Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-30
DECORATION DAY.

Decoration day opened clear End warm
In various parts of the city flags h0ated a
half in honor of the dead heroes.
The committee of the G. A. Il. and theil
lady friends were busily engaged in com
pleting th8 wreaths, crosses, anchors AT
other floral emblems with which the
| graves we're to be decked. Early in the
| forenoon country musicians in uniform
put in their appearance to be ready tt
/ take their place in the line Of parade
Many persons living on the streets over
| which tho parade was to pass prepared
bouquets, wrcaths, &C., to present to the
men in line. At noon nearly all tho
stores, shops and other business places
were closed and Centre square and East
King street became crowded with men,
women and children gathered there to wit.
ness the parade.
At 2p. m. the parade was formed and
moved of in the following order: =,
Guides of the g. A. r., with g,,i,lOns.'
Lancaster Cornet Band.
George II. Thomas Post, 81 G. A. II
Commander, James Sweger. 80 men in
fatigue uniform and bearing in their ranks
battle flags.
Reese Bros. hearse, laden with flowers
for decorating the graves.
Monumental Association in carriages,
containing the president, Capt. Edgeriey,
Maj. A. c. ReinGhl. ex-MayOr Stauffer,
J. Fl. Metzler, H. N. Breneman, Hiram
Stamm and ID. P. Rosenmiller.
Carriages containing the orator OF tho
day, j. =. S. Goblin. and committee OF
escort.
Carriages containing disabled veterans,
in ono of which was Col II. A. IIambright
and Lieut.. John Rees.
Carriage containing Judge Patterson
and Col Emlen Franklin.
Eden band.
Knights of the Revolution, Capt. Hiram
McElroy. The knights appeared in full
uniform of blue cloth coats, black pants,
blue caps with gold band. black belts,
gauntlets and reversed swords. They pro
sented q fine appearance.
Lancaster Circle, No. 1Oe, B. y. III. F.
Pa, VIM. Crcsswcll, marshal.
Kreider's drum corps.
St. Michacls Beneficial society, 45 men,
marshal, Henry Ransing assistants, Fred.
Shroad, Anthony F. Bill, Henry Hertz
mounted marshal, Oscar Il. Kries.
Mt. Sidney cOrnet band.
Lancaster WOrkingmcn's association,
composed Of cololed men, John Waters,
captain.
Excelsior club, 15 men colored }, Ed
ward Wilson, captain.
Juvenile drum corps.
Junior battalion of the Y. NJ. G. A.,
80 boys, George Wilhelm, commander.
Peter B. FOrdney, chief marshal Of the
firemen Aids, Jacob Reese, of the
Friendship Philip Smith, Of the Ameri-
can, and George Wall, of the Shitl!er.
Sun fire company, No. 1, % men, not
uniformed, John Shroad, marshal.
Spring Garden drum corps.
Friendship fire company, No. 2; 90 uni
formed men marshal, John Hook.
Mountville band.
American fire company, No. ); 42 men,
unequippcd marshal, Samuel Powell
assistant, Jacob Price.
keystone band.
Shifler fire company, No. Z; 45 equip
ped men marshal, Henry Smeych AS
sistants, Charles Franciscus ami Thomas
Anderson.
The parade moved over the route agreed
upon as follows: Form Oh North Duke
street, right resting on East King march
to Centre square, to South Queen street, to
Woodward Hill cemetery countermarch
to COnestOga street, to Prince, to Straw
berry, to Poplar, to FilhcIt, to st. Joseph,
to strawberry, to Vine, to Prince, to West
King, to Centre Square, to North Queen,
to Chestnut, to Duke, TO Lemon, to Lam
caster cemetery. to New Holland pike, to
Lime, to East King, to Centre square and
dismiss.
On reaching the several cemeteries com
mittees appointed for tho purpose placed
the floral tributes upon the graves of all
the fallen soldiers, the graves having been
previously marked with small flags. The
ritual was read at the grave of Walter &.
Evans, in Woodward Hill.