National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-30
MEMORIAL FLOWERS.
HOW THE DAY WILL BE OBSERVED.
The Parade in the Morning-The Programme of
Services at Arlington and Other Gene
teries-A Grand Army Post
at Mount Vernon.
The decoration committee of the Grand

The decoration committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic has finished its work, and
to-day the members of the Grand Army will
gather reverently around the graves of
their fallen comrades, while, in pursuance
of beautiful custom, garlands are strewn
over the grassy mounds. Yesterday the
work of decorating the monuments about the city
with festoons of eyergreens was commenced, and
wagon-loads of flowers and wreaths were taken
TO the cemeteries for use in to-day's ceremonies
The day will be observed in the District as gen.
eral holiday. As is usual thousands of people will
leave town on excursions by rail and water. Still
there will be large assemblies of patriotic people
to take part in the memorial exercises at the
different burial places.
THE PARADE.
The first ceremony of the day will be parade,
to be formed at Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and move westward along Pennsylvania
avenue to Fifteenth street. up Fifteenth street to
Pennsylvania avenue, thence to Bridge street,
Georgetown, and to the Aqueduct Bridge, where the
line will be dismissed. The various organizations
have been assigned to positions in line follows:
Band, Second Artillery; Brevet Major General R.
B. Ayres post 1, Maryland), grand marshal, and
staff; First Lieutenant George MITCHELL adjutant:
First Lieutenant Sebree Smith, r. @. NJ; Light
Battery A, Second Artillery, BrevetGolonel and
Captain A. C. N. Pennington, First Lieutenant A.
d. Schenck, First Lieutenant Edgar S. Dudley,
First Lieutenant w. P. Edgerton; Battery d, Sec
ond Artillery, Captain John McGilvray, Second
Lieutenant f. NJ Weaver; Battery C, Second Ar
ullery, Brevet Major and Captain William P.
Graves, commanding foot batteries; Battery D,
Second Artillery, First Lieutenant John c. scant-
ling, Second Lieutenant Hamilton Rowan;
Battery H, Second Artillery, Second Lieutenant
Frank Z. Hobbs; Marine Band; United States
Marine Corps, Captain c. F. Williams commanding;
Washington Cadets, Captain C. A. Fleetwood COM
handing; Capital City Guard, Captain T. S. Kelley
commanding; Lincoln Light Infantry, Captain
Lewis johnson commanding; West Washington
Zouayes, Captain c. H. H. Thomas commanding /;
Grand Army of the Republic-Department Grand
Army of the Republic flags; comrades under arms;
Union Veteran Corps, Captain S. E. Thomson
commanding; department commander and staff
past department commanders: John A. Rawlins
Post, No. l, P. D. Haines commanding; Kit Carson
Post, No. 2, James NJ. Edgar commander; Lincoln
Post, No. 3, B. F. Chase commanding; o. P. Morton
Post, No. 4, William G. Hall commander; George
w. Meade Post, No. 5, Thomas G. Allen COM
mander; John F. Reynolds Post, No. 6, L. B..
Parker commander; Grand Army of the Republic
Cadets, Stanton Weaver commander
AT THE CEMETERIES
The ceremonies at Arlington will begin at twelve
m, and will include the reading of original poems
by w. w. Granger and Mrs. Emily Thornton
Charles, an Grafton by Hon. Mark H. Dunnell, of
Minnesota, and music by the Marine Band. At
the Soldiers Home the ceremonies will begin at
ten q. m, the programme including an original
poem by Mrs. Mary A. Denison, an Grafton by
Colonel G. B. Corkhill and vocal music by a choir
under the direction of Professor F. Widows. The
programme for the ceremonies at the Congress
sional Cemetery, which will begin at the same
time includes poem by Mrs. Marie Barton Greene,
an Grafton by Comrade Daniel Rainey, of Post
No. 5, and singing by choir under the direction
of F. 6. Deland. The President and members of
the Cabinet will attend the ceremonies both at the
Soldiers Home and Arlington.
NEW WORKERS AT MOUNT VERNON.
Washington Post No. 103, G. A. R., of New York
city, has arranged to observe Decoration Day at
Mount Vernon, where they will have brief cere-
monies and decorate the tomb of Washington with
flowers. The post will arrive early this morning
and be quartered at the Arlington during their
short stay. On the arrival of the post from Mount
Vernon this afternoon the Union Veteran Corps
in full uniform Captain S E. Thomson command
ing, will escort them to their headquarters. The
officers ofthe Veteran Corps will receive them at
the depot at six o'clock this morning.