, Depa rtment of serv ic ~ or the Panama Canal. At present ts
Construction and Engineering, at Gatun, Superintendent o f Pumping Plants at Aguirre,
Canal Zone. Porto Rico.

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 WOOSTER BELL STEWART HARRY ELIPHLET STRATTON
Born in Gillhall, P ennsylva nia. M ember o f Born in Thompsonville, New York. M ember
Peaceful Lodge, No. 454·, Woodward, Iowa. of Hiawat ha Lodge, No. 434. A. F . & A. l\1. ,
and of the following Bodies located at L as Mount Vernon, New York. Canal Zone Chap-
Cascadas. Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chapter, ter. No. 1. R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No.
N o. 1. R. A. M . Isthm ia n Council. No. 1, 1. R. &S.M. Canal Zone Commandery (U.D .),
R. &S .M . CanaiZone Commandery (U.D. ), K. T .. Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Osman
Kni ghts Templar. Entered service on t he T emple, A. A. 0 . N. M .S. , of St. Paul , Min-
Isthmus of Pana ma on July 9, 1907. as Time- nesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of
keeper. Present occupalion. Material Fore- Panama on January 16, 1911, as Steam
man, located at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Shovel Craneman. Present occupation,
Steam Shovel Craneman,atAncon, Canal Zone.

THEODORE SUNDQUIST WILLIAM FRED SYMONS

l3orn in St. Petersburg, Russia. M e mber of Born in L a Crosse, Wisconsin. Member of
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., of Cristobal. Phoenix Lod!(e, F. & A. M., No. 178, San
Canal Zone and of the followingBodi es located B ernardino, California. Keystone Chapter,
at Las Cascadas. Canal Zone. Canal Zone No. -56, R. A.M. , San Bernardino, California.
Chapter, No 1, R. A.M . Isthmia n Counci 1, Entered service on the l >thmus of Panama on
R . & S. M. Entered service on t he Isthmus D ecember 10, 1911 1 as Machinist. Now em-
of Panama in November, 1906. as Blacksmith, ployed as M achinist. Isthmian address.
a nd is at present employed in the same Empire, Canal Zone. S tates address, 851
capacity, loca ted at Empire, Canal Zone. 5t h Street, San Bernardino, California.

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 WILLIAM H. STEVENS WILLIAM H. TARLTON
Born in Baltimore. Maryland. Member of Born in Crawford, Mississippi. Member of
Ben Franklin Lodge, No. 97, F. & A. M., Indianapolis Lodge, No. 669, F. & A. M.,
Baltimore, Maryland. Past Master of this Indianapolis, Indiana. Entered service on the
Lodge. Entered service on the Isthmus of Isthmus of Panama on March 22, 1909, as
Panama on july 3, 1907, as Machin;st. Now Wireman, Mechanical Division. $till employed
Electrician . Address, Ancon, Canal Zone. as Wireman. Address, Ancon, Canal Zone.

WILLOUGHBY M. TAYLOR JOSEPH WHITE TEESE

Born in Humeston. Iowa. Member of Fidelity Born in Parker City, Pennsylvania. Member
Lodge, No. 228, "A. F . & A. M .. Humeston, of North Star Lodge, No. 241 , A. F . & A. M .,
Iowa. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M. Warren, Pennsylvania. Canal Zone Chapter.
Isthmian Council, No. 1. R. & S. M .. Las No. 1. R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1,
Cascadas. Canal Zone. Entered servic.e on R. & S. M .. Las Cascadas. Canal Zone. En-
the Isthmus of Panama on May 4, 1906, as tered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
Locomotive Engineer. Present occupation, February 5, , 1908. as Locomotive Engineer.
Locomotive Engineer at Pedro Miguel, Present occupation, Locomotive Engineer at
Canal Zone. Balboa , Canal Zone.

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 HUGH MANSON THOMAS CHARLES W . THOMPSON , Jr.
Born in Lawrenceville. Virginia. M ember of Born in M odesto, Ca li fornia. :\llember o f
Andrew Jackson Lodge, No. 120, of Alexan- M arin Lodge, No. 191, A. F. & A. M ., San
dria, Virginia . ML Vernon Royal Arch R a fael, California. Signe t Chapter, No. 57,
Chapter, No. 14, of Alexandria, Va. M ember R. A. M ., Los Angeles, California. Los An-
of the following Scottish Rite Bodies of New geles Council, No. 11, R. & S. M ., Los An-
Orleans, Louisiana: Albert Pike Lodge of geles, California. Los Angeles Commandery,
P erfection, No.. I , 1-1°. P el ica n Chapter of No. 9, K . T ., Los Angeles, California. AI
Rose Croix, No. IL 18°. Eagle Council, Mala ikah T emple, A. A. 0 . N. M. S., Los
Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory Angeles, Ca lifornia. En tered service on the
of Louisiana, 32°. M ember of Osman T emple. Isthmus of Panama on August 7, 1906, as
Ancien t Arabic Order, Nobles of t he M ys tic Locomotive Engineer. Present occupation,
Shrine, SL P a ul, Minnesota. Entered, service Locomotive Engineer at Empire, Canal Zone.
on t he Isthmus of Pana ma on April 12, 1910,
as Machinist . Present occupation , Foreman,
Hydro-electric Station, Ga tun, Ca na l Zone.

