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Regiment, or at some convenient place near the same, is not a member of some Montana Lodge of Masons, he
without invading any other Jurisdiction, and to be known and each agree to petition some Lodge near his residence
as: for affiliation therewith; and all withdrawals (demits)
MONTANA ARMY LODGE No. 1 UNDER DISPENSATION from the said “Montana Army Lodge” shall be obtained
Vesting them with power to admit to companionship from the Grand Secretary of said Grand Lodge.
by affiliation in said Lodge, Masons serving in the armies
and navies of the United States, or in war service in any of That for the purpose of aiding said Lodge in discharging
the United States, who are regularly affiliated in Lodges its functions, and realizing the great service our brethren
holding charter from the Grand Lodge of Montana, or, and those who may unite with them are performing
if affiliated elsewhere, who were at the time of entering for our country and our nation, I hereby suspend our
the service of the United States, citizens of the State of statutory provisions with reference to minimum fees for
Montana; to enter Apprentices, pass Fellow Crafts and the degrees, and hereby authorize said Lodge to fix in
raise Master Masons, regularly from among such citizen- such sums as it may find advisable.
soldiers and others in war service as aforesaid, as any
Lodge under the jurisdiction of said Grand Lodge of This dispensation will continue in force at the will and
Montana could do, excepting that the jurisdiction of said pleasure of the Grand Master, and shall be subject to
temporary Lodge hereby authorized is not territorial but revocation at this pleasure.
is confined and limited to citizens of Montana in the
service of the United States as before mentioned. LASTLY: The Master, Wardens and brethren in
companionship with said Army Lodge, by accepting this
That this warrant shall not authorize the meeting or Dispensation, solemnly engage and promise to conform
formation of a Lodge of Masons in any other State of the to all the foregoing requirements, whether expressed or
United States than Montana without first informing the implied, and at all times to hold themselves subordinate
Grand Master of said state and obtaining his consent to to, and under the jurisdiction of the aforesaid Grand
such meetings. Lodge of Montana.
That no petition for degrees shall be received by said IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness my hand as
Lodge while within the territorial jurisdiction of the Grand Master of the said Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free
United States except from a person who at the time of his and Accepted Masons of Montana, with the Seal of the
enlistment in the service was a bona fide resident of the said Grand Lodge, and the attestation of the Grand
State of Montana. Secretary thereof.
Done in the Grand East in Helena, Montana, this eighth
I hereby appoint Brother L. A. Foot to be Worshipful day of September, Anno Domini 1917, Anno Lucis 5917.
Master, Brother Jessie B. Roote to be Senior Warden, and
Brother William O. Whipps to be Junior Warden of said FRANCIS D. JONES
temporary Lodge. Grand Master
Attest:
All actual Past Masters, who may be hereby or hereafter, CORNELIUS HEDGES, JR.,
admitted to companionship therein will retain their rank Gand Secretary
as if really Past Masters thereof, so that in case of the
absence of the Master and Wardens, they may act as by
law provided. In the event of the death or total disability
of the Master and both Wardens herein named, while The above Dispensation was put into force and effect
the Regiment is absent from the United States, the Lodge at the Consistory Shrine Temple at Helena, Montana, on
may, when regularly convened, elect to these offices from September 8, 1917, in the presence of Helena Lodge No.
their members, and such persons so elected shall serve 3, Morning Star Lodge No. 5, and King Solomon’s Lodge
until the Grand Master has been notified and he shall No. 9, under our jurisdiction, by.
thereupon appoint to fill vacancies. FRANCIS D. JONES
Grand Master
I require that all the said brethren and their associates
be governed by the Constitution, laws, rules, edicts and
regulations of the Grand Lodge of Montana, and all the
laws thereof, and to keep a record of their proceedings and
promptly send a copy of the same (after each meeting)
to the Grand Secretary, and make return as all other
Lodges should do. In case of dissolution, from any cause,
to promptly transmit all books, papers, money, or other
property of said Lodge, with this dispensation, to said
Grand Secretary. Further, at the termination of the service
of any one holding “companionship” with said Lodge who
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