The wholesome activities were to be provided by many organizations including the YMCA, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the American Library Association, and the Playground and Recreation Association -- private societies which voluntarily performed the job that was taken over almost entirely by the Special Services Division of the Army itself in World War 2.

His fellow Knights of the Garter created in 1867 were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Franz Joseph I of Austria and Alexander II of Russia.

The medieval European Knights Templar ran an early prototype of a central banking system, as their promises to pay were widely respected, and many regard their activities as having laid the basis for the modern banking system.

Many new Knights of the Bath were created in honour of the coronation.

They argued that the Knights were perfectly justified in their crusade as it was a sacred duty of Christians to spread the true faith.

In 1226 Duke Konrad I of Masovia summoned the Teutonic Knights for assistance ; by 1230 they had secured Chełmno ( Culm ) and begun claiming conquered territories for themselves under the authority of the Holy Roman Empire, although these claims were rejected by the Poles, whose ambition had been to conquer Prussia all along.

The instances of recorded first aid were provided by religious knights, such as the Knights Hospitaller, formed in the 11th century, providing care to pilgrims and knights, and training other knights in how to treat common battlefield injuries.

Knightly religious orders were established, including the Knights Templar, the Knights of St John ( Knights Hospitaller ), and the Teutonic Order.

The native Baltic Prussians were conquered and Christianized by the Knights with much warfare, and numerous German towns were established along the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.

Also, the Teutonic Knights were invited to Prussia by Duke Konrad of Masovia to Christianise the Prussians in 1226.

Ownership has been attributed to various groups ( including the Knights Templar, probably because they were at the peak of their influence around the time that Grail stories started circulating in the 12th and 13th centuries ).

In the Haunted Mansion was powered by the same engine as the earlier Id Software game Shadow Knights, which was one of the several games written by Id Software to fulfill their contractual obligation to produce games for Softdisk, where the Id Software founders formerly were employed.

Further heads, no longer available, were once held by the Knights Templar at Amiens Cathedral in France ( brought home by Wallon de Sarton from the Fourth Crusade in Constantinople ), at Antioch in Turkey ( fate uncertain ), and the parish church at Tenterden in Kent, where it was preserved up until the Reformation.

In October, the Khwarazmians, along with the Egyptian army under the command of Baibars, were met by the Frankish army, led by Philip of Montfort, Walter of Brienne, and the masters of the Templars, Hospitallers, and Teutonic Knights, along with al-Mansur and Dawud.

Acre was defended by Henry II's brother Amalric of Tyre, the Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights, the Venetians and Pisans, the French garrison led by Jean I de Grailly, and the English garrison led by Otton de Grandson, but they were vastly outnumbered.

The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon (), commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple () or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders.

The Knights Templar were occasionally at odds with the two other Christian military orders, the Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Knights, and decades of internecine feuds weakened Christian positions, politically and militarily.

This situation heightened tensions with some European nobility, especially as the Templars were indicating an interest in founding their own monastic state, just as the Teutonic Knights had done in Prussia and the Knights Hospitaller were doing with Rhodes.

With the last of the Order's leaders gone, the remaining Templars around Europe were either arrested and tried under the Papal investigation ( with virtually none convicted ), absorbed into other military orders such as the Knights Hospitaller, or pensioned and allowed to live out their days peacefully.

A group of gentry active during the reign of Richard II ( 1377 – 99 ) were known as " Lollard Knights " either during or after their lives due to their acceptance of Wycliffe's claims.

The order of the Knights of St. John was originally established to set up outposts along the route to the Holy Land, to assist pilgrims going in either direction.

He revised with unsparing severity the lists of Senators and Knights, ejecting from either order the men whom he judged unworthy of it, either on moral grounds or from their want of the prescribed means.

Again the justification for de Valera nominating one of his senior ministers for the Presidency, were rumours that someone in cabinet was, either deliberately or accidentally, letting information slip to the Catholic Church through the Knights of Columbanus.

At key times he was criticised by de Valera of being the " Church's man " in the cabinet, either deliberately or accidentally leaking information to the Knights of Saint Columbanus.

Most public buildings and shops in West Norwood are anchored on either side of Norwood Road and Knights Hill, which runs north-south through the town.

Later chroniclers write that Hugues de Payens approached King Baldwin II of Jerusalem ( whose reign began in 1118 ) with eight knights, two of whom were brothers and all of whom were his relatives by either blood or marriage, in order to form the Order of the Knights Templar.

