arms--left face--recover helmets--centre face--right about face--to your posts--march!" * * * * * FIRST SECTION. Question--Are you a Knight of the Red Cross? Answer--That is my profession. Q. By what test will you be tried? A. By the test of truth. Q. Why by the test of truth? A. Because none but the good and true are entitled to the honors and privileges of this illustrious order. Q. Where did you receive the honors of this illustrious order? A. In a just and regular Council of Knights of the Red Cross. Q. What number compose a Council? A. There is an indispensable number and a constitutional number. Q. What is the indispensable number? A. Three. Q. Under what circumstances are they authorized to form and open a Council of Knights of the Red Cross? A. Three Knights of the Red Cross, being also Knight Templars, and hailing from three different commanderies, may, under the sanction of a legal warrant from some regular Grand Encampment, form and open a Council of Knights of the Red Cross for the dispatch of business. Q. What is a constitutional number? A. Five, seven, nine, eleven, or more. Q. When composed of five, seven, nine, eleven, of whom does it consist? A. Sovereign Master, Chancellor, Master of the Palace, Prelate, Master of Cavalry, Master of Infantry, Master of Finance, Master of Dispatches, Standard-Bearer, Sword-Bearer, and Warder. Q. Warder's station in the Council? A. On the left of the Standard-Bearer in the West. Q. His duty? A. To announce the approach of the Sovereign Master; to see that the sentinels are at their respective posts, and the Council chambers duly guarded. Q. Sword-Bearer's station in the Council? A. On the right of the Standard-Bearer in the West. Q. His duty? A. To assist in the protection of the banner of our Order; to watch all signals from the Sovereign Master, and see his orders duly executed. Q. Standard-Bearer's station? A. In the West. Q. His duty? A. To display, support, and protect the banners of our Order. Q. Why is the Standard-Bearer's station in the West? A. That the brilliant rays of the rising sun, shedding their lustre upon the banners of our Order, may encourage and animate all true and courteous Knights, and dismay and confound their enemies. Q. Station of Master of Dispatches? A. In front of the Master of the Palace. Q. His duty? A. To observe with attention the transactions of the Council; to keep a just and regular record thereof, collect the revenue, and pay the same over to the Master of Finance. Q. Station of the Master of Finance? A. In front of the Chancellor. Q. His duty? A. To receive in charge the funds and property of the Council, pay all orders drawn upon the Treasurer, and render a just and regular account when called for. Q. Station of the Master of Infantry? A. On the right of the second division when separately formed: on the left of the whole when formed in line.