The Portland daily press., 1878-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY,
Its Observau ce in This City. !,

Today will be generally observed as holi.
day. The banks, custom house, post Office,
city and county buildings will be closed and the
daily papers will suspend. The Grand Army
will strew the graves of the fallen Comrades
with flowers as is their custom. In order that
this may be done it is requested that the pub.
lie who have flowers will send them to the
Grand Army Hall eally this morning. We re-
peat what has already been printed in these
columns in regard to the arrangements.
Comrades will report at Grand Army hall at
s a. m, receive decorations and proceed to dec.
crate the graves in Eastern, Western, Forest
City and Calvary Cemeteries and the Lincoln
Tree. The squad designated for the Western
Cemetery will be commanded by comrade f.
W. True; that for Eastern and the Lincoln
Tree, by Comrade R. Greeley, and prayers will
be offered by Rev. A, II. Wright. The citizens
of Ligonia village will assist the squad under
Comrade W. 81. Pennell in decorating Forest
City Cemetery. They will meet them at the
village, and the programme as published yes
terday will be performed.
The Montgomery Guards, Capt. O'Donoghue,
accompanied by Chandler's band, will escort
the equad detailed to proceed to Calvary ceme-
terry under Comrade Maloney, leaving the Bos-
ton and Maine depot by special train lmme-
diately after tie departure of the morning
train. Upon arrival they will be met by
Father McKenna. and the choir of st. Domin-
les church, and proceed to the chapel where
requiem mass will be celebrated.
In the afternoon the comrades will meet at
the hall at o'clock and act under the follow
ing general order:
GENERAL ORDER NO. 1.
1st-The line will be formed ready for march
ing at lao p. m.
2d-The Montgomery Guardsand Mechanic
Blues will form in Market Square at 135. and
headed by squad of police, Chambers band
and drum coros, proceed up Congress street.
3d-Post Bosworth No 2, G.. A. R., will
form on the west side of Casco stree t. right
resting on Congress, at LBS p. m. sharp, and
Immediately on the passage of the escort will
take up the line of march.
4th-The Portland Cadets are hereby detail
ed as color guard for the 6. A. r.. and will re-
port to Post Commander, W. e. st. John, on
Casco ttreet at 1 30. p. m.
Per Order,
A A. NIcKERsoN,
Chief Marshal.
The following will be the order of the pro-
cession.
Squad of Police.
Chander's Band.
Chief Marshal A. A. NickersOn.
AidS-E. HI. Hanson aud j. s. Douglass.
Montgomery Guards.
Mechanic Blues.
Bosworth Post, No 2. G. A. R.. Post Commander
William E. St. John.
The military escort will be under the COM
mand of Capt. O'Donoghue of the Guards, with
Lieut. Davis of the Blues, acting as adjutant.
The escort will form on Congress street, right
on Preble, at 1S5 p. m.
The procession will move o7er the following
route:
From the hall up Congress to Free, to Mid
die ana Temple to Congress, to City Building,
and receive invited guests, thence from City
Building down Myrtle to Cumberland, to Elm,
to Oxford, to Pearl, to old Rochester depot.
A special train will leave the foot of Pearl
street at 2 As and take the procession, and all
who wish to go, for 20 cents the round trip.
At Evergreen Cemetery, after decorating the
graves, and re-assembling at Memorial lot, the
progra anime will be
Dirge by the Band.
Prayer by Rev. W. E. Gibbs.
Music by the Band.
Benediction.
The programme for the evening at City Hall,
at 7.30 p. M, will be as follows:
Music by Chambers Band.
Prayer by Rev. W. e. Gibbs.
Reading of Poem, entitled "The Nations Dead"
by II. w. Bryant
Music by the Band.
Grafton by Gen. G. P. Mattocks.
Singing America by the audience.
A few members of the Rifle Club go to Bald
win.
The Reds play the Bowdoins at Brunswick,
aud the Atlantics play the Stars of Lewiston.
There will be the usual number of small games
in town.