RICHARD TEIMER .ALBERT BROOKINGS TOPPAN. M.D.

Member of Dunkirk Lodge, No. 767, Dun- Born in N ewhuryport. M assachusetts. Mem-
kirk, New York. Entered service on t he Isth- ber o f Winthrop Lodge, F . & A. M., Winthrop,
mus of Panama in April , 1908, as Chief Massachusetts. Entered ser vice on the
Draftsman , Atlantic Division. Address. Isthmus of Panama on October 11. 1910, as
Gatun, Canal Zone. States add ress. G2 Physician. Present occupation, Physician,
Alpine Street, New ark .~New J ersey . located at Empire, Cana l Zone.

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 ERNEST ROY THOMPSON GEORGE R. TUTTHILL
Born in Crestline, Ohio. M ember of the Born in Buffalo, New York. Member o f
following Masonic Bodies, all of which are M a nahatta L odge, No. 489, F . & A. M ., N ew
located at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Bellefontaine York City. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Lodge, No. 209, F. & A. M . L a fayette Chap- Pana ma on D ecembe r 29. 19 ll , as Electrician .
ter, No. 60, R. A. M . Logan Council, No. Commissary Department, Panama Railroad
85, R. & S. M . Entered service on the Isth- Compa ny. R esigned position of Foreman of
mus of Pana ma on July 13, 1906, as Locomo- Pipe Work for 1st D ivision at Gatun. Present
tive Engineer, and is still employed in the occupation, Contractor and member of firm of
same capacity, located at Corozal, Canal General Engineering and Construction Com -
Zone. pany, located at 58 West 93d Street, New
York City, N ew York .

HAROLD REA TOWNSEND FRANK TURLEY

Born in Dowagiac, Michigan. M ember of Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . M em-
Gra nd River Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., ber of - - - Lodge, No. 2. F. & A. M .,
Grand R apids, Michigan. Ca nal Zone Chap- Philadelphia. Entered service on t he Isthmus
ter, N o. 1, R. A. M ., Las Cascadas, Canal of Panama as Steam Engineer, November.
Zone. Entered service on t he Isthmus of 1909. Left t he service as General Foreman.
Panama on D ecember 7, 19ll, as Clerk, Cost Now traveling Representative for Standard
Accounting. Present occupation, Interpreter, Oil Company. Address, care of Imperial
Circuit Court, Empire Canal Zone. Oil Company, Regina, Sask., Canada .

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VIEW OF MIRAFLORES LOCKS. UNDER CONSTR UCTION. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
THE S HRINE CER EMONIAL OF SEPTEMBER 1913

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE LOCK GATES

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 ANDREW A. UPDEGRAFF GEORGE EDWARD UNWIN
Born in Neodesha, Kansas. Member of Born in Los Angeles, California. Member of
Howard Lodg:e, No. 69, F. & A. M ., Mobile, South Gate Lodge, No. 320, F. & A. M., Los
Alabama. Entered service on the Isthmus Angeles, California. Entered service on the
of Panama on April 23, 1913, as Car Carpen- Isthmus of Panama on November 1, 1912, as
ter. Present occupation , Car Carpenter, Electric Crane Operator. Present occupation,
located at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Electric Crane Operato r, with residence at
Corozal, Canal Zone.

JOHN A. VAN HARDEVELD CHARLES V. VAUGHN

Born in the N etherlands, the city of Veenen- Ra ised to the Sublime Degree of a Mast er
daal. M ember of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F . M ason in La Luz Lodg:e, No. 3, of San Jose,
& A. M. , of Cristobal. Canal Zone. Entered Costa Rica. Now affiliated with Sojourners'
service on the Isthmus of Panama on June 10, Lodge. Cristobal, Canal Zone. M ember of
1905, as Track Foreman . Present occupation, Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M .. Las Cas-
General Foreman of Construction in the cadas, Canal Zone. Is at present located at
Culebra Cut, located at Empire, Canal Zone. Gatun, Canal Zone.

