St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-25

General rider No. 3 flor Memorial Day..
|. The entire ceremonies will be I'M
der the direction of the Post and Com
rades n. p. Bowman, Albert Harris,
E. w. Harrington, A. w. Roberts, E.
T. Sandford, Geo. r. Crosby and j. A.
Paddock are designated as a committee
of arrangements for the occasion.
ii. At 9 o'clock a. m. detachments
will proceed to decorate the graves in
the cemeteries outside of the village of
st. Johnsbury, under the direction of
comrades named, as follows East Vii
lage cemetery, Comrades P. ID. BIOdg-
EFT and Dennis E. May Centre Vii
lage, Comrades Geo. w. Cook and L..
c. Farnham Catholic cemetery. Com
rades John Mcdonald and Juvite Pr
nard; Passumpsic, Comrades A. p.
Hawley and II. c. Morse.
Ill. The Post will assemble at the
G.. A. r. hall promptly at | o'clock p.
m. Every comrade is expected to be
pltSCHt, Cldl III tdlh sui, SOU, DlitCh
hat, waist belts and badges, so far as
possible.
". The line will form in front of G r..
a. r. hall promptly at 100 p. M, I'M
der the direction of Comrade Albert
Harris as marshal in the following or
der:
Drum Corps.
Chamberlin Post, No l, Il. A R. with colors
draped and each comrade bearing bouquet
or wreath of flowers.
Disabled Comrades in Carriages
President, Orator of the Day, and Citizens in Car
riages
V. On arriving at the cemetery, de-
tachments of the G.. A. X. will proceed
to decorate the graves, and when com
! pleted will return in same order to
| Monument square, when, after singing
by the quartette club, the G. A. r. will
proceed with the beautiful ceremonies
of decorating the monument with flow
ers, at the conclusion of which all will
repair to the Town hall. The G. A. R.,
president, orator of the day, clergy
men, selectmen of st. JOhnsbury and
invited guests will occupy seats upon
the platform.
VI. Order of exercises:
l. The President will call to order and the Quar-
tette will sing a hymn.
, Prayer by Rev. f. T. Fairbanks.
3 Reading of the Roll of Honor.
| 4 Remarks by the President after which h,
will introduce the Orator of the Day, Col. F. V
Randall.
5 After the Grafton the audience will sing lee
by the Quartette Club, hymn written by Com
rade Warren Gibbs, set to the tune of odd Humid
red q"
6. Benedcton by Rev. Il. W. Jones.
VII. All citizens are invited to iOiI
in the exercises, to close all places o
business during the same, and to sus
pend the American flag at half mas
throughout the day wherever practica
BILE.
! VIII. The following named persons
are announced as a special cOmmitte,
on flowers: E. w. Harrington, William
Hearn, w. c. Tyler, c. NJ. Spencer
Fred Brainerd, Mrs. Charles Packard
Mrs. F. V. Powers, Mrs. H. X. Ide
Misses Matte Hall, Nellie Folsom, Alb
bic Brown, Clara Gage and Nelli,
Brown. viii the citizens please rem
der the committee all the assistanc,
they can by furnishing a small bouque
or wreath of either cultivated or viii,
flowers and leave the same in tin
hands of some one of the committee. o
at the Town hall before 10 O'Clock
where one of the committee will be il
waiting to receive them 2 VIII not tn
citizens of Vermont join us this day il
hOnoring the five thousand who los
their lives from this state, in defenc
of the privileges and institutions whicl
we now enjoy, over eighty of whom
were from st. Johnsbury
GEO. r. CROSBY, Commander.
j. A. PADDOCK. Adiutant