New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-30
DECORATION DAY.
THE PARADE AND OTHER CEREMONIES


THE PROFESSIONALS R0UTE-oBskRNANCE OF
TIE DAY IN OTHER PLACES.
Decoration Day will be observed in New
York and Brooklya with BETTING ceremony There VIII
be professions soldiers and citizens in honor OF the
dead and in the several cemeteries flowers VIII be
s,rewn ever graves Of many Union soldiers and OF
She few Confederate soldiers that died here The public
school children of the city will provide most OF the
flowers for decorating the graves. They brought TO
their schools yesterday morning In pots hundreds OF
flowers. In the afternoon these placed In large
trucks taken to the Cottage in Union square the
Cottage late in the day full Of plants and the grass
plots around it hidden beneath other hundreds OF
blooming flowers. Altogether 1t estimated that
nearly TO- 600 plants in pots had been received.
The first observance OF the day will be the decoration
OF Admiral Farraguts grave IN W0OdlawD Cemetery at
sunrise by detachment Of United States Marines The
parade of the day will take place tn the morning Inc
soldiers others who will form part Of the paradng
column will assemble in the streets crossing Ffthave
between Thiry-lourth aud Thirtyfrsi-ss in time Tor
the procession to start southwark at $3.50 g. H. INC
line OF march will be down FLhave. TO FOurteenth-st,
10 Union-sQusre aud thence along Broadway to Muir
ray-st Arriving at the City Hall the procession VIII
break up Many OF organizations will theu march
10 the cemeteries The procession will consist OF an
escort and nine divisions The escort will consist OF the
First Division Of the National Guard, Malor-General
.Shaler commanding. The regiments forming part OF
this division 18th, 7th Sth 9th, Ill., l2th 3D.
69th and list ana tne 80 CANalry. Olu WIN
accompany the division. Following the soldiers Will
come the Grand Marshal Major-General G. n.
Graham, his AIDS. aud the guests of the mar
shall 1t was expected that Ex-Governor Fenton
would be among tho guests. bat he has been
compelled to GO his home in jamestown. The follow
Ing however. will be present; Ex-Governor Morgan,
Admiral Treuohard, MajOr-GeIeral Hancock, General
Horace Porter General sckes General j. e. Robinson,
General James III. McQuade, General Abner Doubleday,
General John COchrane General Lloyd Aspinwal Gen
eral j. c. Davis, General NJ. T. Mcmahon. General John
B. Corse Collector Merritt Appraiser butcher. Naval
officer Burt the Hon. Levi +. Morton the Hon. Arson
G. MeCook and General Henry A. Barnum. The first OF
the divisions OF parade proper VIII consist Of the
Naval Battalion. the Sappers and Miners the Signai
Crps United States Marines, battalion of sailors.
battery of naval field artillery, Light Battery I, 90
United states Artillery Mexican War Veterans and the
Military Order Loyal Legion The second division VIII
consist OF Phil Kearney Post Grand Army of the Rpub-
lie the uniformed officers of the United States Customs
of the Port Of York the Veteran Corps of the Goth
Regiment 1Oth New-YOrk Volunteer Veteran Assoea-
tion 9TH New-YOrk Volunteer Veteran Association,
and the Sumner Post Of the Grand Army Of the Re
public The third division will consist of the Turner
Cadets Koltes Post Grand Army of the Republic, sch.
Alst 45th and 6sth NewYork Volunteer Veteran AssO-
catons The fourth division viii have in it's ranks the
Anderson Zouaves. j. Lafayette Rber Post Grand Army
Of the Republic, the Blenker Veren Veterans, New
Yorker iicdcrtafel, the Bohemian sehutzen Corps.
will have the Veteran Zouaye Association
SnIlyan's Battery. Cameron Post Grand Army Of the
Republic and Veteran Guards The SIKH, seventh,
eighth and ninth divisions wiz consist OF tue NeW4 Oth
Pre- Department Brigade, the American District Ile-
gram Company, Battalion, Reno Post, T. A. kinbali
Post 9th Sew-GOTk Volunteer veteran Association. W
D. Kennedy Post, Battalion OF the Lafayette Gnaids
washington Continental Guard. Abraham Lincoln POST
Kitcmug Post, the SAidmOre Guards, NadswoTlh Post
and Farragut Post OF the Grand Army OF the Republic
After the br 'abng ny o. the procession tlere vi" DE
War VIII decorate the Worth monument IN Madison
square. Lneolns aud LAlayeties SsS!esS III uaon ,
General Horace Porter will deliver short Grafton
there a, 9 H. IN. The statue OF Washington IN Union
square viii decorated by the butchers OF Washington
Market. Speeches VIII De delivered there by Assembly
men Grady and Holananand senators Ecclene and Ho-
gan The veteran corps othe G9th Regiment w decorate
the monument OF Genera! Montgomery aud Others Who
employGs Of the Post once Will decorate the grave of
General DIX IN Trinity churehy ara IN me afternoon
genera order been Issued that the line VIII FORM al
1870 b. in four divisions and VIII be ready 10 move
at D. M The fret division Will be under the command
OF Anthony oman, and viii consist OF the heaHs OF
divisions departments aud branches t'getheE Win
command OF Oliver G. Brady, and VIII be made up OF all
not included IN the first DIVISION wearing blas caps
Tbe fb,rI division will be under command Of Colonel |
NJ Kerwin and all in it VIII wear white caps. The |
fourih div viii 0e composed OF the carriers, ana
viii be under the command OF George A WamDeok All
will wear the umiOm OF tleir respective departments
with white gloves and either blue white caps. The
carriers will gray The line of march, Will be from
the Post Office direct 10 Irmt SLuch WH+Ie tden |
company Will be assigned seats. Colonel O. T. hopper
night superintendent. VII act as MARSHAL with r. "a
Ball OF the newspaper as, lhunS department as au
iutaut Postmaster James has received letter from
POSTMASTER General Key Iegretnng that other ana M
peyatIye viii prevent his being present
The n AZ which the cause OF General DlXs cee-
braed order and which was al the uhe diapiayed on
the revenue cutter Mcclellan at New-Oreans Will be
carried Ia the procession. - -,
In The evening here will be q ceremony at the
Academy of Muse. 1t will be opened with prayer by
me Rev Henry w. Bellows, ID. j. General James Ii.
McOuadp will then deliver an address 4 poem VIII De
read bv Colonel W. s. Shurtef there viii be recitation
BY Clara Morris ana Chauncey NJ. Depew wiil deliver
an OFaton There will also be singing by Mrs Florence
Rlce-Kuox and 10y Leon Bortheiot Reserved seats'
bOxe and admission tickets to the Academy can be OD
FAMED ~ the box Office from 20 O'Clock today Gen
era LLOYD Aspiuwall will make appeal for funds 10
build the soldiers and sailors monument when II Ia
prOpOsed 10 erect this city. Yesterday ne received
nearly 5000 coward this fund After AL the expenses OF
the tay as paid by the Decoration Day Committee, Ill
estimated that will remain nearly $1,000 to apply
toward the monument fund.