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 JOHN H. A. V. VAN DYCK THEODORE RUDOLPHUS Von der LEITH
Born in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. Mem- Born in Athens, Georgia. M ember of Mt. Ver-
ber of lgualdad Lodge, A. F. & A. M. , No. 653, non Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M., of Athens,
Curacao. Dutch West Indies (Grand Lodge Georgia, and of the following York Rite
of England and Wales). De Vergenoeging Bodies of Las Cascadas. Canal Zone. Canal
Chapter of Rose Croix. (unrler the jurisdic- Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M. Isthmian
tion of Holland), Curacao, Dutch West Indies. Council, No. 1, R. & S . M. Canal Zone
P erseverance Lodge of Mark Master Masons, Commandery (U. D.) Knights Templar.
No. 184, (under the jurisdiction of the Grand Member of Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic
Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of St.
and - Wales). Curacao, Dutch West Indies. Paul, .Minnesota. Entered service on the
Arrived on the Isthmus of Panama on Novem- Isthmus of Panama on June 4, 1907, as Fore-
ber 14, 1911. Present occupation, Music man of Blasting. At the time of leaving the
Teacher, with residence atCorozal, Canal Zone. service of the Panama Canal was General
Author of book entitled " The Columns 'J' and Foreman in charge of Blasting. Present occu-
'B' in relation to the Bible." pation, Naturalist, located at Empire, Canal
Zone .

.I

CARL E . VIERBUCHEN
ALICE C. Von der LEITH
Born in Washington. District of Columbia.
Member of New J erusalem Lodge, No. 9, A. F. Born in Rowan County, North Carolina:
1& A.M .. and Capital Chapter No. 11 . R. A.M ., Member of Orchid Chapter, Order of the
both of Washington, District of Columbia. Eastern Star, of Empire, Canal Zone. Arrived
[Entered service on t he Isthmus of Panama in on the Isthmus of Panama on August 18,
June. 1906. as Machinist, and is at present a 1908. Now located at China Grove, North
Dredge Operator, located at Gatun , Canal Carolina .
Zone.

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 HERMAN A. V. von PFLUGK ROCKET H. VAN HOOSE
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Member of Born in Ronoke, T exas. Member of Meridian
Sojourners· Lodge, of C ristobal, Canal Zone. Lodge, No. 308, Meridian. Mississippi. M eri-
and of the follow ing York Rite Bodies, located clian Chap ter, No. 11, Order of t he Eastern
at Las Cascadas. Canal Zone: Canal Zone Star. Meridian Chapter. No. 25, R. A. M.
Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M . Isthmian Council, Wm. S. Patton Council, No. 24, R. & S. M .
No. 1, R. & S~ M . Canal Zone Commandery CyreneCommandery, No.9, Kni>:htsTemplar.
(U. D .), Knights Templar. Member of the fol- H amasa T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
lowing Scottish Rite Bodies, with headquarters of t he Mystic Shrin e. All Bod ies being located
at New Orleans, Louisiana : Albert Pike in M eridian, Mississippi. Entered service on
Lodge of Perfection, No.1, 14°. Pelican Chap- t he Isthmus of Panama on August 19, 19 10,
ter o f Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, as Boilermaker. Present occupation, Boiler-
Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory maker, M echanical Division, located at Em-
of Louisiana, 32°. M ember of Osman Temple, pire, Canal Zone.
Ancien t Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine. St. Paul, M innesota. Entered service
on the Isthmus of Panama on December l,
1909, as Master of U. S. Clapet, No. 8, and
present occupation is Master of U.S. Tug " Re-
liance," located in the Pacific entrance of tte
Panama Canal at Balboa, Canal Zone.

WILFRED H . Van FLEET

Born m Somerville, New J ersey. Member of
Neptune L odge, F. & A.M., No. 317. Consti-
tu t ion Chapter, No. 230. R. A.M. York Com-
HENRY A. WESTENDORFF mandery, No. 55, Knights Templar. M ecca
Born in C harleston, Sou th Carolina. M ember T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
of Solomon Lodge. No. 20, A. F . & A. M., Mystic Shrine. All Masonic Bodies and t he
jacksonville, F lorida. Entered serv ice on the Shrine being_ of New York C ity, New York.
Isthmus of Panama on November 8, 191 2, as Entered servtce on the Isthmus of Panama on
Coach Painter. Present occupation, Fore- April 7, 1908, as Chief Steward. Present occu-
man Coach Painter, located at Cristobal, pation, Engineer, located at Bas Obispo, Canal
Canal Zone. Zone.

