The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-29
DECORATION DAY.
How Dead Heroes Will Be
HOnOred Tomorrow.
FLOWERS AND ORATORY.
Military Pageant Church Celebrations
and Civic Festivities.

After one Of the greatest rebsllions the world has
ever seen, thirteen years find the country more thor
oughly united than before, and It's citizens
peacsfuy join hands to decorate the graves Of those
who Tell regardless OF the side which they fought.
What would provoke strife In other countries be-
comos occasion Tor patriotic display IN honoring
the graves OF tho dead. Their faults forgotten,
their bravery ana heroism only remembered. II
marks another step In the general progress toward
the universal brotherhood OF man ana tho time de-
scribed by Tsnnyson's poetic foresight whom
the drum throbbed longer and tho battle Gags
In the parliament Of man. tho federation the world
Ascension Day. which this year comedies with the
national holiday, will also be celebrated tomorrow
with appropriate services the Catholic and Epsco-
pal churches.
THE MILITARY PARADE.
The following will be the programme for to-mor-
row.
command Of Major General Alexander Shaer. The
order OF the PROCESSION will BIO tollows:-
OF cavalry Tnlrd regiment OF cavalry; Finn, seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth twenty second,
or 4na ana 0d
W. T. Sherman, General United states Army, and
Major General Winfield s hancock, United States
Army, commanding Departments OF the East Cult
and South, and stan.
General N. r. Banks the orator OF the evening, and
General Aspinwall, presiding officer
Special escort TO the General OF the Army.
Veterans OF the Mexican war.
Bragg's battery, United States Army, light artil-
lcry.
Powhatan ana the Minnesota, now In the harbor,
with detachment OF marines and large body OF
sailors.
Major General Jonn c. Robinson and stan.
Board Of Police COMMISSIONERS.
Battalion OF Police, War Veterans
Board OF Fire Commissioners.
Fire Department Brigade.
American District Telegraph messengers, Mr.. H
w. Pope and Colonel D. Z. Gregory in command
Posts oil the G. A. L. Phil Kearny, No. 8: Abra.
ham Lincoln. No. 13 sumner, No "a; ). G. Rice. No
keunoay, No. ~; Reno No. "A; Anderson. No. IS;
Riker, No. 81; Ellsworth. No. 81; Farragut No. IS:
90; F. rilden. No. 90; KimDal, No loo. and Dahl.
green, No Ia
Veteran Zouaves, Elizabeth. MI.
Washington Contiuentals.
Veterans oil 1872
Battalion Des Gardes Lafayette.
Assocazione ltaane, Gardia Colombo.
Skidmore Guards.
/. Ola Guard, Seveniy-ninth Highlanders.
Hawkins and Anderson Zouaves.
Veteran corps OF volunteer resiinenta
German Veteran 81 nging Society.
Battalion oil veteran colored guards
LINE OF MARCH
The parade will torn at eight O'Clock Fifth ave.
nue. at Thirty fourth street, and proceed down Fifth
avenue to Fourteenth street Broadway, down
Broadway TO Chambers street, whore It will be dis.
missed.
At the Worth Monument Fifth avenue and Twenty
9th street the honors Of marching salute will be
paid TO His ExccllsDoy, the Comm Chief ac-
compansd By the General of the United States Army
HIS Hoaor the Mayor Of the city and other civic and
military officials The procession will be reviewed by
Lucius Robinson, Governor OF tho State and Comman-
der-in-Chief National Guard state OF Now YORK, &c.
companied by his staH aud Mayor Ely and she mem.
Common
s.M UNION SQUARE,
At eight O'Clock Abraham Lincoln Post No. IS will
decorate the statues OF Lincoln and Lafayette. A
speakers Will DO erected General schuyler
Hamilton, gTa =, 81 Aiexand sr, Hamilton, VINO
Drstions will be devered oy Frederick Douglass aud
General n. McMahon. after which tho DIVISION viii
luke part In The general procession.