Karen Ralls, author of the Knights Templar Encyclopedia, argues that this is significant: " There is no mention of Baphomet either in the Templar Rule or in other medieval period Templar documents ".

Squirrely is also a rather heavy smoker — something that can create friction at the Knights ' table, due to Brian's bad reactions ( either physically or psychosomatically allergic ) to cigarette smoke.

* 1 ) ' rizo ', being derived from the Italian word " rosso " meaning " red ", either from the reddish color of the rocks of the island, or from the reddish color of the castle at sunset, or from the color of the coat of arms of the Great Master of the Knights of Rhodes, Juan Fernandez de Heredia, which stood above the gate of the castle ; these arguments are widely discredited as the rocks on the island do not contain any red pigment and the name Kastellorizo, pre dates the arrival of the Knights ; or

Knights could encircle their arms with a depiction of the circlet ( a blue circle bearing the motto ) and the collar ; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter.

Knights and Ladies may encircle their arms with the circlet ( a green circle bearing the Order's motto ) and the collar of the Order ; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter.

President Johnson prevented the Republican governor of Louisiana from using either the state militia or U. S. forces to stop terrorist groups such as the Knights of the White Camellia from threatening blacks who tried to vote.

It has recently been revealed that Gordon had dated Thelma before either of them was married and that he might be the biological father of Babs ( Batman: Gotham Knights # 6 ).

" If this had indeed been the place where the megalith builders had found the boulders, then they would have had to be transported up hill, at a gradient averaging about 1 in 15 on the shortest routs, for either 250 metres ( for the Whispering Knights ), or 450 metres ( for the King Stone and King's Men ).

Excavation failed to provide evidence to prove either suggestion, leaving the issue " ambiguous "; Lambrick noted however that there was a possibility that some of the stratigraphic layers " may represent the base of some sort of cairn " around the Whispering Knights.

Cox, however, wrote that many White players are bluffing, and in fact know nothing about either the Vienna Game or the Four Knights Game, to which the game can easily transpose if Black plays 2 ... e5, citing one book which recommended 2. Nc3 while assuring readers that 2 ... e5 is uncommon.

The player is now given a choice in what type of advanced class a character can become, for example, Wyvern Riders may become either Wyvern Lords or Wyvern Knights.

The Jedi Knights ' attack on Thrago Depot ensues successfully without casualties from either side as Kyp Durron and his Jedi supporters go to the Alliance blockade around the Utegetu Nebula.

Some of them, like the Knights of St John and the Knights of Saint Thomas, also cared for the sick and poor.

However, Cleon was a poor strategist and his conduct of the siege was very inefficient: so much so that the ancient Greek comedy writer Aristophanes satirised him in the play The Knights.

In 2004, Dhillon was credited by local residents with saving Knights Table, a non-profit diner that provides meals for Brampton's poor and homeless.

It was established on 7 May, 1765, its number fixed at a total of 100, and required the Knights a payment of fees that were donated to benefit the poor as well as adherence to various rules of chivalry.

In late October 2006, as a result of low crowd attendance at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland and continual poor on-field performances, rumours began to circulate that Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) was considering the possibility of revoking the Knights ' A-League licence and granting it to a new team that would be set to enter the competition in the 2007 – 08 season.

On 15 November and nearing the end of the November transfer window New Zealand Knights board and management decided to relieve Paul Nevin of his coaching duties due to a string of poor performances.

After a papal investigation revealed the Grand Master's poor leadership, he and some of his followers were allowed to leave the Teutonic Order and join the Knights Templar.

Also, they almost always have poor growths in defense and HP which makes them vulnerable to magic-resistant melee units such as Pegasus / Falco ( n ) Knights, a characteristic shared by all magic-users in the franchise.

Today the Military Knights, who are no longer necessarily poor, but are still military pensioners, participate in the Order's processions, escorting the Knights and Ladies of the Garter, and in the daily services in St. George's Chapel.

The Knights of Labor emerged as a major force in the late 1880s, but it collapsed because of poor organization, lack of effective leadership, disagreement over goals, and strong opposition from employers and government forces.

Knights was considered to have been unlucky, as ineffective club management and poor relationships amongst his underperforming players seen as major contributing factors in the club's performance.