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 HARRY EARLE WEBER JAMES C. WILL
Born in B ellv ille, Illinois . Member of Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Member of
Trenton, Lod ~e. No. 111, Trenton, Missouri. St. George Lodge, No. 190, A. F. & A. M.,
Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A . M . Isth- Aberdeen, Scolland. First affiliated with
mian Council (U. D.) C a na l Zone Command- St. George Chapter, No. l , R. A.M., Aberdeen.
ery, No. 1 (U. D .) Osman Temple, A. A. 0 . Scotland. At present a member of Canal
N. M.S., St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service Zone Chapter, No. 1, R . A. M., L as Cascadas,
on Isthmus of Panama on September 6, 1906, Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
as Conductor. Now employed as Yardmaster. of Panama on November 19, 1907, as Car
States address, Trenton, Missouri, care of Carpenter. Present occupation, Steam
C. E . Range. Isthmia n address, Pedro Miguel. Shovel Craneman, located at Empire, Canal
Zone.

CHARLES EDWARD WATERWORTH C. L. WHITAKER

Born in Howden, England. Member of Broad Born in B aton Rouge, L ouisiana. Member
Arrow Lodge, No. 189 of St. George. Bermuda. of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on Cristobal, Canal Zone. Entered service on the
June 5, 1907, as Foreman o f Construction. I s thmus of Panama on July 11, 1905, as Clerk.
Present occupation, General Foreman of Con- Present occupation, Receiving and Paying
struction, loca ted at Las Cascadas, Canal T ell er, Isthmian Canal Commission, located
Zone. at Empire, Canal Zone.

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 MARTIN FRANKLIN WALSH JOHN WIESHOFER
Born in Mona, New York. Member of Born in Brooklyn, New York. Member of
Travos Lodge, No. 294-, of Kingsbury, Cali- Henry Clay Lodge, No. 277, F. & A. M ., N.Y.
fornia, and of the following Scottish Rite Bodies City, N.Y . Albert Pike Lodge, of Perfection,
of New Orleans, Louisiana . Albert Pike Lodge No. 1. 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix.
of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
Knights Kadosh, No.6, 30°. Grand Consistory 32°. Osman T emple. A. A. 0. N. M. S ., St.
of Louisiana, 32°. Member of Osman Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Isthmus of Panama on April 28, 19 l.l, as
Mystic Shrine, of St. Paul. Minnesota. Third Mate of Sea-going Dredge. Present
Entered service on the Is thmus of Pana ma occupation, Chief Mate, Sea-going Suction
in July, 1909, as Marine Engineer. Present Dredge, U. S. "Caribbean ," in the Atlantic
occupation, Dredge Master, located at Cristo- entrance of the Panama Canal.
bal, Canal Zone.

JOHN F. WARNER JOHN F WHEELER

Born in Fayette County. Ohio. M ember of Born in Fairfield, Vermont. Member of
Ponca Lodge, No. 83, Ponca City, Oklahoma . Franklin Lodge, No. 4, St. Albans, Vermont.
Canal Zone Chapter No. 1. Ancon, Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on on October 28, 1912, as Unqualified Conduc-
August 30, !906, as Stenographer. Present tor. P resent occupation, Qualified Conductor,
occupation, Property C lerk, Chairman's Office. located at Corozal, Canal Zone.

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 ELBERT SHERMAN WAID GEORGE HENRY WATTS
Born in Warren, Pennsylvania. Member of Born in Liverpool, England. Sojourners'
North Star Lodge, No. 241, Warren, Penn- Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cristobal, Canal Zone.
sylvania . Canal Zone Chapter, No.1, R. A.M. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection. No. 1, 14°.
Isthmian Council, No. 1. R. & S. M ., both of Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°.
Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Warren Com- Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
mandery, No. 63, Knights Templar of Warren, Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°, New
Pennsylvania. Osman Temple, Ancient Orleans. Canal Zone Chapter, R. A. M., No. 1.
Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Isthmian Council, R. & S. M. No. 1, Canal
St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the Zone Commanctery, K. T., No. 1, Las Casca-
Isthmus of Panama on April 10, 1907, as das, Canal Zone. M .e mber of Osman T emple,
Trainman . Present occupation, Terminal Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Trainmaster of the Panama Railroad Com- Shrine. St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service
pany at Cristobal, Canal Zone. on the Isthmus of Panama on May 23, 1905,
as Steam Shovel Fireman. Present occupa-
tion, Steam Shovel Engineer, at Corozal, Canal
Zone.

ALFRED J . WALKER
ELIZABETH WATTS
Born in Crewe, England. Member of Clinton
Lodge, No. 453. F. & A. M., Brooklyn, New Born in Liverpool, England. Member of
York. Entered service on the Isthmus of Orchid Chapter, No. 1, Order of the Eastern
Panama on May 31. 1906, as Machinist. Star, Empire, Canal Zone. Arrived on the
Present occupation, Machinist, located at Isthmus of Panama on January 15, 1911.
Empire, Canal Zone.

