Duke of Cornwall Lodge
No. 1839
Hall Stone Lodge - Founded 30th August, 1879
THERE was Rundle, Station Master,
An' Beazeley of the Rail,
An' 'Ackman, Commissariat,
An' Donkin' o' the Jail;
An' Blake, Conductor-Sergeant,
Our Master twice was 'e,
With im that kept the Europe-shop,
Old Framjee Edu1jee.
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
We'd Bola Nath, Accountant,
An' Saul the Aden Jew,
An' Din Mohammed, draughtsman
Of the Survey Office too;
There was Babu Chuckerbutty,
An' Amir Singh the Sikh,
An' Castro from the fittin'-sheds,
The Roman Catholick!
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
We 'adn't good regalia,
An' our Lodge was old an' bare,
But we knew the Ancient Landmarks,
An' we kep' 'em to a hair;
An' lookin' on it backwards
It often strikes me thus,
There ain't such things as infidels,
Excep', per'aps, it's us.
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
For monthly, after Labour,
We'd all sit down and smoke
(We dursn't give no banquets,
Lest a Brother's caete were broke),
An' man on man got talkin'
Religion an' the rest,
An' every man comparin'
Of the God 'c knew the best.
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
So man on man got talkin',
An' not a Brother stirred
Till mornin' waked the parrots
An' that dam' brain-fever-bird.
We'd say 'twas 'ighly curious,
An' we'd all ride 'ome to bed,
With Mo'ammed, God, an' Shiva
Changin' pickets in our 'ead.
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
Full oft on Guv'ment service
This rovin' foot 'ath pressed,
An' bore fraternal greetin's
To the Lodges east an' west,
Accordin' as commanded.
From Kohat to Singapore,
But I wish that I might see them
In my Mother-Lodge once more!
Outside - " Sergeant!
Sir! Salute! Salaam!
Inside - 'Brother," an' it doesn't do no
'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
I wish that I might see them,
My Brethren black an' brown,
With the trichies smellin' pleasant
An' the hog-darn passin' down;
An' the old khansamah snorin'
On the bottle-khana floor,
Like a Master in good standing
With my Mother-Lodge once more.
Outside - Sergeant! Sir! Salute!
Salaam!'
Inside- Brother," an' it doesn't do no 'arm.
We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square,
An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!
Rudyard Kipling received his degrees in Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782, Lahore, Punjab, India, in 1886. He was 20 years, old at the time.
Proposed
into the Craft by an
Englishman, seconded by a Chinaman (who also initiated
him), passed by a German and raised by an Irishman;
also installed in the Chair of King Solomon by a Cantonese.
He further said his Mother Lodge has members who are Protestants,
Anglicans, Roman Catholics, a Muslim, a Hindu, and several
Buddhists.
Later Kipling became a member of Independence and Philanthropy Lodge No. 301, at Allahabad. Then he became an Honorary Member of Kilwinning Lodge, Edinburgh, Scotland.
He received his Mark Master Degree in Mark Lodge Fidelity on April 12, 1887. On April 17, 1888, he received the Royal Ark Mariner's Degree in Lodge Mt. Aarat.
In England Kipling was one of the founders of
Builder of Silent Cities Lodge No. 4948
in 1927. He was also a member of Authors' Lodge
No. 3456 in London.
"And poor
old Peachy fell, but they let him go"
Peachy to Kipling
North East Frontier