Turtle Rank
Various offshoots of the original club may vary but the founder established the following:
- Candidate - Someone wishing to become a member of the Order.
- Turtle - Any Brother or Sister Turtle initiated into the Order through the initiation and interrogation ceremony.
- Snapping Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 25 new Turtles into the Order.
- Grand Snapping Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 50 new Turtles into the Order.
- Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 100 new Turtles into the Order.
- Past Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 150 new Turtles into the Order.
- Master Imperial Turtle - A Brother or Sister who has initiated at least 500 new Turtles into the Order.
- Supreme Imperial Turtle Emeritus - this title is held by the successor to the founder (currently held by Bro. Denis P. McGowan, son of founder Hugh P. McGowan.)
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