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 HUGH R. WILFORD WILLIAM MICHEL WILLIAMS
Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. M ember Born in Barboursville, Kentucky. Sojourners'
of Sojourners Lodge. A. F . & A . M ., of Cristo- Lodge, A. F. & A . M., Cristobal, Canal Zone.
bal, Canal Zone, and of the following Scollish Albert Pike Lodge o f Perfection, No. 1, 14°.
Rite Bodies, located at New Orleans, Louisiana: Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°.
Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14° . Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°.
Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix. No. 11, 18°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. The
Eagle Council , Kni~hts Kadosh. No. 6, 30°. Scottish Rite Bodies being of New Orleans,
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. Member Louisiana . Orchid Chapter, Order of the
Canal Zone Chapter No . 1. R. A. M., of Las Eas tern Star, No. 1, Empire, Canal Zone.
Cascadas, Canal Zone. Entered service on Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
t he Isthmus of Panama on October 3, 1908, of the Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota.
as Chief Clerk, Balboa Docks. Present occu- Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
pation, General Agent of the United Frui t May 25, 1908, as Trainman. Present occupa-
Company at Colon, Republic of Panama. t ion, Conductor, located at Pedro Miguel,
Canal Zone.

LEE WHEAT GEORGE HARROP WILBY

Born in Roseville, Indiana . Member of Born in Wissahickon. Philadelphia, P ennsy l-
Rosedale Lod~e. No. 259, A. F. & A M., vama. Member of Roxhorough Lodge, No.
Rosedale, Indiana. Entered service on the 135, F . & A. M ., Roxborough, Pennsylvania.
Isthmus of Panama on December 3, 1909. as Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama
Assistant Storekeeper, Commissary De- on July 7, 1913, as Machinist. Still em ployed
partment. Present occupation. Commissary as Machinist. Address. Corozal, Canal Zone.
Storekeeper in charge o f Ancon Market. States address. 5118 Ridge Avenue, Wissa-
Ancon, Canal Zone. hickon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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 HUGH J. WHITE ERWIN H. WUNSCH
Born in UppP.rville, Virginia. Member of Born in Topeka, Kansas. Member of Orient
Cochran Lodge, No. 271 , F. & A. M., The Lodge, No. 51, F . & A. M .. of Topeka, Kansas.
-Plains, Virginia. Entered service on the Isth- Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
mus of Panama, November 23. 1906, as November 26. 1912, in the Electrical Depart-
M achinist, and still emploved as M achinist. ment. At present performing electrical work
Address, Empire, Canal Zone. for the Isthmian Canal Commission at Gatun,
Canal Zone.

ALBERT WILSON GEORGE LEON WILLETT

Born in Chillicothe, Ohio M ember of the Born in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
following Masonic Bodies of Chilljcothe. Ohio. Member of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Scioto Lodge, No. 6, F. & A. M. Chillicothe Cristobal, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of
Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Chillicothe Coun- Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of
cil, No. 4, R. & S. M . Chillicothe Comma nd· Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council,
ery, No. 8, Knights Templar. Memher of Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consis-
Osman Temple. Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles tory of Louisiana , 32°. All Scottish Rite Bodies
of the Mystic Shrine, of St. Paul, Minnesota. being located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Entered service on Lhe Ist hmus of Panama on Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
July 7, 1911, as Clerk. Atlantic Division, and January 14, 1908, as Sanitary Inspector.
is at present Clerk, Office of the Chairman Present occupation, Sanitary Inspector,
and Chief Engineer, Culebra, Canal Zone. located at Gatun, Canal Zone.

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 LEWIS E. WILLSON LEROY G. WILLIAMS
Born in Waterville, Kansas. Member of the Born in 'V'ilkes-Barre, P ennsylvania. Mem-
following Bodies, all located at Topeka, K a nsas : ber of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., and of
Sutton Lodge, No. 85, F . & A. M . Oriental the following York Rite Bodies, located at Las
Lodge of Perfection, No. 3, 14°. Unity Cascadas, Canal Zone. Ca nal Zone Chapter
Chapter of Rose Croix, No. L Godfrey de St. No. 1. R. A. M. Isthmian Council, No. 1. R.
Omar Council, Knights K adosh. No. 2, 30°. &. S. M. Canal Zone Commandery (U. D.),
Topeka Consistory, No.1, 32°. M ember of Os- Knights T emplar. Entered service on the
man Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of Isthmus of P a nama on January 16, 1909,
t he Mystic Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. and is at present employed as Locomotive
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on Engineer. located at Ancon, Canal Zone.
February 27, 1905, as a Clerk. Present occu-
pation, Chief Clerk, Quartermaster's Depart-
ment, located at Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Elected Secretary of the Panama Shriners'
Club for 1914.

