, 1870-05-29
DECORATION DAY.
Programme Of the Exercises To-MT-
TOW at Rosehill Cemetery.
Description Of the Gene-al MnMy and
Briggs Battery KoYeneatss

ne 1ouo1l0& y me PloBT2la49 ol l2llt eA1A-
c.ses for the dedication OF the General AIlsary
Monument erected by Cook County and the Boafd
Of Trade Of Chicagoy md Of Bridges n&tterJ Is
soci2aon Monument II Rosehtn Cenete1 on To-
mArsow, commencing II O'Clock 10 the After
noon, and following the decoration of the graves
OF deceased solder IN the earlier par Of the day:
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Concluding ReH..tks md Benodjetiau.
Anpastors Of churches favofabie to the ohserT-.
sntes Of the day are respectfully requrste 70 csA
them to participate Ii, the same.
Trains will fease from Wells street depot 1t
11:io In the forenoon, and from the Wisconsin DE-
afternoon. Fare, to Rosehill Aad return, twenty
nye cents
Members OF the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry
Northwestern Railroad, corner Of Kiuzte and
Canal streets, on Monday morning. 70 take part In
tie decoration ceremonies At Hosehlt and Grace
TUE 0KEERAL MILITARY xusrHKxT.
About one year ago the JOINT committees OF the
Board Of Supervisors and Doa5u Of Trade ap-
pointed for the purpose, made choice 0t design,
submitted with many others, for monument TO be
erected In Rosehul Cemetery tn memory Of the
soes M e sSss tn rns
monument Ia erected Oh the site OF the old green
house, frOnupE the main entrance to the cemetery.
near whieh msny Of tie soldiers az buried "a
England QuatJiea, shout Fur1y feet In extreme
height Abroad base, die and cap foT1n mas
7s 7esa ana s6s1n5al n1 gedessa 1nGn Tnsh Far.1
a statue q helo!e size in nne Itslian aatele.
holding parity nniurted Dag oJ his LET. side,
with right hand resting On the hIlt Of hts sword.
and dressed tn the regulation uniform. The
pedestal IL n!namensed With four high bas-reliefa
In standard bronze, representing the four prtncl-
pal bEanchea OF the military scrTice-the infantry
artillery. md marine. The infantry Is represented
lie artiiiesy b. aasn 10. H. Via i sssb " IN san
standing by the side Of his gun, aud ap2asent1,
watching ior it, discharge; the cavalry By ridei
sin~ Is represented BY a*alIor capstan, and anchor
humber Of appropriate ornaments are CARED II
the sn!td Rrantte. and the Wor1s, i" Our Heroes,
pedestal; and on each side, 1t the base Of th'
shaft arc four circnlar panels, which insertet
with the seals Of the Tuited 6tates State Of Ill
nots, Cook County, md Boartl Of Trade, in brnnz
ny the Chicago Marble and Granite Manufacturing
Company. The statue Of the 81 Standard Bearer
and the ha&refESs for the pedestal arc the work o
Leonard ". volk The reliefs ART the 1rst work
IN bronze ever produced for any public work Il
| the Northwest. and were cast IN that metal trou
Mt ro1ks models ly Robert Wood l. Co, Of Phil
a1tiphis.
| BRIDGES BATTERY MONUMENT.
! THIS monument, at,out twenty Zee. high,
| erected principally 70 commemorate the decease
members Of the aboye-na1ned battery, md stand
near to the general monument Just described ]
i made entirely Of one Italian marble, from Cal
representing ngure Of Hope, resting on the TN
hematlcal anchor. Al portions Of the meaumeoi
except the bases, are highly ornamented, the pE1D
| c!pal Of which Is the United States coat OF arm
OH the lower die, and drapery and nowess orns
tnent the upper die The names OF the soldiers q
the battery, aud the numerous battles IN wh!c
they participated, are engraved on all access!bl
| parts Of the work. This monument YVES ais
| erected b. the Chicago Marble and Granite Maut
| fnctur1ng Company. Surrounding the lot upo
| which It stands are placed the cannon recent
voted to the battery By Congress, which Will aerv
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