DUTIES REQUIRED (CMC Section 2554):

To perform such duties consonant with the usages of the Craft and appertaining to the station of the Marshal, as may be required by the Bylaws or directed by the Master.

DUTIES SUGGESTED:

1. To greet and stay with the First Degree candidate(s) from the time that they enter the Masonic hall until the Lodge is ready to open (if possible, request another brother to remain with them until the Lodge is opened and the degree starts; instruct them to remain in the library or foyer until called for);
2. To greet all Second and Third Degree candidates and review all signs, tokens and words of the preceding degree(s) with them before Lodge opens;
3. To attend all Lodge functions (Stated and Special Meetings, Lodge social events and other Lodge functions);
4. To serve as chairman of the Masonic Homes Endowment Committee; and
5. To serve as Chairman of the Sojourners Committee.

RITUAL IMPLIED:

To attend all degree practices when requested by the Master.

RITUAL REQUIRED:

1. To attend District Officers' Association meetings (CMC Section 1122-3rd); and
2. To be qualified to give the work of the Marshal in all Degrees (interrogation of First Degree candidates, reception of the flag and Grand Lodge officers).

RITUAL SUGGESTED:

1. To learn the perambulations and charges for all three degrees; and
2. To know one of the parts of the "workmen in the temple degree team" in the second section of the Third Degree.