WILLIAM S. WOODARD
Born in Perquinans County, North Carolina. GEORGE ROBINSON WILCOX
M emberofE!izabct.hLodge, No.34. F. &A.M. , Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Member of
Norfolk, Virginia . Entered service on the Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Cristobal.
Isthmus of Panama in May, 1911, as Marine Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus
Engineer. Present occupation. First Assist- of Panama on October 9, 1909, as Coach
ant Engineer, U . S. Dredge, No. 85, in the Cabinet-maker. Present occupation, Coach
Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at Cabinet-maker, located at Cristobal, Canal
Balboa, Canal Zone. Zone.

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 B . THOMAS YOCUM GUS ZIDBECK
Born in Shenandoah, Virginia. M ember of Born in Wiborg, Finland. Member of
Ashlar Lodge, No. 125, F. & A.M ., of Shenan- Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristobal,
doah, Virginia . Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1, Canal Zone. Albert Pike Lodge of P erfection,
R. A.M., ofLasCascadas, Canal Zone. Elected No. 1, 14°. P elican Chapter of Rose Croix,
to receive the degrees of Isthmian Council, No. No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council , Knights Kadosh,
1, R. & S. M., and M ember of the following No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
Scottish Rite Bodies ofNewOrleans, Louisiana: 32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being of N ew
Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Orleans, Louisiana. Osman Temple, Ancient
Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Arabic Order, Nobles o f the Mystic Shrine,
Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered serv ice on the
Grand Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. M ember Isthmus of Panama on June 6, 1906, as a
of Osman T emple, Ancient Arabic Order, M achinist. Present occupation, Machinist,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of St. Paul, Min- located at Cristobal, Canal Zone.
nesota. Entered service on the Isthmus of
Panama on March 11, 1907, as M achinist,
Gorgona Shops. Present occupation. Loco-
motive Craneman, located at Balboa, Canal
Zone.

