New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-29
DECORATION DAY.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES OUTLINED.

There will apparently he no decrease this year rs
compared with former years, i'll the ierVor WIN
which Decoration Day will be Observed In
this city and vicinity the ceremonies
which have been planned for tomorrow VIII
be more than usually extensive and imposing.
As it is a legal holiday all public and most all
private business will be set aside that everybody
may unite IN paying tribute TO the memory OF those
who fell in the war for the suppression of the re-
bellion. The custom which was begun not many
years ago in very modest way by the surviving
comrades of the dead Union soldiers has now
firm hold on the feelings and hearts
of the people. Ia the various cemeteries the graves
of Union soldiers will be decorated and in the even
ing there will be appropriate memorial exercises al
the Academy of Music The occasion will be I'M
proved to recognize the debt of respectful remem-
brance which is due to the heroes oil
other struggles, and the monuments OF
Washington, Worth and Lafayette VIII
be draped with garlands or hung with wreaths. In
this and other ways a general tribute Will be pald
to those whose names are associated with the trials
and triumphs of the country. The day being pub
lie holiday is made the occasion by many cuDs ana
other civic organizations for social enjoyment and
exercises in no way connected with the memory of
the dead heroes of the war.
The feature of the day in New-York will be the
parade. which has been arranged by the Memorial
Committee. The procession will move at $3.50, and
will be composed of the First Division Of the
National Guard of New-York, Maor-General
Alexander Shaler commanding, detachmcnts or
the Army and Navy, attachments OF State troops
from Massachusetts and Newt ersey, cadets of mill
tary schools, independent military organizations
and the Grand Army Of the Republic. Among the
organizations from outside of the city who will
take part in the parade will be the Sd Regiment of
New-Hampshire, the Peekskill Military Cadets, the
Veteran Zouayes of Elizabeth, n. j., carrying the
battle flag of Phil. Kearney first unurled on rebel
soil, the LIST New-Jersey battalion of Paterson
and the Philadelphia Gray lnvlncibles. The
Memorial column will be dvoed into two
brigades and thirteen divisions, Edward
Browne being the Grand Marshal. The
members of the Grand Army of the Republic VIII
he massed in single column. In this column there
will be a colored division about 900 strong. The
reviewing stand will be at the Worth monument III
Madison Square President Arthur will review the
procession, assisted by General Grant. Frederick
leghgSsen TcTei2y Of W S St m6bv RT5
Howe, POstmaSterGcneral. benjamin +. brewster,
Attorney General, Mayor Grace and the Aldermen.
The President will be escorted from the Fifth
Avenue hotel to the stand by the Old Guard. The
divisions will be formed on the streets between
F0ry-nnth and Thlrty-siXth with the light resting
on Flfth-ave. and the line of march Will be down
Fifth-ave to FOurteenth-st, TO ana around Union
Square to seventeen h-st TO FOurth-ave.,tO Broad
way TO an list where the parade Will he dismissed
The flower wagons Oi each post VIII follow III TIE
line of the procession and alterward 60 with the
posts TO the cemeteries
At Cypress Hills "A monument to General Hapne
| will be unveiled by Post No. 113 and others. In
| Greenwood Cemetery, monument at the grave of
| the late General Joseph {. Plnckney Will be I'M
| vellcd by Cameron Post No. 10. Hotties Post No.
81 VIII lay cornerstone for monument TO be u
! yelled next Decoration Day al the Lutheran Gene
| terry. George ashlngton Camp of the Veterans
| viii 90 to " est Point to decorate graves. Abraham
Lincoln Post will go TO Chester Penn, to decorate
the grave of DR.. Isaac |. Hayes In decorating the
grave of General DIX in TRINITY Cemetery, the john
a. DIX Post, q. A. r., will display the standard OF
winch the historic words wrfe uttered, " If any
man attempts 10 haul down the American liag shoot
| him on the spot"
| Abraham Lincoln Post No 10 VIII conduct the
| ceremonies AT The Lincoln statue i'll Union square
at o'clock a. IN The decorations are very eiaD-
| crate and beautiful. The Rev. DT. Newman Will
| make an address and Gemeral Grant and Secretary
| Ro0ert 4. Lincoln Will be present.
! The seats tor the exercises i'll the Academy of
Music III The evening have all been disposed OF. The
President and many other distinguished guests viii
| be present. The Rev. d. Newman will open the eX-
| erciSes by prayer, after which General BaTnum,
| chairman OF the Memorial Committee, Will make a
| few Introductory remarks General McQuade VIII
| preside, and the Governors Island band Will fur
nlsh music. Charles h0DeItS IT,; VII read william
Winters poem Pledge 10 the Dead" Colonel
| II. NJ. Kog Is will sing d" The Sword of Bunker
| UIllV after which Colonel ROUert u. lngeIsOl viii
| deliver the Grafton. +. q. Bangs will read piece,
and the exercises viii close with music by the
| band
|
ering Hall for the benefit OF the Vet ran Corps OF
| the O9tn Regiment.
here viii be parade in Brooklyn of the pests of
the Grand Amy OF Inc hrpuUlc vi, their military
escort, which Will consist 81 the bat anon OF the
| United States marines and sailors from the Navy
| Yard and the 14th Regimen, National Qua q.
| General Catln Will be GRAND Marshal of ia day,
with hca quarters at BedlOrd-ave. and FOurtll-St
he procession VIII move at $3.50 a. ~, the line Oi
march being from broadway through IOIti-s,
Bedford-ave., Laayette-ave., OA1ord-st, Hanson
place TO Flatbusl-aVc., where the various divisions
will proceed to the cries. he procession val
| be reviewed at Washington Park by Mayor Low
| and other CITY officials and Commodore UusnUT
| United STA es Navy. General Calm will mold a
| rec ptiOn at BrlShton Beach AT which the various
| officers OF the day viii Oe pres ut.
| The Seawanhaka, the Allan &c, the knIckerbocker
| and the Jersey CITY Yacht Clubs, me Brooklyn
| Athlcuc Clnb, the " Iillamsburg Athletic C.uD and
| various other organizations VIII hoId exercises OF
some KIND 10 morrow. Colonel Anthony higgins, OF
| jersey City, VIII lecture Tor the Land League III
| Cooper institute at night The society Tor ethical
| Culture will lay the cornerstone Of WOrhlugnCn's
school to be erected IN llitYOurihS st. near SIX H.
| ave al . D. H. The Hebrew Eicc school AssOcIa-
IOn Will hold examinations III Cooper Institute at
a. III.
THE CELEBRATION BEGUN IN BROOKLYN.
The annual observance of the decoration of the
graves of soldiers and sailors was begun in Brook
| lyu Yesterday by various parts OF the Grand Army
| of the Republic. The comrades of Rankin Post
No. TO- under Commander j. IL. Walker, marched
at ) a. IN. in Myrtle and Mashineton-aves. 10 the
Naval Cemetery, adjoining the United States
Naval Io.pital on the Wallabout After the iow-
eys were put upon the graves an address was made
by the Rev. CHARLES Backnan. Atterward the
graves OF dead members OF the Post in Greenwood
were decorated and the body of Samuel Reynolds
was escorted from the receiving tomb TO the grave
where ii was buried.
At3p III. large number of persons had gathered
around the statue OF Lincoln to listen TO tle reading
of the Emancipation Proclamation IN the plaza az
the main entrance of Prospect Park. The statue
waswreathed with evergreen and potted plants sur
rnnnded tho hase. lhe EXERCISES consisted of adj