Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-29
mEHoR1AL DAY.
Eow It will be Observed In Sacramento
ahe Decoration Exercises.

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9he Decoration Exercises.
There will be general observance Of
Memorial Day in this city tomorrow. The
day has been generally known as Decoration
Day, but the last National Encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic, held at
Baltimore, decided that it should be here
after known as Memorial Day.
The Commender-in> Chief issued general
orders, under date of April 14th, directing
how the day should &c observed, and ordering
! by the various Posts to the entire people to
! j5ia in the exercises on that day.
Under date Of May 231 Sumner Post, No.
8, issued the following circular:
Comrade: Memorial Day is the Union veterans
one great day. Ii belongs alike 20 all Who in the
time of their countrys need left home and friends,
and endured the hardship of soldiers life that our
glorious nation might not be destroyed. The Grand
army Of the Republic-now numbering nearly two
hundred thousand Misunderstanding an organization
Of Union veterans, naturally takes the lead and
makes the necessary arrangements for the proper
Observance Of the day throughout the land. The
members OF Sumner Post, No. 3, Department of
California, G. A. R., have made the necessary ar
Tangements for such observance of the day in SIcra
rnento and cordially invite you TO unite with them
Please report at Pioneer Hall, Seventh street, be-
tween and X, on Wednesday, May 30th, at 3
| o'clock ?. ~, when a suitable badge will be fur
nished yon by the Post AS we may not have the
address OF every Union yeteran-soldier, sailor
marne-in this vicinity, you will please extend this
notice TO all such Of your aequaintances, and invite
them to come with you.
Heretofore it has been customary for Sum-
ner Post TO sppoint s. committee to invite the
Fourth Brigade, n. G. O., TO join in the OBJ
sergauces of the day, but this year Brigadier
General Carey anticipated this, and under
date OF May Sch sent written communica-
tisn to Commander Adams rendering the
Post the First Artillery Regiment and the
Governors Guard as 40 escort on Memorial
Day. Inreply, Commander Adams accepted
the offer, and requested that General Carey
| take the entire command of the line. This
has been accepted, and the Post will form in
line IN front of Pioneer Hall, Seventh street.
between and K, and move precisely at 5
P. NJ. The companies of the First Artillery
Regiment will march from the armory and
meet the Pest or Seventh street. Tbs line
will then move to ] street. where the Sacra-
nento Hussars will fall in The Hussars
will form in line on Seventh and 1 streets.
The column viii then move to Tenth
street, and thence march to
the City Cemetery. The exercises
over the graves OF the honored dead will be
as laid down in the G.. A. r. ritual. The
First Artillery and the Hussar Bands will
discourse the music. There will be singing
by the veterans, among the songs being
America" Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground" etc. Following the exercises will
be the decoration Of the graves, during which
g salute will be fired by Captain Cooks bat
terry. at the conclusion the Post will be es-
corted back to their hall, and the First Artil-
lery will return to the armory, escorted by
the Hussars.
A detail from Sumner Post will decorate
the soldiers graves at New Helvetia and the
Catholic Cemeteries during the forenoon.
Donations of flowers will be received By
the Post at Pioneer Hall until the time of
leaving for the cemetery. The Commander
states that teams will collect flowers through
out the city during the forenoon if word is
left at the hall.
The regiment is ordered to decorate the
graves of it's deceased members, among which
are the graves of the three members of the
band who were recently killed by the falling
Of the walls of the G. A. r. hall building on
K street. Donations of flowers for this pur.
pose will be received at regimental headqusr-
tiers up to P. NJ.
Company +, Captain Spencer, of Wood
land, will be present. They will arrive at
7:20 A. N. They will be received at the depot
by squads from the city companies, and
escorted to the armory, Sixth and l. streets,
where arms viii be stacked and the company
dismissed until 2 P. NJ, The company, on its
return to Woodland, will leave this city at
7:30 P. NJ.