PETER B . BROWN
Born in Middletown, Connecticut. M ember
of Steuben Lodge, No. 112, of Bath, N ew
JAMES GILBERT YEAGLEY York, and of the following Bodies, both being
Born in Jonestown, Pennsylvania. M e-mber located at Bath, N ew York: Bath Chapter,
of Ilion Lodge, No. 591, Ilion, New York. N o. 95, R. A. M. Bath Council (U.D.), R.& S.M.
Iroquois Chapter, No. 236, R. A. M .. Il ion. Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama on
N ew York. Entered serv ice on the Isthmus o f F ebruary 8, 1906, as Nurse. At th e time of
Panama on .Tune 28. 1906. as T ime-keeper. leaving t he service of the Panama Canal was
Resigned from t he service of the Pana ma Supervising Nurse, Ancon Hospit al. At pres-
Canal and is at present a Merchant at Orange en t is a M edical Student, Universi ty of Penn-
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The following Masons have registe~ed . with . th~
Committee in charge of the compilation of this
record, but who up to the time the record
went to press, did not, for reasons
best known to themselves fur-
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 JOHN MILTON BROWN EDWARD LESLIE REED FRANK YOUNG THOMPSON
Born in Cave Spring, Kentucky. M ember Born in J erseyville, Illinois. Member of Born in Nashville, T ennessee. Member of
of Union Lodge, No.7, F. & A.M., Denver Temple Lodge, No. 175, Filley, Nebraska. Sojourners' Lodge, Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Colorado. Albert Pike Lodge of Perfec- Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1. R. A. M . Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1.
tion, No. 1. 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M . Canal 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, No.
Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Zone Commandery (U. D .), Knights Temp- 11 , I8°. Eagle Council, Knights Kadosh,
Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of lar. All York Rite Bodies being located at No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of Louisiana,
Louisiana, 32°. All four Bodies being lo- Las Cascadas, Canal Zone. Albert Pike 32°. The Scottish Rite Bodies being.of New
cated at New Orleans, Louisia na. Canal Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Pelican Orleans, Louisiana. Canal Zone Chapter,
Zone Chapter, No. l, Las Cascadas. Canal Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 11, 18°. Eagle No. 1, R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No. 1.
Zone Council , No. l, Las Cascadas, Canal Council, Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand R. & S. M . Canal Zone Commandery
Zone. Entered service on the Isthmus of Consistory of Louisiana, 32°. All Scottish (U. D.), Knights Templar. The York
Panama on February 3, 1909, as Machinist'. Rite Bodies being located at New Orleans, Rite Bodies being of Las Cascadas. Canal
Resigned from the service of the Panama Louisiana. Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Zone. Member of Osman Temple, An-
Canal in August, 1913, and is located at Order, Nobles of the Myst ic Shrine, St. cient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Cave Spring, Kentucky. Paul, Minnesota. Entered service on the Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered
Isthmus of Panama on April 21. 1906, as service on the Isthmus of Panama on May
Conductor. Present occupation, Yard- 3, 1905, as Conductor. Present occupation,
master, located at Bas Obispo, Canal Zone. Conductor, Panama Railroad Company,
CALVIN DEANE EPPLEY Cristobal, Canal Zone.
Born in Marysville, Pennsylvania. Mem-
ber of P erry Lodge, No. 458, A. F. & A. M ., WJLLIAM GEO. RUSSELL
Marysville, Pennsylvania . Entered service
on the Isthmus of Panama on June 3 , 1907, Born in Sleighton, Lehigh County, Penn-
as Time Inspector. Present occupation, sylvania. Member of Sojourners' Lodge, OLIVER G. TUBBY
Time Inspector at Ancon, Canal Zone. A. F. & A. M., of Cristobal, Ca nal Zone, Born in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada.
and of the following Scottish Rite Bodies Member of Summit Lodge, No. 163, St.
which are located at New Orleans, Louisi- Paul, Minnesota . Canal Zone Chapter,
ana: Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, of Ancon, Canal Zone, Canal Zone
WILLIAM FULLMAN No. 1, 14°. Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, Commandery, No . 1, of Ancon, Canal
No. 11. 18°. Eagle Council, Knights Ka- Zone. Member of Osman Temple, An-
Born in Brighton, England. M ember of dosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Consistory of cient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic
Denver Lodge, No. 5, Denver, Colorado. Louisiana, 32°. M ember of Canal Zone Shrine, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Chapter. No. 1. R. A. M, Las Cascadas, service on the Isthmus of Panama on
on July 5, 1905, as a Plumber. Present Canal Zone. Steam Shovel Engineer, lo- August 15, 1907, as Draftsman, Engineer-
occupation, General Foreman of Water and cated at Porto Bello, Ca nal Zone. ing Department, Panama Railroad Com-
Compressed Air Service of the Central pany. Present occupation, Chief Drafts-
Division, located at Emp1re, Canal Zone. man, Panama Railroad Company, located
at Cristobal, Canal Zone.
ARTHUR C- SESSIONS
EDWIN F. J_ GOLDSMITH Born in Macon, Mississippi. Member of
Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cristo-
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. M ember bal, Canal Zone. by demit from Oklahoma
of the. following Masonic Bodies a nd the DELBERT H- WILBER
Lodge, No. 4. Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
Shrine, all located in Milwaukee, Wiscon- R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No 1, Born in Oswayo, Pennsylvania. Member
sin: Wisconsin Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M ., R. & S. M. Canal Zone Commandery of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at
