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.