The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY.
The Official Programme in Full.

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DEPARTMENT OF MAINE, G. A. Il.
PORTLAND, May 9th. 1881
Comrades will assemble at Grand Army Hal
at . O'Clock A. M, May 30th, and receive deco
rations and proceed to decorate the graves of
the soldiers and sailors in Peak S Island. Cal
vary, Forest City, Eastern and Western GENE
teries, and the Lincoln tree.
A committee will leave in the Is steamer
thefe. '''-'
The square for Calvary will leave Grand
Army Hall at $50 and the Boston & Maine rail
road station at S55. The Portland Montgom-
co IT. duty, headed by Chambers Band.
Inc squad for Forest City Cemetery will
ieave Grand Army. Hall at O'Clock
Inc squad for Eastern Cemetery will have
nraha Army Hall at o'clock, stopping on tile
way TO decorate Lincoln tree
=, The squad for Western Cemetery will leave
Grand Army Hall at 9.45
NJ, AZ C Eastern Cemetery and Lincoln Tree Rev
MI Clark will otficate At Western. Rev.
n,n,S s%ou'h rf Calvary, Rev. Father
and an .otation by i. c. Cobb. Esq The
schoo! children at District IL and vicinity have
pesn Invited to take part iii the exercises.
AFTERNOON
=, Inc comrades will assemble at Grand Army
Hall at l O'Clock.
The line will be formed at i.30, under direc.
tlon OF Chief Marshal G. II Poor assisted by
MS aids. q. N Lang and G. Fl. Abbott, and
will consist Of
Platoon of Police
Marshal and Aids
Brown Light Artillery.
q Chsnd1er's Baud
COL John Marshall Brown and staff.
/ 20. b LIST Regiment NJ " NJ,
Co. E, LIST Regiment NJ. V. NJ.
20 A, list Regiment NJ. V. NJ.
Portland Cadets.
Cathedral Cadets.
Portland High School Cadets
Bosworth Post, No. 2, G. A. II.
The profession will pass over the following
route Up Congress to Congress Square; down
Free to Middle; down Middle to Temple; up
Teiiipls to Congress; down Congfess to City
Hall. After receiving the members of tbs city
government aud invited guests, proceed down
Congress TO Pearl, down Pearl to the cars.
The train will leave PrebIe street station at
2.1h On arrival at Morrills proceed at once
to Evergreen, and on Arrival at the Soldiers
Lot the different squads will proceed at once
to decorate the graves in their respective sec
tons. AS soon as the graves arc decorated, the
squads will report at their places in line. The
Post will then march upon the Soldiers Lot,
and dscotats tbs monument, Then will fol-
low prayer by Rev. Mr. McKeowt1, dirge by
the band, and benediction after which the
procession will form and march to the cars
EVENING.
Comrades will assemble at Reception Room
City Building, at 7.30, wearing uniform hat,
white gloves and badge.
Concert by Chambers Band from 7.3O to O'Clock.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Seward.
Orition by Hon. A. A. Strott:
BenedictiOn:
Transportation will be furnished to all
children and comrades who take part in de-
coratng the graves in Eastern and Westeen
cemeteries aud to all comrades to Calvary and
Forest City cemeteries
All comrades Of other posts and all ex-
Soldiers aid sailors are Cordially invited to
take part with Boswocth Post, both forenoon
and afternoon.
very scarce at this season and all contributions
of flowers, however small, will De thankfully
received and all special decorations intrusted
10 It's viii he faithfully dep ,sited when re-
quested
The committee will be in attendance at
Grand Army Hall Sunday afternoon and
evening; aud at 7 O'Clock en- Monday morning
to receive contributions.
BY order of Committee
GEO. Fl, Poor, Chairman
". H. SARGENT, Secretary
PORTLAND May q, 1881
General Order No. 1.
All Of the military organizations viii be I'M
det. the ,conmand of Col J. NJ. Brown.
No. 2.-Bosworth Post will form on Con-
gress street, right resting on Casco street.
ness to move at $50 p. m. sharp.
G. III. Poor,
Chief Marshal.