The Portland daily press., 1883-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.
The Formation ana Route of Procession.

To-day is Memorial Day, and it will be OBJ
served with even more attention in this city
than usual. We republish the following pro-
gramme;
FORENOON.
Comrades Of the Post and Sons OF Veterans
VIII assemble at G.. A. II. Hall Wednesday,
May SOth, at 730 o'clock a. m, where they
will be formed into squads and proceed TO the
following named cemeteries:
Squad for Calvary, under command of Com
rade ID. IL. McCann, escorted by the Portland
Montgomery Guards, Rev. Father T. III. Lin
nehan officiating.
Squad for Western, under command of Com
rade H. w True, Rev. Mr.. Southworth otliciat-
ing.
Squad for Eastern, under s. V. @. John will
hanson. This squad will also decorate the
Idncoln tree and Garfield tree. Reys. L. E.
Clark and A. IL. Wright officiating.
Forest City, under command of John Evans
The school children will assist In tho exercises
at this cemetery. Grafton by Oomrade s. S.
Knight, prayer by Rev, Mr.. Poindexter.
The roll of honor viii be called at each of
these cemeteries
AFTERNOON.
AT I. m. the comrades will again assemble,
line will be formed at 1880. under tho diree-
ton OF Chief Marshal G, III. Abbott, aud Com
rades Lang and Motley, Aids.
Platoon of Police.
Chambers Band.
Marshal Abbott and Aids.
Col, Brown, Commanding escort
Mechanic Blues.
Portland Cadets
Light Infantry.
High School Cadets.
Montgomery Guards.
Brown Light Artillery.
Continental Band.
BosWorth Post
Sons OF Veterans
City Government and Invited Guests.
The procession will pass over the following
route:
Up Congress to Congress Square, down Free
TO Middle, down Middle to Temple, up Tenn
Pile to Congress. down Congress TO City Hall.
After receiving the members OF the City Gov
eminent and invited guests the march will
continue down Congress 10 Pearl, down Pearl
70 the cars, which viii leave Preble street sta
ton II 2i5.
On arrival at Morrllls the procession will
proceed at once to Evergreen, and on arrival
1t Soldiers Lot the different squads win pro-
coed at once to decorate the graves in their re-
spective sections.
While the comrades are decorating the
graves, services at the Soldiers Lot will be as
follows:
Prayer .................,,..C Chaplain OF the Post
Address and Roll can .G. II. seiders
btge ..s.-...... Band
After which the procession will form and
march to the cars.
Comrades viii assemble at Reception Hall,
City Building, at T,30, wearing uniform hat
with gloves and badges.
The evening programme win be as follows:
Land Concert. Chambers Band
l ptassr :, . Post Chaplain
heading OF Orders, Nj Soldiers
MUSIC. Chambers Band
Hon. j. A. Fox
<Aiaetlea Band and Audience
The gates to the several cemeteries belong
ing 10 the city will be kept open through
Memorial Day, and people in carriages wish
Ing to 60 through the Eastern Cemetery will
please enter on Congress street and 20 out on
Mountiort street.
An soldiers and sailors OF the late war are
cordially invited to join the Post in the SER
vices OF the day.
The following order has been issued
HEADQUARTERS Isr Regiment INFANTRY,
MAINE VOLUNTEER MILITIA,
Portland, May %, 1888.
THE formation of the escort TO Bosworth
Post, q. a. H., on Memorial Day, will be as
foilows:-Line will be formed at O'Clock p. m.
on Congress street, with the right resting on
Preble street, in The following order. s Viz. -
Co. "B, Portland Cadets &c. "A" High
School Cadets, Go. II, !" Brown Light Artil-
lery- Co. 'A"' will be color company.
lin the absence Of the Col. Commanding
capt. \ z. Hartnett, Of Go. .fE" will COM
naad ihe Battalion.
BY order of
Col. JoHS MARSHALL Brown,
Comdg. LIST Regt Inf. NJ. " NJ
CHAs. F. SWEET,
lst. Lieut.. aud Adiutant.
The p1blished order Of the City Marshal nc
tiiies the public thar no teams OF any descrip.
ton win be allowed on. or to pass over, the
route Of procession during its passage.
The receipts of flowers BY tho committees
yesterday was fair, both in town aud ont, con-
sideriug the season.