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Special Communication request made to the Grand Lodge at its session on August
Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of Montana 22nd and 23rd, 1917, by our Brother L. A. Foot, Senior
Held at Helena, September 8th, 1917 Warden of our Choteau Lodge No. 44, and Captain of the
To Institute Montana Army Lodge No. 1. Second Montana Infantry, we respectfully petition you
to grant us Letters of Dispensation, for the institution of
A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge of A.F. an Army Lodge, to be known as “Montana Army Lodge
& A.M. of Montana was held in the Consistory-Shrine No. 1 Under Dispensation,” for the purpose of practicing
Temple in the City of Helena on Saturday evening, our Masonic Rites, and subject to such conditions and
September 8th, 1917, commencing at 8 P.M. limitations as you may, by the authority in you vested,
find it advisable to circumscribe.
The following brethren, occupied the several stations:
We beg the liberty of nominating and recommending
M. W. Bro. Francis D. Jones Grand Master Brother L. A. Foot to be the first Worshipful Master,
M. W. Bro. Edward C. Day as Deputy Grand Master Brother Jesse B. Roote to be the first Senior Warden, and
W. Bro. Louis W. Dutcher as Senior Grand Warden Brother William O. Whipps to be the first Junior Warden.
W. Bro. Worth C. Almon as Junior Grand Warden
R. W. Bro. Richard Lockey Grand Treasurer Done at Fort William Harrison, Montana, this eight
R. W. Bro. Cornelius Hedges, Jr. Grand Secretary day of September, Nineteen Hundred and seventeen.
W. Bro. M. L. Rickman as Grand Chaplain
M. W. Bro. H. S. Hepner as Grand Marshal Name of Lodge of Jurisdiction
W. Bro. H. L. Hunt as Senior Deacon Petitioner Last Membership
Bro. Frank Evangelisti as Junior Deacon LeRoy A. Foot Choteau No. 44 Montana
W. Bro. Alban Nixon as Grand Standard Bearer Jessie B. Roote Mans eld No. 543 Missouri
W. Bro. Joseph J. Hindson as Senior Grand Steward W. O. Whipps Kalispell No. 42 Montana
W. Bro. Emanuel Fischl as Junior Grand Steward Jos. w. Whritenour Helena No. 3 Montana
Montana

Harry W. Cameron Helena No. 3
Bro. John B. Jones as Grand Tyler Harry H Kaufman Helena No. 3 Montana
S. B. Drum Lavina No. 107 Montana
Past Grand Masters S. W. Langhorne and Moses omas Hamline. Jr. Arapahone No. 130 Colorado
Morris, who were in attendance, were invited to seats in Charles E. Hulee Ancient Landmark No.5 Minnesota
Montana
the Grand East. R. B. Osborne Acacia No. 33 North Dakota
Holden No. 81
William Pippy
The officers of the Grand Lodge retired and returned W. E. Olsen Valier No. 76 Montana
Holman No. 593
Herry J. Johnson
Iowa
into the hall under the direction of the Grand Marshal. George R. Austin Sandstone No. 84 Montana
George A. Wright North Star No. 45 Montana
The Lodge was thereupon opened in Ample Form on Guy Dowen Chinook No. 50 Montana
the Third Degree of Masonry by the M. W. Grand Master. Frank J. Mullis Lee P. Gilette No. 272 Nebraska
Deward E. Hawley Lavina No. 107 Montana
The following petition for Dispensation was read by the Roy G. Schillerstrom Valier No. 76 Montana
Walter E. Wilson
Illinois
Hardin No. 44
Grand Secretary by order of the M. W. Grand Master: Joseph P. Sternhagen Lemmon No. 151 South Dakota
Charles L. Scott Mahaska No. 336 Iowa
Floyd Benbrook Wibaux No. 81 Montana
Petition For Dispensation - Montana Army Lodge In compliance with the foregoing petition and by virtue
To e Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand of special authority granted by the Grand Lodge at its
Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Montana: annual session, recently held, Letters of Dispensation
had been issued for Montana Army Lodge No. 1. The
The undersigned, Master Masons in good standing, Dispensation was read together with names of officers of
members of Montana lodges and of other jurisdictions the new lodge.
recognized by the Grand Lodge of Montana, and each
being regularly enlisted in the Second Montana Regiment Montana Army Lodge No. 1 was then formally instituted
of the Army of the United States of America, and being, or by M. W. Grand Master Francis D. Jones. Following this
to be sent to other places in the United States and possibly ceremony the officers of the new lodge were installed into
beyond territory limits of the United States to aid our office and duly invested with their respective jewels.
national cause in the present war with the German Empire
and its Allies, believing that we should endeavor to keep, It is of interest to note that all the Lodge officers were
in time of danger, as close a fraternal Masonic intercourse present, as soldiers of the Montana Regiment in process
as will be possible and to hold communion with each of mobilization at Fort William Henry Harrison, four
other and practice and preserve our ancient and mystic miles from Helena.
rites, and believing that in the personnel of our Regiment
there are many who are desirous of and are worthy to The ceremonial was one of impressive dignity, made
become members of our fraternity, and in seconding the possible by the able cooperation of the brethren of Helena,
who served as Grand Officers and assisted in other ways.
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