Wisconsin Lodge of Perfection, No. I, 14°. (U. D .), Kniglits 'fempla r. All of La• Cristobal, Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chap-
Wisconsin Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 1, Cascadas, Canal Zone. Me~ber of Osman ter, No. l, R. A. M. Isthmian Council,
18°. Wisconsin Council, Knights Kadosh, T emple, A._A. 0. N. M.S., St. ~aul, Mmne- No. 1, R. &. S. M ., both of Las Cascadas,
30°. Wisconsin Consistory, 32°. Wiscon- sota. E ntered service on the Isthmus of Canal Zone. Entered service on the Isth-
sin Chapter, No. 7, R .. A. M . Wisconsin Panama on May 5, 1905, as T raipmaster. mus of Panama on April3, 1907, as Locomo-
Council, R . & S.M . W1sconsm Command: Presen occupation, e ne~:,al Superinten- tive Engineer. Resigned from the service
ery, Knights Templar. No. 1. Tnpoh dent of the U'nited F tiii t-Cqmpany at Bocas o f the Panama Canal on September 13,
Temple. Ancient Arab1c Order, Nobles of D el Toro, R/ ubli of .P ama. 1913. At present located at Wayville,
the Mystic Shrine. Entered service on the New York.
Isthmus of Panama on August 14, 1905,
as Stenographer, .and is at present Travel-
ling Auditor, with headquarters at Ancon, RAYMOND CARSON SHADY
Canal Zone. DAVID RANSOM WOLVERTON
Born in Bluffton, Indiana. Member of Born in Boulder, Colorado. M ember of
Grand Island Lodge, Nil. 422, F. & A. M., Lee Center Lodge; No. 146, of L ee Center,
EUGENE MONROE HAMLIN of Munising, Michigan, and of the following Illinois, and of the following York Rite
York Rite Bodies, located at Las Cascadas, Bodies, located at Las Cascadas, Canal
Born in Macon, Georgia. Member of Ca nal Zone: Canal Zone Chapter, No. 1,
Marshall Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M ., R. A. M . Isthmian Council, No. 1. R. & Zone : CanalZone Chapter,No.I,R. A.M.
.M arshall, Texas. Entered service on the S.M. Canal Zone Commandery (U . D .) , Isthmian Council, No. 1, R. & S. M . Ca nal
Isthmus of Panama on May 14, 1913, as Knights T emplar. Member of Medinah Zone Commandery (U . D.), Knights T em-
Car Carpenter. Present occupation, Car Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of plar. Member of the following Scottish
Carpenter, Cristobal, Canal Zone. the Mystic Shrine, of Chicago, Illinois. Rite Bodies, with headquarters at New
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Orleans, Louisiana: Albert Pike Lodge
on Februarv 2, 1905, as Clerk, and is at of Perfection, No. l, 14°. Pelican Chapter
present Disirict Quartermaster at Corozal, of Rose Croix, No. 11. 18°. Eagle Council,
C. W. LAWTON Canal Zone. Knights Kadosh, No. 6, 30°. Grand Con-
sistory of Louisiana, 32°. Entered service
Born in Clarkson. New York. Member of on the Isthmus of Panama on May 11,
Monroe Lodge, No. 173, F. & A.M., Brock- 1905, as Stenographer and Typewriter.
port, New York. Canal Zone Chapter, No. ELWOOD P. SINE Present occupation, Statistician for the
l, R. A. M .. Las Cascadas, Canal Zone . Born in Logansport, Indiana . Member of Department of Sanitation, Ancon, Canal
Entered service on the Isthmus of Panama Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M ., Cris- Zone.
on October 13, 1909, as Wireman. Present tobal, Canal Zone. Entered service on t he
occupation, Station Engineer, Miraflores Isthmus of Panama on September 5, 1905,
Power Plant, with residence at Corozal, as Stenographer. Present occupation,
Canal Zone. Head of the Division of Time Inspection, ELIJAH P - ZIMMER
Department of Examination of Accounts, Born in Newark Valley, New York. M em-
Empire, Canal Zone. ber of Friendship Lodge, No. 153, F . & A.
JOSEPH ALBIN LINVILLE M. , Oswego, New York. Entered service
Born in Buena Vista, Oregon. Member on the Isthmus of Panama on July 26, 1912,
of Mt. Vernon Lodge, No.4, F. & A.M., of as Carpenter. Present occupation, ForP-
HIRAM J. SLIFER man, Naos Island, with residence at Co;<)
Providence, Rhode Island, and of the fol- zal, Canal Zone_
lowing York Rite Bodies located at Las Born in Montgomery County, Pennsylva-
Cascadas Canal Zone. Canal Zone Chap- nia . Member of Waverly Lodge, No. 51,
ter, No. 1', R. A.M. Isthmian Council, No. F . & A.M .. of Appleton, Wisconsin. Iowa
1, R. & S. M . Canal Zone Commandery Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, 14°. Delphic
(U. D .) Knights Templar. M ember of Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 1, 18°. Hugh CHARLES M- SWINEHART
Osman Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, de Payne Council, Knights Kadosh, No. l,
30°. De Molay Consistory, No. 1, 32°. In Memoriam
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, St.. Paul, Born in Industry, Kansas. Member
Minnesota. The Scottish Rite Bodies being of Clinton,
Iowa. Appleton Chapter, No. 47, R. A.M. of Sojourners' Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ,
Appleton Commandery. No. 29, Knights Cristobal, Canal Zone. Entered ser-
Templar. The York Rite Bodies being of vice on the Isthmus of Panama on
FRANK C. RUGGLES Appleton, Wisconsin. El Kahir Temple, April 10, 1905, as Foreman. Was pro-
Born in Norwalk, Ohio. Member of St. Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic moted to the positi•>n of General Fore-
Paul's Lodge, No. 14, Newport, Rhode Shrine, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Entered ser- man of Construction in the Central
Island. Entered service on the Isthmus of vice on the Isthmus of Panama on October Division, which position he tilled with
Panama on April 13, 1913, in the Police 1, 1907, as General Manager of the Panama distinguished ability until the date of
Department. Present occupation, em- Railroad and Steamship Line. Present his· accidental death in Culebra Cut,
ployed in the Police Department, at Bas occupation. Consulting Engineer, located on April 18. 1913.
Obispo, Canal Zone. in the Rookery, Chicago, Ilhnois.

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