DECORATED.
After the dismissal OF tho general procession at
Of the Republic and their will proceed 10 the
following cemeteries and decorate the soldiers
cypress Hills, East New York. 900 soldiers graves
10 DO decorated BY Veteran corps Fortysoventh rcg
cred by tns president Joseph W. Parker and Comrade
Judge ID. w. Guernsey. General Edwin L. Hayes
VIII preside. aud General g. Carst, OF Camden, ".
j. will deliver Grafton. There will also be appro-
pirate music rendered. Graves will DO decorated be-
lore commences mcnt OF ceremonies, which will take
place about half-past one +. NJ Tho following posts
will also proceed TO Cypress Hills :--Lncon, Sumner
&c. Rice, Anderson, Wordsworth, Cameron, Kennedy
ana Barbara Frotche. No III, OF GrcenpoinI
Greenwood Cemetery, 125 graves; TO DO decorated
BY j. l. Riker Post No 81 and Kimbali Posi- No 100:
also monuments OF Rikcr and K:mbalI. Tney viii Lc
accom- panied by The Anderson Zouavss and German
singing society Oestrcich. James Duncan will do
liver the Grafton, and double quartette from tho
above society," with the assistance Of tho Post band
viii sing Fallen Hero Rest In Peace" Exercises
will begin a. Two O'Clock.
City Cemetery Harps Island. sixteen graves; TO DO
decorated by Reno Post, No. A, u. Q. rerley, COM
mander.
to DO decorated oy Phil Kearny Post No. s; Fire
zouaves monument TO Colonel Farnham nd others Of
ceived IN battle, 10 be decorated by Engine Company
No o OF the New York Fire Department: General
Alexander HamiIions tomb. 10 be decorated BY Lin
soln Post, No. Ia Joseph Forbes, com ma dcr.
Trinity Cemetery, l55th street, Carmansvils, seven
teen graves 10 be decorated by Farragut Post No IT,
Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, l.. l., $50
graves TO be decorated by Koltes Post, No. 49, H. W.
Calvary Cemetery, Newton, L. l., 100 graves, tobo
decorated BY J. A. Kawlins Post, No So N. A. Reed,
ST. Michaops Cemetery, TO be decorated by Ellsworth
Posi- No. o., George a. Riley. commsnder.
YARRAoUT's TOME
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bcnso MIA and west Farms
Cemeteries; tomb Of Admiral Farragut, IN Woodlawn
Cemetery, TO be decorated by Ovcr T,idon Post No.
with the school chdren and military organizations OF
Westminster.
green Post. No 1l3 with its escorts, connection
with citizens OF staten Island and veterans.
STATUES MONUMENTS
the following statues ana monuments will also DO
dceorated:-
WORMS monument ana Soward's statue, Madison
are TO be decorated by the Of tho Next
war.
Lincoln and Lafayette statues, Union square, by
Lincoln Post, AT egnt A. NJ, MS ABOVE.
Wasnington's statue. Union square, TO DO decorated
1t eight A NJ by the butcher stand owners, keepers
and empo, ss OF Washington Market.
Montgomery's monument, st. Paups Church, to be
decorated by the veteran corps Of tho Montgomery
Guar, John j. Martin, captain, and also by Mont
gornery Lodge, No. IS, n. aud A. N.
FrankIinis statue, Printing House square, 10 DO
decorated ny Typographical Union No. O.
Stewards statue, Madison square 10 DO decorated by
The Union League Club
Fire Zouavos monument, by Engine Company No
= az above
UNKNOWN DEAD.
large floral onument viii be erected in oiihsr
Union or Madison square, ITO the Unknown Dead
the men whose graves are unknown who dieu In pri.
son, who pershcd ny tho SINKING vessels, who isl
the battle Holds without record to tell who they
we're or whence they camc IL will D, column about
ten ieet IN nclgn with about eight feet square,
On the corners OF tho base will 10 figures representing
In fan of ho