In a letter dated 1922 from Horace Kern to the 14 known Third Degree members he reminds the members to purchase their Third Degree bands. It is mentioned that it is available for purchase and that they were provided to the new lodges accepted in the Grand Lodge, but there is no description of color or materials. The early Wimachtendienk Constitution and By-Laws and the minutes of the Grand Lodge meeting in the early 1920s do not define the band. However, the photo does document the Third Degree bib-type sash. The photograph is black and white so color determination is inconclusive. In the Camp Biddle Rededication Ceremony at the formation of the Grand Lodge in 1921, there is a famous picture that shows bands over both left and right shoulders and also pictures Goodman and Edson with a sash in the shape of a triangle on the chest and shaped like a “fraternal bib”. The black robes were on the officers of the Wimachtendienk and all pictured were wearing the band with a white background and a dark colored arrow on the white background. This is because the value of the color red is the same as the value for black in black and white photography.Ī Philadelphia newspaper did an article on the Wimachtendienk in August 1921 with a photo included. Because the picture is in black and white, the color of the band appears white, but the color of the arrow cannot be confirmed. Bands are shown on both the left shoulders and right shoulders of Arrowmen. The earliest known photograph depicting arrow bands being worn is a Treasure Island council fire picture dated to 1919. This is the earliest reference that the First Degree (Ordeal) band and the Second Degree band (Brotherhood) were the same sash, just worn over different shoulders. There is no description of the design, color or material. William Hinkle has a line in it that moves the band from the right shoulder to the left shoulder just before the conclusion of the ceremony. The circa 1918 Ritual for the Second Degree w ritten by Dr. The material used to make the sash is often described as being the same material that was used in the making of the black academic type robes worn by Goodman and Edson for the first ceremony. This band is the first sash and none are known to exist. George Chapman described presumably the same band as being black with a white vertical arrow on the front with the arrow pointing over the shoulder. Harry Yoder describes it as a black band with a white vertical stripe on the front. The original band is the black sash used in the 1915 ceremonies on Treasure Island. In the early ceremonies and Wimachtendienk literature arrow sashes were called arrow bands.
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