In the evening of Memorial Day Sumner
Post will give public concert at Capitol
Park. The First Artillery band will play
national airs, army songs end concert selec-
tions. 1t is expected that chorus Of old
soldiers will join in singing some songs appro.
pirate to the day. Uncle John Douglas will
be present in the evening, and will send up a
number of balloons.
At 2 o'clock P N. A6jutant- General Cosby
will review the troops of the First Artillery
Regiment. The Assistant Adjutant. General
on the brigade staff will form the brigade line
on the south side of NJ street, facing north,
in single ranks, and as near regulation dis
lance between regiments as can be-center
opposite the center of the intersection of
Sixth and NJ streets. The Adjutsns- General
will be assisted by Colonel Tobin, A. A. c.,
and the resident members Of the staff of the
ommander-in-Chief.
As the day is a national holiday, business
throughout the city will be generally sus.
pended. It has bean customary heretofore to
close business kelf the day, but movement is
on foot 20 keep the stores closed the entire day
this year. The proprietors Of the Mechanics
Store have, announced that their place will be
closed during the entire day, without any re-
gard to the sctioa OF othsr firms. Wells,
Fargo & Go. and the POstoffice will keep
Sunday hours, while the Courts, Government
offices aud the banks will be closed all day.
HUssAR Picnic PRIzEs.-The picnic given
by the independent military company, the
Hussars, at East Park, Sunday. was, 10 every
particular, grand success. The company
turned out ffty-three strong, and as they
marchsd TO the grounds, headed by thsir own
elegantly band, they presented
fine appearance. Below Is given list of the
award Of prizes For shooting, the first prize.
Corporal E. II. Rott, the company's medal
and set of quartz sleeve-buttons second,
Lieutenant j. Miller, a whip; third, Cor
poral II. Stober, s.; fourth, Sergeant J.
Wheel, pair of boots; fifth, Sergeant H.
Guthrie, pair of pants sixth, j. s. SCHUYLER,
caster; seventh. G. II. Wetzsl, clock
eighth, Captain E. Hebron, order for $40
worth of saddlery; ninth, A. Hebron,
gold pen; tenth. H Schwartz, a barrel of
-four; eleventh, W. Blake, case of cigars
twelfth, Nj. Miller, case Of wine
thirteenth. Sergeant E. c. Roder,
cane; fourteenth, 4. Ruhstaller, box cigars
fifteenth, L. Martiaelh, dozen handker
c1leIs sixteenth, Sergeant y. Danlobt, q box
OF wine; seventeenth, o. Kaufman, q ham
eighteenth, j. q. Glover, leather medal
boys race Is to II years., bat and ball, Chas.
Woods girls rscs Is 10 II years. purse,
May Gallagher; boys rsca az to 16 years.,
hat, j. Thompson ; girls race az to Is yeara).
fan, Dolly McClintock boys race ZIG to q
years), 10-gsllon key of beer, Ed Caraway
young ladies' race DC to 81 years., album,
Miss Carrie Meyers; married ladies' race.
fruit dish, Mrs. G. Schumacher; fat mans
race, 10-gallon key Of beer-frst prize, l..
Uhlrich; second prize, L. Wickwire; race
for members, box Of cigars, won by Corporal
Rot psizs for best walters, Mr.. Coffee,
statue, and Miss NJ. Decker, a fan; gate
prizes, ticket 957, a box OF cigars, and 207,
case of wine. These prizes can be obtained
by calling at 6l9 strest.
A MIDNIGHT RAcKET.-Last night about
II o'clock half.druRken man created dis.
turbance in the New York beer saloon, on X
street, between Second and Third. kept by
E. A. Gerber The proprietor ejscted him
from the room, and in doing SO was dragged
out on to the sidewalk. Here he had q
scrffls with the drunken man, and then left
him and want inside the room. Scarcely had
the door closed when a cobble-stone weighing
about two pounds came crashing
throush the glass in the door