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MILITARY LODGES.
THE APRON AND THE SWORD,
111;
FREEMASONRY UNDER ARMS;
BEING AN ACXOLNT OF
LODGES IN REGIMENTS AND SHIPS OF WAR,
AND i1K
FAMOUS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
(OF ALL COIJNTKIES),
WHO HAVE BELONGED TO THE SOCIETY.
ror; ETHER with
Biographies of Distinguished .yHitaiy and A^aral Brethren, and Anecdotes showing the In/iuence of Masonry in War/are.
BY
ROBERT FREKE GOULD,
(late 31st foot, barrister-at-la\v),
PAST SENIOR GRAND DEACON OF ENGLAND,
P.M. Nos. 92 AND 2,076, London; 153, Gibraltar; 570, Shanghai; AND 743, 1st Batt. East Surrev Regiment, &c.
Author of ^^ The History of Freemasonry" and other Works.
GALE & POLDEN, Ltd., 2, Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, E.C.
AND
Aldershot.
Gale & Poldkx, Ltd.. Wellington Works.
PREFACE
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— TrOILUS & CUKSSIDA.
A short account of Sea and Field Lodges has been given in a previous work {Histor// of FreeitKisn/n-//. Chapter XXX.) : and in the present one. the curious and interesting subject of "^lasonry under Ai-ms" has been dealt with on an enlarged scale.
In the preparation of this volume I have received valuable assistance from W. H. Rylands. who has kindly perused the proof sheets, and to whose judicious counsel I owe much ; Lieutonant-General Sir Charles Warren : Vice-Admiral A. H. Markham : G. W. Speth : W. J. Hughan : John Lane : W. J. Chetwode Crawley : E. Conder : Rev. C. H. Maiden ; L. de Malczovich : and C Kupfei-schmidt, all of whom are members of my own Lodge (^Quutaur Corunati, No. '2.070).
Particular acknowledgments are also due to Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel : D. Murray Lyon, Grand Secretary, Scotland : H. E. Flavelle. Deputy Grand Secretary, Ireland : II. Sadler. Sub-Libraiian. Grand Lodge of England ; G. W. Bain : William Officer : D. C. AVilis ; F. C. Crossle ; T. J. Mitchell ; and Major R. H. :Murdoch.
For German facts I am largely indebted to Grand Master Carl Wiebe. of Hamburg : Mathias Hildebrandt : and Dr. W. Begemann.
In the Xew World the friends who have chiefly assisted me are E. T. Schultz. the Historian of Maryland : Past Grand Masters J. H. Graham (Quebec) ; Sereno D. Xickerson (Massachusetts) ; T. S. Parvin (Iowa) : and last, though by no means least, Genera! John Corson Smith (Illinois).
The Author. Woking,
October 1. 1S99.
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CONTE NTS.